Does green tea have less caffeine than black?
Usually.
Inara: So, explain to me again why Zoe wasn't in the dress? Mal: Tactics, woman. Needed her in the back. 'Sides, those soft cotton dresses feel kinda nice. It's the whole... air-flow.
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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.
Tom Scola - Apr 13, 2015 5:40:16 am PDT #24350 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
tommyrot - Apr 13, 2015 5:44:34 am PDT #24351 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Curses!
msbelle - Apr 13, 2015 5:47:08 am PDT #24352 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
-t, can you look up the office # online?
-t - Apr 13, 2015 6:05:36 am PDT #24353 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
The number they left me to call is a different number than what I was finding when I looked them up, unfortunately.
It's not an urgent thing, just something I meant to take care of this morning. It can wait.
The department director just swung by to give me a hard time for applying for a position in another department and it took me a minute or two to catch on that that is what he was doing because I forgot I had done that. Embarrassing. But it turns out that he started in that office as a temp a million years ago so that ended up being a nice chat.
Dana - Apr 13, 2015 6:31:51 am PDT #24354 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
It is definitely time for more caffeine.
-t - Apr 13, 2015 6:37:54 am PDT #24355 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
OK, informal meeting with the other department tomorrow afternoon. I'm getting my hair cut at lunch time, so I should be looking good, at least.
shrift - Apr 13, 2015 6:51:20 am PDT #24356 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I woke up and we had no power in my apartment. I seriously thought about going into work, but then the power came back. Now I have electricity and internets.
Steph L. - Apr 13, 2015 6:52:53 am PDT #24357 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Work etiquette question: my boss was out last week, and the person who covered for her was CRAP at answering my questions (in that he just...didn't). So this morning I've gotten 4 emails from my boss along the lines of "X thing should have been Y," or "You returned this file here when it should have been returned there," etc. All of these things are questions I directly asked the person covering for my boss, and he just didn't answer them, even when I sent a second email.
Does it make me look like I'm just trying to make excuses for my own incompetence if I say "I would have made X thing Y but when I asked Back-Up Person, he did not reply, so I used my best judgement"? And/or does it look like I'm trying to get Back-Up Person in trouble?
I'm just pissed because these things could have been avoided if Back-Up Person had bothered to answer my emails, most of which just required a simple reply of "No, make X into Y." I wasn't asking for a dissertation.
brenda m - Apr 13, 2015 6:56:17 am PDT #24358 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
Something like "Of course. I wasn't able to get direction on these last week so I'll fix them now. "
WindSparrow - Apr 13, 2015 6:58:58 am PDT #24359 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.
Steph, I think it is important that your boss knows what happened. Either Back-Up Person is not a team player and so is a poor choice to provide back-up for your boss, or he is vastly too busy and was unable to provide back-up. Either way, if Boss doesn't know lines of communication were not functioning, then she can't choose a better back-up next time. There has to be a way to frame it that makes it more informative and less whiny excuse-making.
ETA: Brenda FTW.