The last time I got really upset at a job, I quit the next day. But that was a bullshit part-time job that had been driving me crazy for months with the sheer WTFery of the manager.
Still felt good, though.
Everybody plays each other. That's all anybody ever does. We play parts.
Saffron ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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.
Amy - Sep 01, 2011 11:19:29 am PDT #23608 of 30001
Because books.
Allyson - Sep 01, 2011 11:21:10 am PDT #23609 of 30001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
I often need to be reigned in. I sometimes worry that I'm Don Quixote in purple hair and tattoos. That and the attention span of a gnat are my two biggest weaknesses. I think I'm forgiven because if you fuck with one of my people, I'll move a mountain to make it right.
But I'm certain that I have a net loss in the "overly emotional" department.
bon bon - Sep 01, 2011 11:21:32 am PDT #23610 of 30001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
I've been a sympathetic ear to a younger employee who started the same time as me. I can't tell if her problems with everyone she works with are her fault or not (we're in different groups). But I like to think being able to have perspective makes a big difference. Just keep your head down, do the work.
Liese S. - Sep 01, 2011 11:24:52 am PDT #23611 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Also, does anyone know where I left my magic eraser? I had it before the summer break, I'm sure.
JenP - Sep 01, 2011 11:27:18 am PDT #23612 of 30001
Those are some really engaging paintings, flea. I like and would also buy a couple if I had disposable income. And a place to hang them. And a root.
When I look at this one, however, all I can think is, "Stop staring at me!" The paintings are an entertaining Rorschach test, too. [link] (it goes to the painting after the opening flash)
Jesse - Sep 01, 2011 11:28:49 am PDT #23613 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Wow, I would love some of those city paintings. I need more big art, I think.
§ ita § - Sep 01, 2011 11:39:00 am PDT #23614 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I am pretty non-confrontational at work, but I did suggest we take one disagreement to the Octagon to resolve. With the clear knowledge that I'd win.
That is probably not appropriate business chatter.
erikaj - Sep 01, 2011 11:39:12 am PDT #23615 of 30001
Always Anti-fascist!
I just quoted Omar in a disability discussion on LinkedIn. Guess that's another place I won't be coming back to(but I guess it wasn't "If you come at the king, you better not miss," so maybe.) But if you know a better answer to "How do you live with that every day?" than "A day at a time, I suppose." I don't know what it is.
Consuela - Sep 01, 2011 11:42:34 am PDT #23616 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Those are beautiful paintings. Funny how I was able to identify the London ones so easily.
JenP - Sep 01, 2011 11:46:24 am PDT #23617 of 30001
I don't know whether it's geographically the same area, but the one reminded me of the opening of EastEnders.