It's not really my problem, but I realized that my coworker and I were assuming it meant different things.
Mal: Hell, this job I would pull for free. Zoe: Can I have your share? Mal: No. Zoe: If you die, can I have your share? Mal: Yes.
'The Train Job'
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 20, 2011 9:25:39 am PDT #13369 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
le nubian - Jun 20, 2011 9:25:54 am PDT #13370 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
In grad school, I met a grad student in a different department who seemed like a really charming man. When we had dinner out, he revealed to me that he thought his soulmate was his best friend's sister who was 7 years when they met (I think he met her when he was 15 or 18 so there was a 10-12 year age difference. He said he was planning to wait for her, let her grow up and experience the world, but he always thought they would end up married.
I was so creeped out by that that I never wanted to speak to him again.
Jesse - Jun 20, 2011 9:26:24 am PDT #13371 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Eta: ita's chocolate expectations, not Jesse's ambiguous time
Hee! I thought you meant mine!
Steph L. - Jun 20, 2011 9:27:41 am PDT #13372 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
he thought his soulmate was his best friend's sister who was 7 years when they met (I think he met her when he was 15 or 18 so there was a 10-12 year age difference. He said he was planning to wait for her, let her grow up and experience the world, but he always thought they would end up married.
Isn't that part of the plot of the last sparkly vampire book? Like, the werewolf falls in love with the newborn vampire? (That last question is one of the weirdest ones I've ever asked.)
tommyrot - Jun 20, 2011 9:30:13 am PDT #13373 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
he thought his soulmate was his best friend's sister who was 7 years when they met
Yuck.
I just hate the whole idea of soulmates. I mean, the version where there's one person in the whole world for you. I think that idea can really fuck someone up.
meara - Jun 20, 2011 9:30:35 am PDT #13374 of 30001
I think an MBA should prepare you for the time question, not the chocolate question!
That said, yes, I would think 24 business hours would be 3 days. Or something. If you mean one day, you might say "next business day" or "one business day". The reports I have to write when I do travel are due by the 5th business day (except this new project they're due by the 7th calendar day. Which is usually the same, but not always--doesn't include holidays)
tommyrot - Jun 20, 2011 9:30:52 am PDT #13375 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
(That last question is one of the weirdest ones I've ever asked.)
Heh. I suspect you've asked even weirder questions about Batman....
-t - Jun 20, 2011 9:32:37 am PDT #13376 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That's why I clarified! I was thinking about managing employee expectations wrt rewards for job performance. FTR, I would be unsure what "24 business hours" means if I read it in a contract, but probably take it to be three business days.
Steph L. - Jun 20, 2011 9:33:05 am PDT #13377 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Heh. I suspect you've asked even weirder questions about Batman....
Even with the whole punching-a-hole-in-reality thing AND Batman: Odyssey, I still think I haven't.
amych - Jun 20, 2011 9:36:57 am PDT #13378 of 30001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I'd probably assume that 24 business hours was "next business day" rather than "if it's on a Saturday you're contractually fucked". More importantly, though, I'd read it as "clarify this".