I have given feedback to my boss on numerous occasions that meetings longer than 1 hour MUST include food.
I'd rather stay home and watch television. It's often funnier than killing stuff.
Anya ,'Dirty Girls'
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 - 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
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!
Theodosia - Jun 20, 2019 11:13:18 am PDT #8907 of 30019
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Ugh! I had another round of Tummy Miseries complete with sweating and pounding heart last night with a bonus -- an actually ridiculous phase where suddenly I was so cold! It was 66F in my bedroom, I had plenty of blankets and I was all but shivering.
Bodies are weird, yo.
Toddson - Jun 20, 2019 11:48:51 am PDT #8908 of 30019
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Epic, it will - cumulative - be four hours on branding. Two one-hour webinars last week (which had about five minutes, total, of actual usable content - the rest was blather about their methodology and incomprehensible charts) and a two-hour meeting tomorrow. They were scheduled for two 90-minute webinars last week, but they didn't get as many questions as they expected (and neglected to answer one that I'd have liked an answer to). Meanwhile, several people sat there tweeting or doing something (ordering lunch, maybe) on their phones. argh
EpicTangent - Jun 20, 2019 11:52:47 am PDT #8909 of 30019
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
Ugh, even more sympathies. We've had tremendous amounts of Branding BS of late, but nothing like that sheer volume at once. Hope that pizza is frigging amazing!
Ugh, Theo, my sympathies and empathies. Bodies, man.
Steph L. - Jun 20, 2019 11:54:50 am PDT #8910 of 30019
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
P.S. Monday is STEPH's BIRTHDAY!
(Sunday.)
(WOO HOO!!!!!)
Sheryl - Jun 20, 2019 12:37:09 pm PDT #8911 of 30019
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
Sigh, when I went to pick up Mr. S one of the teachers said he had been hitting and spitting on her all day. Also, he took off and headed for the front door as soon as he saw me. This is a different place than he was during the school year, and he just started yesterday. Hope he settles down soon...
-t - Jun 20, 2019 2:06:41 pm PDT #8912 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Aw, Mr. S. I know change is hard, but you can adjust, kid, I believe in you!
Yikes, Theo! That sounds miserable. I find that whole fever-with-chills experience particularly messed up. I hope it's gone for good.
Happy happy Epic!