My work team is about to move from the 1st to the 4th floor and I'm stoked about having the opportunity to get more flights of stairs walked in my day. Fitbit tracks stairs!
What? I'm not allowed to hit people? Wesley: Not people capable of genocide. Angel: Those are exactly the types of people I should be allowed to hit!
'Just Rewards (2)'
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.
lisah - Feb 19, 2014 8:06:14 am PST #20444 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate
SuziQ - Feb 19, 2014 8:08:34 am PST #20445 of 30000
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
It sound like the stranger was looking for a way to congratulate herself.
I don't know. I have empathy for all involved. When my mom was on her downhill slide I would have given anything to talk with someone in the same situation. But there is no good way to do that. If that was the stranger's goal, she approached it badly. But I understand the impulse.
Amy - Feb 19, 2014 8:36:02 am PST #20446 of 30000
Because books.
It's one of those days when my brain just won't work. I've written this copy seventeen different ways, and it still doesn't sound right.
Maybe chocolate will help.
-t - Feb 19, 2014 8:39:05 am PST #20447 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I'm still wearing my snow boots though because they allow me to tromp through the deep and plentiful puddles like a little kid.
Love!
Maybe chocolate will help.
I feel certain that it will. You'd better check empirically.
Theodosia - Feb 19, 2014 8:46:52 am PST #20448 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 dug my car out and went to the grocery store! This was at least two storms' accumulation, plus, for the first time I can remember, the base of the windshield wipers was completely frozen up, I had to chip it all loose. (Not the blades, the mechanism that makes 'em move.)
Amy - Feb 19, 2014 8:58:13 am PST #20449 of 30000
Because books.
You'd better check empirically.
Researching now. I want to be thorough.
shrift - Feb 19, 2014 9:21:30 am PST #20450 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I'm in Mountain View! There's no snow here. It's delightful.
In other news, I ordered some hats from Zappos. They sent me a wrong item. I returned said item at a UPS Store last month, and didn't think I needed to get a receipt. Now Zappos is claiming I never returned the item to their warehouse and that they'll charge me for the return item. The return item that was THEIR mistake in the first place.
I need to call Zappos and explain how they won't like me when I'm angry.
Cass - Feb 19, 2014 9:35:53 am PST #20451 of 30000
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Zappos is messing with the wrong person.
I thought the stranger's interaction with the daughter was really dehumanizing for the mother. The mother was standing RIGHT THERE. And despite the fact that she was complaining and was a bit confused, she wasn't in la-la land. And the mother clearly understood she was being talked about when the stranger made the comment.
How awful. I mean, I understand that the stranger was trying to say something nice but way, way wrong time and place. And my heart breaks for the mother. Treated like she isn't there, isn't important, isn't human.
Scrappy - Feb 19, 2014 9:38:47 am PST #20452 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Have you guys read this essay about aging by the 93-year-old Roger Angell in the latest New Yorker? [link] He talks about being invisible in it. It's really moving and wise.
le nubian - Feb 19, 2014 10:10:16 am PST #20453 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
When my mom was on her downhill slide I would have given anything to talk with someone in the same situation
Suzi,
so maybe what the stranger could have done to attempt to be helpful is spend some time writing a quick note and handing it to the woman, saying "please read this later if you wish. have a good day?"