I Called In Sick Today

[InternetExplorer 2,609]

Was this six months ago, by any chance?

yeah I was thinking the same thingtwo people in my department had grandmothers die today. I went up and was like, "wow, two on the same day, that's pretty unlikely, huh" to my coworker and the early 30s woman (one of the grieving). she cracks a little smile. it comes up that the other griever's grandma was in nebraska or something, and I'm like, "wait, so it wasn't just some assisted living bus accident or something? these odds are astronomical" I mean, it got a laugh, but later on, the woman was like sobbing randomly and had to leave early. so I feel maybe a little bad, I don't know. she's using it to take 3 half days and another full day, and she's not even planning the funeral. totally ****ing us over.but she's a temp, why in god's name is a temp able to **** the department so hard? boggles the mind, we're supposed to be replaceable immediately without huge adverse impact.

[Tiltinagain 973]

shake you need to change everything about yourself and become a different person for the night. it shouldn't be that hard.

See shake, I told you so!!

[The Ocho 970]

I'm past the getting drinks with coworkers stage of my life. I would rather go home a drink by msyelf, like I am doing tonight. When I am done with work I just want to get home or wherever I am going, I don't want to hang out with people I just spent multiple hours with.

[brvheart 1,752]

I'm past the getting drinks with coworkers stage of my life. I would rather go home a drink by msyelf, like I am doing tonight. When I am done with work I just want to get home or wherever I am going, I don't want to hang out with people I just spent multiple hours with.

[The Ocho 970]

http://www.carolineg...com/e/loser.jpg

It's OK, you just keep finding ways to ignore your kids, we'll be fine.

[ShakeZuma 585]

see, ocho doesn't go out for drinks anymore because he's married. and he's EXACTLY like the kind of chicks I'd want to bang from work. so all of you guys' advice has just been proven wrong.and since you're all so bad at giving advice, I figure I should turn things around and give some actually good advice: when cutting up multiple hot peppers, use some god damned latex gloves. jesus christ. started some salsa last night and only cut like 4 jalapenos and my damn hand is still on fire. must have been some good jalos.and I guess I should mention that I'm making the salsa for that group activity thing on friday (I already mentioned that right?). no better way to get to a woman's heart than by searing off her tongue with unbearably hot salsa, right?and strat: I completely agree. temporary employees have no souls and should not be allowed to grieve in the same manner as full time employees. they should have fired her as soon as they heard about the death. can't take the chance on the distraction.

[Ron_Mexico 4,219]

I highly doubt this is true from a physical standpoint. Women are not, however, attracted to guys with no self confidence. Which is more likely the issue.How do you think Ron gets so much ass?.

I don't get THAT much. But yes, alcohol, that's all I'm saying. And lower standards. But hey, I support their loneliness and drinking alone. I'm not one to push.

[iZuma 764]

my avatar for my work IM is currently thishttp://home.comcast.net/~maureen.muncy/pictures/Meatwad_Manly.jpgand my status message is "you come at the king, you best not miss."no clue why women don't like me.

[bz404 2]

so i have a garden, very nice. tons of food. however, i believe the light from the nearby car dealership is affecting the growth of my light sensitive plants. can i sue their fat cat asses and have any chance of winning?

[Tiltinagain 973]

It's OK, you just keep finding ways to ignore your kids, we'll be fine.

Heh

see, ocho doesn't go out for drinks anymore because he's married. and he's EXACTLY like the kind of chicks I'd want to bang from work. so all of you guys' advice has just been proven wrong.and since you're all so bad at giving advice, I figure I should turn things around and give some actually good advice: when cutting up multiple hot peppers, use some god damned latex gloves. jesus christ. started some salsa last night and only cut like 4 jalapenos and my damn hand is still on fire. must have been some good jalos.and I guess I should mention that I'm making the salsa for that group activity thing on friday (I already mentioned that right?). no better way to get to a woman's heart than by searing off her tongue with unbearably hot salsa, right?and strat: I completely agree. temporary employees have no souls and should not be allowed to grieve in the same manner as full time employees. they should have fired her as soon as they heard about the death. can't take the chance on the distraction.

Never had that problem with Jalapeno's, they must be especially hot ones. Habanero's on the other hand will light your ass up. Especially if you make the mistake of rubbing your eyes before washing your hands after cutting them up.

I don't get THAT much. But yes, alcohol, that's all I'm saying. And lower standards. But hey, I support their loneliness and drinking alone. I'm not one to push.

I meant relatively speaking.

[DJ Vu 176]

Venus, obv. Because of all the raping. Not Mars, though. Same reason.

Was this six months ago, by any chance?

I wish Jubi posted more.

I'm past the getting drinks with coworkers stage of my life. I would rather go home a drink by msyelf, like I am doing tonight.

I just do both. Same night. I'm an alcoholic.But seriously folks, I like the drinks with coworkers aspect of work. I guess it depends on how much you like them though.

see, ocho doesn't go out for drinks anymore because he's married. and he's EXACTLY like the kind of chicks I'd want to bang from work.

Not sure what to do with this information.

so i have a garden, very nice. tons of food. however, i believe the light from the nearby car dealership is affecting the growth of my light sensitive plants. can i sue their fat cat asses and have any chance of winning?

This was an excellent first post.

[Napa Lite 3,278]

If I was a chick, I'd touch it, Shake. Well, I mean, if you weren't such a fatass. And it's not like I turn down invitations to drink with coworkers. I'd say the median age of my dept is 56. A bunch of middle aged to old dudes/chicks with kids. There's only like 3-4 people who I'd even want to spend time with outside of work and one of those being the dude I'm afraid to ask to golf with. One is a chick who literally just had a kid. Another is my "boss" who is a cool guy but he has 2 young kids (and another on the way) whom he is responsible to pick up from day care everyday. One is the chick whom I made out with last fall a few times, but she's got a bf and a kid. My bro in audit is on the road 90% of the time. Just slim pickings for me, man.

[Napa Lite 3,278]

Yeah, that guy is already above tilt in my power rankings. And it actually was like 6 months ago. Heh.

[DJ Vu 176]

Yeah, that guy is already above tilt in my power rankings.

Full power rankings, right now, go.

[Napa Lite 3,278]

1) Joey2) Shake3) SA4) Beans5) Strategy6) RM7) Brv8) Guap9) Jubi10) Hank11) Me12) That Guy13) Tilt 7-10 are really close though and it comes down to post frequency. Speedz and Wang would both be top 5 if they weren't dead and incarcerated, respectively. Feel bad about putting Beans at 4 but it's quality vs recent quantity thing. I wish I knew baseball better but he's like a solid DH or something. I don't know.Edit: Theraflu can take over the 11 spot. He should probably be higher but I'm penalizing him for the fact that I completely forgot him, so how much juice does he have recently, you know?

[DJ Vu 176]

We should make this into a weekly feature, so it factors in an overall contribution, but more heavily weights the last week. This is how I ranked everyone:1. ShakeZuma2. Ron_Mexico3. DJ Vu4. SuitedAces215. Napa_Don6. InternetExplorer7. brvheart8. The Ocho9. beans-n-icewater10. hank21311. JubilantLankyLad12. vbnautilus13. Quacktastic14. Roll the Bones15. runthemover16. Theraflu17. bz40418. Tiltinagain

[DJ Vu 176]

It looks like my list has Thera, vb, run, Quack, and Randy on it. Obviously they aren't frequent posters, but I think they've all posted in the last week. VB had that burrito story; that was worth a lot.

[SuitedAces21 2,722]

1. Shake2. DJ3. Ronny Mex4. Nappy D5. Jubi6. Stratso7. runzo8. guapy 9. runzo10. beans11. vb12. theraflu13. speedz14. wang15. turd16. randy17. quack18. sbriand19. chrozzo20. tiltin21. brvy

[Napa Lite 3,278]

Yeah, they probably would have been in at some point had I looked at posters in the last week or two, but I just went off my nogin' since I envisioned you frantically F5'ing waiting for my list.

[DJ Vu 176]

Essay has some problems with his list.I don't hit refresh or F5. I just click on the "View New Content" button.

[iZuma 764]

you know, you would think it would make me happy that at least my miserable life is getting me commendations in here, but it does not. my fingers are burning a little less though so I guess there's that.

[Essay21 2,385]

You're right, brvy could be lower.

[DJ Vu 176]

you know, you would think it would make me happy that at least my miserable life is getting me commendations in here, but it does not.

I'm going to take that into consideration for next week's power rankings.Ever since we switched to this new board, I'm seeing everyone's avatars since I can't turn them off now. I actually find Rose's avatar to be kind of sexy.I cannot stress enough how wildly disconcerting this is. I really don't want that association happening.

[iZuma 764]

wow, she still posts?and so you're saying that next week I'm gonna be sub-chrozo?

[SuitedAces21 2,722]

was it ever confirmed that rose is a real person? i don't want to break the fourth wall here, but i wasn't in on the whole rose was a vb experiment thing.