My coworker gave me half a pumpkin pie cupcake. Nom nom nom. Good coworker, he can stay. Apparently his wife bakes when she is stressed out, and the world is stressing her out right now. I feel a little bad for taking advantage of her suffering, but yum.
Old trusty soda machine. I push you for root beer, you give me Coke.
Willow ,'End of Days'
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.
-t - Oct 21, 2015 8:50:29 am PDT #7465 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Maria - Oct 21, 2015 9:00:54 am PDT #7466 of 30003
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
-t, neither am I, but the idea of looking for another job fills me with dread. I don't know where to go from here, but it's not staying in the industry I'm in. I also feel like there's something wrong with me, because I'm bitching about another job. I don't want to be all "Princess and the Pea"-like.
Apparently his wife bakes when she is stressed out, and the world is stressing her out right now.
I wish I did that. I just eat.
Kate P. - Oct 21, 2015 9:03:10 am PDT #7467 of 30003
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
I am kind of regretting going back to work today.
-t - Oct 21, 2015 9:10:23 am PDT #7468 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I hear you on the dread, Maria. I have stayed in pretty crappy jobs because looking for work is something I really do not enjoy. Pretty sure it's not you that there's something wrong with - the specific things you have complained about are objectively wrong and bad, I think.
{{Kate}}
amyth - Oct 21, 2015 9:22:25 am PDT #7469 of 30003
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
Sorry, Maria and Kate. Love to you both.
I have to go call the people I have not hired for a job. I've been putting it off all day. Ugggh.
SuziQ - Oct 21, 2015 9:27:33 am PDT #7470 of 30003
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Today is like a thousand Monday's crammed together. I've been ranting on Facebook - corporate ran some software update that deleted MS Project from my computer. An essential program for my job. In getting that fixed this morning, I have now lost Excel, Word, Outlook, Skype... and the IT tech is stumped. My problem has been escalated to the next level and I "should" hear back within 30 minutes. We will see.
Meanwhile, I'm twiddling my thumbs in Salt Lake City, rescheduling my back to back meetings cause I CAN'T DO MY JOB. THE WHOLE REASON I'M OUT HERE.
::Deep breath:: Maria, sorry work is being a bitch to you. Kate, returning sucks no matter when you do it. Amyth, may the calls go as smoothly as possible.
SuziQ - Oct 21, 2015 9:29:15 am PDT #7471 of 30003
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Oh, oh, oh...and now I'm stuck waiting for IT to call, so no lunch for Suzi. Didn't really have breakfast, just a Luna bar on my way to the airport. Snarl!
meara - Oct 21, 2015 9:34:20 am PDT #7472 of 30003
Pumpkin pie cupcake sounds lovely.
I am in the least ergonomic setup ever, today. And super filled with not wanting to work--doesn't help that I don't land until after 1am and my boss just sent me an 8am meeting (which I have to be sharp for). And there's a bunch of stuff overdue. But I suspect tomorrow I may just have the meeting, have the other meeting I've got at 11am, and then fuck off for the rest of the day. Ugh.
SuziQ - Oct 21, 2015 9:45:34 am PDT #7473 of 30003
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Is kiddo an out of date term? My cousin was surprised when I called K-Bug my kiddo.
Maria - Oct 21, 2015 9:51:57 am PDT #7474 of 30003
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
Oh, Suzi and Kate, I'm sorry.
I don't hear "kiddo" as often as I used to, but it's still around.
I engaged with anti-vaxxers. Don't want to poison themselves with the flu shot. I'm 70 different kinds of special today. Evidently, I never learn from beating my head against the brick wall the first 1,000 times.