I'm still very seriously rattled, but I don't think "witnessed someone get run down" would be considered a viable reason to go home. The work ethic around here is "unless the CDC has declared you a plague vector or you're actively oozing bodily fluids that can't be contained, we'd really prefer you stay, but if you feel you have to, well, I guess that's all right, but are you sure you can't stay?" I console myself with knowing today is my Friday.
Like any of that's enough to fight the Dark Master. Bator.
Xander ,'Lessons'
Spike's Bitches 45: That sure as hell wasn't in the brochure.
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Connie Neil - Jun 17, 2010 9:37:41 am PDT #22946 of 30000
brillig
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Jun 17, 2010 9:38:33 am PDT #22947 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
I say laugh and sue.
I really want to go to the conference! Maybe I'll sue afterwards. Cake and eat it, and all that.
sj - Jun 17, 2010 9:39:17 am PDT #22948 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
{{{Connie}}} I'm sorry you had to witness that. It must have been very traumatic for you, and it really should be a good reason to go home.
sj - Jun 17, 2010 9:40:07 am PDT #22949 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I really want to go to the conference! Maybe I'll sue afterwards. Cake and eat it, and all that.
Yeah, that is what I meant, go, laugh, and then sue. Where is the conference?
Sparky1 - Jun 17, 2010 9:40:34 am PDT #22950 of 30000
Librarian Warlord
I think the buddy you bring should also be in a wheelchair, Seska.
Ginger - Jun 17, 2010 9:43:58 am PDT #22951 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
So it's accessible, as long as you have someone to carry you up the stairs?
You can't have those handicapped people wandering around without a keeper. Who knows what they'll do?
sj - Jun 17, 2010 9:44:53 am PDT #22952 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I think the buddy you bring should also be in a wheelchair, Seska.
If I were on the right continent, I would totally go with you, with my crutches of course.
lisah - Jun 17, 2010 9:44:55 am PDT #22953 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate
I think the buddy you bring should also be in a wheelchair, Seska.
I vote for this!
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Jun 17, 2010 9:47:21 am PDT #22954 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
I think the buddy you bring should also be in a wheelchair, Seska.
Genius idea! I completely know a few people who'd come along just to see the reaction, too. I occasionally go to the cinema and use my free 'carer' ticket for my friend Lisa. (She can carry drinks and popcorn - her hands work.) They look at her in the wheelchair, then at me on my walker, boggle for a minute, then hand over the tickets. We're always willing them to ask "Who's the carer," a question The Girl fundamentally objects to, but they're usually too distracted. Heh.
Calli - Jun 17, 2010 9:51:29 am PDT #22955 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
yes, it's accessible, but I can only attend if I bring a dedicated "buddy".
How dedicated does this "buddy" have to be? Do they need to hang on your every word, or will someone who gets the occasional Buffy reference do?
If I were on the right continent, I would totally go with you, with my crutches of course.
That would be perfect. Oh cruel geography!
I'd say laugh, attend, sue, and then write a book about it. My Journeys Among the Clueless—an Ongoing Saga.