OMG, those are kind of awesome! Also kind of terrible, but wow!
Anya: Are you stupid or something? Giles: Allow me to answer that question with a firing.
'Sleeper'
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.
-t - Jun 18, 2013 5:27:29 pm PDT #26307 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Ginger - Jun 18, 2013 5:29:15 pm PDT #26308 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
If you have a filter, check it once a month and if it looks dirty, change it. That will both keep your system more efficient and extend the life of your HVAC system. I have written those sentences dozens of times.
The soffit is the underside of the roof overhang. (It's the underside of any structural overhang, but most commonly refers to the roof.)
Your intern would drive me mad too. Maybe you need to preface your instructions with "Now I'm going to tell you what to do next."
Typo Boy - Jun 18, 2013 5:36:19 pm PDT #26309 of 30001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
I guess it would not be good management technique to tell her. "Now I'm going to tell you what to do next. If you don't understand me, ask for clarification immediately. If you do understand, do it. If you do neither, I will cut you."
shrift - Jun 18, 2013 5:38:05 pm PDT #26310 of 30001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I wish there'd been adulthood classes I could have taken back in my twenties, like Keep Your Car Running and Home Maintainy Stuffs You Actually Need to Do and How Do I 401k and Help the Toilet's Broken.
Lee - Jun 18, 2013 5:44:25 pm PDT #26311 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
The thing I have trouble with is is someone tries to spell out words for me when I am supposed to remember them or write them down. I hear the letters, but I just can't process them at anything like normal processing times.
Also, is this where because Wine came up? Because I gotta say, Because Bourbon.
§ ita § - Jun 18, 2013 5:47:21 pm PDT #26312 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
When dealing with the blankfaced I ask them to repeat what they're going to do back to me until we've got nothing more to say to each other.
I noticed as I was leaving a meeting with my old boss the other day that he did EXACTLY that to me, twice.
So, you know. Your intern may just be me.
What kind of irritation am I setting myself up for with over-use of the lidoderm? I need to do a pros and cons thing, because I just took one off and that shit had been WORKING.
lisah - Jun 18, 2013 5:54:23 pm PDT #26313 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate
.the home warrantee guy who gave me the lesson on radiator care didn't mention that, so I think we're good.
Thank God!!!
Oh man, we had an awesome on-point intern last year who took care of all the shitty bullshit work we had to do in our shitty bullshit requirements management system. She was careful and quick and never complained. Unfortunately (for us, great for her) her summer job this year is in the field she's getting her degree in (something in the sciences and not computer science). We pay our interns, fwiw.
sarameg - Jun 18, 2013 5:54:54 pm PDT #26314 of 30001
In a work situation, if I need time to think, I will totally be all 'give me a minute.'
meara - Jun 18, 2013 6:11:21 pm PDT #26315 of 30001
I totally watch people's lips when they speak and not their eyes. And then occasionally realize in supposed to be looking at their eyes and panic and look up and then they're looking at me and I feel weird and look away and go back to their lips. ...um, I'm hoping to not as bad as it feels?
Jessica - Jun 18, 2013 6:19:31 pm PDT #26316 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Our current intern is like an overeager puppy. And he's a little bit of an asshole geek, in that he's 20 years old and feels the need to prove his geek cred ALL THE FUCKING TIME. Which I am 100% certain was also me at age 20 (please, nobody go back and check the archive threads) so I mostly smile and nod and let him think he's impressing people.