pertinent to today's discussion:
captchas to keep idiots out of comment threads -
Xander: I still don't get why we came here to get info about a killer snot monster. Giles: Because it's a killer snot monster from outer space. I did not say that.
'Never Leave Me'
Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
le nubian - Aug 10, 2011 9:13:19 am PDT #20030 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
erikaj - Aug 10, 2011 9:14:11 am PDT #20031 of 30001
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
Good one, Frank. I sort of feel like I melted down some in the thread today. But it used to be worse, although I've never been a slammer.
askye - Aug 10, 2011 9:14:22 am PDT #20032 of 30001
Thrive to spite them
When I worked for the Florida Dental Association sometimes we'd get calls for the Food and Drug Administration which often led to some confusing and interesting conversations.
Consuela - Aug 10, 2011 9:21:05 am PDT #20033 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Okay, they seriously want us to update our voicemail outgoing message with the date EVERY DAY?
OMG I hate that so much. I dread the day they require us to to that. As it is, I don't even update my VM for my regular day off (every other Friday). But then very little I do is time-sensitive.
Because the technical editors keep getting laid off due to budget cuts?
True! But in this case, I know the tech editor, and I would have heard if he got laid off. He's still there, but I'm damned if I know why they're not having him review this stuff.
ION, I talked to HR again. Apparently all three veterans on the list above me have to get knocked off the list as unqualified before they can reach me. Because if there's even one vet on the qualified list, they're supposed to pick them.
I think I need to start keeping a bottle of whiskey in my office for this.
erikaj - Aug 10, 2011 9:33:01 am PDT #20034 of 30001
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
Philip Marlowe did it. Of course, one way or another he ended up unconscious once a week, so there are reasons it's not "What would Marlowe do?"
smonster - Aug 10, 2011 9:37:00 am PDT #20035 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
I don't even understand the purpose of updating your vm every day.
§ ita § - Aug 10, 2011 9:41:40 am PDT #20036 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I think I need to start keeping a bottle of whiskey in my office for this.
Jesus, yes. A bit of on the job self-medication would not be overdoing it in this situation.
The guy whose document I'm rewriting has been updating his OGM every day for months now. This is part and parcel of why he'd been making me feel inadequate.
§ ita § - Aug 10, 2011 9:42:54 am PDT #20037 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I don't even understand the purpose of updating your vm every day.
So they know we're alive? No, I think if you're not outward facing it's not a wise use of time.
meara - Aug 10, 2011 9:50:13 am PDT #20038 of 30001
So someone knows the messages are going somewhere? In theory if you're updating the VM you're also (a) there or not and (b) listening to your messages? But I'm terrible about updating VM...but everyone has my cell too, and can call that.
brenda m - Aug 10, 2011 10:00:20 am PDT #20039 of 30001
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 don't even understand the purpose of updating your vm every day.
We used to have to do that at my old job. "This is Brenda, it is Thursday whatever whatever and I am/am not in the office today...."