"times of testing" is jargon
Sounds like she's using "jargon" to equal "passive voice" or something. Maybe someone read one of those style manuals that shrieks about simplicity, always simplicity.
To commemorate a past event, you kill and eat an animal. It's a ritual sacrifice, with pie.
Anya ,'Sleeper'
Natter 74: Ready or Not
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.
Connie Neil - Jul 01, 2015 12:52:07 pm PDT #123 of 30003
brillig
-t - Jul 01, 2015 1:03:17 pm PDT #124 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That's kind of a normal thing to happen with a newish job, isn't it? Everything is hard because you don't know anything, and then you know what you're doing enough to feel competent, and then you get more responsibilities or higher standards (maybe even just ion your own head) and everything seems really hard again. That's a thing, isn't it? Probably has a jargony name.
Steph L. - Jul 01, 2015 1:05:02 pm PDT #125 of 30003
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
Probably has a jargony name.
If it does, I can't use it! But I probably will anyway. Because I'm a rebel like that.
Sheryl - Jul 01, 2015 1:12:59 pm PDT #126 of 30003
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
I really should bring a sweater or jacket to work, since the a/c is set to "meat locker".
billytea - Jul 01, 2015 2:00:46 pm PDT #127 of 30003
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
I really should bring a sweater or jacket to work, since the a/c is set to "meat locker".
Better than being set to "hurt locker", I guess.
Juliebird - Jul 01, 2015 2:08:03 pm PDT #128 of 30003
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
Applicant came for a job interview wearing flip flops, camisole over a bikini top, and shorts that barely covered her ass, plus a half hour late. As offensive as this was, I'm so desperate I still want to hire her (in the actual interview she was very personable and mature). Just, you're 25, aren't you old enough to know how to present yourself? I would have forgiven the rest if she'd had sensible shoes on.
Maria - Jul 01, 2015 2:09:17 pm PDT #129 of 30003
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
I'm sorry Steph. We both deserve better than feeling like this.
-t - Jul 01, 2015 2:10:25 pm PDT #130 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Wow.
Hey, my Gramicci pants that the legs zip off of might pass as "business appropriate shorts". And if they are not, I can always zip the legs on. Now I just need to parse what the instructions for permissible t-shirts mean.
Connie Neil - Jul 01, 2015 2:15:08 pm PDT #131 of 30003
brillig
Technically, tank tops aren't allowed at work, but I put on the shirt I bring with me if I'm away from my desk. I've been doing this for three summers now, and no one has ever complained.
FWIW, my tank top and skirt look more professional than the blue jeans and t-shirts the rest of the department are wearing.
-t - Jul 01, 2015 2:37:02 pm PDT #132 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I don't think we have a policy on sleeves, per se. We might have a policy on logos, but I'm not sure. It's a vague dress code, at best.