This is funny, in a facepalm/headdesk way.
So Management has discovered, via the new improved employee survey, that while most of us like our company and our jobs, there's a serious problem with lack of communication and perceived lack of respect. So they had a Big Meeting today and everybody in the whole Publishing Department was required to attend. This was All About Communication. They spent three hours giving us details on all the projects going on (and one guy included the tidbit that all our competitors outsource their publishing services 100%; well that's comforting) then BigBoss opened the floor to comments and questions, with "no fear of repercussions". (Uh-huh.) Three people spoke up, with reasonable complaints/suggestions. The answers were "Well, my job is HARD, and we can't hire anyone, and we're trying REAL HARD to make the new schedule work, so... yeah." (BigBoss actually told us that her job was HARD. ooh, sympathies.)
Anyway, meeting All About Communication. One thing mentioned during was the "user story form" for reporting problems with the software. I never heard of it. Checked with my team members after, they never heard of it. Emailed my supervisor (notorious for Not Telling Us Shit) to ask about it.
She forwarded to us an email she received six weeks ago about the new user story form, that she never mentioned in the six team meetings since then. And told us we'd talk about it later.
COMMUNICATION, WE HAZ IT NOT.
DAMN IT! I was trying to pit an avocado and stabbed myself in the left palm. I don't think there's any nerve damage, but that fucker went in
deep.
I don't think there's any nerve damage, but that fucker went in deep.
Keep it clean. Puncture wounds get infected BAD.
Get it looked at. If it's that deep it may need a stitch or two.
Will do. I have been liberal with the Neosporin and oversized bandaid. Fortunately it's not a wide cut (about a quarter-inch triangle of metal penetrated), so I think if I can keep the edges tight together it should seal up pretty well.
ISTR Neosporin is okay for shallow wounds, but not puncture wounds. Also, probably best to get a tetanus booster.
Hmm. I'd be a lot more annoyed by the brownout that's happening, and prevented us from watching DVDs, except apparently the Internet still works even if none of the lights do....
Meep, puncture~ma, Matt!
Groupon impulse buying update: I have not pulled the trigger on paintball, tea, or wine tasting, but I did get myself a kitchen scale. Now, I already have a kitchen scale (which I use all the time) but the new one is more accurate, has a greater, capacity, and is yellow like my kitchen.
Finally got my timesheet submitted, hooray!
If your tetanus boosters are up to date and the weapon of choice was trustworthily clean and the bleeding stopped, I don't know if the requirement is medical treatment, but you're not going to die of too much doctoring in this regard.
Speaking of things you can injure yourself with, I literally only just now realised those aren't cake forks, those are salad forks.
I don't think any of mine have ever
ever
been used to eat salad. Lots and lots of cake, but I do extend the metaphor to any dessert that doesn't require a spoon.
Christ, I can't believe I was just grateful AARP told me there are achievements left, because clearly if I don't know how (or why) to set a table, I have a lot to discover.
And I don't know if I need to hold out for an extended version of The Hobbit. SO MUCH POSSIBILITY, SUCH RICH LIFE EXPERIENCES LEFT TO HAVE.
I mentioned I didn't like today, right?
I mentioned I didn't like today, right?
Kitten-fall-off-the-toilet dislike.
