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Snyder ,'Showtime'


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.


Jessica - Dec 13, 2018 10:09:24 am PST #2979 of 30019
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I like the idea of an extra personal day so everyone can take their birthday off, but (a) MANDATORY? Seriously? and (b) it's not like people born on Feb 29th don't *age* the other three years!


-t - Dec 13, 2018 10:34:36 am PST #2980 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Right?

Maybe they are under some kind of curse, if any employees are on site on the anniversary of their birth they'll, I dunno, ascend?


Jessica - Dec 13, 2018 10:37:09 am PST #2981 of 30019
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Maybe they are under some kind of curse, if any employees are on site on the anniversary of their birth they'll, I dunno, ascend?

So smash the manager's amulet and MOVE ON. Sheesh.


-t - Dec 13, 2018 10:50:46 am PST #2982 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

There is far too little amulet smashing being done these days


sj - Dec 13, 2018 11:09:06 am PST #2983 of 30019
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

It should be more of a floating holiday. Take it when you want.


JohnSweden - Dec 13, 2018 12:09:07 pm PST #2984 of 30019
I can't even.

I spend a vacation day to take my birthday off every year, and I sit on a patio with a fancy coffee and thank people on Facebook for their good wishes, because that beats the fork out of going into the office.


Sheryl - Dec 13, 2018 12:55:56 pm PST #2985 of 30019
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"

Timelies all!

I took my birthday off this year because it was a milestone and I gave myself a spa day. Not something I'm likely to do other years.


billytea - Dec 13, 2018 1:56:44 pm PST #2986 of 30019
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

I love the updates on Ask a Manager. This one is just the weirdest hill to die on. (I think it got quite possibly the most negative reaction to an update since this occasion: [link]

Meanwhile, here's a thing that just happened in my office: I just had to explain to my manager what IIRC means. As if I needed another reason to feel like the odd one out in this office.


Steph L. - Dec 13, 2018 2:23:44 pm PST #2987 of 30019
I look more rad than Lutheranism

I think it got quite possibly the most negative reaction to an update since this occasion: [link].

Oh damn, that one was bonkers. The OP updated a couple of times, and mentioned that she was in counseling, which I think made the commentariat collectively say THANK GOD.


shrift - Dec 13, 2018 2:28:41 pm PST #2988 of 30019
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

I'm on a shuttle and saw something move out of the corner of my eye, and flailed at the spider crawling on my jacket. Then I flailed it off my shirt where it landed, and NOW I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT IS.