Poor ex coworker.
One of my project managers just announced that she was taking 3 months paternity leave for a new 4 footed addition to her family. I.... I don't know what my response is.
I'm thinking about buying something very expensive. Maybe an antelope.
Anya ,'Get It Done'
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.
SuziQ - Apr 22, 2013 7:57:04 am PDT #20057 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
brenda m - Apr 22, 2013 7:58:38 am PDT #20058 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
Um, what? The apparent gender confusion notwithstanding.
le nubian - Apr 22, 2013 7:59:46 am PDT #20059 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
suzi,
how can that occur? there is no mandated leave for pets (I assume we are talking about a pet and not a new human hybrid).
SuziQ - Apr 22, 2013 8:00:08 am PDT #20060 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Yeah, the gender thing makes sense (I was there when she married her wife right before I moved to Colorado). But...for a puppy? And announcing it like that?
le nubian - Apr 22, 2013 8:00:51 am PDT #20061 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
but how was the leave approved?
Sparky1 - Apr 22, 2013 8:01:52 am PDT #20062 of 30001
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I.... I don't know what my response is.
Malzeltov?
Also, I think I need to work for that company, because I didn't even get maternity leave here, and we will get another dog someday . . .
Jessica - Apr 22, 2013 8:02:12 am PDT #20063 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
the gender thing makes sense (I was there when she married her wife right before I moved to Colorado).
That doesn't make her a dad, though, even before we get to the part where we're talking about a puppy.
le nubian - Apr 22, 2013 8:04:26 am PDT #20064 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
it seems to me she would probably refer to her wife's leave as maternity and her own as paternity. so I get that she's probably using the terms to refer to each half of the partnership and not strictly male and female. Fine, be unusual since we don't have good nouns for either side of a lesbian relationship.
HOWEVER. I still want to know how she got 3 months approved for a dog.
§ ita § - Apr 22, 2013 8:04:49 am PDT #20065 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
This is the kind of question where people who either have barely really thought about the position (beyond, I need and job and this has some key words!) or who are really trying to find a route in to the company to then look for something else tend to expose themselves.
I've never been part of an interview where someone cocked this up (needless to say, it wasn't my question), but since we're interviewing offshore consultant developers right now when we only have the one consulting company supplier...I guess you can rank the applicants based on who had the best answer? It just seems like something that tells you zip. (This position is also maybe for six months.)
le nubian - Apr 22, 2013 8:05:37 am PDT #20066 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I have interviewed people who have cocked this up. badly. I don't understand it myself.