Also, DUDE! The windows in the office open! WTF is that? I am not used to office buildings where you can open windows.
I don't like vampires. I'm gonna take a stand and say they're not good.
Xander ,'Beneath You'
Natter 73: Chuck Norris only wishes he could Natter
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Atropa - Jan 20, 2015 10:59:26 pm PST #16356 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Fiona - Jan 21, 2015 12:36:15 am PST #16357 of 30000
Hah. Welcome to our advanced European ways.
Actually, it's because we don't usually have air-conditioning. So, advantages and disadvantages. Not that it ever really gets hot enough in Copenhagen to warrent air-con.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Jan 21, 2015 1:47:29 am PST #16358 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
Yeah, one week a year I tend to wish we had air-con, either at home or in public buidings. The rest of the year is mostly taken up with vaguely wishing I didn't live where you only notice it's summer because the rain got warmer.
WindSparrow - Jan 21, 2015 2:43:52 am PST #16359 of 30000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
I am attempting to convince Harvey that it is not quite time for kitties to eat. He remains skeptical.
Callaluna - Jan 21, 2015 2:49:01 am PST #16360 of 30000
My mom is being taken to the OR. The blockage has cleared, for now, but one of her hernias has popped out and is causing her a lot of pain. They are worried the hernia will cause more intestinal blockages, so they didn't want to risk waiting.
I am freaking out. Bless the doctor that gave me a prescription of some Xanax-like substance a couple months ago!
Dana - Jan 21, 2015 3:21:51 am PST #16361 of 30000
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
Good vibes for your mother.
I am hiding in my car because I don't want to go in to this work conference. This is not a long term solution.
Jesse - Jan 21, 2015 3:43:31 am PST #16362 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Good luck to your mom, Callaluna.
I feel like I just had a strategic victory -- our CEO is taking the office to see Selma this afternoon, and I really want to go, but assumed my boss would think it is a bad idea, given all the work to do. So I went in to her and said I didn't think I should go, and she said I should! So that's good. Now at least I can think about my own workload and actually decide for myself.
Steph L. - Jan 21, 2015 4:22:01 am PST #16363 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Grrr, it's really annoying to get an email from my boss that says "In the future, please do X and not Y," when I check and not only *did* I do X, I copied her on the fucking email in which I did X.
I emailed back to tell her I checked the email, and I did do X, and I copied her, and perhaps there was a misunderstanding on the author's part, and how can I avoid that in the future?
And her reply was "Please do X." AUGH I ALREADY HAVE BEEN DOING THAT WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU.
SailAweigh - Jan 21, 2015 4:24:44 am PST #16364 of 30000
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Steph, I commiserate; that sounds just like my boss.
Steph L. - Jan 21, 2015 4:28:59 am PST #16365 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I admit I am one of those people who really wants to always be right (like, the question "Would you rather be right, or would you rather be happy?" is a no-brainer for me [uh, I am that jerk who would rather be right, because being right MAKES me happy]).
But in this case, it's not so much an issue of being "right," as much as I just don't want my boss to think I'm an incompetent fool who can't follow the proper procedure, when I clearly DID follow the proper procedure.