OH, I totally agree, telecommuting means you have to be really available to the office. I was required to be on IM and Skype when I did it.
ION - I think I need to go get a cupcake or some cherries jubilee.
...burning baby fish swimming all round your head.
Drusilla ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
msbelle - Feb 12, 2009 9:46:18 am PST #6230 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Jesse - Feb 12, 2009 9:50:10 am PST #6231 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
If you are going to goddamn telecommute, either read your goddamned email or answer the goddamned phone. I just got out of a very unpleasant meeting, one where I'm one of the few who doesn't meekly defer and thus am a lightening rod, and I need something done right the fuck now.
I heard that.
Calli - Feb 12, 2009 9:53:23 am PST #6232 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
If you are going to goddamn telecommute, either read your goddamned email or answer the goddamned phone.
You betcha. When I telecommute I take calls and emails on my lunch hour, which I don't in the office, because there's no effective* way for the office people to know whether or not I'm at lunch.
*Where "effective" = "they'd actually do it" so putting a note in my calendar for them to check doesn't count.
lisah - Feb 12, 2009 9:55:29 am PST #6233 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate
ION - I think I need to go get a cupcake or some cherries jubilee.
Chicago Bob just got a free piece of cheesecake w/ cherries AND a cupcake from the place where he ordered his lunch because they sent the wrong order at first. He sent me a pic of it because he is a TAUNTER! AND he has two boxes of girl scout cookies.
I had a twizzler.
brenda m - Feb 12, 2009 10:26:26 am PST #6234 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
If you are going to goddamn telecommute, either read your goddamned email or answer the goddamned phone.
Yes and no. When we work from home, often the reason is a need to be really heads-down on a project and without the distractions of the office. If that's the case though, I'll put an out-of-office message on clueing people in that I'll have limited availability.
Lee - Feb 12, 2009 10:47:14 am PST #6235 of 30000
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Happy Birthday, Kristin and Maria!
Given the current job market, it probably wouldn't be a good idea to scream "OH MY GOD LEAVE ME ALONE" at the next person who calls or emails me, would it?
aurelia - Feb 12, 2009 10:48:13 am PST #6236 of 30000
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
You want me to email you so you can vent at me? I won't fire you.
Tom Scola - Feb 12, 2009 10:50:11 am PST #6237 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Chicago is the favorite for the 2016 Olympics: [link]
tommyrot - Feb 12, 2009 10:51:27 am PST #6238 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Chicago is the favorite for the 2016 Olympics: [link]
Huh. Supposedly we were not the fave before.
Maybe Obama helps....
Lee - Feb 12, 2009 10:52:15 am PST #6239 of 30000
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Too late. I've had two calls since I posted.
I managed not to scream, at least outloud.
Thanks though!