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.
Dawn: I thought you were adequate. Giles: And the accolades keep pouring in. I'd best take my leave before my head swells any larger. Good night.
'First Date'
Natter 75: More Than a Million Natters Served
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.
Jesse - Mar 09, 2018 4:31:21 pm PST #23028 of 30002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
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.
Calli - Mar 10, 2018 4:47:22 am PST #23036 of 30002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
the newer ones don't understand how it would be perceived and are under the thrall of the least-new. Who I just turned down for a raise.
All is now clear. I hope that the end result is better for you than for the least-new, Jesse.
It's kind of you to help your friend, msbelle. It'll be a hard thing for them on multiple levels.
Sorry about the frames, Connie.
Laura, it's so nice to see the family develop toward the future.
As many of you might remember, I've been looking to move back to MI to be closer to family and further from NC summers. Well, this coming Monday I have a Skype interview for a job near Bay City, about an hour and a half from my sister. So any interview~ma that might be available would be appreciated, please.
meara - Mar 10, 2018 5:06:21 am PST #23037 of 30002
That is super weird, Jesse. And awkward. Grrr.
Laura, I think OrangeTheory is national (at least, it's in sesttle also)
Today is my last full day in Mexico! I want to go home but don't want to go back to work. Or cold.