I think I have the BEST weekend plans of all the buffistas:
I am packing this weekend. And shredding.
Beat THAT.
Lorne: Snakes? Uh-huh. And they came out of your what? Okay. Okay, well, did they get up there themselves or is this part of a, you know, a thing? No, I'm not judging...Do we fight snakes? Angel: Only if they're giant. Or demons. Or giant demons. Are they giant demon snakes? Lorne: Well, unless this guy's 30 feet tall, I'm thinking they're of the garden variety.
'Lineage'
Natter 70: Hookers and Blow
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.
le nubian - Jul 13, 2012 12:31:02 pm PDT #13683 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
§ ita § - Jul 13, 2012 12:31:33 pm PDT #13684 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
how many managers do you have to report to?
In theory, one. Someone else was expecting to learn of information, but nowhere in my responsibility am I actually tasked with telling him. So...gap, and not mine. I am hoping that when he calmed down he realised this, because it would have been...gauche of me to point it out.
DavidS - Jul 13, 2012 12:32:06 pm PDT #13685 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Oh, excellent! I have time to bring muffins.
I kind of want to bring her a blueberry bagel just to hear her go off.
aurelia - Jul 13, 2012 12:35:44 pm PDT #13686 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Curtis Luciani writes the response to Tosh that I've been trying to come up with. [link] I never really got past "Castration jokes are hilarious! (still think its funny?)"
-t - Jul 13, 2012 12:36:42 pm PDT #13687 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
The thought of a blueberry bagel where the berries spell out FUCKOS is making me happy.
javachik - Jul 13, 2012 12:39:41 pm PDT #13688 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
Oh ita !, I see. That is a tough situation for you and I hate that you were brought to tears in front of the guy.
My weekend: gardening, a bit of work, brunch with some local awesome people on Sunday at the Ferry building.
And trying to untie the knots in my stomach that are a result of getting an incredible offer to join a company full time - but they're in frelling Palo Alto and I just can't do the commute. The Chief Medical Officer whom I loved at my old job (who quit last summer and was replaced by the Chief Cretin AKA my nemesis and the main reason I quit in January) is trying to woo me to his new company. A big, international company. I literally haven't even set foot there and he's laid out salary, big office, 2 days of telecommuting, etc in an email to me. And....I just can't deal with that commute for even 3 days a week. The decision-making is eating my insides up. I am loving consulting but I really miss directing a team (it's the main thing I miss) because I love being a manager and am good at it. I'd have a group of 10 reports. Incredibly appealing. But yesterday, on my way back from a client in Cupertino, I timed the commute. It's 45 minutes with NO traffic. I just can't deal. But I am still weighing it. It's too good a deal to just down cold.
le nubian - Jul 13, 2012 12:41:34 pm PDT #13689 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
why is 45 minutes too much?
Ginger - Jul 13, 2012 12:43:03 pm PDT #13690 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Could you negotiate for more telecommuting or flexhours so you can miss at least some traffic?
javachik - Jul 13, 2012 12:43:39 pm PDT #13691 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
why is 45 minutes too much?
45 minutes itself wouldn't necessarily be, but it's more like 1.5 hours during traffic each way. I timed it at 2:30 in the afternoon.
It involved at least one bridge, 4 different freeways, and a number of potential hotspots for accidents. It would mean getting home after 8 every night and not ever being able to make weeknight plans.'
Ginger, possibly? But with that many reports, I would want to be and need to be onsite a lot for at least the first 6 months.
le nubian - Jul 13, 2012 12:45:21 pm PDT #13692 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
So, what if you worked differently from 8 to 5?
I am not sure if you are a morning person or evening, but if you started work at 7, you probably could avoid most of it. BTW, why can't you drive to BART/Caltrans and take that in?