Last time I checked they weren't on there and slow cooking polenta, pancetta, etc aren't available at the other markets they use. Or at least the items aren't available for delivery. Plus most grocery stores still don't have alcohol here.
Yesterday, my life's like, 'Uh-oh, pop quiz!' Today it's like, 'rain of toads.'
Xander ,'Beneath You'
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.
sj - Jun 20, 2019 8:06:21 am PDT #8897 of 30019
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Toddson - Jun 20, 2019 8:25:01 am PDT #8898 of 30019
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
sigh ... my schedule this week somehow includes 6.5 hours of meetings - one two-hour staff meeting tomorrow (followed by pizza), a two-hour conference call on Monday, one half-hour conference call today and two one-hour conference calls tomorrow ... just kill me now (I have to write up meeting notes for the conference calls)
Jesse - Jun 20, 2019 8:37:36 am PDT #8899 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
That's hilarious, Toddson, because I don't think a day is bad until it includes 6.5 hours of meetings!
My boss is on vacation this week, but I just heard her screaming down the hall (in a good way -- she's just loud) because our upcoming new Big Boss is here for a couple of days.
-t - Jun 20, 2019 8:38:08 am PDT #8900 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Hooray, sj!
I feel your pain, Toddson. I'm actually not to badly overscheduled with meetings right at the moment, but I did have a half-hour training that starts at 11 appear on my calendar this morning at 9. So that's a delight.
Toddson - Jun 20, 2019 8:49:17 am PDT #8901 of 30019
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I think it's the two-hour staff meeting that's hitting me hardest ... we had three hours on our new "branding initiative" last week ... which was pretty much content-free. Tomorrow's meeting is supposed to be on the same subject.
And I get annoyed when we have a meeting that is SO important everyone has to stop actual work and go sit in a conference room to be nattered at ... and watch a number of staff sit there on their phones, ignoring what's going on. I don't think I could get away with that, or I might be less annoyed.
Jesse - Jun 20, 2019 8:55:33 am PDT #8902 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oh yeah, don't get me wrong, that meeting sounds terrible!
Jessica - Jun 20, 2019 9:01:31 am PDT #8903 of 30019
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I have given feedback to my boss on numerous occasions that meetings longer than 1 hour MUST include food.
Toddson - Jun 20, 2019 9:04:44 am PDT #8904 of 30019
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
We're getting fed afterwards ... it's just the thought of having to sit and listen to jargon for two hours. I expect the content will be minimal, the buzz words will be buzzing and half the staff will be tweeting (possibly about how dumb the meeting is). We once had a mandatory session to teach us about our new database (full day) and I was stuck next to someone who spent most of the time setting up doctor appointments and her and her son's personal schedules.
-t - Jun 20, 2019 9:27:34 am PDT #8905 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Oy, we're going to be visited by CTPAT next month to ensure we are in compliance. I guess this security stuff is important but I hate it.
Meanwhile, the Benicia Grill is out of chocolate cake so I will have to make do with lemon meringue pie. I'll manage somehow.
EpicTangent - Jun 20, 2019 10:45:49 am PDT #8906 of 30019
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
THREE HOURS (total) on Branding? Pizza or no, please just kill me now. You have my sympathies, Todd.
Meanwhile, the Benicia Grill is out of chocolate cake so I will have to make do with lemon meringue pie. I'll manage somehow.
You're so brave!
I, for one, will have no meetings tomorrow because IT'S MY BIRTHDAY! (Can't believe I got a ridic birthday announcement in before Steph! That never happens!)
P.S. Monday is STEPH's BIRTHDAY!