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Spike ,'Conversations with Dead People'


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.


javachik - Dec 16, 2009 10:10:08 am PST #3949 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.

I was worried about that, at the time, Nora. I thought maybe you jumped to conclusions about why he wanted to talk to you. But that's not the kind of thing that happens out of nowhere; you've obviously been unhappy there and with him for a while. Do you need to work there? What are your options? If you need to work there, for whatever reason, I wonder if you can't pro-actively schedule a "clean slate" meeting with your boss (and maybe HR if you think that would be a good idea). One where you get it out there that you'd like to move forward into the next year with a positive attitude, and ask what you and your boss can do to make your environment more pleasant. Hell, this might not be do-able, but I'm trying to think of it from the perspective of a frustrated boss, too.

I think it was not okay for him to ask you to run a personal errand for him, with or without rain. So he might be unsaveable in that regard. However, if you need to continue to work there, it might be in your best interest to suck it up and ask for a "clean slate" meeting.


erin_obscure - Dec 16, 2009 10:10:44 am PST #3950 of 30000
Occasionally I’m callous and strange

Oh. Em. Gee. Absinthe flavoured dental floor AND handerpants. [link]


Nora Deirdre - Dec 16, 2009 10:15:48 am PST #3951 of 30000
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)

However, if you need to continue to work there, it might be in your best interest to suck it up and ask for a "clean slate" meeting.

I think this was that meeting.

The rain errand and subsequent snippy email was full out not contested by me as a bad, bad thing I did. But there was all this other stuff that I was dumbfounded by.

Well, I have an interview next week for an interesting opportunity, so maybe that timing will prove fortuitous.


Glamcookie - Dec 16, 2009 10:17:46 am PST #3952 of 30000
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

I'm sorry, Nora. I hope your interview is great and you get into a position that you love!


-t - Dec 16, 2009 10:19:20 am PST #3953 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I'm sorry, Nora. I've had those kinds of meetings and they are rough. Fingers crossed for the upcoming opportunity.


Sparky1 - Dec 16, 2009 10:20:49 am PST #3954 of 30000
Librarian Warlord

Ugh, Nora - I'm sorry your boss used the meeting to surprise you with shit.


Polter-Cow - Dec 16, 2009 10:22:53 am PST #3955 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Nora, I'm sorry. I had a similar experience with an e-mail I shouldn't have sent yesterday.


Gudanov - Dec 16, 2009 10:23:11 am PST #3956 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping

Sorry Nora, not fun.


Sophia Brooks - Dec 16, 2009 10:23:57 am PST #3957 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

{{{Nora}}} My clean slate meeting seems to have worked, so I hope yours will, too.


Scrappy - Dec 16, 2009 10:24:09 am PST #3958 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

Sorry, Nora. I would rather NOT be right in this instance.