'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
I... really can't sing at work. I don't hate anybody here enough to inflict that on them.
(Er, not that there aren't people here I hate that much, but the most worthy candidate is on vacation this week, so I'd just be tormenting people I actually like for no reason.)
Moving Seattle meet-up stuff to F2F thread.
I hope yor day improves, Dana.
It doesn't fucking matter what accent any of your employees have or what typos you make.
Yeah, exactly. It's partially why I doubt the story of the product's genesis. It would have to mean everyone whose desk that crossed was willfully ignorant. Instead, I'm going to assume malevolence. Simple incompetence doesn't cover it.
That bath bomb (or bubble bar, whatever it is) has been in their holiday lineup for at least 2 years, and this is the first time I've read their cutesy "genesis" of it. (Though I always wondered what the hell that name was supposed to mean, and the idea of a transposed L/R situation crossed my mind, but I figured that was silly.) And I agree -- WTF were they thinking?
Not Hec, but I can tell you that Alderson is AWESOME and you should be thrilled, Scola. I wish he were baseball commish.
Oh! You know what this weekend is? My Boston-iversary!
Wait. The new kid on Glee is actually named Chord Overstreet??????
I am so bummed I am missing the Halloween parade at the kids' school, but I have to teach. As for the weekend, many social plans, which somehow need to magically balance out with grading. Not sure how I'm going to do it all.
I got a response from Lush after sending them email about the Flosty Gritter:
Thank you for taking the time to write us, we truly appreciate it when our customers take the time to write in with their feedback. I am sorry to hear that you find the name Flosty Gritter offensively racist. The Flosty Gritter has been a wonderful addition to our range of products for quite some time. I can assure you that in no way was it our attention to poke fun of those of a Japanese heritage or those with pronunciation difficulties and apologize if it comes off as so. Here at Lush we are very proud to employ a vast range of multi-cultural employees and believe in toleration for those of any race. Each of our products, including the Flosty Gritter are developed by our talented product creators in the UK. I would be happy to forward on your comments to the Lush UK customer care team. Have a lovely day,
ETA: what burns my toast is that the subject of the email they send to me is "product rant." Like I was just mindlessly spouting off to them about it. Way to take it seriously, Lush
I think my boss is having a day like mine. As she was walking back to her desk, I was standing up to go get some coffee, and she asked me if I was wearing this outfit all day. Apparently in her head, I was wearing jeans, a long sleeved t-shirt and sandals. (Actual outfit? black dress slacks, fluffy white shirt with black & white tweed jacket and black & white tweed high heeled mary janes)