It’d be nice if we could have a moratorium on dipshits attacking Presidents for going on vacation.
The latest is Karl Rove (yeah, I know) ranking Obama for going to Hawaii for a holiday break while the world is collapsing. Previously, talk radio was beating up on him for playing too much golf.
This is not just a GOP/right wing thing, as I recall GWB getting scornful commentary about time off at his Texas ranch, and playing golf.
I welcome Presidents getting a vacation break and having a hobby which may relieve stress (or at least keep them out of trouble for awhile). I don’t want them constantly at work, just as I don’t want to get medical treatment from a resident who’s been up for the past 30 hours.
I am off today but being productive. I just set up my GM/non-GM corn feeding stand in the back yard (as part of the Biofortified citizen research team) and now we will see which corn my varmints prefer.
New(-ish) Co-worker to me: What time will they send us home today?
Me: Well, that would have to come from one of three people, and have you noticed that they’re all on PTO?
Co-worker:
In the WTF Amazon?! department: I ordered a night vision digital camcorder and they sent an underwater digital still camera. Not even close to the same thing.
Nobody gets my jokes. I had to go to THREE places to get the perfect present for my BFF and she didn’t get it. A carefully wrapped package that held a small (laundromat) sized box of Tide, a single shot bottle of Southern Comfort and a small bottle of Joy dish washing detergent.
I just got off the phone with her, she was all WTF until I explained it to her. Please tell me that someone here got the message.
It’s exactly the kind of thing my family would do (especially Mom, grandma and two uncles). It’s the perfect gift for someone with whom you don’t really exchange gifts with (like my BFF and I don’t do birthday or Christmas or whatever gifts, maybe a random card without occasion) and for whom you know they don’t really want or need anything anyway.
I may actually rip this idea off next year, my mom would get a kick out of it.
How does a secretary (do they still exist in 2015???) have access to steal that amount of money
I have to take umbrage with the implication that just because a employee is fat and ugly and old, she’s more competent than one that is young, pretty and thinner. I get what you are implying: the Senior Partner took the bait, and got hooked. But there is a sinister implication here that equates honesty with looks, and thats not 100% fair.
Apparently. Also… well S.P. is not aging really well. As far as I can tell, he mainly ‘gives advice’ and does social stuff at the firm. I dunno, maybe that’s true at all firms, that it’s the young guys and gals who do the majority of obviously actual lawyer-type work activity.
But S.P. … well, yesterday they had a sort of in-house catered lunch/party with small presents for everyone. (Yes, I and the other part-timer were also invited, this guy is NOT Ebeneezer Scrooge) And at one point I was chatting with a couple of the secretaries and he came over and made happy talk with us for a few minutes, all nice and charming, and then looked around the room and asked us, “Where’s Katy? I haven’t wished her Merry Christmas yet.”
And there’s an awkward pause. And the woman who was standing right next to him said, “Um. Do you mean Kelly?” “No, no. I mean Katy.” Longer awkward pause.
Because the woman he was talking to was Katy. A regular employee who has worked there for at least ten years!
Okay, there are some circumstances: she’s been dieting over the past year and has gone from maybe 50-60 pounds overweight to normal. Plus yesterday she’d come in with her hair freshly dyed, and a rather darker shade of brown than before. And as I said, it’s not like S.P. really has much to do with any of the office worker types except his own secretary, and maybe he’d had a couple of drinks by that point, though he didn’t otherwise seem at all drunk.
But really? To know her name as an employee but not recognize her after speaking to her for a few minutes??
What do you say in that sort of situation?
Added: no, I don’t think Marlena did in the accountant. He died surrounded by family while watching a football game after a stereotypical Thanksgiving feast. (I wonder if that actually happens a lot?)
I wasn’t suggesting Marlena had done him in, merely that she’d been doing him, if you catch my drift.*
IOW, why would it take the arrival of a new accountant for her skimmings to come to light?
*ETA: okay, a LITTLE bit of it being more than his ticker could handle over the long term.
Perhaps you didn’t really get the message. It wasn’t get drunk and clean your house, it was “Tidings of Comfort and Joy.”
Please, feel free and enjoy!
Its so much easier to buy gifts for people who need/want things. Once I explained it to her, she loved it and said that she was mad that I didn’t tell her to open it early so she could make up a few packages to give to other folks as well.
We bought the critters presents, treats and toys. I wrapped them and put them under the tree last night. Some time during the night some kitty opened them all and then went after the other wrapped gifts probably because tearing up crinkly paper was so much fun.
It looked like someone had emptied a shredder in the living room when we got up. While I highly suspect Missy of doing the dastardly dead, Baker is also on my list.
I once took a bare branch, mounted it in a base, painted it metallic gold and tied a 50 cal BMG cartridge into it with a festive red and green ribbon and gave it to my dad =)
Closure: the swiss contingent deconfirmed en masse because they didn’t like the ruleset (which was publicly known since before they confirmed) and because I got a little frustrated at explaining my decision-making for the thousandth time.
So I quit. They can find a replacement, or they can just suck my dick and call the event canceled, because I’m done. No more. This community is not getting any more sweat or tears from me. Literally the only person I feel bad about disappointing throughout this whole mess is the guy who owns the location we’re hosting at, because he’s really an OK dude and his business really is a good thing for e-sports, but everyone else, with maybe 1-2 exceptions? Fuck it. I’m done with this community and with this game.
What sort of mutants have I raised? We delayed Christmas by one day, since the big kids were at their dad’s yesterday, and the Littles are still a bit iffy on calendars, so we can get away with the scam one last time. But it’s 6:51 am local time. What kind of 3- or 5-year-old sleeps this late when Santa is due for a visit? Little weirdos.
As far as I can tell, he mainly ‘gives advice’ and does social stuff at the firm. I dunno, maybe that’s true at all firms, that it’s the young guys and gals who do the majority of obviously actual lawyer-type work activity.