I'm not sure how old he is, but I heard him use the word 'newfangled' one time, so he's gotta be pretty far gone.

Dawn ,'Beneath You'


Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet  

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.


§ ita § - Feb 21, 2013 8:28:52 am PST #12196 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

God, Suzi. At least you have a handle on it now?

I'm trying to think--in a scenario like that, what can you do to prove you paid it? I guess it depends on how you paid it, but I wouldn't even know about getting records that old. I do actually have carbons for my chequebook, but I shred them when I'm done--that's just the only way I can get Batman.

Incompetent developer is...oy. The non-prod system "broke" sometime last week. First thing she did was blame it on me, and when I explained that the changes I'd made weren't related either by type or by time to the errors that were coming up, she went silent. Stopped replying to my emails on the subject. Finally she asks me if she needs to fix it because it's just the test system. Well, we have a release next weekend, and perhaps revolutionarily, it will need to be tested before then.

More radio silence. I start ccing her on emails to other people where I say "When she tells you it's fixed, then you can start your testing", and somehow, some way, she discovered this morning that it actually was her fault, that what I told her was the problem is the problem, and she is actually taking some responsibility for pushing back needlessly.

I wish this counted for the other stuff she has to do--I'm now back to ccing our manager on "give me a heads up when you're done this" emails, because she is just unresponsive.

Exhausting.


le nubian - Feb 21, 2013 8:31:06 am PST #12197 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

In my life I have never heard of choosing office space this way.


Jesse - Feb 21, 2013 8:34:31 am PST #12198 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Oh jeez, Suzi. Good luck getting that straightened out!


tommyrot - Feb 21, 2013 8:38:59 am PST #12199 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.

There have been many R2-D2 and C-3PO dresses, but this one is especially nice: C-3PO Dress - Neatorama

Or maybe the fact that it's not especially silly makes it look nicer.


SuziQ - Feb 21, 2013 8:39:09 am PST #12200 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame

I was picturing them wanting hundreds of dollars to get this fixed. So the fact that this will cost $147 plus my time isn't that bad. But between opening the mail yesterday and making all the calls today I felt horrible. Here I am, trying to help CJ get his license and I might lose mine? Over something so old? Bad adult, bad.


Theodosia - Feb 21, 2013 8:45:15 am PST #12201 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

My credit union keeps downloadable PDFs of my checks online where I can privately access them for a good length of time. I've had it come in handy when somebody disputed as to whether I'd paid a bill.

I think you're right, Suzi, that it's simpler just to pay the damn bill, because the amount of time you'd spend on it otherwise is going to be a big enough time suck.


brenda m - Feb 21, 2013 8:55:01 am PST #12202 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

At least you found out this way, and not in the midst of being pulled over or something.


Jesse - Feb 21, 2013 9:02:48 am PST #12203 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

At least you found out this way, and not in the midst of being pulled over or something.

That's the truth.

Access to old records is one reason I've never changed banks, even though I don't like my bank much. They have all of my info!


erikaj - Feb 21, 2013 9:07:58 am PST #12204 of 30001
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-

Wrod. I'd love to be all Occupy and "Move my money," but is too much.


Amy - Feb 21, 2013 9:13:47 am PST #12205 of 30001
Because books.

Bad adult, bad.

Untrue. The DMV is going to squeeze money out of anyone possible, whenever possible. Why weren't you sent a letter about this four years ago if it dates back that far? I would be willing to bet they let it go as long as possible so no one fights it, and just pays the fees to make it go away.

You're an awesome adult, lady.