God, it's so base to call them that.

Okay. Didn't you pay people to pick up the dishes and bring you food and drink items?

Didn't you pay people to pick up the dishes and bring you food and drink items?

They had weekends off.

They had weekends off.

Okay, now I can imagine the scenario where your family members might grab a Ting for you.

One of the few things i like about my employer (in addition to the quick and reliable direct deposit) is that all city buildings are fragrance-free. Signs at every door. Absolutely necessary since i work for 10-12 hrs at a time in a big room with about 30 other people. One gal wears vanilla but she usually sits on the other side of the room and food-related scents don't bother me. I could totally dig a guy wearing coffee-scented aftershave. Why isn't that on the market yet?

I had to talk the last couple boyfriends out of cologne or scented aftershave. Tried to explain how i choose partners by pheremones and chemical scents muck that up. That, and i don't want to smell like someone else's product. (strangely, i don't mind smelling like another person until my next shower, but another person's product? totally not on.) Soup and shampoo/conditioner aren't a problem for me, the overpowering scent rinses away. Didn't always bother me, tho, i recall a college boyfriend who used drakkar noir regularly and yet still smelled delicious.

Have i mentioned that i HATE HATE HATE that hand sanitizer gel? Yeah, the fragrance in that stuff is really not ok.

now I can imagine the scenario where your family members might grab a Ting for you.

We grabbed our own Tings. What kind of lazy people do you think we were?

I am worried I'm going to have to talk to people about the scents. But I'm worried I should just work at the office less. I mean, the place stinks of construction anyway, so why should I ask people to smell less?

But if my boss's boss is going to wear scents normally, that could be trouble. But he's new, and I really don't want to have that talk.

I hate that at the hospital, the doctors and nurses know better, but the finance people almost always stink of chemicals to high heaven. It's horrible. I may say something to a nurse next time.

Soup and shampoo/conditioner aren't a problem for me, the overpowering scent rinses away.

She'll either murder us in our sleep or rub soup on our heads?

We're completely uncivilized--as I levitate off the couch and amble toward the other end of the house, "Can I bring you anything while I'm up?" And of course I get, "Did you need another water while I'm up? You want a snack? Can I peel you an orange?"

See? Uncivilized.

What kind of lazy people do you think we were?

I can't answer this question until I know whether your servants paid-friends brought you Ting on a tray during weekdays, or just handed it to you.

Then I'll know what kind of lazy your family was.

The chocolate balsamic vinegar! O.M.G. They have violet, too!

ERIN ERIN ERIN! If I send you money, will you PLEASE pick up the violet vinegar and mail it to me? Please?

Of course, Jilli. I can pick it up this weekend.

So I get to work this morning to discover that they are testing the fire alarm. The office opens at 8 am it was about 10 minutes to 8. I walk in, can't bear the noise, and just walk through the building to go grab a breakfast sandwich at the caf - figuring that testing will be done by the time I get back.

My boss comes out and yells that it's just testing - like I should stay in the noise.

No way.

That noise was designed to drive you away (as are the strobe lights) and one of the bad memories I have of being on lockdown is that for some reason the fire alarm was on for a good long time and we weren't able to leave. Torture!

Happy Thursday, right?