Giles, help! He's going to scold me!

Buffy ,'Never Leave Me'


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.


Calli - May 09, 2019 8:45:46 am PDT #7643 of 30019
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

That's great, meara!


Dana - May 09, 2019 9:04:46 am PDT #7644 of 30019
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

They must really value you, meara. That's great.


Connie Neil - May 09, 2019 9:29:35 am PDT #7645 of 30019
brillig

Yay, meara!

IOworkNews, they decided I don't need monthly quality coaching meetings for the time being. My numbers have been at top of the range for ages, and the QA people keep saying "Oh, hi, it's our monthly chat opportunity, and keep up the good work." I guess the Powers decided not to waste the time anymore.

Also, I had the usual "Here's the state of you" meeting with my supervisor, who was pushing the "You could be solidly in the Exceeds Expectations category if you did X and Y." I baffled him by saying "But I don't want to be in the top 5%, I just want to come in and help our customers and do a good job."

I'm tired of supervisors treating "Meets Expectations" as some sort of fault.


Laura - May 09, 2019 10:52:22 am PDT #7646 of 30019
Our wings are not tired.

Yay meara! What a relief.

Connie, you totes meet my expectations.


Dana - May 09, 2019 10:55:38 am PDT #7647 of 30019
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

The recruiter is submitting me for a part-time contract position that is offsite and pays very well, so the two round trips to their office are hopefully paying off.


Atropa - May 09, 2019 11:03:11 am PDT #7648 of 30019
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

runs into thread

Neil Gaiman read my PM and posted about my Patreon!

Now to hope and pray that that translates into a huge jump in backers, because I don't want to rework my resume and go back to the tech industry.


Jesse - May 09, 2019 11:07:41 am PDT #7649 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

It ought to, right??


Atropa - May 09, 2019 11:15:42 am PDT #7650 of 30019
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

It hasn't yet, but who knows when most of his followers will see it, because Twitter algorithms.


Dana - May 09, 2019 11:19:43 am PDT #7651 of 30019
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Niiice, Jilli.


Laura - May 09, 2019 12:00:14 pm PDT #7652 of 30019
Our wings are not tired.

Oh! Nice, Atropa!