You were very nearly devoured by a giant demon snake. The words 'let that be a lesson' are a tad redundant at this juncture.

Giles ,'Selfless'


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.


Atropa - Mar 27, 2014 11:34:58 am PDT #23672 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

Thanks, Jilli! Totes borrowing some of those.

Heh. Glad to help.

Ooooh, lean in. I should use that in my self-eval.

Dolores Umbridge, the manager at the job that nearly drove me to a nervous breakdown, was a big fan of "lean in". Like, signing off on emails with disastrous deadline/feature changes with "Thanks for leaning in!"


Jesse - Mar 27, 2014 11:36:39 am PDT #23673 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

OMG.


hippocampus - Mar 27, 2014 11:37:36 am PDT #23674 of 30000
not your mom's socks.

Jessica, I thought of you guys when I saw the TwoP news. I'm so sorry.


msbelle - Mar 27, 2014 11:48:44 am PDT #23675 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

ION of incompetent communications at my workplace

Whatever was going down, went down. I have been told "well, it is all official." NO ANNOUNCEMENT still and whatever is official - not gonna be shared with me. So 4 closed door meeting at this location with 4 people here who do not work out of this location. NO announcement to the workers here.

like, textbook bad.


Dana - Mar 27, 2014 11:51:14 am PDT #23676 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Well, I emailed OTW's Open Doors committee. We'll see if anything happens.


Calli - Mar 27, 2014 12:00:23 pm PDT #23677 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

I'm also sad about TWOP although, like many, I haven't been there in ages. OTW sounds like a great idea, if they have the interest and time.


Jessica - Mar 27, 2014 12:02:32 pm PDT #23678 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

When I worked at JCPenney as a sales associate, the rule was that a manager could not give out an evaluation that was high than they themselves recieved

That is BONKERS.

The upside is I got REALLY good news about my own job today (good news as in, it will continue to exist) so our kids won't be completely destitute. Yet.


Jesse - Mar 27, 2014 12:10:55 pm PDT #23679 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

That is good news, Jess! And, I mean, the kids will be working soon themselves, right?


shrift - Mar 27, 2014 12:12:03 pm PDT #23680 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

Peer review done and done!


Juliebird - Mar 27, 2014 12:13:02 pm PDT #23681 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider

ED is talking about delaying the termination until Wednesday. No! I can't spend even a single day working alongside her knowing what I know. But more importantly, the new hort staff start on Tuesday and I can't contrive push off their start dates with her thinking she's still in charge (or more accurately still being in actual charge of the department. Gah! If he does it first thing on Tuesday I'll only have to push off the one intern to later in the day or the next day. Otherwise I'll have to push them both off until Thursday. But how other than giving some bs excuse to the new hires and lying outright to the boss lady?