Yay, Trudy!
Sean, I'm glad the check came in.
We're having a nice quiet day at the beach, and T should be getting in soon! We're spending the day with her and her DF tomorrow.
Bar maid! Bring me stronger ale! And some plump, succulent babies to eat!
Olaf the Troll ,'Showtime'
Spike's Bitches 45: That sure as hell wasn't in the brochure.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
sj - Aug 19, 2010 8:40:00 am PDT #29202 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Aims - Aug 19, 2010 8:41:22 am PDT #29203 of 30000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Aims, you are being persecuted for your (lack of) faith - you must be doing something right.
Good to know!
Steph L. - Aug 19, 2010 8:44:21 am PDT #29204 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Lunch was fine. I know all about Dad's finger surgery and shoulder PT. He tries, I know that. I lost my shit and cried at the table in the middle of a restaurant.
I just want to go home. To my un-air-conditioned house.
I hate everything.
sj - Aug 19, 2010 8:53:20 am PDT #29205 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Teppy, I'm so sorry. I hope you have a quiet weekend coming up where you can do nothing and try to rest.
Ginger - Aug 19, 2010 8:57:50 am PDT #29206 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Yay, Trudy!
Congratulations, Aims!
Teppy, I'm sorry about the pile up of crap on you. I know what that's like. As a matter of fact, I have this pain....
amyth - Aug 19, 2010 9:02:10 am PDT #29207 of 30000
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
Go Trudy!
So sorry, Tep.
I just have to ask: since when did me hiring people at time-and-a-half for this weekend (on my department's dime) become a right, and not a privilege? To the point where, when I get twice as many responses as I have slots to fill, and I call you to tell you that I don't have room for you to work this weekend (because I'm filling slots on a first come, first serve basis), you hang up on me mid-sentence? This is still a workplace, buddy. I'm not your ex-girlfriend. GOOD GRAVY.
DavidS - Aug 19, 2010 9:02:44 am PDT #29208 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I just want to go home. To my un-air-conditioned house.
Go to an air-conditioned movie! A long one. Or possibly a good one.
Vortex - Aug 19, 2010 9:07:07 am PDT #29209 of 30000
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I call you to tell you that I don't have room for you to work this weekend (because I'm filling slots on a first come, first serve basis), you hang up on me mid-sentence? This is still a workplace, buddy.
I would call back and say "there must have been some error with your phone, because it appears that you hung up on me when I told you that you couldn't work. Let's be clear that this is an opportunity, not a right, and you just lost your chance to take advantage of it in the future."
Aims - Aug 19, 2010 9:08:40 am PDT #29210 of 30000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
You know, I really want to work for Vortex. I have a feeling I would ALWAYS know where I stood with her.
amyth - Aug 19, 2010 9:11:03 am PDT #29211 of 30000
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
Oh they lost their chance. Every year, I keep a spreadsheet for the following year, with notes that include the no-shows, the people who hid in their trucks and don't work, and now, the people who hang up on me when they get bad news. They go on THE LIST for next year. THE LIST was very useful this year, when some of the no-shows from last year tried to apply again this year, or the woman who read romance novels behind one of the residence halls the whole time applied. Or the guy who hung out in the basement of the dorm he was assigned to with all the Housing Support guys. THEY THINK I DON'T KNOW.