What is your childhood trauma?

Cordelia ,'Lessons'


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.


Amy - Jun 08, 2012 12:12:10 pm PDT #8956 of 30001
Because books.

It's hysterical! "I cannot feckin' run..."


Dana - Jun 08, 2012 12:13:06 pm PDT #8957 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Okay, who has worked phone support before and can confirm for me that sometimes, if things aren't going well, you "accidentally" disconnect people.

I won't judge, I swear.


Jesse - Jun 08, 2012 12:17:20 pm PDT #8958 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Argh, my coworker kept me yacking so I missed the good shuttle. Bah.

Also, another coworker came over with a question for us about a problem he was having. My actual response? "Google that shit." I realize he is older, but come ON. That is the first answer to any computer issue! GOOGLE THAT SHIT.


§ ita § - Jun 08, 2012 12:23:24 pm PDT #8959 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Man, a co-worker just pissed me off. He's looking for the developer that sits in the cube next to me. He comes, she's not there, he starts muttering. Her (and my) manager pipes up and says "Well, maybe she's taking lunch?" And co-worker replies with, in the pettiest snottiest tone "Well, she's been doing that for two and a half hours!"

Seriously? Do you not want anyone on your side ever again?

He's also the sort of guy who deliberately and pointed reads every word he can see on your screen, and will even flip idly through windows if you let him use your keyboard.

Who wants that person around?


Dana - Jun 08, 2012 12:25:45 pm PDT #8960 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Customer service question #2: Muzak is a punishment, right?


Cass - Jun 08, 2012 12:37:13 pm PDT #8961 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

Okay, who has worked phone support before and can confirm for me that sometimes, if things aren't going well, you "accidentally" disconnect people.

Of course.

Who wants that person around?

I don't even want that person on my planet.


Toddson - Jun 08, 2012 12:41:01 pm PDT #8962 of 30001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

On the brighter side,animal photos.


Consuela - Jun 08, 2012 12:43:39 pm PDT #8963 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

CIO said in the meeting today that her direct reports keep a pair of sneakers in their offices, because she has her 1 on 1s walking around the block--she did 5 miles of meetings yesterday.

Oh, man, I would so benefit from that. My boss only goes so far as to try to have meetings standing up. I actually have a cousin's husband who has running eetings.

He's also the sort of guy who deliberately and pointed reads every word he can see on your screen, and will even flip idly through windows if you let him use your keyboard.

And this is why I HATE having my back to my cubicle doorway.


§ ita § - Jun 08, 2012 12:51:04 pm PDT #8964 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

You can only sneak up on me from where my manager sits. And she's normally perfectly loud so that I can have my windows properly arranged by the time she's in view. But my boss is a sneaky ninja, and sometimes he comes basically from where I can see him and I don't notice a thing until it's too late and I'm doing a keyboard smash and hoping the right windows disappear.

Went for a slice of banana bread, and the cafe gave me two, because it was Friday! Whee! And I already had a spare muffin from the morning, so my dinner's pretty well set.

Lunch was 5 Guys burger. Didn't like it so much--the ketchup is really sour. However, they do let grownups order off the "little" menu, so at least I wasn't wasting as much food as normal.

Oh, that reminds me. I have half a sandwich in the office fridge.

In theory. They apparently clean them. Huh!


Sheryl - Jun 08, 2012 12:52:14 pm PDT #8965 of 30001
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"

Timelies all!

Only plans I have for this weekend are visiting the comic book store and buying a Fathers' Day gift.