That's kind of hysterical, Steph. One for the files, for sure.

Oh, meara, that totally sucks.

Fuck NPR and PBS for talking over Corey Booker.

MSNBC too. That's when I switched over to CSPAN which is so much better.

A friend just had a guy in for an interview and told me the dude was literally checking his phone about 20 times. Granted it was apparently while he was on the phone with the higher ups and waiting for things to be translated to/from them, but my friend was still in the room and also..wtf. Seriously. Put the phone away.

Have I told you guys about the dude with the suit? We had a guy interview a few years back. His current job was in the same building. He wasn't really right for the position, which we kind of knew going in but he was a referral, so.

Anyway, a month or two after his unsuccessful interview, the head receptionist asked my boss about him, because he seemed a little strange. It turned out that he was stashing his interview suit in the closet in our reception area and coming up to our floor an using the guest bathroom to change in and out of it as he went off to apparently a whole lot of interviews other places.

How old was Truman? Kato will be 15 in about 2 months,

Best wishes for Sammie, Salsa, Truman and Kato. Darby's like Truman - she could be anywhere from 9-12 so it's tough to know what slow downs for example are weather, personality, age or potentially something to check out.

Man, Michelle Obama's speech last night was good.

Man, Michelle Obama's speech last night was good.

Seriously moving. She made Booker and Warren pale in comparison and they are no lightweights. Just WoW!

Eeep! Tonight I am supposed to go to a neighbor's house for a viewing party. With strangers. Mostly I am cool with that and really social by nature, but I want to actually listen to the speakers and not chit chat.

Anyway, a month or two after his unsuccessful interview, the head receptionist asked my boss about him, because he seemed a little strange. It turned out that he was stashing his interview suit in the closet in our reception area and coming up to our floor an using the guest bathroom to change in and out of it as he went off to apparently a whole lot of interviews other places

!!!!!!!

To be fair, I think our turnaround time is ridiculously tight, but I'm not in charge; I didn't decide to make it that tight. (I also don't think authors are told how tight the turnaround time is when their articles are accepted, but, again, that's not my decision.

Oh, ditto, on both points. Our authors have 2 days to return their comments on the edited article, and of course many of them cannot do that. Especially since our scheduling algorithm does not take weekends into account! We have 3 weeks from receipt of the unedited manuscript to online publish. It's basically impossible; if anything at all doesn't go according to schedule, it can't be done. Fortunately the bosses in my department know this, all they want is a reason to plug in for why.

SuitGuy has moxy. We don't like moxy.

I try really hard to make the Reason for Delay never be ME, but sometimes it is. Because sometimes I can't get everything done. "Too much work" is never an acceptable reason, alas. Also, I have one journal that basically makes me want to cry*, and I admit I put that one off until last, and sometimes I put it off too long.

*I am a professional.

Our authors have 2 days to return their comments on the edited article, and of course many of them cannot do that. Especially since our scheduling algorithm does not take weekends into account!

That's exactly us, literally. Authors get 2 days, and weekends are not taken into account. So an author who gets their article on Thursday is expected to return it on Saturday.

I think it's just crazy unreasonable, but everyone in the industry seems focused on publishing the most papers as fast as possible.