anyone know what book it is that has a bit about two young girls being taken to a screening of Gone with the Wind where I think Mitchell is going to be? I am super bad at remembering books I've read.

That's the thing. Saying "only a bad apple" misses the whole point of the metaphor.

The Osmonds fucked that up for everyone!!

Also, you don't need any context, but a higherup just sent a message that said, "I trust Jesse, that document is ready for proffing." [sic]

Ha!

I do not know that book.

I also don't know the Osmonds song but I am ok with blaming them

Here's a thing I don't understand. Why do my customers ask me to work with another group in their company to fix a problem the first group found. Why can't they just talk to each other and sort it out? I am literally just passing information from one to the other, I don't know what they need to do!

Also, why won't the one department in my company that apparently has anything to do with this problem answer my emails, if only to say that they don't know either

The Osmonds song goes, "one bad apple don't spoil the whole bunch, girl"....

Why can't they just talk to each other and sort it out? I am literally just passing information from one to the other, I don't know what they need to do!

Ooh, I haaaaaate that. In my experience, it means you are trusted, which is good overall, but I hate doing it!

oh, I hate when I end up being an intermediary and passing information from one person/group to another ... it takes more time and leads to misunderstandings (anybody remember playing "telephone"?)

In other news, here's an old PSA for those who see something that looks like a tooth.

Here's a thing I don't understand. Why do my customers ask me to work with another group in their company to fix a problem the first group found. Why can't they just talk to each other and sort it out? I am literally just passing information from one to the other, I don't know what they need to do!

Similarly, I, the newest employee in the Dept., met with people from another Dept on a space use thing in our building. They had questions I could not answer. I sent the question on to person who would know and gave them the other Dept's contact info. They answer the question to the other dept - GOLD STAR. And then they email me and ask "will they also be needing X or Y?" - I wrote back, "I have no idea, probably best to ask them directly." Like WHY!! Why do things the most inefficient way?!?

I got my June mortgage payment made! I am getting very close to not being delinquent.

In other news, here's an old PSA for those who see something that looks like a tooth.

Wow, in case you really need to appreciate the Muppets more than you already do. (Though the advice IS sound).

msbelle, have you tried the "What's the name of that book?" thread/group on Goodreads?

Yay, -t!

msbelle, reading about your issue with the unknown old name change for someone - in a previous job, there was a mailing/contact list I maintained. It was a carefully guarded list - other groups kept trying to get the information from us, since it was not only relevant but I kept it up to date. Well, I changed jobs and the list passed on to someone else. She found that it had gotten outdated, so she sent a mailing to everyone on the list asking them for their new information. The catch - she used the same letter, with no indication who it was sent to, for everyone. She was talking to me about updating the list and asked if she couldn't just search the list for the old info. And I asked her, "search on what?" ... which left her realizing what had happened. Most annoying.