Timelies all!
Yay Brenda!
Kaylee: Can I? Zoe: Sure. He's out, though. Kaylee: He did this for me, once.
'Safe'
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.
Sheryl - Oct 14, 2015 1:39:35 pm PDT #7067 of 30003
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Jesse - Oct 14, 2015 1:40:45 pm PDT #7068 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Not having a company card is really awkward for anyone who has financial issues. If you can't afford to charge on your own card and wait for reimbursement, or you only have a debit card??
Yeah, that's the thing. Now, in our department, one senior person has said he'll put stuff $100+ on his card, but STILL. I hate asking anyone to front anything.
flea - Oct 14, 2015 3:26:08 pm PDT #7069 of 30003
information libertarian
I just got back from a trip to NYC and I had to book the hotel (financial district, people, and they require you to pay up front) AND airfare 6 or 8 weeks before the trip. So I have carried $1200 for work for 2 months. I mean, we're rich, and I still am bothered by it. I was terrified something would happen and I wouldn't be able to go on the trip ad work would be like "oh well!" (because they totally would.)
Jesse - Oct 14, 2015 3:37:52 pm PDT #7070 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
That's ridiculous!! At least I'm pretty sure our airfare is charged centrally.
SuziQ - Oct 14, 2015 3:39:21 pm PDT #7071 of 30003
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
If I didn't have a company travel card, I wouldn't be able to do any of my business trips.
Conversation with my son this evening included debating different euphemisms for penis and vagina, ranking them, and figuring matching terms.
Steph L. - Oct 14, 2015 3:45:45 pm PDT #7072 of 30003
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Yeah, my 1-day trip to Chicago for work required the me to front the AMA $1,000 on my credit card. The thing is, the AMA reserved all the editors' rooms at the Kimpton, so they could have just put it on the corporate account. But when we checked in, we had to give the Kimpton our credit card. WTF, man.
Zenkitty - Oct 14, 2015 3:52:06 pm PDT #7073 of 30003
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Brenda, that's excellent!
Especially if it's a matter of book the travel in advance, have to pay the credit card bill before you even travel, and then wait a couple of weeks to be reimbursed after submitting the expense report. Sucks mightily.
My company does this now, too. I dislike it immensely. Plus, I don't even understand it. They're going to be paying for it anyway, why can't they just go on and do it instead of making me pay up front.
lisah - Oct 14, 2015 3:52:57 pm PDT #7074 of 30003
Punishingly Intricate
Oh, yeah, Bob has to pay for all of his travel up front which is usually several thousand dollars a month. It's a huge hassle.
sarameg - Oct 14, 2015 3:55:19 pm PDT #7075 of 30003
We're 20 minutes into a cone-free session. It'll have to go back on eventually, I expect when I have to wipe the hotspot. But now she's napping without.
I had to use a company issued card for my trip to Spain. Which I no longer have. But they took forever to pay it, it was ridiculous.
sarameg - Oct 14, 2015 6:18:32 pm PDT #7076 of 30003
Cone back on.
A bunch of Baltimore youth activists are staging a sit in to get the housing commissioner fired, money for schools and a meeting with mayor and police commissioner. I think I'm getting some of that wrong. But I love this city. The past few months' earthquakes have broken edges of this segregated city such that even this introvert has been able to connect with teens so outside my experience it's sadly laughable doing amazing things. Gives me a lot of hope, the conviction they have.