You'll fight, and you'll shag, and you'll hate each other till it makes you quiver, but you'll never be friends.

Spike ,'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.


shrift - Aug 18, 2015 6:36:37 am PDT #3528 of 30003
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

Maybe by the time I get to work I won't want to punch anyone in the face? I guess we'll see.


meara - Aug 18, 2015 6:37:58 am PDT #3529 of 30003

Wait they were supposed to come today and aren't?? Boo!!!


Zenkitty - Aug 18, 2015 7:02:34 am PDT #3530 of 30003
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

Aaaaallll these aggravations will pass. They will pass and be replaced by exciting new aggravations!

That's not real helpful, is it.

I'm adding vodka to this coke. It's better than punching people in the face. Less painful, anyway.

Dr. Snowflake is now being all conciliatory and helpful, now that we've caved and given him what he wanted! Oh, you can leave out this part of the correction, since it wasn't really wrong! No, it wasn't wrong at all, jerkface, you just didn't think it was *pretty* enough.

To clarify, we haven't given him the heads-on-pikes he wanted, but we have given him the exact wording he wanted, which I objected to doing, because "we regret the error" is standard wording and should have been enough, and I don't want to set this precedent for letting authors whine and stomp and piss on us. Errata are supposed to be written by the publication, not the authors. He got what he wanted because Big!Boss didn't want to deal with it; she just said, we messed up so give him what he wants, without looking at what he wanted.

I'm trying not to give a crap, but I'm failing at that. I'd be so much calmer in my life if I could achieve the nirvana of not giving a fuck.


msbelle - Aug 18, 2015 7:06:23 am PDT #3531 of 30003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

Bosses seem to be on a roll today. We have visitors on site today for a tour, I was asked to do their safety talk before they can tour. No problem. I do it, they are taken from my office and given the outside your and then taken to everyone's desk EXCEPT MINE, and told the role and responsibilities of that person. Nice.


shrift - Aug 18, 2015 7:13:20 am PDT #3532 of 30003
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

The move coordinator told me delivery would be today. After I pinged her this morning to ask when they'd show up with the truck, she said sorry for the confusion and that they're arriving between 10-2 tomorrow. So now I'm on a shuttle to the office.

The air bed is already put away and I doubt I'll bother to pull it out again, so I suspect I'll be sleeping in the grumpiest blanket fort tonight.


brenda m - Aug 18, 2015 7:22:22 am PDT #3533 of 30003
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

I don't mean to laugh, but as soon as you mentioned deflating the air bed before the movers arrived I went "ooh, that's bold".

Wishing you the comfiest of blanket forts, and no further hiccups.


Jesse - Aug 18, 2015 7:24:11 am PDT #3534 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Aaaaallll these aggravations will pass. They will pass and be replaced by exciting new aggravations!

It's infuriating because it's true!


shrift - Aug 18, 2015 7:31:18 am PDT #3535 of 30003
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

I don't mean to laugh, but as soon as you mentioned deflating the air bed before the movers arrived I went "ooh, that's bold".

I very much doubt that I have enough room to keep the air bed inflated AND get all the boxes/furniture in the apartment. Lesson learned, I guess.


Sparky1 - Aug 18, 2015 7:31:22 am PDT #3536 of 30003
Librarian Warlord

Today is our first day of orientation.

Tomorrow, first thing, I have a root canal.


Dana - Aug 18, 2015 7:34:34 am PDT #3537 of 30003
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

You can glare at the movers balefully tomorrow while you fold your blanket fort.