And yet people who are calm in a crisis get dinged in court cases for not being hysterical enough, so "obviously" they didn't really care.
Dawn: Is that supposed to scare me? Spike: Little tremble wouldn't hurt.
'The Killer In Me'
Spike's Bitches 46: Don't I get a cookie?
[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.
Connie Neil - Dec 16, 2010 11:16:34 am PST #11123 of 30000
brillig
beth b - Dec 16, 2010 11:20:54 am PST #11124 of 30000
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
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sorry smonster
Cass - Dec 16, 2010 11:37:44 am PST #11125 of 30000
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
DCJ, that's awful.
i remember once on a really bad traffic accident the caller was soooo chill that at some point i asked "is anything on fire?" just as a time-filler question while i was typing something important and he was like "yeah, the tanker truck is flaming, some guy's yelling that it might explode." that was more than 90 seconds into the call...
That is perhaps TOO chill.
I just figure that my freaking out at that moment helps no one. So calm and explain. And, um, hope there's no court case where I sound apathetic.
Still, fire should be mentioned. With a caveat from me that it was not my fault things are on fire this time.
billytea - Dec 16, 2010 11:50:14 am PST #11126 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Still, fire should be mentioned. With a caveat from me that it was not my fault things are on fire this time.
I am quite taken with the caveat to your caveat.
Cass - Dec 16, 2010 11:56:05 am PST #11127 of 30000
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
A vague disclaimer is nobody's friend. A vague caveat makes me worry about liability.
Hil R. - Dec 16, 2010 12:16:11 pm PST #11128 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Within about three hours of releasing final grades, seven students have emailed me asking for higher grades. Not a single one of them has any good reason, other than that they think they deserve higher grades.
Hil R. - Dec 16, 2010 12:18:19 pm PST #11129 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Awww. But one just emailed me to tell me how much she enjoyed my class, and that I'm the best teacher she's ever had.
erin_obscure - Dec 16, 2010 12:33:50 pm PST #11130 of 30000
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
yay for positive feedback! keep that, and ignore the rest ;)
Atropa - Dec 16, 2010 12:42:39 pm PST #11131 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Still, fire should be mentioned. With a caveat from me that it was not my fault things are on fire this time.
Always a good caveat. Much like my I have never accidentally set anyone or anything on fire.
tommyrot - Dec 16, 2010 12:44:27 pm PST #11132 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I have never accidentally set anyone or anything on fire.
I've set many things on fire; always on purpose, though.