Is anyone watching the Netflix Locke and Key? I am not sure I like it, but I LOVE the house. I think I am just watching to see more of the house.
Ha! We're watching it and JZ has PROFOUND house lust.
Book: Where's the doctor? Not back yet?
Zoe: (beat) We don't make him hurry for the little stuff. He'll be along.
Book: He could hurry... a little.
'Safe'
Natter 76: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Foaminess
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.
DavidS - Feb 08, 2020 6:22:09 pm PST #16169 of 30019
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
amyparker - Feb 08, 2020 8:19:35 pm PST #16170 of 30019
You've got friends to have good times with. When you need to share the trauma of a badly-written book with someone, that's when you go to family.
Oh, fucksticks, I've got double cousins.
(And a Swearengen, which totally justified the cussing.)
Katerina Bee - Feb 08, 2020 8:42:11 pm PST #16171 of 30019
Herding cats for fun
Enjoyed Locke & Key. I like seeing the gorgeous house but keep thinking I wouldn't want to vacuum it.
Also Uncle Duncan is shady, which is weird because Aaron Ashmore is always cast to be adorkable.
Sophia Brooks - Feb 09, 2020 1:14:20 am PST #16172 of 30019
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I didn't even recognize Aaron Ashmore! Maybe Rufus vacuums, too, as well as pushing leaves off the porch and "taking care of the grounds".
Jesse - Feb 09, 2020 4:21:04 am PST #16173 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
they scanned and saved the items in a folder on the computer instead of labeling a Manila ffolder!
OMGGGGGG
Theodosia - Feb 09, 2020 4:41:04 am PST #16174 of 30019
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I'll get to Locke and Key soon -- sounds like my kind of fun, especially the house lust. I've just discovered Bitten, so I'm binging my way through that.
Sophia Brooks - Feb 09, 2020 5:19:43 am PST #16175 of 30019
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
My boss was like-where is the folder ??? When she got the documents back. It wasn't even on the shared drive!
They also do not check voicemail. I finally realized that they though I was superseding voicemail by giving them other tasks. No- still check the voicemail and the email IN Addition to your projects.
msbelle - Feb 09, 2020 5:42:01 am PST #16176 of 30019
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Sophia, do you have process documents for tasks. And a daily/weekly tasks document?
-t - Feb 09, 2020 7:17:58 am PST #16177 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Jesse, are you saying the fancy beans were just okay or was that something else?
I did the Martinez Wine Stroll yesterday which was very fun, as it always is, but was 25 pours of wine in 3 hours, not all of which were as small as they were supposed to be. Good thing I strategically plotted our route to end at the coffee shop and mom just skipped all the zinfandels and merlots or we would have had to just nap in the car. Followed that with a fascinating lecture on hummingbirds and how they are being studied. Problems I never thought of like certain tests are designed for 4g of liver tissue but a whole hummingbird is only 3g...
Today is Beethoven's ninth, part if the global anniversary celebration. Whee!
Theodosia - Feb 09, 2020 9:21:36 am PST #16178 of 30019
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Sophia, here's a suggestion: every time one of these tasks gets set on your plate and you have to help them do it, send out a debriefing email documenting just what was done, and CC all relevant parties. First, it will help by documenting what is to be done in this particular circumstance (and even better if you add, "and parts like this can be found in the X catalog" to ahem-encourage individual initiative).
The first handful of emails are helpful, but as they pile up -- especially for the managers irksome -- the cluelessness of the seekers will become more apparent, and also just how much energy you're having to put into cleaning up for other staffers.
Basically, you want to weaponize the bureaucracy in your favor.