# Skeletons in the closet – a scandalous MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [April 30, 2012, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skeletons-in-the-closet-a-scandalous-mmp/620401 "2012-04-30T09:47:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2012, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skeletons-in-the-closet-a-scandalous-mmp/620401/181 "2012-05-04T11:21:48Z")
well, I _tried_ to sleep in. I was dealing with the cat, by nudging her off the bed _every. five. minutes._, but then Gaia decided to let loose a large dose of lightening _right. over. my. house._ All the car alarms on the block started shrieking, mine included. So now coffee is brewing, and here I sit. Blurf. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2012, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skeletons-in-the-closet-a-scandalous-mmp/620401/182 "2012-05-04T11:32:00Z")
Hey \*\*Mom, \*\* can you squirt some of that water my way? We’ve got decent pressure but the flow is pathetic. We’re on city water, so I think we’re just doomed to living with undersized piping in the house. TV guy commenting on the rash of fender-benders this morning - “What, you don’t want the car for the weekend?” Not enough time, not enough coffee. Also not enough money, water or useful pain meds. And my giveadammer is broken. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2012, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skeletons-in-the-closet-a-scandalous-mmp/620401/183 "2012-05-04T11:35:16Z")
Sorry, \*\*gotti \*\*- you need to move to the boonies so you can get your water the way God intended - from a hole in the ground! 😃 Second load in the washer, 5 or 6 more to go, probably not all today, tho. Gotta save some fun for tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2012, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skeletons-in-the-closet-a-scandalous-mmp/620401/184 "2012-05-04T11:48:56Z")
Cousin’s standard answer when asked “Can I get you anything else?” is “More money and more paid vacations.” ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2012, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skeletons-in-the-closet-a-scandalous-mmp/620401/185 "2012-05-04T11:53:56Z")
She could at least ask for world peace… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![ems](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@ems](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ems)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2012, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skeletons-in-the-closet-a-scandalous-mmp/620401/186 "2012-05-04T12:27:59Z")
Looooooong week but I am headed home today! I changed my flight so I get home at lunch time and not later this evening. This weekend will be quiet **mr ems** has to work so I am going to finish up the Greencard paperwork and get it ready to submit so I can get away from this company. Hugs for **spaz** and yay for water pressure **mom** and boo for paperwork **swampy** ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2012, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skeletons-in-the-closet-a-scandalous-mmp/620401/187 "2012-05-04T13:50:36Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > Cousin’s standard answer when asked “Can I get you anything else?” is “More money and more paid vacations.” Clerk: “Can I help you?” **dogbutler** : “I’m beyond help.” ---
**Author:** ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2012, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skeletons-in-the-closet-a-scandalous-mmp/620401/188 "2012-05-04T14:05:27Z")
I’m already running Open Office, but thanks, people that suggested it 😃 He assured me it wouldn’t work with that, but seemed utterly unclear why… Being a bit of a moot point anyway, as their course program doesn’t seem to be working on my laptop- it keeps telling me I need flash, which I know I already have :smack: I have a heavy suspicion that getting it to work is going to be considerably more difficult than any of the actual coursework. I’m happily covered in mud, after planting lots and lots of plants. Miraculously, it’s not actually raining yet today! Makes a change. Everything’s still soaking wet though, including me. Need to go have a shower before I go see the job centre, as I must in an hour, though; they probably wouldn’t take kindly to me squelching in like this. Happy firday all! ---
**Author:** ![2gigch1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2gigch1/32/3313_2.png) [@2gigch1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2gigch1)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2012, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skeletons-in-the-closet-a-scandalous-mmp/620401/189 "2012-05-04T14:14:12Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > VWife wants to go to Fred’burg today. Oh joy. Got that t-shirt. Heading down this weekend to attend business at the former home of Tugig. Not looking forward to it. ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2012, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skeletons-in-the-closet-a-scandalous-mmp/620401/190 "2012-05-04T14:16:54Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > She could at least ask for world peace… 😉 Um… did you want that bridge two lanes or four…? :dubious: {{{ **Spaz** }}} ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2012, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skeletons-in-the-closet-a-scandalous-mmp/620401/191 "2012-05-04T14:17:34Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Because, you know, I was notorious for sexually harassing everyone. Well, I guess that depends on whether making passes at **FCD** counts as harassment. ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2012, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skeletons-in-the-closet-a-scandalous-mmp/620401/192 "2012-05-04T14:22:24Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > Well, I guess that depends on whether making passes at **FCD** counts as harassment. It’s only harrassment if the other person isn’t interested. … Or if somebody with clout **is** interested (either in you or in the other person) :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2012, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skeletons-in-the-closet-a-scandalous-mmp/620401/193 "2012-05-04T14:48:21Z")
Cats. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2012, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skeletons-in-the-closet-a-scandalous-mmp/620401/194 "2012-05-04T15:02:23Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > Cats. :rolleyes: Cats? ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2012, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skeletons-in-the-closet-a-scandalous-mmp/620401/195 "2012-05-04T15:04:36Z")
\*\*Nooner \*\*- that’s what always killed me - the notion that “Harassment is in the eye of the beholder.” In an ideal world, person A says something, person B says “I find that objectionable.” Then person A says “Sorry -won’t happen again.” and life goes on. In reality, you can have someone getting all offended at something that wasn’t intended or directed in their direction, even an innocent misunderstanding, and immediately panties get in a wad and paperwork flows. We had an engineer who went out of her way to be offended. She entered one guy’s cubicle and managed to position herself so that she saw a girlie calendar (not nekkid) that was pretty much only visible to whoever was sitting at the desk. She made a complaint to our EEO office (saying nothing to the guy whose cubicle she visited) and stirred up a lot of crap. I can’t imagine what she would have done if she saw the ashtray (back when you could still smoke inside) that had a picture of a woman’s, ummm, parts glued to the bottom so one crushed out one’s smoke on said parts. I thought it was gross, but I didn’t take it personally, and I quit looking at ashtrays after that. And **Nava** , I don’t make passes at \*\*FCD \*\*- I make _demands_! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Taters](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/taters/32/2845_2.png) [@Taters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taters)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2012, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skeletons-in-the-closet-a-scandalous-mmp/620401/196 "2012-05-04T15:06:32Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Don’t forget that you’ll print everything out and fax it all to everyone who owns a fax machine. 😛 > > \*\*Nava \*\*- In 1981-ish when the Dept of Defense declared that Sexual Harassment was a Major Concern and Training was Necessary, I was sent to the class, since I was the least senior person in the office. Annually from then till I retired last year, I was required to undergo that training in various and sundry forms. Thankfully, the last 3 or 4 years, it became computer-based training so I could run it in the background while I did real work, then at the end, I’d print out the certificate and give it to my boss as proof that I’d been “trained.” Because, you know, I was notorious for sexually harassing everyone. :rolleyes: What did I learn? Quid pro quo involving sexual favors is wrong. There ya go - 30 years of classes… > > My day has started fun. I loaded the washer and turned it on, and… nothing… 😕 :smack: I unhooked the cold water supply line and found a big glop of mud at the intake screen. It has been flushed and my washer is happily washing. Laundry is the main order of the day. > > My front yard is a disaster area and it’s going to take more than a little grass seed to fix it up. We’ve got a guy coming tomorrow to abandon the old hand-dug well, and we’ll talk to him about getting a load of dirt delivered and spread to fill in the dips. Then I can seed. > > I’m also going to plant a hedge of forsythia encompassing the new well head so this big white hunk of PVC isn’t sitting in the middle of the yard. And it’ll help hide the downed trees between the “lawn” and the neighbor’s yard. And I’ve got a place by the house to put a big azalea that needs a new home, plus a couple of spots at the end of the driveway where stumps have been removed, so I can plant something else there. More hostas, I’m thinking. > > My back aches just thinking about it all… > > But today is mostly for laundry. Oh yeah, and we have GREAT water pressure! 😃 > > Happy Firday! You should see the sexual harassment training they’ve instituted in the last year. Because of my grade, I was required to take SHARP Leader (Sexual Harassment/Assault Prevention) on line. It’s geared toward supervisors, but I’m not supervisor.:rolleyes: Then I was required to take two more on-line courses, and finally, I still have to go to my face-to-face training. It’s just over the top and stupid. There aren’t enough roll eyes. In the last few days (because this my birth month), I’ve taken CBRNE (Chemical, Biological, Radiation, Nuclear something or 'nother) training, HIPAA refresher, Suicide Prevention, one rolled up annual training having to do with all things here at the hospital), two Information Awareness courses, and about four other training courses. I still have to have my face to face HIPAA, my face-to-face SAEDA briefing, and two or three other things that I’ve forgotten. It’s just really, really stupid and time consuming. It’s my RDO, but once again, the day is sucked up with errands. I’m going to run my rig through the car wash, probably get an oil change, and go grocery shopping. I also will fill the rig up with gas and make sure the tires are all inflated properly so we’re ready for our trek across the state to pick my son up. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2012, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skeletons-in-the-closet-a-scandalous-mmp/620401/197 "2012-05-04T15:08:33Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Cats? Yeah - the other _other_ white meat. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2012, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skeletons-in-the-closet-a-scandalous-mmp/620401/198 "2012-05-04T15:09:56Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > Cats. :rolleyes: > [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Cats? She comes over for cuddles, settles onto my shoulder, begins to purr - the minute I touch her, she nips my hand and jumps down. Hence: Cats. :rolleyes: eta: > [@kopek](#): > > Yeah - the other _other_ white meat. :mad: You’re now on my list! 😛 😉 ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2012, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skeletons-in-the-closet-a-scandalous-mmp/620401/199 "2012-05-04T16:43:13Z")
Ah, _Cats._ 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![2gigch1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2gigch1/32/3313_2.png) [@2gigch1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2gigch1)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2012, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skeletons-in-the-closet-a-scandalous-mmp/620401/200 "2012-05-04T17:38:54Z")
> [@Taters](#): > > You should see the sexual harassment training they’ve instituted in the last year. Because of my grade, I was required to take SHARP Leader (Sexual Harassment/Assault Prevention) on line. It’s geared toward supervisors, but I’m not supervisor.:rolleyes: Then I was required to take two more on-line courses, and finally, I still have to go to my face-to-face training. It’s just over the top and stupid. There aren’t enough roll eyes. > > In the last few days (because this my birth month), I’ve taken CBRNE (Chemical, Biological, Radiation, Nuclear something or 'nother) training, HIPAA refresher, Suicide Prevention, one rolled up annual training having to do with all things here at the hospital), two Information Awareness courses, and about four other training courses. I still have to have my face to face HIPAA, my face-to-face SAEDA briefing, and two or three other things that I’ve forgotten. It’s just really, really stupid and time consuming. > > It’s my RDO, but once again, the day is sucked up with errands. I’m going to run my rig through the car wash, probably get an oil change, and go grocery shopping. I also will fill the rig up with gas and make sure the tires are all inflated properly so we’re ready for our trek across the state to pick my son up. Jesus. I’m a news photographer in Washington DC. I am more likely to be around this stuff than most. Training? What is that? My training is a surplus Israeli gas mask and knowing which way the wind is blowing. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skeletons-in-the-closet-a-scandalous-mmp/620401.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skeletons-in-the-closet-a-scandalous-mmp/620401.md?page=11)