Bummer about the remote work, Calli. Yay soup!
Mal: Inara, think you could stoop to being on my arm? Inara: Will you wash it first?
'Heart Of Gold'
Natter 77: I miss my friends. I miss my enemies. I miss the people I talked to every day.
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 - Jan 28, 2022 11:38:00 am PST #12519 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Laura - Jan 28, 2022 12:09:53 pm PST #12520 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
I just saw a picture from the collapsed bridge in Pittsburgh and the bus in the wreckage showed 'Squirrel Hill' as the route, which was the neighborhood right next to where I lived there. I lived in Point Breeze. Anyway, my recollection was that there was just shy of 1000 bridges in Pgh, so perfect place to discuss infrastructure. queue conspiracy theory that Biden sabotaged the bridge Seriously, I put nothing past these right wing wackos.
Anytime I travel I look up when I go under the bridges and overpasses, and sooooo many of them just ain't pretty.
-t - Jan 28, 2022 12:32:54 pm PST #12521 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Had to google the bridge collapse - sounds like no one was hurt too badly, hope that is true.
After looking at a billion potential Zoom backgrounds with myself in front of them all I definitely don't want to be on a Zoom call now. So that's that. I did keep some I may use randomly, though.
Toddson - Jan 28, 2022 12:49:21 pm PST #12522 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I definitely don't want to be on a Zoom call now.
Did you ever? (unless the alternative was a face-to-face with someone terrible)
-t - Jan 28, 2022 12:53:38 pm PST #12523 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Well, no, you are right, I did not. But I was considering doing it anyway more before seeing myself so much?
brenda m - Jan 28, 2022 1:35:02 pm PST #12524 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I just got the 15-year gift catalog thingy. I don’t think ours are as generous as some. But whatev. At 5 years I got a car emergency kit that I still have. At 10 a small handbag.
It’s honestly such a chore to go through the massive online catalog now that it’s outsourced to some gift company. I’d rather just have something standard, or an allowance to company swag, which is nice to have sometimes.
lisah - Jan 28, 2022 1:50:06 pm PST #12525 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate
I'm with msbelle, company gifts that aren't money or benefits or like vacation designated money are bullshit. Also, -t, have you been looking for a new job?401k matching is a pretty standard benefit.
Laura - Jan 28, 2022 1:58:39 pm PST #12526 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
I've worked here for over 30 years, but no catalog of gifts. Then again I am the one who would give me a gift so that could happen.
I have only been in a very small number of zoom meetings, and I generally dislike them even more than phone calls, and I hate phone calls. I am absolutely an email and text girl. We don't even want to discuss FaceTime. The worst.
-t - Jan 28, 2022 2:24:49 pm PST #12527 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I have not been. Not quite annoyed enough to overcome my dislike of looking for work.
Sheryl - Jan 28, 2022 2:32:34 pm PST #12528 of 30000
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
I got framed certificates to mark 10 years and 20 years at my workplace. Ah, well, government work.