I battle evil. But I don't really win. The bad keeps coming back and getting stronger. Like that kid in the story, the boy that stuck his finger in the duck.

Buffy ,'Showtime'


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.


Beverly - Apr 09, 2013 12:44:40 pm PDT #17898 of 30001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.

msbelle is very wise, Consuela. It's a really good idea to detach as quickly and completely as you can. Knowing they are going to let you go without a backward thought, and that when they are sinking in the pilotless mire of their own making, they won't even make the connection that it was you who kept them on course, your employers don't deserve another thought. Your clients will have to manage without you, too, and that is not your fault.

Your focus has to shift to you, and your future, which no longer includes this job. Let go as soon and as well as you can and look forward, not back.


-t - Apr 09, 2013 12:45:22 pm PDT #17899 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

FWIW, different field, different country, etc., but hardly anyone has asked me about the really quite large gaps in my resume. If there's an option for a cover letter, maybe mention that you included only relevant experience for the sake of efficiency?


le nubian - Apr 09, 2013 12:56:53 pm PDT #17900 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

Consuela,

the only note I would make is if you think maintaining these relationships may help you land another job. You might need to pick and choose one to further communicate with if that is the case.


le nubian - Apr 09, 2013 1:08:40 pm PDT #17901 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

Have a phone meeting at 3. Did research online about the person's work place. Have a list of questions to ask the person on the phone. Followup actions. Organized and all set.

Check the email again, the meeting is on the 16th.

FUCK.


Burrell - Apr 09, 2013 1:10:54 pm PDT #17902 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

Your focus has to shift to you, and your future, which no longer includes this job. Let go as soon and as well as you can and look forward, not back.

msbelle IS wise, and Beverly is wise too.


P.M. Marc - Apr 09, 2013 1:24:24 pm PDT #17903 of 30001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

I think making every two characters who spend time together a sexual pairing does oppress the idea of platonic friends, even really good and close friends. But I'm used to that.

When I say oppressed, I'm talking about structural oppression in society, which is something romantic partnerships of a same-sex nature face, and friendships just don't.


-t - Apr 09, 2013 1:31:58 pm PDT #17904 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I think today calls for cocoa.


Lee - Apr 09, 2013 1:38:37 pm PDT #17905 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

With Schnapps in it?


Dana - Apr 09, 2013 1:39:38 pm PDT #17906 of 30001
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."

oooh. That sounds good. I have neither of those.


-t - Apr 09, 2013 1:40:12 pm PDT #17907 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Not while I'm still at work...