In other news, I would like to receive credit for the fact that I just got up to get a Klondike bar, and got a banana instead.
River: They weren't cows inside. They were waiting to be, but they forgot. Now they see the sky and they remember what they are. Mal: Is it bad that what she said made perfect sense to me?
'Safe'
Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - Jun 06, 2011 2:42:43 pm PDT #11653 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
megan walker - Jun 06, 2011 2:44:07 pm PDT #11654 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Good job, Jesse!
And, before I forget, great job, Ethan!
Consuela - Jun 06, 2011 2:45:34 pm PDT #11655 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
My favorite was a guy whose online dating profile didn't have any pictures at all, so I asked him for a photo, and he sent me his dick, not his face.
ARGH. People, you suck!
And now My Nemesis has asked me for a report on a project she went out of her way last year to make sure I would not be involved in. My draft reply is:
As nobody has provided me with any of the information regarding the new project at [site], nor has anyone asked me for a NEPA document, no, I do not have a signed Catex for that project.
Is that too whiny? Probably. t growls
megan walker - Jun 06, 2011 2:50:00 pm PDT #11656 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Is that too whiny.
That's the type of message I usually send an "I'm confused" response to, i.e., "I'm confused. Did you provide me with information regarding the new project at [site], or ask me for a NEPA document? Because I can't find anything in my files."
Jesse - Jun 06, 2011 2:51:40 pm PDT #11657 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
ARGH. People, you suck!
Honestly, I charitably attribute it to the Golden Rule -- many many guys would be happy to receive a random body pic, so why wouldn't they send one??
Connie Neil - Jun 06, 2011 2:53:23 pm PDT #11658 of 30001
brillig
I've stopped being shocked and horrified by politicians and sexual stupidity. I just sigh and shake my head.
I think my reaction to an unsolicited crotch shot would be "Dude, why did you think I wanted to see that?", followed by "Penises look weird," followed by delete.
Dana - Jun 06, 2011 2:54:27 pm PDT #11659 of 30001
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
Crack in the ceiling saga continues. We keep getting assigned to different claim adjusters. I wouldn't care if my husband wasn't explaining the entire history of the claim on the phone right now. Don't people take notes?
Consuela - Jun 06, 2011 2:58:45 pm PDT #11660 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
That's the type of message I usually send an "I'm confused" response to
Yeah, I just sent back a cheery "Nope, haven't been asked for one, and I recall so-and-so thinking we could just adopt [other agency's]."
The fact that I disagree with so-and-so is beside the point. I'm not in the mood to make life easy for My Nemesis.
Can't wait until my new boss arrives: he's a cheery late-20s engineer with (I suspect) no idea of the toxic swamp of entitlement and resentment he's being thrown into. Woot.
JZ - Jun 06, 2011 2:58:52 pm PDT #11661 of 30001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
That's the type of message I usually send an "I'm confused" response to, i.e., "I'm confused. Did you provide me with information regarding the new project at [site], or ask me for a NEPA document? Because I can't find anything in my files."
My version of "I'm confused" usually includes, "Per my understanding of your emails dated [date], [date], [date] and [date], as of [date] my involvement in this project was discontinued and all project management became the responsibility of [name], [name] and you. If there are issues with current management of the project that require my assistance I will be happy to help, but due to the length of time since I was last involved I would need to meet with someone to be brought up to speed on it. I look forward to hearing from you with a clarification on the matter."
Then I never hear from them again.
Consuela - Jun 06, 2011 3:03:39 pm PDT #11662 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
JZ, that's just masterful.
I have taken to attaching old emails to my replies to My Nemesis, but quite frequently she fails to open them, I suspect.
I went round and round with her over the last few weeks, where she had asked my coworker D to prepare a report, and he'd sent the request to me, because it was for one of my sites. So I did the report, and sent it off to her. Three weeks later she emailed D asking him for a copy of the report; he forwarded me her email.
I sent her another email, attaching the original email with the report in it. Three days later, she emailed D again, asking if he had a copy of the report.
This time I just sat on my hands, waiting for her to ask. Eventually she must have found one of the two emails I'd sent her in her inbox, because she finally told D she'd found it. She never did reply to me or acknowledge she'd received it.
It must be exhausting to be so compulsively ... something. I don't even know what it is: manipulative? Determined to sideline me?
She never cc's me on anything if she can avoid it, even when it's clearly relevant to my program. So unpleasant.