Well, that's convenient!
― jaymc, Tuesday, 21 August 2007 19:01 (seventeen years ago) link
Yup. I'm still concerned about asking off Christmas week though.
― KitCat, Tuesday, 21 August 2007 19:02 (seventeen years ago) link
I mean, everyone gave me a hard time about taking off 7 days for the wedding/honeymoon, as though the office almost collapsed without me here to make copies and answer the door and what-not.
― KitCat, Tuesday, 21 August 2007 19:03 (seventeen years ago) link
But I'm hoping it will be besides the point since I'd probably be the only one in the office anyway for those 3 days.
Are you serious about people giving you a hard time for taking time off for your wedding?!
― sweet tater, Tuesday, 21 August 2007 19:06 (seventeen years ago) link
nice:
"your butt is not a chocolate frozen yogurt dispenser."
- dan s@vage via his podcast.
― sweet tater, Tuesday, 21 August 2007 19:08 (seventeen years ago) link
As it has been established that Sarah works with some of the worst people in the city of Chicago, it doesn't surprise me that much.
― dan m, Tuesday, 21 August 2007 19:09 (seventeen years ago) link
xpost Do I even want to know the context there?
― jaymc, Tuesday, 21 August 2007 19:09 (seventeen years ago) link
Sarah needs new coworkers.
the context is that a girl called in to ask about what she can do to prepare for anal sex.
― sweet tater, Tuesday, 21 August 2007 19:12 (seventeen years ago) link
bite down on a leather belt?
― kenan, Tuesday, 21 August 2007 19:13 (seventeen years ago) link
Sarah's coworkers at her old job were worse. Actually, Sarah's coworkers at any of her old jobs were worse. Sarah has a bad history of coworkers.
― n/a, Tuesday, 21 August 2007 19:14 (seventeen years ago) link
Hire a sitter?
― Eazy, Tuesday, 21 August 2007 19:14 (seventeen years ago) link
Sarah deserves to spend her thirties in the company of empathetic, funny co-workers, and to be paid handsomely for it. So, basically, you guys have to move to Sweden.
― Eazy, Tuesday, 21 August 2007 19:16 (seventeen years ago) link
(Hire a sitter so that the kid isn't yapping during the session.)
The worst was when she worked for the county in Virginia while I was finishing up college. They paid her a xmas bonus, but accidentally made it a recurring bonus (ie on every paycheck). Sarah assumed it was a raise. When they found out that she had been getting the extra money the whole time, they said she had to pay it back. They figured out some system where they TOOK a portion of each paycheck to pay themselves back for the mistake that THEY made. She was basically in indentured servitude for like a year.
― n/a, Tuesday, 21 August 2007 19:17 (seventeen years ago) link
the prep stuff was more along the lines of "cleansing" beforehand.
― sweet tater, Tuesday, 21 August 2007 19:17 (seventeen years ago) link
I don't really remember why I didn't just go into someone's office and start screaming at them. I guess I was in college and more mild-mannered then or something?
I like the two incongruous conversations going on here.
― n/a, Tuesday, 21 August 2007 19:18 (seventeen years ago) link
http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/12852.jpg
― jaymc, Tuesday, 21 August 2007 19:18 (seventeen years ago) link
sarah, not to be nosy nellie or anything, but any news on the law job front?
― sweet tater, Tuesday, 21 August 2007 19:18 (seventeen years ago) link
Apparently, I keep the bossman calm, cool, and collected. When I'm away, he throws fits.
Oh, well, not so much. I sent a resume to an employment law place but haven't heard from them. But then I was thinking maybe I should try for an Exec Secretary position instead, so I shot off a couple resumes.
― KitCat, Tuesday, 21 August 2007 19:20 (seventeen years ago) link
You guys just need to pull off one bank job, and after that you guys (N & S) can just work part-time shifts at Laurie's Planet of Sound.
― Eazy, Tuesday, 21 August 2007 19:21 (seventeen years ago) link
I am never working in any kind of customer service again.
Oh, unless I become a librarian.
― n/a, Tuesday, 21 August 2007 19:22 (seventeen years ago) link
Open Sarah's Starburst Clock Emporium.
― Eazy, Tuesday, 21 August 2007 19:23 (seventeen years ago) link
hmmmm. maybe your co-workers need to petition to give you more money so you will stick around longer . . .
― sweet tater, Tuesday, 21 August 2007 19:25 (seventeen years ago) link
I can't stop listening to this today:
http://www.facethewaste.com/aopbig.jpg
Probably my favorite cover art of the year as well.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Tuesday, 21 August 2007 19:39 (seventeen years ago) link
I can't stop thinking about all the wii boxing I'm going to do later.
― sweet tater, Tuesday, 21 August 2007 19:45 (seventeen years ago) link
Ahhhh, that story about Sarah's old employer is so fucked up. That can't be legal.
― Jordan, Tuesday, 21 August 2007 19:45 (seventeen years ago) link
I would like to check that band out, but I cannot, as the AMG description calls them "irreverent." That can only lead to bitter disappointment.
― kenan, Tuesday, 21 August 2007 19:47 (seventeen years ago) link
Ahhhh, that story about Sarah's old employer is so fucked up. That can't be legal. Also, they expected me to write them a check immediately. I don't remember how much it would have been but I was right out of college and living paycheck to paycheck. I started crying in HR basically. I kept saying "I don't have that kind of money! I don't know what to do! Why do I have to write a check right now?" And they said, "Now, Sarah, if it were the other way around and we'd been paying you less than you were supposed to get, I'm sure you'd be in here expecting a check from US pronto." That's when we worked out the overtime/paycheck deduction arrangment.
― KitCat, Tuesday, 21 August 2007 19:57 (seventeen years ago) link
oh god Sarah. :( you have so much good job karma coming to you...
― horseshoe, Tuesday, 21 August 2007 19:58 (seventeen years ago) link
Thanks. That was 2000. I also didn't get paid vacation or sick days even though I worked there for two years since each year was a temporary annual position. I need to let it go!
― KitCat, Tuesday, 21 August 2007 20:00 (seventeen years ago) link
I am relaxing by looking at craigslist apartment ads.
― KitCat, Tuesday, 21 August 2007 20:01 (seventeen years ago) link
Apatow has a lot of stuff in production. Couldn't help notice this credit: Jack White ... Elvis Presley for "Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story".
― Jordan, Tuesday, 21 August 2007 20:04 (seventeen years ago) link
Same movie has a character named "Dreidel L'Chaim"
― Jordan, Tuesday, 21 August 2007 20:05 (seventeen years ago) link
That was Jack White?!?!? We got a preview for Walk Hard before Superbad, but the Presley clip was very brief. We didn't get a Harold & Kumar trailer.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Tuesday, 21 August 2007 20:09 (seventeen years ago) link
Wrong thread, Jordan?
― jaymc, Tuesday, 21 August 2007 20:10 (seventeen years ago) link
No, actually I just didn't want to get involved in the Hughes v Apatow thread, and this is my default thread for dumping random trivia.
― Jordan, Tuesday, 21 August 2007 20:12 (seventeen years ago) link
GOD WHY DID I EVEN BOTHER OPENING THAT
― dan m, Tuesday, 21 August 2007 20:23 (seventeen years ago) link
to complain about it? be honest.
― kenan, Tuesday, 21 August 2007 20:26 (seventeen years ago) link
No, just to look.
― dan m, Tuesday, 21 August 2007 20:27 (seventeen years ago) link
man. i keep eating more calories than i intend today. who knew those wonderful sesame sticks had so much packed in there?
― sweet tater, Tuesday, 21 August 2007 20:30 (seventeen years ago) link
sesame is the good kind of fat
― kenan, Tuesday, 21 August 2007 20:31 (seventeen years ago) link
that's why i didn't bother checking! but then i did check...
― sweet tater, Tuesday, 21 August 2007 20:32 (seventeen years ago) link
Calories schmalories.
― KitCat, Tuesday, 21 August 2007 20:32 (seventeen years ago) link
I just had a brownie that was about 85% fudge.
― Jordan, Tuesday, 21 August 2007 20:32 (seventeen years ago) link
fudge is also good fat????
i'm just going to not worry about it.
xpost: exactly. (to sarah)
xpost: that sounds awesome (to jordan)
i think i'm being sensitive since i've gained weight since the wedding & i liked being lighter than i have been in many years.
― sweet tater, Tuesday, 21 August 2007 20:33 (seventeen years ago) link
I want to be healthier in terms of what I consume, but I don't like the idea of counting calories. Kr told me last night that sometimes she estimates the number of calories in everything she eats during the day, which kind of blew my mind. I don't think I would enjoy food if I did that.
― jaymc, Tuesday, 21 August 2007 20:33 (seventeen years ago) link