Jayne: Well... I don't like the idea of someone hearin' what I'm thinkin'. Inara: No one likes the idea of hearing what you're thinking.

'Objects In Space'


Spike's Bitches 48: I Say, We Go Out There, and Kick a Little Demon Ass.  

[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.


beth b - Apr 29, 2015 11:15:21 am PDT #18951 of 30002
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!

I think it is possible to say something along the lines of 'pleses do not scold /yell /chastise me for something I can not be responsible for .

Of course, I might be a in the very pissed off at everyone Matt works for mode - because some other peoples bad time management skills ( will just stick with that part ) has him working at crisis level - possible all month long.

So I feel the need to defend every one in stupid work situations.

Work is bette when there is less stupid stuff


Zenkitty - Apr 29, 2015 11:23:34 am PDT #18952 of 30002
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

Steph, it's good to know my workplace isn't the only one that's crazy.

I'm working on a journal that has a strict page limit of 14 pages. About half the papers are more than that. So we ask the EiC for special permission, and about half the time she gives it, so half of the papers get to ignore the "strict" page limit and half of them get pissed that they can't. Then it's up to me to ask the author to cut one to three pages out of his paper, well after peer review and acceptance, and so who does he get pissed at? Me, of course.


Steph L. - Apr 29, 2015 11:33:57 am PDT #18953 of 30002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Then it's up to me to ask the author to cut one to three pages out of his paper, well after peer review and acceptance, and so who does he get pissed at? Me, of course.

Right. If we have a rule that an article can't have 3 tables, and yet an article with 3 tables gets accepted, it wasn't my decision to accept the damn paper, so I assume it's okay. But of course it's not okay, so they make the freelancer (who isn't even allowed to speak with the EIC, which would make things so much easier) sort this shit out. It's not *just* bullshit, it's inefficient bullshit.


sj - Apr 29, 2015 11:38:03 am PDT #18954 of 30002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

I'm having some light bleeding and headed to the hospital. I was in RI when it started and Mom is driving me. It feels like the longest car ride of my life.

ETA: I'm fine and the baby is fine.


Zenkitty - Apr 29, 2015 11:41:45 am PDT #18955 of 30002
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

Much ~ma, sj.


Steph L. - Apr 29, 2015 12:03:33 pm PDT #18956 of 30002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

All my digits are crossed, sj.


Fred Pete - Apr 29, 2015 12:04:20 pm PDT #18957 of 30002
Ann, that's a ferret.

Best wishes, sj.


Kate P. - Apr 29, 2015 12:33:11 pm PDT #18958 of 30002
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love

Oh sj, I'm sending you all the ~ma I've got. Please keep us posted when you can. I'll be thinking of you and hoping with all my heart that you and ltc are OK.


Connie Neil - Apr 29, 2015 12:35:17 pm PDT #18959 of 30002
brillig

I hate when my shins sweat.

Summer is coming.


beth b - Apr 29, 2015 1:05:10 pm PDT #18960 of 30002
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!

sending the ma ~~~~~ sj