Yeah, I knew what a dry drunk was, I guess I meant more what you meant by the typical behaviors, what was so typical/ what are those ?

If Ginger's answer wasn't enough, I have to refer you to Dr. Google, because I am not an authority on alcoholic behavior; only that which I've personally experienced.

And this controlling bullshit, expecting literal perfection and then punishing you when you couldn't deliver (because who can?) -- that's alcoholic/dry drunk behavior. Or, I should say, that behavior is not uncommon among some, though of course not all, alcoholics/dry drunks.

the only reason I'm right so much is that when I don't know what's going on, I shut up. I only say stuff when I know what I'm talking about.

Flea is me.

As my aunt likes to say: "J'ai pas toujours raison, mais j'ai rarement tort." (I'm not always right, but I'm seldom wrong).

My grandfather used to say, "I once thought I was wrong, but I was mistaken."

Timelies all!

Happy Birthday Burrell! Happy Birthday Calli!

Blah. I have to work on my self-evaluation for my review next month, and have it done before I leave on my mini-vacation tomorrow afternoon. I don't wanna do this!!! I'd much rather have my boss say "Here's what you're supposed to do, here's how you're doing it, here's where you can improve, do you have any ideas of what you want/are planning to do this year? Great, we'll add it to the form here at the bottom under "Employee comments," sign off and we're done."

Instead, it's up to me to say, "Here's what I said I'd do, here's how much I've done, I think I'm 'this' good in five separate categories compared to our mission statement" and then my boss puts in her two cents.

The part I hate the most is the five-separate-categories section. Feh.

Kathy, is there someone else there who could write you a draft of your self-evaluation while you write his/hers? I used to do that with a friend at work because we both had trouble writing our own, but writing it for someone else was somehow much, much easier.

The street in front of my house is all torn up. Methinks this watermain replacement project got more complicated (it was supposed to be done a month ago.)

I wish, Sparky, but it's all online with secured passwords, etc. Also, the only people who really know what I do here are my boss and two co-workers, all of whom I get along with (mostly), but I'd never feel comfortable asking either of the co-workers to do my self-eval.

Guess I'll just have to suck it up and do it tomorrow morning.

Thanks Steph and Ginger for the explanation.

Kathy, I am writing one of those too. Or rather, I am supposed to be writing it, but students keep dropping in to talk about their papers (even though it isn't my official office hours).

Mac is a dry drunk. Hahhahahaha.