Thank you Connie. She has pancreatic cancer, but at least it is the kind that is responsive to treatment. We are all very hopeful and staying positive.
Jayne: You wanna go, little man? Wash: Only if it's someplace with candlelight.
'Objects In Space'
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.
Burrell - Jun 18, 2014 8:15:21 am PDT #206 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Calli - Jun 18, 2014 8:39:49 am PDT #207 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Who got the idea to treat every job as if it required continuous improvement? Why isn't it okay that I'm good at it and I continue to be good at it?
The idea that everything can improve on to infinity seems under-supported at best.
Calli - Jun 18, 2014 8:40:20 am PDT #208 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I hope the treatment works well for your aunt, Burrell.
Connie Neil - Jun 18, 2014 8:40:52 am PDT #209 of 30000
brillig
Every quarter the shareholders demand growth for their stock. Regardless if growth is more cancerous than fruitful.
Jesse - Jun 18, 2014 8:44:37 am PDT #210 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
The idea that everything can improve on to infinity seems under-supported at best.
Yeah, my department is coming up against this as well. Maybe we can't have growth every year?
-t - Jun 18, 2014 9:11:51 am PDT #211 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
We actually have a sales plan for this year that is lower than last year's, because realism. But we are continually supposed to have individual improvement on other metrics, and this year there's a particular emphasis on employee opportunity (but also cost cutting so while no one actually comes out and says "do more with less" it does feel like that).
SuziQ - Jun 18, 2014 9:26:50 am PDT #212 of 30000
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
There are good people in the world.
CJ's car died again today. This time he was in the left turn lane at a busy intersection near our place. He called me and I headed over. When I passed him to park my car, no one had stopped to help him but by the time I got back to him on foot, a mom and son where helping him steer/push. As I started to help, an SUV pulled up behind us and 4-5 track and field guys jumped out and got to pushing. The intersection is uphill, so it was great to have the extra muscle. Once the car was out of the way and into a parking lot, they hopped back in the SUV as CJ and I yelled our thank you's to them.
So, how much is a new fuel pump going to cost me?
shrift - Jun 18, 2014 9:27:11 am PDT #213 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Well, my day just took a sharp turn into Not Good.
Dana - Jun 18, 2014 9:36:35 am PDT #214 of 30000
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
Well, my day just took a sharp turn into Not Good
Noooooooooo.
My important job news is that I got a look at the employee handbook, and it does not prohibit open-toed shoes or sandals. Small victories.
§ ita § - Jun 18, 2014 9:40:18 am PDT #215 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
20 people got let go including me. I don't know what that means for the goals of the rest of the company, but TWENTY. That was about 20% of IT right there.