I like the jobs just about every person is doing (well, bar Huck), but everything is so heightened that sustaining or exceeding it seems complex.
Oh, at first it was confusing. Just the idea of computers was like — whoa! I'm eleven hundred years old! I had trouble adjusting to the idea of Lutherans.
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.
§ ita § - Feb 01, 2013 3:19:33 pm PST #9671 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Liese S. - Feb 01, 2013 3:20:20 pm PST #9672 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
I am spending a half an hour on the phone, getting escalated twice, trying to find out why the bank has posted a five dollar posting error correction. I mean hey, free five dollars, but if it's coming from one of the donations, I need to be able to acknowledge that correctly. Seriously, though, five bucks!
Jesse - Feb 01, 2013 3:25:15 pm PST #9673 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I like the jobs just about every person is doing (well, bar Huck), but everything is so heightened that sustaining or exceeding it seems complex.
Totally. And it feels like there are plenty of developments without wrapping things up too fast. Maybe they needed more MOTW as they went? The overarching stuff definitely could have taken years to come to a head, but now I want it (at least more or less) sorted this season.
Cass - Feb 01, 2013 3:43:14 pm PST #9674 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Current season whitefont please.
I think he likes having a scared workforce is all I can think.
Which is not the smartest move unless you are offering either salary or benefits so good as to make it worth it or if there are no other options for your employees. This guy doesn't sound like either are true. It's just a power thing.
erin_obscure - Feb 01, 2013 3:50:47 pm PST #9675 of 30001
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
Things I've actually said at work today:
"We don't send ambulances for dogs, but I can find you a number for an emergency animal hospital in the area..."
"How old are you? 148? ....are you feeling confused?"
"unless it devolved into fisticuffs it was a civil issue and you don't need to make a police report."
"anyone remember something about a flash mob stealing loads of pants?"
Consuela - Feb 01, 2013 3:54:38 pm PST #9676 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
... and I got home to discover that my seven-year-old dog had chewed up the carpet in the living room.
Jesse - Feb 01, 2013 3:57:01 pm PST #9677 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Because you needed one more thing? Oy.
Current season whitefont please.
I don't think any of that is spoilery?
And I don't envy you your job, erin_obscure.
erin_obscure - Feb 01, 2013 3:58:33 pm PST #9678 of 30001
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
I was so very pleased to be able to use fisticuffs (in proper context) in the course of a slow, cold call. I even heard the caller chuckle a little. That's rare, I try really hard to never make jokes with callers. It doesn't usually go over well. *kathunk*
Zenkitty - Feb 01, 2013 4:06:30 pm PST #9679 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Send over them carpet-eating dogs. I need to rip up the carpet in my house so I can't talk myself out of buying new flooring.
Consuela - Feb 01, 2013 4:16:40 pm PST #9680 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I spent $200 on that rug, and it took me a long time to find one I liked in the right color for the room. And now it's rooooned.