That's a good e-mail, Nora. I hope he takes it the right way.
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Polter-Cow - Dec 09, 2009 8:52:44 am PST #2755 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Nora Deirdre - Dec 09, 2009 8:56:58 am PST #2756 of 30000
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
Heh, a friend of mine just made me smile when I bitched to him about the above circumstance:
I love that you have to schedule your own scoldings, though!
WindSparrow - Dec 09, 2009 8:57:13 am PST #2757 of 30000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Anybody want to bring me lunch? I have a can of lentil soup but no desire to eat it or volition to wash dishes so I can eat it. And no car to go get something.
When the guys from the city public works/water department get here and get done checking around for reasons why our water pressure has been so pathetic lately, I shall be making something involving black beans, tomato products and angel hair pasta. I shall be sure to pour some through the internet for you, smonster. Until then, I have given myself some fuel in the form of a peanut butter and honey sandwich, which was fuel, but not satisfying. My dad used to love peanut butter and honey, don't know why I don't.
Trudy Booth - Dec 09, 2009 8:59:29 am PST #2758 of 30000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Why is it that so many bosses expect you to just do every single part of your job with a smile? Do they? Do they do every single thing that is expected of them happily and merrily? No. They get cranky at stuff, but god forbid their direct reports get cranky at stuff. @@.
Because they CAN.
Frankenbuddha - Dec 09, 2009 9:00:47 am PST #2759 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I love that you have to schedule your own scoldings, though!Put like that sounds like Terry Gilliam's Brazil. Be greatful you don't have to pay for the time spent on them, at least I hope you don't.
Sophia Brooks - Dec 09, 2009 9:03:58 am PST #2760 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Because they CAN.
yes, this. I seem to have solved almost my entire, written warning level problem with my boss by acting like I am either happy and cheerful, or at least hurried and overly animate. The thing I don't understand is why my boss thinks that if I am not flipping out like a mammal, I am not actually doing anything.
Nora Deirdre - Dec 09, 2009 9:07:01 am PST #2761 of 30000
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
Because they CAN.
Point.
WindSparrow - Dec 09, 2009 9:18:14 am PST #2762 of 30000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
I hope your email is the smack-upside-the-head by reality that your boss needs.
beth b - Dec 09, 2009 9:21:30 am PST #2763 of 30000
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
all this nonsense that Nora and Sophia are seeing now makes m so grateful that my boss is 15 minuets across town. And she only stops by when she has to. Granted, when I ask what I think is a simple question 500 people get involved and I get a non-answer, but the stupid stuff is minimal.
Trudy Booth - Dec 09, 2009 9:22:20 am PST #2764 of 30000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
The thing I don't understand is why my boss thinks that if I am not flipping out like a mammal, I am not actually doing anything.
"Be hyper and/or stressed" isn't in your job description?