Kaylee ,'Shindig'
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.
Then I had to YouTube how to remove fluorescent light bulbs, and I finally got those fuckers to turn so the pins were lined up to remove them.
Oooh, I used to have to change the fluorescent bulbs at my maintenance job at the all girl Catholic School.
These opening statements, oh dear Lawd. The House managers were so eloquent and effective and powerful, and the ex-president's lawyers are so very clearly the only lawyers he could get at this point.
ugh, brenda. I have a snake for our elderly bathroom sink, which backs up depressingly often, and I'm pretty certain the only reason that hasn't happened to us is that the pipes are swaddled in multiple layers of duck tape and our snake could possibly punch a hole in rust but it couldn't go any further.
Work rant: A new doctor at one of our outreach clinics sent me two separate requests last week to add him to our weekly conference announcement list, one request directly and one via his supervising MD. I added him, but he has some kind of problem with his Zoom settings, so he couldn't get into the meeting this morning. He emailed me again at 7 to ask me to put him on the mailing list, cc'ing our tech troubleshooter. I pointed out that he's been on the list, and the troubleshooter said he needs to call IT about his Zoom settings.
Since then I've gotten three more emails from three different other people, and one long-distance call, asking me to please make sure he's on the mailing list. DUDE, MY MAN, YOU ARE ON THE MAILING LIST. YOU'VE BEEN ON THE MAILING LIST. STOP ASKING OTHER PEOPLE TO TELL ME TO DO A THING I'VE ALREADY DONE AND FIX A THING I CAN'T FIX.
I don't care if I have to self-quarantine for another 10 days, if he sends one more person after me I'm going to drive down to Fresno and stomp on his toes.
The dog and I often walk by Jamie R's house on our walkies, and ever since his son passed away there has been at least one police car parked on the block. After Jan 6, there have been three (two Capitol Police, and one city/county) at all times. We wave, and one of the officers sometimes there is clearly a dog person from the hello we get back.
We have similar problems - I periodically have to advise people to check their junk/spam folders for our announcements. Or they unsubscribe by accident. Or they just don't see it. One person - who insisted he wasn't receiving our weekly e-newsletter so I was forwarding him my copy - was complaining that it arrived as being sent from me. sigh ....
Meanwhile, seems other people are worse at Zoom than I am (although I've been reminded to mute myself when I don't have anything to say).
Timelies all!
Sounds scary, billytea. Glad everyone's ok.
One person - who insisted he wasn't receiving our weekly e-newsletter so I was forwarding him my copy - was complaining that it arrived as being sent from me.
What now? Can all these people just STOP. This is just silly. He doesn't want his problem solved; he wants a reason to keep complaining.
My guy is getting all the emails and he knows he is; he just can't get into the Zoom meetings, and somehow he's convinced himself that there's some real list I'm refusing to put him on, and also that I am the Boss of Zoom and he doesn't need to call IT if he just keeps pestering me long enough. But there isn't, I'm not and he does. He tasks me.
A new doctor at one of our outreach clinics...He doesn't want his problem solved; he wants a reason to keep complaining.
Send him a bill. Enclose a tongue depressor, labeled "Clue Stick."
Sigh. Off work an hour and a half late and no progress on my appraisal. Tuesdays.
Tuesday’s are stupid.
I got a package from Hamacher Schlemer today. I did not order anything from them. I opened it, and the paper inside said ordered by and shipped to someone in Rhode Island. Oooook....did they stick the wrong slip in the box? Check with friends. Yes! One sent me something from them! But not what was in the box. So there is some poor woman in Rhode Island waiting for her cashmere zip up turtleneck poncho (!?!) and she will not get it.
Awww. That happened with my mom trying to send my brother wool socks from REI. The order got broken into several packages and she was trying to keep track of all of them and he eventually got a package from REI that even had socks in it but they were kid sized so presumably some kid did not get their socks. REI presumably replaced those, and told my brother not to return them. Fortunately his landlord’s daughter could wear them, so all’s well that ends well but it was just such a peculiar coincidence that the misship was still socks, it stuck in my head.