The Off Topic Topic

[Admiral Yi]

Bee Pee has brought suit against Haliburton for all $21 billion it spent on cleanup and damages for the Gulf oil spill.

[Tonitrus]

Watch out for cheap office chairs....

http://www.5-tv.ru/news/49190/

Um, yeah that is in Russian, but the gyst is..."20-year old Chinese woman tried to adjust her office chair, and the pneumatic mechanism exploded, driving shrapnel through the seat into her body.  Apparently the 7th such incident from cheap Chinese office chairs.

[Ed Anger]

Spike just got a new segment for A thousand ways to die.

[jimmy olsen]

Watch out for cheap office chairs....

http://www.5-tv.ru/news/49190/

Um, yeah that is in Russian, but the gyst is..."20-year old Chinese woman tried to adjust her office chair, and the pneumatic mechanism exploded, driving shrapnel through the seat into her body.  Apparently the 7th such incident from cheap Chinese office chairs.

Good God that sounds horrifying!

[Ideologue]

Got my first check today.  Any Tea Party fuck who tells me I don't pay taxes is going through the industrial dishwasher, because that shit is 50 dollars short of what I technically earned.  And if they protest that I'll be getting it back whenever I file my returns, while the boiling water scalds them to death, I'll point out they're taking into account neither the SS taxes that pay for their decrepit old fuck welfare, nor the lesser present value of a refund versus simply having the cash given directly to me.

P.S. anyone who understands present discounted value, even vaguely, probably should be making more than $7.25 an hour, but that's America!

[Capetan Mihali]

Spike just got a new segment for A thousand ways to die.

[Josephus]

Watch out for cheap office chairs....

http://www.5-tv.ru/news/49190/

Um, yeah that is in Russian, but the gyst is..."20-year old Chinese woman tried to adjust her office chair, and the pneumatic mechanism exploded, driving shrapnel through the seat into her body.  Apparently the 7th such incident from cheap Chinese office chairs.

Ouch. I'm never going to swivel in my office chair again.

[CountDeMoney]

Oh the annual grind: employee evaluations.


Buh

Oh, what a grand time in business. 

I had mine today.

Only major area of improvement falls under the opaque definition of "attitude".
Apparently, certain members of my extended work family feel I have a "combative edge".  Fucking imagine fucking that.

"The problem is, sometimes you're perceived with coming across with a bit of an...edge...when it comes to some things."
"But the fact of the matter is, ABC and XYZ are pretty screwed up, you know."
"Well, that's the problem.  You're 100% right about ABC and XYZ, but it's not about being right, it's about how you say it."
"OK...but if I'm right...THEN HOW THE FUCK ELSE AM I SUPPOSED TO FUCKING SAY IT? WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE AROUND HERE? WHAT IS THIS, FUCKING DAY CARE?"
"Uh...see, this is what I'm sorta talking about here."

[Ideologue]

Calm down.  No one's gonna buy that it was the boss that kicked your ass when you decide to resign need the year's salary to buy a Firebird and support your cheerleader-seducing lifestyle.

[LaCroix]

a girl i've been seeing broke things off with me recently. lesson learned from this attempt: never buy a gift until relationship status has been established. that $40 bottle of anejo patron for christmas i got her hurts, man

[CountDeMoney]

Calm down.  No one's gonna buy that it was the boss that kicked your ass when you decide to resign need the year's salary to buy a Firebird and support your cheerleader-seducing lifestyle.

My problem is, I learned too many of my interpersonal skills on the street.  Doesn't translate well to touchy-feely Corporate Ameritude.  THE 'NAM AIN'T FOR YOU MAN

[Jaron]

It's nice when you're so good at your job that even though you're a bit of a loose cannon they still would rather put up with your crap than replace you.

[LaCroix]

It's nice when you're so good at your job that even though you're a bit of a loose cannon they still would rather put up with your crap than replace you.

loose canon? i think examples are needed. if you were cdm, we'd know 

[Eddie Teach]

Jaron takes an extra ten minutes on his lunch break every Friday.

[Jaron]

I'm more of an idealist/drama queen than a loose cannon.

I work with Mormons though and they have a very no nonsense approach to business. It's like celebrating Christmas with Jehovas witnesses.