Timelies all!

Sorry about the mac drama, msbelle.

What the hell with the air conditioner... and flooding... and not doing anything?! I do not understand.

Yes, a lot of this. Yikes.

I hope things so easier than anticipated, msbelle.

OK, I do need to go in next week but it sounds like I can just pop in late in the day and move my stuff rather than working in the office all day. That'll have to be a game time decision - it also might be nice to be on hand to have input as to where my monitor and phone and so forth actually get set up...

If at all possible, -t, I would flip my desk so I would face the people walking by. Same footage, same footprint, just flipped. And man it cheeses me off when employers blithely expect four people to do the work of five for the same pay as before. Grinding my teeth on your behalf.

Oh NO to the basement flooding--children, what happened to your factory-installed brains? Surely at 6 or ten you had enough brains to *call an adult* to help in a crisis like that!

I hope you get your pup's digestive issues figured out and fixed, 'suela. Poor pup.

Oh, Mac. Are you, by any chance, in cahoots with the Basement Boys? It's time for you to step up a little bit and not make your mom have to deal with the results of you not dealing.

I hope the ice holds out and you survive the heat at the wedding.

that post-apocalyptic solar punk novel set in Detroit.

I would read that book in a heartbeat!

Where exactly would one get air conditioning that can freeze pipes? Asking for a friend.

The wedding was good, and not too hot! So that was good. Other drama not good (one friend thought she was staying with me but other friends had claimed my guest room, so she was mad and got a hotel room….and then the friends who were supposed to stay with me bailed. So now I have no guests) But the brides were lovely and their vows were sweet and I am feeling sad and mopey and awake too late. Everything will feel better in the morning but right now I’m v emo.

Msbelle I hope your trip goes well and Mac cooperates.

Matt I’m not exactly sure wtf happened?? But they turned the ac so low it made something bust.

My guess would be that there was some enclosed space where the cold got so intense? (Like a refrigerator with an icemaker that has plumbing) I bet there was a plumber who took a short cut that he shouldn't or the AC guy did. So I wouldn't blame the kids for causing the leak, just not immediately reporting it/doing something about it, which is a much higher order of what-the-fuckery.

My advice for mac's car is that you just buy a disposable beater (with no working AC). Or a moto scooter. Once he's paid back the costs of those, you can proceed to helping with a better vehicle.

Sorry about the guest room drama, meara, but yay wedding!

The desks are immobile within the cubes, Bev. Alas. I did have one coworker who managed to arrange her monitor so she was sitting sideways to the walkway, but I don’t even know if that would be better. However, if the whole department is WFH 3-4 days a week it won’t matter so much. I haven’t heard any updates on that plan.

and then the friends who were supposed to stay with me bailed.

That's annoyingly flakey.

Buffistae, I need a little help. Our SA lives in an apartment without A/C with their dog. So I booked a motel for them in Portland for the next three days during the heatwave.

However, I checked in with them this morning to make sure everything was okay, they said that their ID has to match the name on the credit card (which is mine).

My card is through my Credit Union, so I'm going to try to have the motel call my CU to verify that I've authorized the charge.

Has anybody had this issue before where you try to set somebody else up in a hotel/motel? What can I do to convince the motel this isn't a credit card fraud situation?