Hmm. It's sounds like the finest party I can imagine getting paid to go to.

Mal ,'Shindig'


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.


msbelle - Sep 09, 2015 7:55:46 am PDT #5034 of 30003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

My boss is being super annoying. Loudly complaining to anyone he can about policies and procedures that he does not like, BUT THAT ARE NOT NEW, but he chose not to follow and he is now acting and complaining that everyone is changing rules after the fact and making things too difficult. He and Mac are kinda processing at the same level. Picking fights all over the place.

Impulsive decisions with vendors and companies without explaining all of our rules and then getting angry when they do not follow them.

Guess who gets to sort out all the messes.

I am about to send out my second office wide email setting out procedures for items that people are not following. It is in writing and I predict I will be sending it out for months to the top 3 employees when they continue to not follow it and cannot get bills paid.

There is a strong aversion to reading processes here and for communicating in writing. Bizarroland.


Zenkitty - Sep 09, 2015 10:09:38 am PDT #5035 of 30003
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

There is a strong aversion to reading processes here and for communicating in writing. Bizarroland.

What the hell is up with that, anyway. Why do people think we send out instructions that we've taken the time to write down if they don't matter and can just be ignored?


DavidS - Sep 09, 2015 10:13:39 am PDT #5036 of 30003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Well, there aren't mosquitos in San Francisco.

Sadly, not true. But most areas are not as afflicted as our neighborhood with its jungle-like back yards.

It's true however that screens are uncommon in windows.


-t - Sep 09, 2015 10:56:18 am PDT #5037 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

You know what's delicious on a hot day? Root beer float. Mmm.


Jesse - Sep 09, 2015 11:00:33 am PDT #5038 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I bought hard root beer the other day! It is a trip. And would be an amazing float, I bet.

Also, I just had my last weekly check-in with my boss! Aw, now I feel warmly toward her. Is it too soon to cancel the recurring appointment?


Toddson - Sep 09, 2015 11:15:52 am PDT #5039 of 30003
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

We've been having problems with massive amounts of spam getting through the filters at my office. So our CFO (who more or less manages our tech stuff) got us an online thing to act as our NEW! IMPROVED! spam filter. Sent out an email to everyone with our passwords. Only there were no instructions and he neglected to send a link to the control panel. After I pointed this out, he condescended to send everyone the link. Now it turns out that the NEW! IMPROVED! filter classifies as spam some of the messages we need. Like our weekly e-newsletter. And our mass emails which, yes, are marketing stuff but people need to see them. So ... I get the job of forwarding these important messages to everyone in the office because most people haven't figured out that (1) they're not getting the messages and (2) how to whitelist those addresses.


Sophia Brooks - Sep 09, 2015 11:26:13 am PDT #5040 of 30003
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

Oh Toddson. Are you sure you don't work in academia?


Lee - Sep 09, 2015 11:31:13 am PDT #5041 of 30003
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

I don't want to be doing any of the things I should be doing, so I am pretty much not.


-t - Sep 09, 2015 11:32:44 am PDT #5042 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Hard root beer? I don't know if my brain is ready for that concept.

Oh, good, Todd, I know that's what you needed, another thankless task.


Jesse - Sep 09, 2015 11:47:15 am PDT #5043 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I don't want to be doing any of the things I should be doing, so I am pretty much not.

Same. I was supposed to have a 4pm meeting, so I basically stopped working then. This is basically my slow week -- had a lot of deadlines around the 1st, more to come, but this week I'm just bracing for everything.