javachik, I just checked TaskRabbit out and it's in Seattle--I've bookmarked it!
But that's just my point! You she obeys! She obeys you! There's obeying going on right under my nose!
Wash ,'War Stories'
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
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.
meara - Mar 08, 2012 11:12:15 am PST #25822 of 30001
brenda m - Mar 08, 2012 11:12:51 am PST #25823 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Ack, Vonnie. Be safe.
I am overloaded with house and work stuff and it was so great to post "come pick up leftover paint and fluorescent tubes and take to appropriate disposal agency" and have someone DO IT immediately for a bit of cash. Now I am sitting here thinking of more Taskrabbity things. Maybe Hec could sign up with the service - it seems an easy way to make cash doing jobs you pick up as you wish. I plan to use it a lot.
HMOG. I am having my couch issue taken care of right now.
javachik - Mar 08, 2012 11:14:04 am PST #25824 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
brenda, you've used it before, right? I either learned about TR here or on Twitter.
meara, you will love it!
I love that I put in a max amount that I'd be willing to spend for the task to be done, but that amount isn't shown to bidders. I put in a max of $60 for the paints task and someone did it for $25. The whole process is SO easy. And the taskrabbits are screened, etc, so I feel fine and safe using it. Certainly a lot safer than using Craiglist.
smonster - Mar 08, 2012 11:22:06 am PST #25825 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
I wish Taskrabbit was here, too. There's a small business called "The Occasional Wife," but I haven't looked into whether they contract stuff out, or hire people, or only take what they can do.
OMG, the LA unemployment claim phone system is a nightmare. I went through at nine least levels of phone menus with no human, and if you hit "0" it just repeats the menu. So now I'm trying to get it straightened out from the NC side, where I was on hold for about 15 minutes but got a person. Death is not an option, bureaucratic style.
Jesse - Mar 08, 2012 11:23:15 am PST #25826 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Yikes, Vonnie! Stay safe.
Sue - Mar 08, 2012 11:28:10 am PST #25827 of 30001
hip deep in pie
Vonnie, stay safe!!!
Vonnie K - Mar 08, 2012 11:28:27 am PST #25828 of 30001
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
OK. Lecture cancelled, which was predictable. The police at the VA wouldn't let the lecturer leave the building to come down here.
Two dead, including the gunman, and seven injured. The injured are all being triaged through our ER. God, that was way too close for comfort.
Fred Pete - Mar 08, 2012 11:43:56 am PST #25829 of 30001
Ann, that's a ferret.
Relief for Vonnie. Stay calm! Maybe pamper yourself a little tonight.
brenda m - Mar 08, 2012 11:56:02 am PST #25830 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
brenda, you've used it before, right? I either learned about TR here or on Twitter.
Nope. But I'm giving it a shot! I want both my couches hauled out so that I can rearrange and replace them with things more suited for the space I have. It's been a royal pain figuring out how to do that.
§ ita § - Mar 08, 2012 11:56:26 am PST #25831 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Jesus, Vonnie, that's a drama and a half for a workday. Nobody needs that. Glad you're on the other end of it safely.
I'm trying to work out how to handle management. How to give the CIO more information than she asked for, because she asked the wrong question, and I wanted to forestall the next one? How to get the manager to get the boss to pull the trigger on some stuff, so I can go ahead on it without seeming like I'm nagging? It's a delicate balance. I don't know if I'm doing it right.