msbelle, you have just described my boss, except add extreme insecurity to the mix and a tendency to think that anyone who is direct is "difficult" to work with.
And almost sixty-five percent of that was actual compliment. Is that a personal best?
Xander ,'End of Days'
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.
megan walker - May 12, 2011 9:06:40 am PDT #7964 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Jesse - May 12, 2011 9:06:46 am PDT #7965 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Someone I'm facebook friends with just posted this:
You know those internet acronyms that the young people use nowadays? I made up a new one I'm going to start using. It is "IME". "In my experience".
Should I tell him?
Liese S. - May 12, 2011 9:07:34 am PDT #7966 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
As long as you don't go on to tell him about BMECT.
Jesse - May 12, 2011 9:11:42 am PDT #7967 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Heh.
§ ita § - May 12, 2011 9:32:53 am PDT #7968 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
OMG, I just got a bunch of compliments on the requirements gathering meeting from hell. Not only do I feel like shit on toast warmed over, but I don't feel I got my questions answered.
But, hey, if the boss thinks I look good, I look good, right?
Beverly - May 12, 2011 9:40:04 am PDT #7969 of 30001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Kathy, I keep meaning to tell you how awed and impressed I am with your progress. You're amazing, and you look terrific!
And ita, you look absolutely fantastic. Goes without saying.
Polter-Cow - May 12, 2011 9:47:50 am PDT #7970 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
As long as you don't go on to tell him about BMECT.
But My Experience Counts Too?
Jesse - May 12, 2011 9:51:11 am PDT #7971 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Contradicts That.
Steph L. - May 12, 2011 10:26:36 am PDT #7972 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Woo! Apple just sent me a shipment notice for the laptop, with a FedEx tracking number which does indeed have actual tracking information when I click on it.
Apparently you CAN ship a computer next-day to Cincinnati from The Rift.
Steph L. - May 12, 2011 10:30:51 am PDT #7973 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Unrelatedly, I'm editing something on genetics that uses the word "mendelian" (as in Gregor Mendel). The AMA style guide says it should be lower-case, but then goes on to say that editors should defer to -- specifically -- "the latest edition of Merriam-Webster."
Which, naturally, capitalizes it.
I am in a quandary.