Who needs new people anyway?
If those people are good cooks or good bakers? Then there is a use for them.
Zoe: We're getting him back. Jayne: What are we gonna do, clone him?
'War Stories'
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.
Sparky1 - Dec 18, 2009 8:29:06 am PST #26028 of 30001
Librarian Warlord
§ ita § - Dec 18, 2009 8:29:10 am PST #26029 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Do people tip the resident manager?
Damn, I hope not. Because I never have, and wouldn't know where to start.
eta:
If those people are good cooks or good bakers? Then there is a use for them.
That is a good point. But I'm still coasting on the plantain tarts my sister brought me, and the random brownies that pop up here and there, so I haven't been feeling the craving. And, dammit, I'm a good baker. Just lazy. Maybe this weekend...I wonder if I can get free trade chocolate at Whole Foods. Probably, right?
megan walker - Dec 18, 2009 8:44:42 am PST #26030 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Speaking of gifting, I don't know what's appropriate for our apartment building manager in LA. In NY, it was pretty clear what we should tip the super. But here? Do people tip the resident manager?
I had the same question. I feel like people don't do that here in SF, but I actually have a pretty great super and want to give him at least something. I was thinking $50.
Dana - Dec 18, 2009 8:49:57 am PST #26031 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Listening to a streaming radio station that plays Muppets Christmas music.
"On the first day of Christmas, my true love sent to me ONE DELICIOUS COOOOKIE."
smonster - Dec 18, 2009 8:59:08 am PST #26032 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
"On the first day of Christmas, my true love sent to me ONE DELICIOUS COOOOKIE."
"What kind of jive present is that, man?"
Toddson - Dec 18, 2009 8:59:16 am PST #26033 of 30001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Someone wrote in to one of the advice columnists about gifting at work. She was young, in her first job, and living paycheck to paycheck. In her office they routinely collected $75 from each person for a gift for the boss and then, for a "Holiday Party" went out to a very expensive restaurant, at each individual's expense.
She couldn't afford it and the columnist advised her to just say no.
§ ita § - Dec 18, 2009 9:01:58 am PST #26034 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
they routinely collected $75 from each person for a gift for the boss
Boss must be getting severely underpaid. I mean, if I got just one gift worth $75, I consider myself ahead of the game.
Glamcookie - Dec 18, 2009 9:04:46 am PST #26035 of 30001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
In her office they routinely collected $75 from each person for a gift for the boss and then, for a "Holiday Party" went out to a very expensive restaurant, at each individual's expense.
That is insanity. Hell no.
sumi - Dec 18, 2009 9:05:43 am PST #26036 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
Just got back from lunch - it is snowing giant wet snowflakes. Very decorative.
But - if only I hadn't lost my hat.
Sophia Brooks - Dec 18, 2009 9:06:14 am PST #26037 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
What the hell were they getting the boss? That seems crazy, unless maybe the boss is an underpaid social worker whose supervisees were all volunteers with trust funds or something.