This girl at school? She told me that gelatin is made from ground-up cow's feet and that every time you eat Jell-O there's some cow out there limping around without any feet. But I told her that I'm sure the cow is dead before they cut its feet off, right?

Dawn ,'Never Leave Me'


Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This  

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.


brenda m - Aug 09, 2013 6:28:28 am PDT #1928 of 30000
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

Oh, in that case it might be different.


Strix - Aug 09, 2013 6:30:23 am PDT #1929 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger

Then offer your letter to the HR person today, formal notice to boss on Monday. Get the righteous fuck outta there.


Jesse - Aug 09, 2013 6:35:10 am PDT #1930 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I've always told my boss first and then made it formal. I think you could tell your HR buddy without it being Official Notice, but what do I know.


Fred Pete - Aug 09, 2013 6:39:02 am PDT #1931 of 30000
Ann, that's a ferret.

Maria, is HR manager enough of a friend that you could ask to keep it quiet until you tell your boss Monday morning?


Jesse - Aug 09, 2013 6:40:27 am PDT #1932 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

You really don't want your boss to hear it from anyone who isn't you.


le nubian - Aug 09, 2013 6:42:00 am PDT #1933 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

Maria,

my sector of employment is different from yours, but in my two resignations, I have always told my immediate boss first. Then other relevant colleagues. Then HR.


shrift - Aug 09, 2013 6:44:33 am PDT #1934 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

I scrambled out of bed this morning in a panic, thinking, "JESUS CHRIST WHAT DAY IS IT AM I SUPPOSED TO BE AT THE AIRPORT?!" I have the feeling this is going to be happening to me a lot over the next three months.


§ ita § - Aug 09, 2013 6:45:06 am PDT #1935 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I didn't know you had to tell HR. I wouldn't dream of telling anyone before my boss, no matter if I hated them or not, though.


Sophia Brooks - Aug 09, 2013 6:57:39 am PDT #1936 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

I have only ever told my boss, who told our department administrator, who told HR/Payroll.


Theodosia - Aug 09, 2013 7:21:08 am PDT #1937 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

I would tell boss first, unless it really was an uncordial relationship. Thank goodness I've never had that situation, though. Ugh. But since HR is a friend, you could, er, theoretically ask HR if it was proper to tell boss first.