Well, we may not have parted on the best of terms. I realize certain words were exchanged. Also, certain... bullets. But that's air through the engine. It's past. We're business people.

Mal ,'Serenity'


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.


-t - Jun 15, 2020 8:35:18 am PDT #22383 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

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!


-t - Jun 15, 2020 8:37:02 am PDT #22384 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

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


Jesse - Jun 15, 2020 8:38:05 am PDT #22385 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

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!


Toddson - Jun 15, 2020 8:39:55 am PDT #22386 of 30019
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

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.


msbelle - Jun 15, 2020 8:54:42 am PDT #22387 of 30019
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

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?!?


-t - Jun 15, 2020 9:11:51 am PDT #22388 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

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


EpicTangent - Jun 15, 2020 9:39:27 am PDT #22389 of 30019
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty

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!


Toddson - Jun 15, 2020 10:27:21 am PDT #22390 of 30019
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

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.


Beverly - Jun 15, 2020 10:40:13 am PDT #22391 of 30019
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.

I don't know carbs and the calories are 164 per bar, but Coconut Bliss dark chocolate bars are the best ever. Fudgesicle-fudgicle, whichever. I'd love to find the coconut milk ice cream the Thai restaurant serves, in a store somewhere. So far, near as I can tell, it's proprietary. Seems...crass, not to mention expensive, to show up with a plastic bucket and order a dozen desserts to take home and put in the freezer, but I've been tempted.


Toddson - Jun 15, 2020 10:51:43 am PDT #22392 of 30019
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

he he ... I found this amusing.