As Willow goes, so goes my nation.

Oz ,'Selfless'


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.


SuziQ - Jun 27, 2016 10:11:29 am PDT #23715 of 30003
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame

regular tint or photochromic

My issue with the last pair I had with photochromic is that they didn't get dark enough for the sun in Colorado.


Gudanov - Jun 27, 2016 10:34:57 am PDT #23716 of 30003
Coding and Sleeping

The ACT scores for the kids are in. Em got a 30 composite and Leif got a 32 composite which he's too busy playing video games right now to ponder much. Em is not going to be happy to find out her little brother scored higher.


Connie Neil - Jun 27, 2016 10:37:20 am PDT #23717 of 30003
brillig

they didn't get dark enough for the sun in Colorado.

Sometimes when I'm driving in the middle of the day, I reach for my sunglasses then realize I'm already wearing them. I think I need a pair of extra-dark.


aurelia - Jun 27, 2016 10:42:42 am PDT #23718 of 30003
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

I'll go with tint then.


aurelia - Jun 27, 2016 10:43:54 am PDT #23719 of 30003
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

Gud, how are those kids old enough to be taking that test?!


Connie Neil - Jun 27, 2016 11:02:34 am PDT #23720 of 30003
brillig

A question about immigrant populations and language:

As is typical around here, the janitorial staff in the office is pretty much all Hispanic. They primarily just talk amongst themselves, and I don't know how well any of them really speak English.

2nd point: there are a couple of big boxes in the break room that the Powers that Be want to have hauled off, so Trash is written on them. Those boxes haven't gone anywhere, so now Basura is written on them.

For some reason, this strikes me as a little insulting, like, "Hey, do your job and haul these away!" But it's quite possible that the janitorial staff doesn't know written English well enough to recognize the English word for garbage, so they may see those tonight and go "Oops, that's what they meant, let's get rid of this stuff." On the other hand, it makes me feel bad to assume they don't know that much English, and they haven't had the means to get big awkward boxes out of there. On the third hand, our people maybe should have noticed the population of the janitorial cadre and been more polylingual in their sign making.

In a weirdly amusing aside, the last time I saw my oldest sister, we were in a restaurant in our hometown in rural Southwest Pennsylvania. I was watching one of the waitresses clearing a table. She was a local girl, and I said "It's kind of weird to see that." Middle Sister gave me a baffled look, but Oldest Sister, who had been living in California for a couple of decades, smiled faintly and said, "Someone white clearing a table?" I nodded.


Dana - Jun 27, 2016 11:05:55 am PDT #23721 of 30003
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Just finished the campus tour. Husband is talking with HR, and they said he's the only finalist. Only concern now is salary.


Gudanov - Jun 27, 2016 11:13:32 am PDT #23722 of 30003
Coding and Sleeping

Gud, how are those kids old enough to be taking that test?!

Em is heading into her last year of high school. It's crazy. Leif will be a sophomore.


Connie Neil - Jun 27, 2016 11:15:19 am PDT #23723 of 30003
brillig

he's the only finalist

Woot!


Maria - Jun 27, 2016 11:19:44 am PDT #23724 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

For some reason, this strikes me as a little insulting, like, "Hey, do your job and haul these away!"

Many cleaning agencies have stipulated that if it's not in a trash can, they won't take it unless it's marked as trash. If they're not sure, they don't take it. In my experience, many of the staff do not speak, read, or write English, so they're not going to understand what "trash" means, especially if they're new to the job. I've had conversations with janitorial staff, and I have been told they appreciate the translation if "trash" doesn't work. In my last office building they did not expect us to use Spanish in marking items to be thrown away, but it was appreciated, especially if they item remained after it was marked as trash in English.