on new starts and bad booty
Today was my first day at the new job. The verdict: I didn't hate it. Of course, the office is dead quiet because of the holiday so I may soon change my mind but the outlook so far is good. I even wrote myself a to-do list and on it, I included the terms "deliverables" and "speculation." I think that's the first time I ever used jargon when writing a note to myself. I can talk the talk and "manage up" when need be but I usually spare myself the lingo. But whatever, maybe it means I'm taking my job seriously and I'm engaged and want to do well. Let's hope.
One downside... the chick sitting next to me (temporarily) is in sales and she's on the phone a lot. Even worse, she's guilty of the upspeak. You know what I'm talking about? When one's inflection suggests that everything is a question even when it's not?
It goes a little something like this: "I'm just calling to touch base? And to tell you that just sent you an insertion order? For your run of site campaign? Blah, blah, blah?"
I also heard her say to someone in a completely lifeless monotone, "Oh my God, you're so funny." And she was being complimentary, not sarcastic. I don't get that. See, for me, when I'm extolling the virtues of someone's sense of humor, it's usually through fits of laughter while desperately trying to simultaneously catch my breath and suppress pee squirts. My bladder's trigger finger is getting itchier and itchier, you see.
But I've said too much.
On a completely unrelated note, I saw a report on the news this weekend about the Veggie Booty recall. Personally, I think that stuff is gnarly so I didn't have to clean out my cabinets. I'd be more upset if it were Pirate's Booty or Potato Flyers making people ill. That shit's good. Veggie Booty = very very bad.
But back to the news... The CW 11 News at 10 aired the following graphic during the report (highlight mine):
Whatever. It made me giggle?
One downside... the chick sitting next to me (temporarily) is in sales and she's on the phone a lot. Even worse, she's guilty of the upspeak. You know what I'm talking about? When one's inflection suggests that everything is a question even when it's not?
It goes a little something like this: "I'm just calling to touch base? And to tell you that just sent you an insertion order? For your run of site campaign? Blah, blah, blah?"
I also heard her say to someone in a completely lifeless monotone, "Oh my God, you're so funny." And she was being complimentary, not sarcastic. I don't get that. See, for me, when I'm extolling the virtues of someone's sense of humor, it's usually through fits of laughter while desperately trying to simultaneously catch my breath and suppress pee squirts. My bladder's trigger finger is getting itchier and itchier, you see.
But I've said too much.
On a completely unrelated note, I saw a report on the news this weekend about the Veggie Booty recall. Personally, I think that stuff is gnarly so I didn't have to clean out my cabinets. I'd be more upset if it were Pirate's Booty or Potato Flyers making people ill. That shit's good. Veggie Booty = very very bad.
But back to the news... The CW 11 News at 10 aired the following graphic during the report (highlight mine):
Whatever. It made me giggle?
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