Zoe: My man would never fall for that. Wash: Most of my head wishes I had.

'Our Mrs. Reynolds'


Natter 66: Get Your Kicks.  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


§ ita § - May 28, 2010 9:09:29 am PDT #2218 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I'm hoping it won't be so much of a pay cut that the twenty paid days off a year wouldn't make up for it. Hell, I could be hospitalised for two weeks and still have vacation! Yay, my life.

So, to make myself feel better I just dropped $300 on this. I won't get it until July, but it's something.

But, honestly, him angling for me to have a permanent gig here is a good thing. I don't like the contract thing. Not in this environment, not after my last jobless period. It was all sorts of misery. I need to focus on that, and do what it takes. And also, take fewer sick days and have fewer doctor's appointments.

eta:

it's more like walking off with school supplies

From what I hear from teachers here, that's not exactly good.


Jessica - May 28, 2010 9:09:58 am PDT #2219 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Well, it's more like walking off with school supplies.

Yeah, when you do that at work it's called stealing, and can get you fired. (Realistically, probably not over a roll of tape, but still.)


Aims - May 28, 2010 9:10:02 am PDT #2220 of 30001
Shit's all sorts of different now.

Somebody who can't be assed to update any of the grades or assignments online (as all the other teachers do) and who has made it abundantly clear that he's merely showing up for the last several years of his tenure to cash out his retirement.

So two wrongs make a right? Good to know.


DavidS - May 28, 2010 9:14:11 am PDT #2221 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Goodness!

So two wrongs make a right? Good to know.

I didn't try to justify it. Merely mused over my own reaction.

I should confess straight up that I've taken pens and pads from work myself.


Cashmere - May 28, 2010 9:15:30 am PDT #2222 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.

When DH worked at Taco Bell in college, they always stuck him doing inventory on weekends after he requested the day off. He got tired of them doing that so he would always come home with a stolen piece of property. A nice kitchen knife, a stainless steel cook pot or a bag of ground beef.

Pilfered, yes. But my Alignment skews Neutral.


javachik - May 28, 2010 9:16:31 am PDT #2223 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.

Anyway, glad he's planning on buying his next roll (or getting some for his birthday!). It's cool that he learned to make the wallets by himself and is doing well. It's just not okay to take things that aren't yours, sucky teacher or not.


Frankenbuddha - May 28, 2010 9:21:35 am PDT #2224 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

So, I joked to two other people prior to the demo today that we should start a rumor that we're getting let out early.

Lo and behold, a few hours later, word comes down from on high we can leave at three.

If Friday is Tino's day, then IN YOUR FACE, Tino!!!


Amy - May 28, 2010 9:21:36 am PDT #2225 of 30001
Because books.

So, to make myself feel better I just dropped $300 on this.

So cool! I can't imagine what happen if we had a sword. Sara loves to swing things when she's in superhero mode.


Polter-Cow - May 28, 2010 9:22:50 am PDT #2226 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

The West Wing Complete Series is $100 on Amazon today. It's a steal!

See, I'm on-topic.


§ ita § - May 28, 2010 9:35:42 am PDT #2227 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I can't imagine what happen if we had a sword.

World peace. I swear. I feel better already. And I already have a sword at home.

They suckered me in (I placed order #21, and that's only because Boss had me in his office), because I was on their alert mailing list for this, and, honestly, I thought if I could resist buying a LotR replica¹ I was safe from purchasing any replicas, but no. And I'm sure I'll be buying that one when it comes out too. Fuckers. So pretty.

¹: Full disclosure--I did buy miniatures of Legolas's fighting knives. But that doesn't count.