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I think things like this are why some companies are so lax in dress code now, too, vs just 'casual Fridays.' I remember one job where we entirely lost our casual Friday because of people taking it too far. It was very clearly outlined what it was and what it wasn't, but you still had the girls showing up to the (rather conservative office, since we were in the financial industry and often had executives and visiting partners/clients coming through) office in club wear.

Not the 'You can wear jeans and sneakers and appropriate tshirts' that was outlined, but the miniskirts and damn-near-latex dresses they'd wear out to the club. And before someone gets mad at me for slut-shaming... Look, there's stuff appropriate for professional work attire and there's stuff appropriate for going out with your friends.

And the ass-prints I'd see left on desks are the reason I don't want people wearing club wear to work okay. that shit ain't sanitary.

but errrrrbody lost casual Friday because instead of following the rules, they just got louder and louder in throwing fits about it being 'unfair' to them (somehow, who knows). Personally, I just liked my one day a week of sneakers and jeans damnit.

His name will be Action Jackson.
aka AJ
aka Action Jackson on the Scene!

not Catface damnit.

Good news: pretty sure the interview I have today is gonna land me the job. Which will pay way better than the job I have now, with real legit benefits and errything.

Bad news: the hours would have me starting before buses are running. I'd have to figure out a car. I've already started the legwork. Seems to be coming down to needing $1k down payment (I don't have) or a co-signer (family won't do). Gonna try talking to places about leasing next.

My summer in San Francisco in 2003 made me hate ramen so much that I didn't go near it for a long, long time. I'd touch it out of necessity only. No amount of 'doctoring' in various ways, for years, were enough to overcome that hatred.

But in the past year, I've found the method that works for me. I enjoy ramen now. I know how I, personally, like to make it at home. It's comfort food. I actually have it a couple nights a week, at least. It's cheap, it's easy, it's filling, and makes me happy.

@Arkandel said in RL things I love:

Stupid people when it comes to movies. They are out there! And they are hilarious!

Before Logan, there was a trailer for Alien: Covenant. A lady next to me in the theater turns to her friend: "Is this a Star War?"

Also, comment thread I saw on Facebook just now is relevant: dudebro trying to argue that Star Wars and the MCU "saved" Disney. Because, yaknow, Disney was totally floundering with all of its wildly successful movies, toy sales, and theme parks and Star Wars wasn't, y'know, dead in the water before they picked it up or anything.......

@Thenomain said in RL Anger:

@Auspice

I just don’t get chicken and waffles.

It's so delicious.
So, so delicious.

You should try it sometime.

@RnMissionRun said in RL Anger:

@Lisse24 said in RL Anger:

I'm sure chicken and waffles are perfectly fine, but if you're going for a good southern breakfast, nothing beats properly made biscuits and gravy.

You forgot the grits! You can't have a proper southern breakfast without grits

Provided they're made right. I swear to god, poorly made grits are just pure sadness.

This is mostly for @Ghost

Pacific Rim 2 trailer y'all

The universe is mocking me.

Got a job offer. It's below what I want to make (by a fair bit), but still more than I'm making now.

...bus doesn't run remotely anywhere near the office location and it's def. too far out to consider bike.

On the other hand, I did get an email from a much more interesting job I'd applied for that they want to setup an interview. So fingers hella crossed on that one (it'd be out of customer support).

It was a pretty stellar way to end the show. Looking forward to the new album fo sho.

In the first week of my new position with my company, I performed well enough that when the PM and client chose someone to have permissions/access to handle billing issues for users (cancelling, refunds, etc.), they chose me.

Any other job and this may be a 'RL Love,' but with my company it's just sort of par for the course. I'll get more work dumped on me and private accolades from my boss, but that's it. No raise. No public acknowledgement.

I'm angry at myself for performing well and that's what sucks. I can't stop thinking 'I should have been lazier.'

@auspice said in RL Anger:

Fuck jobs with no PTO. I'm so sick I passed out without warning.

But I can't afford to take time off work. So I'll have to go in anyway.

(And before the 'but you'll get other people sick:' someone at the office started this. EVERYONE has been sick.)

Self-quote.

Got messaged by boss and told not to go in because sick. I'll have to go in on Sunday to make up the hours (since, again, no PTO and I desperately need the money), but at least I can now curl up on the sofa with tea and nap to TV.

Dear New Guy in the Office:

We are a small office (not even 12 people). A third of us are female. We share two bathrooms.

Have a modicum of decency and put the goddamn toilet seat down.

@tinuviel said in RL Anger:

Edited to add: Who the fuck doesn't put the seat down? Leaving the lid up when you flush sends germs everywhere.

The guy in my office.

It's an office. There's tons (ok not tons but more than I know/trust!) of people. I don't know their cleanliness habits. So having to touch the seat is... yeah, like surr said. It's no bueno. Plus it just looks sloppy to have a damn toilet seat raised all the time.

One thing my ex-husband did right was make sure the seat was down. And lecture his friends if they ever came over and left it up. Why? He once fell in while half-asleep. He knew.

But it was always funny when he'd give a friend shit for it. They'd always look at me and then start to cut in with a 'Oh, does she have you whipped?'

And he'd be like 'No motherfucker. I fell in once. That shit sucks. PUT THE SEAT DOWN.'

@tinuviel said in RL Anger:

@auspice I stopped reading at "not".

And yet this guy will be grading me on my grammar this month.

@sparks said in RL Anger:

To be fair, calling Microsoft Outlook an "email" program, in air quotes, seems fairly accurate to all my experiences with it.

Man rescues iguana in the ocean

This is just amazing.

I gotta say, Romo has found his calling as a commentator.

Build A Bear has stuff for The Last Jedi

And 'this movie's Ewoks' though they may be, porgs are fuckin' adorable y'all:

(Maybe that's why we hate Gungans? Ewoks and Porgs are cute and don't speak 'English.')

But, but... DIS BEAR THO:

I cannot stop snort-laughing at it.

@zobi said in Good TV:

But Bob the Brain is the best!!