This money, it is too much. You should have some small refund.

Niska ,'War Stories'


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.


Zenkitty - Jul 28, 2015 7:25:08 am PDT #1966 of 30003
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

Angry author is still angry, demanding special snowflake treatment and what am I going to do about this. My boss is in the special hell dealing with her boss this morning, so I gave her a break and agreed to handle Snowflake myself. I wrote him an email telling him the same thing I told him in the last email, and copied the Editor in Chief. Oh, please, go on and escalate this, Dr. Snowflake, so the higher-ups will ask me what happened and I can tell them professionally and diplomatically what a jerk you are. You won't get any satisfaction from them, either, I promise.

And now I have to get dressed for real and take my car to the mechanic.


Steph L. - Jul 28, 2015 7:32:02 am PDT #1967 of 30003
I look more rad than Lutheranism

Angry author is still angry, demanding special snowflake treatment and what am I going to do about this.

This is the one whose article was published with an error? And he already knows a correction is going to be published? What else can you do? I mean *literally* what else can you do? Offer to fly him to your office so he can punch the person who made the error? Buy him a labradoodle?

Seriously, what else does he want from you, beyond a correction being published?


tommyrot - Jul 28, 2015 7:34:11 am PDT #1968 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.

Seriously, what else does he want from you, beyond a correction being published?

He wants someone to go back in time and prevent the error from happening? He wants all copies of the article with the error destroyed and everyone who saw the error having their minds erased?


SuziQ - Jul 28, 2015 7:54:50 am PDT #1969 of 30003
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame

Dr. Snowflake, I have a clue by 4 for you.

I go back to the dentist at noon today to get imprints for my permanent bridge. I know it is just impressions and no real "work" being done on my teeth, but I still don't wanna. Honestly, I'd like to crawl in bed and sleep for the next 48 hours.


Jesse - Jul 28, 2015 8:07:59 am PDT #1970 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

He wants someone to go back in time and prevent the error from happening? He wants all copies of the article with the error destroyed and everyone who saw the error having their minds erased?

I dunno, that sounds pretty reasonable.

So my new staff person started today -- yay! But come to find out, she got married last week and is changing her name, so now she needs new email and everything else name-based. (On the upside, I have to hope that the new husband is a citizen, which is why she is so sure she won't have anything to worry about when her current one-year visa expires...)


brenda m - Jul 28, 2015 8:17:18 am PDT #1971 of 30003
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

That seems like something that could be planned ahead for.


shrift - Jul 28, 2015 8:21:16 am PDT #1972 of 30003
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

Honestly, I'd like to crawl in bed and sleep for the next 48 hours.

Ooh. Sign me up for that, too.

I have been slogging through work. Managed to submit a change of address with USPS and return signed forms and credit card authorization to move coordinator. And I bought plane tickets for DragonCon. I probably should grab some lunch before I forget.


msbelle - Jul 28, 2015 8:21:18 am PDT #1973 of 30003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

I am TCBing today.

Vet appts scheduled
Fence estimate appt scheduled
Electrical inspection call in for appt
Credit cards paid

2 waiting work things done
Work invoices paid
HR filing done

Of course this is because I am pissed off at Mac and frustrated with my parents wrt Mac, but kinda hard to argue with the results. I may solve some giant world problem before the day is done.


Connie Neil - Jul 28, 2015 8:24:56 am PDT #1974 of 30003
brillig

I can no longer lounge around in bed for hours and hours because my back seizes up. Perhaps I can institute a program of lounging with breaks.


Dana - Jul 28, 2015 8:39:54 am PDT #1975 of 30003
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Note to self: Even if you need the exercise, do not agree to walk to lunch when the heat index is 100.