Right, what's a little sweater sniffing between sworn enemies?

Riley ,'Sleeper'


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 26, 2016 11:11:12 am PDT #25087 of 30003
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

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.


Steph L. - Jul 26, 2016 12:07:36 pm PDT #25088 of 30003
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Steph L. - Jul 26, 2016 12:09:57 pm PDT #25089 of 30003
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

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.


Zenkitty - Jul 26, 2016 12:31:05 pm PDT #25090 of 30003
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

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


Steph L. - Jul 26, 2016 12:42:12 pm PDT #25091 of 30003
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Yup.


meara - Jul 26, 2016 1:00:11 pm PDT #25092 of 30003

Yeah, I feel like on the one hand if the response is "we will get it to you three days after your deadline", the answer should be "great, we will check if there is room for you in next month's edition and if not put you on a wait list!" But to not take weekends into account is ridiculous


Sheryl - Jul 26, 2016 1:09:50 pm PDT #25093 of 30003
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"

Timelies all!

Trying to keep things out of the reach of Mr. Grabby Boy is not easy.


Dana - Jul 26, 2016 1:36:24 pm PDT #25094 of 30003
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

God, I fucking hate our racist neighbor.


Jesse - Jul 26, 2016 1:43:44 pm PDT #25095 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Finally got my Hillary sign up out front. Too bad my neighbor hasn't yet taken down his Bernie one. (And he actually moved it after the primaries were over to put a local candidate in the more prominent position, so why not just put it away??)


Dana - Jul 26, 2016 1:45:56 pm PDT #25096 of 30003
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

I also hate my FB friends' ignorant acquaintances who are so fucking determined to hang on to their principles that they're willing to allow a racist misogynistic narcissistic sociopath to be elected for FOUR YEARS to the fucking presidency.