Congratulations Sheryl and the expanded family!
You never know if a girl's gonna say 'yes', or if she's gonna laugh in your face and pull out your still-beating heart and crush it into the ground with her heel.
Xander ,'Help'
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.
Sparky1 - Jul 23, 2015 4:18:01 am PDT #1396 of 30003
Librarian Warlord
Sophia Brooks - Jul 23, 2015 4:38:19 am PDT #1397 of 30003
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Congrats Sheryl!
flea - Jul 23, 2015 4:51:06 am PDT #1398 of 30003
information libertarian
Sheryl, I am so happy for you and Gary.
My coworker, who is my age (42), is being honored for 25 years of employment. In the 25 years since I turned 18, I've lived in 5 states plus a foreign country (twice), and I can't even count the number of jobs I've held (some of them academic posts and projects, natch.) I cannot even imagine spending 25 years working at one place.
tommyrot - Jul 23, 2015 4:59:20 am PDT #1399 of 30003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Congrats, Sheryl and Gary!
SuziQ - Jul 23, 2015 5:05:51 am PDT #1400 of 30003
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
flea, congrats to your co-worker. Did he/she really start there at 17? Wow.
I'm in my 25th year at my company but I started here when I was 23. I've held a couple of different positions and have moved offices once. But they have kept me challenged and I like the work, so here I am.
Kindle did not start up this morning. It looks like it turns on, but it the touch screen doesn't respond. I'm so mad at myself. The flight home is going to suck. Or I could by a physical book to read. Those still do exist.
tommyrot - Jul 23, 2015 5:09:22 am PDT #1401 of 30003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I've been at my current job for 19 years. Dunno how much longer I'll be here, but probably at least one more year.
ION, I'm tired and somewhat hungover this morning. I was planning on going to bed early last night, but instead I ended up doing vodka shots with Anna. But at least my feeling a little crappy was worth it.
Jesse - Jul 23, 2015 5:17:00 am PDT #1402 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I cannot even imagine spending 25 years working at one place.
Same.
...and my beloved grandboss is leaving! And I have to assume, looking to take my less-beloved boss with him. (He brought her here as well.) So we'll see what happens.
flea - Jul 23, 2015 5:23:49 am PDT #1403 of 30003
information libertarian
Since we're a library, a decent number of people start as student shelvers in high school or college, and turn it into a career.
You can retire with a full state pension at 30 years in. The whole pension system is set up so people with lives like my coworker do very well and can retire before 50, whereas those of us who move around are kind of screwed.
Gudanov - Jul 23, 2015 5:29:42 am PDT #1404 of 30003
Coding and Sleeping
I've had five jobs and worked for nine companies, not counting any non-career jobs. I think it would be really hard to work for a single software company for 25 years.
msbelle - Jul 23, 2015 5:30:53 am PDT #1405 of 30003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
25 years wow.
I'll have worked a ttl of at least 21 different places. Many of those being times I had 2 jobs concurrently, occasionally 3. I have never worked anywhere more than 4 years. My current employer will probably end up being my longest.