Good morning! I hate everyone.
I'll be in my bunk.
Jayne ,'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.
Dana - Jun 29, 2016 5:05:55 am PDT #23814 of 30003
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
sj - Jun 29, 2016 5:12:09 am PDT #23815 of 30003
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Zen, that's insane.
Sorry that people are being annoying, Dana.
Steph L. - Jun 29, 2016 5:12:41 am PDT #23816 of 30003
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
She's been editing the submissions and not keeping a copy of the originals.
I legit just gasped like a character in a bad radio play. WHAT THE SHIT, assistant? WHAT THE SHIT. Why? WHY????
Gudanov - Jun 29, 2016 5:15:43 am PDT #23817 of 30003
Coding and Sleeping
She's been editing the submissions and not keeping a copy of the originals.
But she still has a copy of the submission in e-mail, right? Or she is tracking changes she can see what the original was, right?
Dana - Jun 29, 2016 5:17:31 am PDT #23818 of 30003
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
But she still has a copy of the submission in e-mail, right?
That was my thought, but I bet they delete the emails. Just a feeling.
Zenkitty - Jun 29, 2016 5:22:38 am PDT #23819 of 30003
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Dana, I'm in the I hate everyone boat with you. We'll hate together, it'll be cozy and warm from the fire of our hate.
Steph, I KNOW, good god. I was calm, I said, ask the author for another copy and from now on keep the original and work on a copy, and she agreed, but man. She's been doing this for years, long before I took over this journal. I had NO IDEA this was happening. It never occurred to me that I'd have to tell anyone not to destroy the original. Idiot. Thank Bosco I found this out in a relatively harmless way before she did any real damage.
Zenkitty - Jun 29, 2016 5:25:38 am PDT #23820 of 30003
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
But she still has a copy of the submission in e-mail, right? Or she is tracking changes she can see what the original was, right?
NO. We get the submissions through a 3rd party service (called ScholarOne). AFAIK S1 doesn't hold on to copies of anything that passes through its mighty halls. And apparently she wasn't tracking changes. She just blithely rewrites the original submission. I just... can't even.
Gudanov - Jun 29, 2016 5:28:21 am PDT #23821 of 30003
Coding and Sleeping
Wow. In the software development world, the idea of not being able to go back to the previous version of a file just doesn't compute.
msbelle - Jun 29, 2016 5:29:13 am PDT #23822 of 30003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Sits with Dana.
My goal today is to interact as little as possible. I may set a record this week on completed paperwork.
Calli - Jun 29, 2016 5:34:41 am PDT #23823 of 30003
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
She's been editing the submissions and not keeping a copy of the originals.
That is completely ridiculous and utterly unprofessional.
I don't hate everyone today because roughly half of everyone is out of the office. And the others are either very quiet or sending me the thing I've asked for. Good office. *pets it gently* Biscuit!
Actually, it's a little unnerving. I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop.