Every time I typed the hyphen, I was all "I resent the SHIT out of this!"

Yay! I mean, boo for the situation, obviously, because it sounds like ridiculous bullshit.

I even explained to him in my email that this is a different step in the process, and his reply was basically, "I already did this. I am finished."

Dude. This is my response to laundry and the dishes, but even I recognize that it's not a particularly useful response.

I just love the people on Twitter who are declaring that obviously Houston should have just bused everyone to shelter.

I have no idea where they think the people could have gone, of course. I just looked up the capacity of the convention center. 72,000. Let's assume it could hold three times that many people as a shelter. 216,000 people. The Toyota center holds 18,000. Reliant Stadium, another 72,000. Minute Maid Park, 41,000.

That's 348,000. Out of a city of 6 million. Even assuming that only 1 million are in danger, that's not gonna work.

Teppy, that sucks. Especially when the stupid people blame you.

So that job in the Kansas City area asked me if I could start on September 18th. But they haven't said they want to hire me yet. Im confused.

That sounds like they want to hire you!

Teppy, that sucks. Especially when the stupid people blame you.

I'm not even sure the stupid author is blaming me; I think it's the higher-ups in the Editorial Office that are thinking I'm not doing my job, when I followed our procedure (including sending follow-up emails when the authors don't respond) EXACTLY. There are some articles where I lag behind by about a day, but for this one I was totally on top of it. But they're claiming they don't see proof that I was.

I sent the screenshots, but no response so far (other than "send the files to the author"). I admirably resisted replying with "You mean 'send the files to the author FOR THE FOURTH TIME'?")

That sounds like they want to hire you!

They did say, "We look forward to having you join the team!"

Maybe just a miscommunication on their end. How do I politely say, "Um, do I have the job?"

Maybe just a miscommunication on their end. How do I politely say, "Um, do I have the job?"

I think the best way to phrase it is "What are the next steps in the process?" (Although there are other Buffistas who are better with this sort of thing, so don't take my answer as gospel.)

"May I have the official date of hire for my records?"

tommy, I wouldn't do anything indicating official acceptance of this possible offer until you have benefits info.