Sparky, thanks for that link. Very informative and an excellent refresher.

Okay, I think everything is set up with the new house. Water, sewer, electricity, phone, internet. Carpet installers, house cleaners. And then packers and movers here.

Make some stuff up, make everyone who didn't show all nervous about what they missed. That'll teach 'em to blow off your meetings.

This is your time to assign the crappy work to people who did not attend.

Go Dana!

I slept for 12 hours last night, and I feel like I can actually stand up straight today! Although my masseuse said not to spend all my time lying down, it is how I am really the most comfortable.

Woo Dana!

This is your time to assign the crappy work to people who did not attend.

This! As Berke Breathed once suggested, this is how you get Vice Presidents and wasp nest removers.

That's a lot of adulting Dana! Gold star!

I feel much better than yesterday, thankfully. Even made it to my coworking space. And it's Friday!

Though there's this urgent training we need some folks to do...and they're doctors so it's like pulling teeth...and I've just been informed they can ONLY do they training in Internet Explorer. Wtf. Whose brilliant idea was that???

Thanks for that link, Sparky. Immediately re-shared.

Though there's this urgent training we need some folks to do...and they're doctors so it's like pulling teeth...and I've just been informed they can ONLY do they training in Internet Explorer. Wtf. Whose brilliant idea was that???

Ugh. One thing I don't miss from my previous job was trying to convince doctors to do anything. Couple that with forced IE-usage (anything in this day and age that will only work with IE sets my teeth on edge) and you have my utmost sympathy.

This is your time to assign the crappy work to people who did not attend.

Agreed. It's one thing if the person declined the meeting because of a legitimate conflict, but accepting and then not showing up is volunteering for the crap work.

Though there's this urgent training we need some folks to do...and they're doctors so it's like pulling teeth...and I've just been informed they can ONLY do they training in Internet Explorer. Wtf. Whose brilliant idea was that???

Ugh. One thing I don't miss from my previous job was trying to convince doctors to do anything. Couple that with forced IE-usage (anything in this day and age that will only work with IE sets my teeth on edge) and you have my utmost sympathy.

We have sort of the opposite problem. In the hospital, computers only have IE and people do not have rights to install anything. Clinicians who are also professors have problems using our learning management system because it doesn't work in IE very well. But they can't get Firefox, Safari or Chrome installed.

The car door lock issue was resolved by a man with much stronger thumbs than I have who managed to get the manual inside switch to disengage the lock. I was then more than happy to receive a very courteous "explain to the middle-aged lady how her car works" talk, which helpfully told me that I was turning my key in the opposite direction to unlock it. I must be very old, because I'm used to turning the key in the direction I want the bolt to go, not the opposite directionl. I'll happily take the severe "duh" feeling for not having to have my car door disassembled with no guarantee that parts would be available to fix what might be wrong. And I'm never locking that door again. You can have the bottle of windshield washer fluid, random parking lot thieves!

Hooray for an easy solution that left your credit card unscathed! (I assume that wasn't a $900 explanation of how to lock your car?)