Can the Adults Please Smoke? Chapter 23: Off on a Drinking Spree- Page 63
Can the Adults Please Smoke? Chapter 23: Off on a Drinking Spree
#1550adults writing the number 23 on the faces of passed out threadees
Posted: 6/25/08 at 5:15pm
I don't know what happened to work ethic. I think I have one.
*searches*
NYadgal
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/04
#1551adults writing the number 23 on the faces of passed out threadees
Posted: 6/25/08 at 5:18pm
Here is an exchange earlier (saved from the interoffice 'IM')
Assistant = TL
Addy = Me
TL [3:39 PM]:
hey addy
Addy [3:44 PM]:
hi
TL [3:47 PM]:
i had scheduled an amtrak ticket at 4p tomorrow, a week ago, thinking that I wouldnt even be starting the training for the new postion on monday, and obviously things have changed, so I can change this i just wanted to know what is a reasonable time to leave
TL [3:48 PM]:
i was hasty in making this decision obviously
Addy [3:49 PM]:
we have the deck due - so not sure what time we'll be able to leave. what are your options?
Addy [3:49 PM]:
not sure why a 4pm ticket would have been ok a week ago... don't follow your logic
TL [3:50 PM]:
i know, i wasnt thinking very rationally the last few weeks
Addy [3:51 PM]:
ok - let me know what your timing options are tomorrow. The change to the new department wouldn't have taken effect until August. Really not clear on why leaving early was ok.
TL [3:52 PM]:
there is a 735, and a 905
Addy [3:53 PM]:
do you have to book in advance?
TL [3:53 PM]:
i have to get them soon or else the prices will get to way too high
Addy [3:55 PM]:
Not sure what to tell you. Maybe book the 9:05, but if you can catch the 7:35 then you can leave earlier. We have alot of work to do with the deck due on Monday. You make the call you feel is best.
... love having them 'make the call'.
Needless to say, he booked the later train.
"Help me to understand..."
Works everytime.
#1552adults writing the number 23 on the faces of passed out threadees
Posted: 6/25/08 at 5:20pm
That, and knowing that you are going to keep all of their Christmas bonuses. 
Bluemoon
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/28/04
#1553adults writing the number 23 on the faces of passed out threadees
Posted: 6/25/08 at 5:21pmOhhh, you're good. Very good.
NYadgal
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/04
#1554adults writing the number 23 on the faces of passed out threadees
Posted: 6/25/08 at 5:22pm
That, too. 
Last night I ordered dinner in for the team - so they took some time to enjoy it. And then left! Not really the point. Dinner is to keep us going during our late evenings...
*sigh*
#1555adults writing the number 23 on the faces of passed out threadees
Posted: 6/25/08 at 5:23pm
keeping the bottles of holiday cheer, too!
NYadgal
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/04
#1556adults writing the number 23 on the faces of passed out threadees
Posted: 6/25/08 at 5:24pm
ANYWAY... enough of that!
Vent over!
Happy Wednesday!
NYadgal
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/04
#1557adults writing the number 23 on the faces of passed out threadees
Posted: 6/25/08 at 5:24pm
I have a few bottles under my desk... hmmm...
#1558adults writing the number 23 on the faces of passed out threadees
Posted: 6/25/08 at 5:24pm
Sorry Addy.
Why don't y'all hire me? I dress well(ish), I have a good work ethic, and I don't mind staying late!
NYadgal
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/04
#1559adults writing the number 23 on the faces of passed out threadees
Posted: 6/25/08 at 5:26pm
I wouldn't do that to you, Ms. Shira!
This business is nuts!
(good perks, but nuts!)
#1560adults writing the number 23 on the faces of passed out threadees
Posted: 6/25/08 at 5:26pmEh, I need a job, lol!
#1561adults writing the number 23 on the faces of passed out threadees
Posted: 6/25/08 at 5:27pm
I'm taking notes, addy. Though I'm not really the "manager" type; tried it once and let's just say it didn't end well. 
Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted. - Randy Pausch
#1562adults writing the number 23 on the faces of passed out threadees
Posted: 6/25/08 at 5:27pmShira will stay late. Of course, she won't come into the office until 1:00 p.m.
#1563adults writing the number 23 on the faces of passed out threadees
Posted: 6/25/08 at 5:29pmBut if she stays 'til 10 pm, does that count as working late?
Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted. - Randy Pausch
NYadgal
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/04
#1564adults writing the number 23 on the faces of passed out threadees
Posted: 6/25/08 at 5:30pm
I actually enjoy 'managing'. I use alot of my teaching skills, because I primarily look upon my role as a mentor.
But, every once in a while there are some challenges...
Shira, what are you looking for?
NYadgal
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/04
#1565adults writing the number 23 on the faces of passed out threadees
Posted: 6/25/08 at 5:31pm
LOL - that's another good one. If you come in late, then staying 'late' doesn't begin until you've made up for your late arrival...
Logic 101.
NYadgal
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/04
#1566adults writing the number 23 on the faces of passed out threadees
Posted: 6/25/08 at 5:31pm
Kids these days!
Now, enough out of me.
How is everyone?!
#1567adults writing the number 23 on the faces of passed out threadees
Posted: 6/25/08 at 5:32pmEven I know that! So if I came at 1, stayed 'til 10, that would technically make me right on time.
Bluemoon
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/28/04
#1568adults writing the number 23 on the faces of passed out threadees
Posted: 6/25/08 at 5:42pmAnd you'd always know where she was - under the desk with the bottles.
#1569adults writing the number 23 on the faces of passed out threadees
Posted: 6/25/08 at 5:49pm
That would be Tink.
Shira would be on the phone, ordering things from catalogs.
#1570adults writing the number 23 on the faces of passed out threadees
Posted: 6/25/08 at 5:52pmJust bailed on a bike ride tonight, not in shape for back-to-back rides. Though the weather is perfect, will have to find something to do outside.
Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted. - Randy Pausch
#1571adults writing the number 23 on the faces of passed out threadees
Posted: 6/25/08 at 5:54pmI do not order from catalogs! Unless it's the Neiman Marcus one!
#1572adults writing the number 23 on the faces of passed out threadees
Posted: 6/25/08 at 5:58pm
I was going to say the same exact thing about Shira and catalogs.
But, yeah, Shira would be like "Business credit card? Well, sure, I need this Marc Jacobs bag for work...Very important image to uphold!"
#1573adults writing the number 23 on the faces of passed out threadees
Posted: 6/25/08 at 6:00pm
Please. With a company credit card I'd be direct to Louis Vuitton.
"French Business Marketing Research and Branding".
#1574adults writing the number 23 on the faces of passed out threadees
Posted: 6/25/08 at 6:02pm
I have an early evening appointment with my shoulder guy. It is a pain, and he is in the opposite direction from me - but it beats the alternative, which is surgery.
More fires here at work. Between the insipid sexual harassment and discrimination seminar, and somebody demonstrating that he is not just a moron, but a really big moron, it has been a day.
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