Twice in two days someone has come up and greeted me and I have had no idea who they were.

Some guy greeted me effusively yesterday, and I stared at him blankly and kept walking because I was *really* sure he didn't mean me. Sure enough, he apologised and said he'd mistaken me for Felicia. Fuck him. I hate being mistaken for anyone.

Well, except that one chick (Rachel?) in university. She was rather radically cool, although we eyed each other with extreme suspicion. I wonder if she thought I was the one pretending to be her--I wasn't--that was my sister. She was somehow both our dopplegangers, although I maintain me and Sav don't look alike.

I hope the new job treats you well, meara.

AT&T has done an entire redesign of the least user-friendly corporate website. Now it's unfriendly with different graphics, and it doesn't remember my pre-redesign information.

How do I hate thee, AT&T? Let me count the ways.

meara, did I miss it? How did the negotiation go?

Smonster, are they the homeopathic drops or something else? The homeo ones don't work (though I can't knock the placebo effect!) but the creams and gels are pretty established as helpful.

Huh. I didn't know that. They are little homeopathic pills that dissolve under the tongue. That's a powerful placebo effect, to make my epic bruises disappear faster. What do the gels do, exactly? Just treat muscle soreness?

Okay, this vendor is dicking with us, but OMG, are we ever dicking with this poor consultant. He's getting it from all angles.

He's getting three conflicting directions on how to present (in all fairness, I'm right), and people refuse to read/remember his documentation beforehand, so he's getting dinged for things he never did (or things he was told to do).

However, this whole thing should have been done with a month ago, because his visit was in December.

Everyone sucks.

Yet, I'm still right.

Okay, my sister sent me a NSFW link: [link] I haven't looked at it, because at work, but she won't synopsise. Can someone with less restrictions give me a heads up, to stave off my anticipation?

So, update on the plagiarism issue.

For our observers at home, you may recall that I had a graduate student who did a whole lot of cut and paste plagiarism in a final paper. I failed her in the class and thus she did not get a passing grade in the course. Her graduation has been postponed until she can take another class.

Well, I understand from a colleague that her advisor is encouraging her to write me an apology note to try to repair the relationship.

What do you all think about this?

I kinda don't want a letter unless it is sincere. The student (as I have heard) still claims not to have known this was plagiarism. So if she is standing by that position, I really don't want a letter.

meara, did I miss it? How did the negotiation go?

Well, I asked for X+5-10%, and got more like X+2.5%, but hey, they came up! And I still get the signing bonus (though I have to pay some of it back depending on how long I stay with the company--have to stay 2 years to not pay any back!!). Will be taking about 2 weeks vacation between jobs (though almost half that will be paid by vacation time)

Well, I understand from a colleague that her advisor is encouraging her to write me an apology note to try to repair the relationship.

Meh? Repair the relationship like "I'm sorry I did this and I hope you won't badmouth me all over using my name"? Or like "Please change your mind and retroactively give me a new grade"? The former...sure. I mean, if it's un-sincere it's almost worse, but...but the latter fuck no. Take your lumps.

I think it's all about whether or not it's sincere. Sincere regret I think always deserves to be known--it doesn't always deserve any change in behaviour, though.

meara,

the grade will NEVER be changed. That would take an act of Hera. Hera doesn't work here.