My cousin's SO has a new German boss named "Dirk Vader". (Not nearly as funny outloud, where it's more like "Deeerk Fadehr", but still.)
Tracy: Well-- That call -- That call means you just murdered me. Mal: No, son. You murdered yourself. I just carried the bullet a while.
'The Message'
Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet
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.
Theodosia - Mar 07, 2013 10:48:24 am PST #14013 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
tommyrot - Mar 07, 2013 10:59:54 am PST #14014 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Does Dirk Vader run a holistic dark side detective agency?
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 07, 2013 11:15:08 am PST #14015 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
HMOG, some guy came in our office asking the office manager to help him find the unspecified grandmother of a friend who allegedly lives in the neighborhood. Couldn't give a name, address, or phone number of this person, said he was from a new appliance sales business that doesn't have a number yet, and referenced a church that's "going to be built in the area." Then was all religious-y in his farewell.
Dude might as well have "Con man trolling gullible seniors for donations" tattooed on his forehead!
§ ita § - Mar 07, 2013 11:38:59 am PST #14016 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Ugh. This is so frustrating. My manager shot off a reply to an email she didn't read properly, and is now pulling me over the coals because she didn't understand the request, and therefore gave an answer that made no sense.
Okay, I will organise the completely pointless meeting, but all the information you say I need to provide is all there in the original email, which you refuse to re-read. There's only so much responsibility I can take for you not seeing the words "QA" and "no data" if your issue is about granting people access to production data. I SAID I DIDN'T WANT THAT.
This is why I have to mark myself down on communication on the self evaluations....
SuziQ - Mar 07, 2013 11:42:05 am PST #14017 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
I just sent a reminder to one of my project managers of a deadline he is holding up. His response? "Tonight. I'm ugly right now". WTF?
§ ita § - Mar 07, 2013 11:52:00 am PST #14018 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Can I use that, Suzi? It sounds like a guaranteed discussion-killer.
SuziQ - Mar 07, 2013 11:59:01 am PST #14019 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
It definitely kept me from responding to him. But if he hasn't done his stuff by tomorrow morning, I think I'll send him an e-mail asking if he is still ugly or not.
msbelle - Mar 07, 2013 12:04:17 pm PST #14020 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I would have responded. "That does not address the issue. Please respond with a time when you will have your part completed."
Burrell - Mar 07, 2013 12:10:23 pm PST #14021 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
You could remind him that life could get uglier.
I don't know how all y'all with regular jobs don't go about killing your coworkers on a regular basis.
§ ita § - Mar 07, 2013 12:13:34 pm PST #14022 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I keep reminding myself--all of my other long term jobs were worse. A LOT worse. I just have no idea how to manage a few people, but that's not the main thrust of my job.
And, you know, colds make me whiny.