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[ChairmanPoo]

It's about the forementioned comments about the usefulness of postmodern architecture -- and in particular, how it brought to mind some "fancy" structures at my workplace that are very artsy but not that useful (and very expensive. Certainly more expensive than other still artsy but-less-so-and-actually-more-useful buildings in the complex. And far more expensive than what a functional building would've cost. Also the aesthethics are debatable. )

[Yoink]

I just reached into my backpack to rummage about for something and froze when my fingers encountered something which felt like it was covered in some wet, slimy substance. I stood there a moment, eyes wide in horror and trepidation, then gingerly pulled it out, ready to panic.
It was a piece of thin plastic wrapper which had wrapped itself around my MP3 player, causing a weird feeling when I grabbed it.

[Lagslayer]

I just reached into my backpack to rummage about for something and froze when my fingers encountered something which felt like it was covered in some wet, slimy substance. I stood there a moment, eyes wide in horror and trepidation, then gingerly pulled it out, ready to panic.
It was a piece of thin plastic wrapper which had wrapped itself around my MP3 player, causing a weird feeling when I grabbed it.

Hehe...

[Bauglir]

An email I wrote is percolating through upper management. Oh god this is getting out of hand >_________>

[MaximumZero]

What was the email, if I may ask?

[Urist Imiknorris]

Oh god this is getting out of hand >_________>

Now there are two of them?

[Bauglir]

What was the email, if I may ask?

Basically a page-long ramble about how a current major project is being handled poorly and extremely detailed suggestions for how to fix it.

I have two fears - that whoever came up with the current plan takes offense at this (I'd only aimed it the lowest level of management, under the fairly reasonable assumption that they were as roped into this as we are), and that the fact that I never clarified that I meant "median" when I said "average" leads to the whole thing getting cocked up if they implement it.

EDIT: Also, it's triggered a minor shitstorm in the form of everybody else in a position to say so pointing out (very real) flaws in the current strategy that hadn't occurred to me. Basically, as it stands, the entire scheme is getting torn to the ground.

[MaximumZero]

Isn't that (except for the average/median thing,) a good thing, though? The fact that it wasn't just ignored means that a) things may get fixed, and b) someone in upper management is willing to try to make things better. You don't find b very often.

[Bauglir]

Oh, yeah, definitely, if everything goes well it's fantastic. I am skeptical that this is the case, however - when I say percolating, I mean it's making its way upward (we're on Assistant Director now, IIRC). If it winds up at somebody who just wants blind affirmation, and I'm confident there's at least one such person in the chain of command, I could find myself on a social superior's bad side. Mind you, I'm practically unfirable unless I do something stupid and I'm probably quitting in about 3 months so it's not a big practical problem, but from a purely emotional standpoint I find the prospect of such a situation petrifying.

EDIT: In retrospect "percolate" is a verb that is completely the wrong one since it implies downward motion. But whatever. >____>

[SalmonGod]

I'm nervous about work today, too.  Someone on the other side of the world fucked up badly, and I'm the one caught in the middle of the fallout over here.  It's something that could get quietly fixed without turning into a major thing, or it could end up getting lots of important people involved, wanting to chew out anyone remotely involved who they can sink their teeth into.... and I'll be first in line.

And it's something I technically could have caught and prevented, but only by cross-referencing one minor bit of information between two documents that I don't have any reason to look at except to hypothetically prevent this situation from occurring... which has only happened this one time in the 9 months that I've been working here.  And everyone above me who has reviewed what happened seems to think I should have caught it.  Pre-screening our documentation for completeness and accuracy and fixing the problems I find already takes almost my entire day every day, and the list of things I'm expected to check and prevent seems to grow a little bit more every week.  It's very nearly to the point of being unmanageable now for even an average volume of workload.

I don't understand why this shit has to be so intense.  Why the process of moving some stuff from Point A to Point B has to feel like going to war every day.  People need to chill the fuck out and just understand that shit happens.  The vast majority of stuff we handle goes smoothly, but we handle so much that of course there's always a problem to be found somewhere.  It shouldn't have to amount to making anyone's life any more miserable or complicated.  It's just not fucking worth it.

[Skyrunner]

AP Calculus BC test is tomorrow. So nervous D:

[Orange Wizard]

<chop chop chop>

But if they don't find someone to blame, they have to blame themselves or nothing.

Hang on, management can always find someone expendable to blame. I think it's a requirement of being a manager.

[hops]

Oh dear... Should we nuke them before they start opening hellmouths?

You mean they haven't yet?

[~Neri]

Oh dear... Should we nuke them before they start opening hellmouths?

You mean they haven't yet?

Nah, last time I checked google maps, they were still drawing a giant country spanning satanic symbol.

[hops]

Oh dear... Should we nuke them before they start opening hellmouths?

You mean they haven't yet?

Nah, last time I checked google maps, they were still drawing a giant country spanning satanic symbol.

Wha- Oh wait you aren't using the updated map aren't you?