I always thought the name Serenity had a vaguely funereal sound to it.

Simon ,'Out Of Gas'


Natter 64: Yes, we still need you  

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 - Dec 18, 2009 6:29:10 am PST #25994 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

I just ran my cashflow until next pay day and hate my lack of day to day budgetting. At least my lunch today is paid for.

Do people get gifts from their bosses?


Dana - Dec 18, 2009 6:30:35 am PST #25995 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

I did, unexpectedly, and now have no time to get her something before Christmas. I'm not quite sure what to do.


msbelle - Dec 18, 2009 6:32:37 am PST #25996 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

I kinda refuse on principal on gifting up the work chain, unless I am just friends with my boss. Last year, I got him a jokey gift of gum because he chews it constantly. But I don't think he got people anything this year and as head of a department I think that is odd.


Jesse - Dec 18, 2009 6:34:25 am PST #25997 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I have sometimes, have not other times.

I kinda refuse on principal on gifting up the work chain, unless I am just friends with my boss.

Ditto. Although I have received gifts from reports (who I also gave gifts to). I forgot about this year, so, sorry team!


msbelle - Dec 18, 2009 6:36:12 am PST #25998 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

It's not too late to send a naughty santa to the office. ijs.


Kathy A - Dec 18, 2009 6:36:18 am PST #25999 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

My boss will usually get me something small, like a gift card and a loaf of limpa bread from the Swedish Bakery (we're both 1/4 Swedish and she lives near Andersonville, the Swedish neighborhood of Chicago, so it's a little tradition we have). I use my discount at the bookstore to get her Russian Icons calendar every year, which she always reimburses me for, and then I get her a greeting card.


Sparky1 - Dec 18, 2009 6:36:34 am PST #26000 of 30001
Librarian Warlord

I bring cookies or some other treat into the library for everyone to share, but I don't give individual gifts to people. I do tell my department that on the day before the Winter Break I do not expect them to come back from lunch, and I shut the library down.


smonster - Dec 18, 2009 6:36:43 am PST #26001 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.

Do people get gifts from their bosses?

Nope. I got something for my boss, but mostly b/c she's been going through a really tough time and I saw it and couldn't resist.


msbelle - Dec 18, 2009 6:37:57 am PST #26002 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

I do tell my department that on the day before the Winter Break I do not expect them to come back from lunch, and I shut the library down.

PTO is the best gift ever.

Kinda hard for me to do as I have to clock in and out.


Jesse - Dec 18, 2009 6:38:10 am PST #26003 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

It's not too late to send a naughty santa to the office. ijs.

A what?!? You did not just suggest I send a stripper to my former office.