Yeah, client's unreasonable expectations cannot be called out as such. Sucks.
Your situation also sucks, Toddson! Boo.
Buffy: I was regrouping. Spike: You were about to be regrouped into separate piles.
'Potential'
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 - Oct 18, 2023 1:41:19 pm PDT #26261 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Dana - Oct 18, 2023 3:25:20 pm PDT #26262 of 30000
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
You guys, I stopped working before 8 for the first time in...three weeks? I have no idea how lawyers and investment bankers and whatever do this on a regular basis. 12 hour days plus several hours on the weekend? Stupid Canadian client.
-t - Oct 18, 2023 3:45:02 pm PDT #26263 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Yikes! Is it over now or just paused?
Dana - Oct 18, 2023 4:25:16 pm PDT #26264 of 30000
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
I'm on two separate projects for these people that unfortunately collided at the worst possible time. They were also supposed to get me help, but the other writer hasn't been real useful.
My boss did ask at our last meeting how much I was working and made noises about comp time.
-t - Oct 18, 2023 4:47:09 pm PDT #26265 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Well, I hope it eases up and yes to comp time!
I am thinking about planning my giant train trip around seeing the eclipse in Cleveland. Ooh, or Rochester? Buffalo? Mom suggested San Antonio but it looks like I would have to get somewhere other than the train station to see totality, so I'm not sure about that. Cleveland and Buffalo and Rochester are more central to the path. That seems to be everywhere that intersects easily with the loop I had in mind.
smonster - Oct 18, 2023 5:13:30 pm PDT #26266 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Thanks, -t! Alll glammed up and on the streetcar.
Oh it’s almost certainly sexist but the biggest issue is that it’s all other women, so they expect “niceness” as something of a performance.
Somehow I am not surprised.
Toddson, that sounds miserable. Is there any relief in sight?
Sheesh, Dana, I hope you get lots of comp time.
chrismg - Oct 18, 2023 10:57:41 pm PDT #26267 of 30000
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade
-t San Antonio is only going to have a few seconds of totality in April. I've been looking for astronomical clubs and such, trying to find an event to the NW where the maximum coverage will be.
Shir, thanks for the reminder there are also forces pulling us together.
Toddson - Oct 19, 2023 5:55:07 am PDT #26268 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Not only no relief, but my boss stopped by to ask if I was transferring calls to our Executive Director (I'm not). I told him - again - that our voicemail tree is a mess (still has links for people who aren't on staff any more) and suggested that people are getting through that way. And our main phone number is one digit off from a hotel in the area, so we get some of their calls as well.
Laura - Oct 19, 2023 6:00:40 am PDT #26269 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
In good news, today we can celebrate the birth of Calli! Happy birthday, and may this day and the year to come be filled with delightful surprises.
msbelle - Oct 19, 2023 6:52:07 am PDT #26270 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I missed something along the way, Toddson, I thought you retired.