Happy Anniversary, Laura and Brendon!
Congratulations, Maria and medicguy!
Best of Good Health wishes to all of us!
Okay, time to go stare into the middle distance some more....
That's my girl, large and in-charge. Okay, teensy-weensy and in charge.
Gunn ,'Just Rewards (2)'
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.
Beverly - Mar 17, 2020 12:56:58 pm PDT #18022 of 30019
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
msbelle - Mar 17, 2020 1:02:51 pm PDT #18023 of 30019
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
My workplace, the whole county, went to WFH if you can.
Today we got in remote access and telework forms for most employees in our Dept, but some employees do not have home computers, so they will be coming in.
It is very frustrating for me that in the dept head meetings we are having each time a new announcement is made there are people saying things like "employees a & b can't wfh, they have nothing to do" or "if people are not coming in, my employees won't have work" - THAT IS A PROBLEM when all these people are office staff. It is not as if they are parks and rec field workers. These are the Dept Heads and they are having to be told by newbies like me that then the employees should be investigating and researching ways to change our processes to where we are less dependent on paper and doing every! single! damn! thing! face to face. Webex, electronic signatures, secure websites with individual logins to check off approvals, distance learning, voice over powerpoints with tests at the end for basic intro classes.... JUST OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
This is a huge opportunity for us to think about ways to modernize and streamline process to be more efficient and use tech that already exists and they are dismissive of any suggestion.
msbelle - Mar 17, 2020 1:24:28 pm PDT #18024 of 30019
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Maria - Mar 17, 2020 1:29:41 pm PDT #18025 of 30019
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
Thanks for the good wishes, everyone!
Oh msbelle, that's so frustrating. It was one of the things that bothered me when working with government. I never figured out an effective way to break that anti-change log jam.
chrismg - Mar 17, 2020 1:43:52 pm PDT #18026 of 30019
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade
msbelle, I don't know how much sense this will make without context, but it seems relevant:
sj - Mar 17, 2020 1:46:30 pm PDT #18027 of 30019
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I've never had corned beef and cabbage. Normally today would be all about shamrock shakes and cupcakes from the bakery with green frosting, but I'm too paranoid to even go get those.
msbelle - Mar 17, 2020 2:03:52 pm PDT #18028 of 30019
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Dinner is take-out from the Tavern again. The brick oven pizza place is closed Mon & Tues, so could support them.
The liquor store had people in it, so I did not go in to look for 60% alcohol vodka.
Shockingly the martial arts place was having a class - doesn't seem smart.
DXMachina - Mar 17, 2020 2:05:44 pm PDT #18029 of 30019
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
I don't know how much sense this will make without context, but it seems relevant:
Robot Takeover
Questionable Content is a terrific strip.
Steph L. - Mar 17, 2020 2:14:21 pm PDT #18030 of 30019
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Questionable Content is a terrific strip.
Damn skippy.
shrift - Mar 17, 2020 2:41:00 pm PDT #18031 of 30019
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I had an Amazon package that was marked as delivered yesterday, but it wasn't in my building. We had packages in our lobby for a different building, so I'm assuming it probably was misdelivered rather than stolen. I've tried calling the leasing office twice to see if I can locate it, but nobody is picking up. I can't go over there because they've asked people not to show up in person.
I think I'm going to stop now and resume dealing with this tomorrow.