What should I do, then? Send her a gift? Sacrifice? … Unholy fruit basket?

Angel ,'Just Rewards (2)'


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.


-t - May 21, 2015 10:54:42 am PDT #26859 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Have a good infusion, Ginger! I am still infuriated on your behalf, of course, because I wasn't here reading in real-time.

3 hours of presentations start in a few minutes. At least I am not giving one today, but this is gonna be a long afternoon.


Burrell - May 21, 2015 10:56:46 am PDT #26860 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

My work plans have been somewhat derailed by a call from a sick kid. Daughter is having a migraine aura, so now she's home with me resting. But I will probably leave her alone for a bit and walk up to TJ for a couple things. Oh! which reminds me:

So I was super excited that they offered biltong flavored chips on South African Airways.

Is that the deal with the TJs South African flavored chips? I was unsure. Also, are they good?

Was also wondering if one of you East Coast types could tell me what the deal is with maple water and if I want some. It seems worth trying, but as a California native, I hadn't heard of it before.


Burrell - May 21, 2015 10:57:24 am PDT #26861 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

All right. I'm gonna listen to Uptown Funk and then go into another round of interviews.

Uptown Funk is an excellent way to motivate


Jesse - May 21, 2015 11:09:26 am PDT #26862 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Is that the deal with the TJs South African flavored chips? I was unsure. Also, are they good?

Was also wondering if one of you East Coast types could tell me what the deal is with maple water and if I want some

I don't know and I don't know! Maple water sounds weird.


Jesse - May 21, 2015 11:14:45 am PDT #26863 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Oh come ON, new people! Please ask me a question before you do double work -- we were right the first time! Ain't nobody got time to do double work.


Burrell - May 21, 2015 11:42:51 am PDT #26864 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

You are no help at all, Jesse.


Ginger - May 21, 2015 11:50:39 am PDT #26865 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

So I just spent 2 hours and 45 minutes driving to get a vial of blood drawn, so that I can drive back tomorrow to get blood at 9 or 10 a.m., depending on whom I believe. My life, let me show it to you.

How do incompetent careless people end up working in healthcare.

You know, people are going to make mistakes, because people. What bothers me is that the computer system ought to help them, and instead, it's obviously confusing and doesn't say, "Patient G needs these tests this week." Also, it would save them money if, for example, the lab person entered X test and the computer said, "X test is monthly, and this patient had X test a week ago. Are you sure you want to run X test?" This does not strike me as rocket science.


Connie Neil - May 21, 2015 12:00:44 pm PDT #26866 of 30000
brillig

What bothers me is that the computer system ought to help them, and instead, it's obviously confusing

A simple list of pre-requisites and restrictions, this is, literally, Basic programming, "if-then".

I don't know if it's HIPAA restrictions not letting information move properly or what, but the office staff at the lab always seem so damned *surprised* when you tell them "I cannot have essential test X if procedure Y does not take place, and if essential test X does not take place in the next two days, three weeks of complicated, expensive treatments will be wasted."


shrift - May 21, 2015 12:15:22 pm PDT #26867 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

I know everybody hates interviewing, but man, I hate interviewing. And this wasn't even that bad! But anxiety.

At least I have hockey tonight to distract me. I'm going to head home soon to put on my jammy-jams and reward myself with cocktails.


Lee - May 21, 2015 12:20:46 pm PDT #26868 of 30000
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

What shrift said.