And to think I used to wonder where the ideas in Dilbert came from.
Danger's my birthright.
Buffy ,'The Killer In Me'
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.
Connie Neil - May 09, 2012 10:12:17 am PDT #4288 of 30001
brillig
brenda m - May 09, 2012 10:12:44 am PDT #4289 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
They'll be in a pickle!
Heh, indeed.
(For a sense of scale, the contract involves more than 50 million s.f. of real estate. Our own account team is more than 700 people. If it's bad - which to be clear, is not yet known - then it could be really, really bad.)
Toddson - May 09, 2012 10:16:29 am PDT #4290 of 30001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
As I keep telling people, "I don't have to make this stuff up".
brenda m - May 09, 2012 10:18:38 am PDT #4291 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
Right, Toddson? Unbelieveable. If only because I can't imagine not wanting to kick something that big further up the food chain out of pure cowardice.
tommyrot - May 09, 2012 10:19:31 am PDT #4292 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
When I took my Business Law course, we learned about what can happen if an employee signs a contract but doesn't have the authority to do so.
I don't remember anything on that subject (except sometimes the contract can be voided. Maybe).
But hey, I still remember that contracts for illegal activity are unenforceable.
Strix - May 09, 2012 10:19:39 am PDT #4293 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Oh, no -- no London! I am so sad for you!
I'm pretty sure that wasn't a romance novel.
Sure it is — it's really Stephen King's long-lost romance novel "When Pennywise Got His Groove Back."
Jesse - May 09, 2012 10:23:49 am PDT #4294 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Unfortunately it is only 9 - 3:30 and no options for before or after care, so that is something to work out.
That is so ridiculous! I feel sort of bad (both ways) for making this comparison, but the day program my father goes to has hours like this, so he gets home hours before my mother does. It would be fine if other people didn't have, you know, jobs!
DavidS - May 09, 2012 10:25:07 am PDT #4295 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
One of my other favorite shenanigans from working at Orrick:
A guy there was up for partner. His dad worked for the NSA. The guy used an NSA codebreaker program he got from his dad to go through the firm's document system and read individual attorney reviews of his work. (The individual reviews are raw comments and are definitely NOT politic or open for viewing. They get boiled down into a very polite, mildly worded version of the actual review before it is delivered.)
He was caught because - duh! - having the password doesn't mean you can't see who was opening the documents in the system.
Did they fire him? Nope. He made partner.
He's no longer at Orrick. Ken Aboud, you total bastard.
msbelle - May 09, 2012 10:27:31 am PDT #4296 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Working people should not dependants who have medical issues of any kind.
JZ - May 09, 2012 10:32:35 am PDT #4297 of 30001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.