And that's why Consuela gave two weeks' notice, instead of just setting stuff on fire.
Two weeks' notice IS good, in that you can set a fire that burns for TWO WEEKS.
Bester: Mal. Whaddya need two mechanics for? Mal: I really don't.
'Out Of Gas'
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.
Steph L. - Mar 27, 2013 8:45:26 am PDT #16252 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
tommyrot - Mar 27, 2013 8:45:57 am PDT #16253 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.
OK, Consuela, maybe you should just act really cheerful for your last two weeks. Just exude a "I'm so glad I'm getting out of here" vibe. Smile whenever the subject of your leaving comes up.
Jesse - Mar 27, 2013 8:49:43 am PDT #16254 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Two weeks' notice IS good, in that you can set a fire that burns for TWO WEEKS.
Ha! But seriously, I wonder what would happen if you lit a tightly-packed metal file cabinet on fire.
OK, Consuela, maybe you should just act really cheerful for your last two weeks. Just exude a "I'm so glad I'm getting out of here" vibe. Smile whenever the subject of your leaving comes up.
I have done that many times, but never on purpose. Sorry, coworkers I've left behind!
Zenkitty - Mar 27, 2013 8:50:42 am PDT #16255 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Other, saner people are right. Professional is always the best way to go. Dang it.
In related news, I'm thinking of getting a fire pit for the patio. Then I can ritualistically burn things that trouble me. Fire good. Fire pretty.
Connie Neil - Mar 27, 2013 8:56:43 am PDT #16256 of 30001
brillig
I'm thinking of getting a fire pit for the patio
Pyres are very cleansing. I use them to dispose of things that still contain "worth" as I perceive it but which can only be thrown away because no one else wants them. I feel like I'm releasing the object's soul instead of just tossing it in a landfill.
Why yes, I am an animist, why do you ask?
Strix - Mar 27, 2013 8:57:40 am PDT #16257 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
I did that with my notes from a Victorian lit class where the prof accused me of plagiarizing an essay "because a sophomore couldn't write something like that." And he mispronounced prowess as "prowness," and I finally hated him so much that I corrected him, and he was all, "It IS pronounced prowNESS. I believe I'm the person with the doctorate in English."
After I took the final, I marched home and set fire to all my notes from the class in the hibachi. And did a little dance and shouted some really profane things. It's useful.
(And later, we found out he'd been plagiarizing stuff from student work for years and selling them to Reader's Digest, @@)
le nubian - Mar 27, 2013 8:59:06 am PDT #16258 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
urgle burgle. what gross behavior.
Amy - Mar 27, 2013 9:01:39 am PDT #16259 of 30001
Because books.
And later, we found out he'd been plagiarizing stuff from student work for years and selling them to Reader's Digest, @@
WTF.
Strix - Mar 27, 2013 9:02:18 am PDT #16260 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Yup.
Strix - Mar 27, 2013 9:04:52 am PDT #16261 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Burning class notes was a Big Deal. I graduated from undergrad in 94, and I religiously kept all my English class notes; same with grad school notes. They are in plastic storage bins in the basement for reference. I'm a Willow-esque like that. I DESPISED that little...man.