'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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.
Oh, that's a cluster, Steph. I'd make my manager tell him.
I can't; at this stage I'm the one who has to communicate with him. (Which you would think would mean I could just tell him to follow the author instructions on the website. Who can argue that the author did it wrong if what he did conforms to what is on our website??? But apparently no, he did it wrong despite all evidence to the contrary AND there being no way in advance for him to know what the "right" way is.)
I have a lot of sympathy for authors in situations like this; I'm just annoyed because I'm the one who has to deal with it, all while knowing it's a load of crap.
BBQ and games on a work night - probably not the best idea. But it was so nice to blow off some steam and just hang out. Bonus jello shots and boozy gummy bears. Damn, those are dangerous. We played Cards Against Humanity until about midnight. That is when a couple of cops showed up because we were laughing so loud that a neighbor called in a noise complaint. Ooooops.
But I'm paying for it now. I think. I don't have a classic hangover, I'm just exhausted. But that could be the sleep issues I'm having.
Tonight is my sleep study. I want to nap right now - but probably shouldn't even consider it.
That is a fabulous dress!
Yay, Penny!
Teppy, that kind of thing is the worst! Ugh.
I wanted to go dancing last night. Even took a shower after PT and changed clothes...but dancing didn't start until 930 and I am too old and instead crawled into bed then. Sigh.
Not yay, author standards that are not right. Really not yay, Steph being stuck in the middle.
Dear Coworkers. I am on vacation. You can tell from my OOO message, and also from how I told you, and asked for back-up. Please stop making me work.
Oh, also, I'm the only one on my team who knows how to do Absolutely Essential Thing. The only other person who knows how is on another team and just... won't do it anymore. I mean, I can ask her, but the last time I did, she said yeah sure and then didn't do it, so... there you go. No one else has been trained and there are no plans to train anyone. So while I'm away, Thing doesn't get done. shrug Okay then.
In such situations, I have no trouble throwing upper management and whoever mis-wrote the instructions under the bus.
Absolutely. "I'm so sorry - I read the instructions the same way you did, but I'm being told by Higher-Ups that, in fact, the situation is XYZ."
Are any LAistas at UCLA today. Campus on lockdown. Shooting or gun.
Oh, also, I'm the only one on my team who knows how to do Absolutely Essential Thing. The only other person who knows how is on another team and just... won't do it anymore. I mean, I can ask her, but the last time I did, she said yeah sure and then didn't do it, so... there you go. No one else has been trained and there are no plans to train anyone. So while I'm away, Thing doesn't get done. shrug Okay then.
Don't think of it as missing a deadline, think of it as underscoring your indispensability to the company!