I don't know anything about that, but you make a persuasive argument.
I can take every Friday off in February and be back up to having a week of vacation available by April. I think I'm gonna do that.
River: 1001. 1002. Simon: River... River: Shh. I'm counting between the lightning and the thunder to see if the storm is coming or going. .1005
'The Message'
Natter 74: Ready or Not
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
-t - Jan 04, 2016 6:28:51 am PST #12702 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
brenda m - Jan 04, 2016 6:39:16 am PST #12703 of 30003
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
Got an invite at 7:58 for an 8AM call to find that major changes to our department are being rolled out to my direct reports TODAY without any background or prep (including that they are no longer my DRs as of 1/1 but will not be told who they do now report to). JFC, my boss just has no concept of change management or fucking human nature at all.
shrift - Jan 04, 2016 6:51:07 am PST #12704 of 30003
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
WOW, Brenda. That is some bullshit.
-t - Jan 04, 2016 6:58:12 am PST #12705 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
WTF? That makes no sense, brenda.
You took that other position?
Sophia Brooks - Jan 04, 2016 7:01:30 am PST #12706 of 30003
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
That would make me crazy, Brenda.
brenda m - Jan 04, 2016 7:02:53 am PST #12707 of 30003
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
Yes? I mean, once that other position came up my boss went ahead and restructured the entire department without me so not really any options. And frankly, since it gets me out of her organization I'm glad of it. But I'm sort of in a weird no-man's-land right now. The new role won't ramp up for a month or so.
It's not just me affected, others are in a similar boat. But god damn this is weird and effed up.
Steph L. - Jan 04, 2016 7:04:39 am PST #12708 of 30003
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Tep, is [link] the 5k with the cape you did? What did you think of it?
It is! I thought it was fun. It's not chip timed (or at least it wasn't when I did it), if that's important to you.
-t - Jan 04, 2016 7:14:51 am PST #12709 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Thanks, good to know! I do like the chip timing, but it's not a deal breaker.
What a mess, brenda! Well, I'm glad you are out of there before too long, anyway.
Jesse - Jan 04, 2016 7:23:25 am PST #12710 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oh jeez, brenda! That's worse than what happened at my job this morning! Some people learned their whole team is being moved -- so they have the same boss, but their boss has a different boss -- in a large department meeting. I had heard this was happening before the holidays, but the people on the actual team hadn't.
Connie Neil - Jan 04, 2016 7:25:14 am PST #12711 of 30003
brillig
The Salt Lake Tribune's weather page seems to be the lair of interesting people. The headline says this is perfect weather for Canadian geese and melancholy Norwegian playwrights, and the article itself includes quotes from Ibsen. But really, when your job is to write about the weather every day, you need to liven it up a little. And the comments are interesting, too, one from a bicycle commuter who only relinquishes his bike in life threatening storms and a couple from someone down on the Hopi reservation. A surprisingly pleasant corner of a website filled with conservative/liberal fights and some nasty name calling.