Personality mix is SUPER important, I think.
Tomorrow's group brings together people from different social worlds of mine.
- My daughter who is whip smart
- her boyfriend who is a people pleaser so it will be interesting to see what he contributes
- a buddy who brews beer and is the most productive stoner I know
- my bff who loves puzzles
- my old karate training partner who is very detail oriented
- a friend from work who I don't know super well but is a kick to spend time with
- a friend from the stables who is super excited to participate and was a GISHWHES teammate, so I know she is good with the crazy
- and me.
Some of these folks will be meeting for the first time, I'm the common thread. I'm pretty excited to see what happens.
The description of our room is "Your team has been planning the heist for months. The mastermind of the plan has gone rogue. He sold you and your team out to the police and is planning the heist alone. You and your team have 60 minutes to get from the casino to the vault and escape before you are caught!"
It only has a 13% success rate.
Sazerac?
I do like a good Sazerac.
ETA - but using absinthe to rinse the glass and then toss is just WRONG.
Oh man. So, last night was our office holiday party which was mostly awesome like most things at my company but I got into a conversation with one of the execs where I figured out he was a Trump supporter and, when I talked about my bmore city hs teacher friend and how the kids in her classes feel threatened by Trump and what he's been doing, this guy said something about "those people" and them being on "welfare." WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK?!
I walked away and we left almost right after and I plan to talk to hr about it later. But holy shit.
I finally called and made a dentist appointment! I've only been living in San Francisco for how long? Whatever, it's less time than it took me to find a dentist after I moved to Chicago.
Re: Lisah, I listened to one of our security guards tell me about being called in for rowdy teens to ask them to leave and he brought the cop on duty and one kid mouthed off so the cop said "you're under arrest" and cuffed him. They eventually gave him a ticket or something, didn't actually take him in. And the Teen Librarians complained to the security chief about the choices made and the guard talking to me was all salty about it. But, you know, you shouldn't 'arrest' teenagers for saying "fuck you"! This is why people hate the police! And anyone who works in a an urban public library with rowdy teenagers should know this. So I feel you.
Sounds like a good mix, Suzi. Have fun!
Holy crap, lisah. (Geez, my stomach hurts a little just from hearing the story - talk about "those people", how can those people think that it's okay to even think that way, let alone say it out loud to someone?!) Good job walking away without blowing your top. Good luck with the follow up.
Good adulating, shrift!
eta: That, of course, should have been "adulting", but I find the autocorrect amusing, so I'll leave it. We're adulating at your adulting, shrift!
Have fun doing the escape room, Suzi, and HB!
In other news, I just can't today. At all.
Yeah, I know a number of my family and friends consider me one of "those People" in the category of libtard or intellectual (as an offensive term). They pity my foolish ignorance of the real world. I am building my wall and I don't even care anymore. I just don't want to engage with them. The business ones I am pretty good at the divert tactic. I never notice those red caps or bumper stickers.
At the escape room I discovered I'm really much better at going off and doing my thing on my own. I'll play along, but the group think is not really my thing.
We were in three teams and there were three rooms in the place; we each had a turn in each room. The first two rounds were only 45 minutes and no one got out, although some came close. The third round, they gave us the full hour (which is what they usually do) and we all got out. MY team was the first one out. (And, fyi, the safe was the LAST step in getting out.)
