Quick hit
Not around much today as I am attending an offsite “manditory fun” work event at the behest of our CFO.
I suppose since he asked so nicely, it’s the least I can do.
Category: work
Not fit for human consumption
One of my coworkers brought his son to work today (day off from school) and the young man stopped by my office for introductions.
So what did I do, first off?
I cursed in front of the kid.
I am a bad, bad adult and a role model for no one…..
Upside is no one will dropping their rugrats off at my office anytime soon!
Spring has sprung!
Here’s the proof! Look!
Daffodils*, in full bloom, bright yellow in a pretty purple vase in my office! Look at that, spring, sunshine, joy, leaping, flowers, yes!
Wait, stop…don’t look out that window! Don’t do it, I beg you!
Galldarn fog going and ruining my whole Spring thang. WHY!!?!?!
I just want a little sun. I just want to frolic. Is that too much to ask of you, Bay Area temperature inversion? You and your marine layer can BITE ME!
New Mexico wouldn’t let me down this way…it’s supposed to be 80 in Las Cruces today……..
*cranky*
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*Daffodils courtesy of the American Cancer Society Daffodil Days.
The end of civility?
This, the next in my line of roadway rants. See my four way stop discussion here.
This weekend The Good Man and I had occasion to take a bit of a road trip. Just down Highway 1, a small jaunt in order to meet up with a whole passel of my in-laws. (passel being smaller than a gang but larger than a group)
As we drove, in many instances, we were forced to merge, to turn, to navigate our way carefully through the highways and byways of the Bay Area.
I noticed, as The Good Man drove, he always, very politely, gives a wave when someone does him the favor of letting him into a lane, or allows him to turn in a busy, congested area, or stops to let him through.
I also noticed that when The Good Man generously does the same for others, he rarely gets a wave of thanks and recognition in return.
Politeness, it seems, is on the soon-to-be extinct list.
This makes me cranky.
Sure, I know that a polite wave isn’t required by any driving laws. I’ll have you know that when I had to take that drivers safety class to work the points off from a speeding violation, it was often suggested that a polite wave was much appreciated by others on the road. That acknowledging each other actually makes us drive better.
Connectedness people! Put down your Blackberry and say hi to an actual person sometimes!
I shall tack on a quick rant: Upon employment here at my new job, I tried, in vain, for two weeks to say hello to the security guard on the first floor who I must walk directly past EVERY day. It seems strange not to acknowledge another human you see five of every seven days of your life. But he will NOT say hello to me. Will. Not. It kind of hurts my feelings…..
Prognosticators
Everyone is one.
This weird ass economic situation is really making people batty.
You hear about houses being sold in Detroit for $10,000.
They just announced that the jobless rate in California is a whopping 10% (just behind Michigan’s 11.6%).
Last week, three of my friends got laid off.
In a visit to my tax preparer this week, right before he delivered extraordinarily bad news, said “you get no stimulus.”
My company is about to be acquired by a European competitor.
And today one of my coworkers says to me, all bright and cheery, “I really feel like the economy is recovering!”
Your feeler might be broke, there, friend.
