I sent my team member the Wonder Woman gif. [link]
You always think harder is better. Maybe next time I patrol, I should carry bricks and use a stake made out of butter.
Buffy ,'The Killer In Me'
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.
Jesse - Nov 06, 2015 8:38:51 am PST #8623 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
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Dana - Nov 06, 2015 8:46:39 am PST #8624 of 30003
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
askye - Nov 06, 2015 9:14:30 am PST #8625 of 30003
Thrive to spite them
It does!
Maria - Nov 06, 2015 9:40:52 am PST #8626 of 30003
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
Zen, look and see what is out there, while you're not under pressure. It can't hurt. Nose of Zen, please stop requiring the use of Kleenex to stop your temper tantrum.
Jesse, that sucks. Mightily. Constructive crit is fine, but at least have the common courtesy to bring it through the chain of command.
meara, I hope they realize they can't keep you going at this pace for too long. Things could get uglier if it does.
I sent my team member the Wonder Woman gif.
I. Adore. This. So much so that I have a tab open, and I've been flipping to it all week.
Dana, that sounds very familiar. We know no one like that. At all. Ever.
Jesse - Nov 06, 2015 9:55:07 am PST #8627 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
This sounds awfully familiar:
Aw!
Sue - Nov 06, 2015 9:56:06 am PST #8628 of 30003
hip deep in pie
What cute pussycats!
Jesse - Nov 06, 2015 9:56:59 am PST #8629 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
In a possibly-ironic twist, I'm still so aggravated that instead of telling another team member she needs to do better, I was very encouraging and gave some specific ways to show that she is doing better. I didn't have it in me to have another difficult conversation today.
Zenkitty - Nov 06, 2015 10:08:39 am PST #8630 of 30003
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
This sounds awfully familiar:
Aw, that's wonderful! what a great write-up!
Zen, look and see what is out there, while you're not under pressure. It can't hurt.
I really should.
-t - Nov 06, 2015 10:33:18 am PST #8631 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Aw, Arthur is famous!
Our "quick chat" (scheduled as an hour-long meeting but labeled a quick chat) was actually helpful. So that's nice. I have developed a headache, which is less nice. Meh. Maybe lunch will fix it.
I hear you, Zen. When what you want is a better working environment it's damn hard to look for that. As you say, you don't really know until you are there, so it would always be taking a chance, and while you have aspects of your job that you DO like, yeah, it's be hard. My mentor (I was assigned a mentor, which seems weird to me but I like her and think she has stuff to teach me so it's all good) asked me to come up with two job descriptions for the next time we meet - one that I would want to do if money wasn't an issue, and one I would jump on if it presented itself locally. Maybe thinking about what WOULD make you take a different job, assuming the workload was reasonable and expectations were consistent, would be helpful? If you didn't have to look, if it just dropped in your lap.
amyth - Nov 06, 2015 10:36:28 am PST #8632 of 30003
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
Zen, we should both resolve to look for new jobs, even though we can't see the way out right now.
I sent my team member the Wonder Woman gif.
That's my favorite thing right now.
This sounds awfully familiar:
LOVE!