Jesse, that just seems super odd and wrong.
Sooner or later, you're gonna want it. And the second — the second — that happens, you know I'll be there. I'll slip in, have myself a real good day.
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Laura - Mar 09, 2018 4:02:02 pm PST #23026 of 30002
Our wings are not tired.
-t - Mar 09, 2018 4:14:10 pm PST #23027 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That's wonderful, Laura!
OK, yeah, that does seem weirdly aggressive, Jesse. Certainly weird. Deviating from procedure for no apparent reason is off putting and strange, for sure.
I had a tangentially related chat with a coworker today. Yesterday she came by my cube and offhandedly asked if I was going to decorate and I said something like "we'll see" because I don't really feel like it and don't know if I will. I guess it wax bothering her, because when I ran into her in the kitchenette she asked I was thinking about leaving -which I am, but, like, next year, so not really. So I said not anytime soon but I didn't feel really secure in my position and she understood that. Such a friggin' minefield.
Jesse - Mar 09, 2018 4:31:21 pm PST #23028 of 30002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Watching your child forge ahead in life with a partner and family that seems so well suited to bring happiness is really joyful.
That's fantastic.
Such a friggin' minefield.
Yuuup.
Connie Neil - Mar 09, 2018 5:25:38 pm PST #23029 of 30002
brillig
I am annoyed. The art I bought was listed as framed, and the description included the color of the frame. The art got here, the receipt included the description of the frames. But no frames. I didn't spend over a hundred dollars for three pictures still curled from where they came out of the printer (yes, art prints come out of a printer, but the last piece I bought from them was nice and flat). I sent them an annoyed note.
-t - Mar 09, 2018 5:37:49 pm PST #23030 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Oh that's super wrong, Connie. I hope they apologize and fix it.
Dana - Mar 09, 2018 5:49:48 pm PST #23031 of 30002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
12 hours straight at the computer today. Stupid work. Thankfully my parents brought me food.
Connie Neil - Mar 09, 2018 6:39:31 pm PST #23032 of 30002
brillig
Oh that's super wrong, Connie. I hope they apologize and fix it.
They've got an automated refund process that processed immediately. Shouldn't a company be less willing to give people their money back? I think I'll find another source of cool pictures. Still, I've got the money for frames now.
shrift - Mar 09, 2018 7:45:51 pm PST #23033 of 30002
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Instead of doing this, the people who report to me went in a group to talk to HR. It just feels weirdly aggressive for no reason.
Since I'm pretty sure you are not a monster, that is SUPER WEIRD. And, like, why would you even do that unless you all tried talking to HR individually about some super serious issue but weren't getting any traction, so you all decided to bring the receipts en masse?
Are they all new? Do they not know how this works? Do they not understand how this would be perceived?!
Jesse - Mar 10, 2018 2:52:37 am PST #23034 of 30002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I'm afraid the newer ones don't understand how it would be perceived and are under the thrall of the the least-new. Who I just turned down for a raise.
-t - Mar 10, 2018 3:27:56 am PST #23035 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Oooooooh. Now I get it.