New Fashion Board 10-3-2003 - 11-7-2003 - Page 340

sebastian_dangerfield · 10-30-2003, 11:34 AM

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Originally posted by leagleaze
No wonder you are miserable. Nothing makes a job more miserable then bad support staff.

Why kid each other? I'd be miserable if I hit the lottery.

leagleaze · 10-30-2003, 11:35 AM

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Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
Why kid each other? I'd be miserable if I hit the lottery.

True enough. But you might be less miserable if you hired better staff.

Maybe you should see a shrink.

ABBAKiss · 10-30-2003, 11:36 AM

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Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
I like the cute young ones who bullshit with me about local bars and restaurants.

I used to have a very efficient fat slothlike assistant. Now I have a way hot 23 year old who asks me things like "what is an affidavit?" Fair trade? Not really.

Penske_Account · 10-30-2003, 11:43 AM

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Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
And they're always calling in sick. How much can one person be sick?

Ex-fucking-actly!! Except its not one person. Its all staff people everywhere. The sick leave concept should work in reverse, i.e. if you are sick you pay your employer a days wages back for lost productivity. That would teach the lazy bastards!

ThurgreedMarshall · 10-30-2003, 11:49 AM

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Originally posted by notcasesensitive
I always pictured you more like this...

It's more like this with Penske:

TM

sebastian_dangerfield · 10-30-2003, 11:57 AM

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Originally posted by leagleaze
True enough. But you might be less miserable if you hired better staff.

Maybe you should see a shrink.

I've been to shrinks. They say my problem is I get bored way to quickly, so no matter what I'm doing, unless I'm stimulated 24/7, I'll be unhappy. Then they offered me drugs. Fuck that. I'll take the highs and lows rather than the "housewife's lobotomy" otherwise known as Prozac/Zoloft, etc. I know my problem - I'm a bit spoiled and unrealistic and impatient and I do get bored very quickly. I don't need a pill to fix that. I probably just need to get another magazine subscription to add to the dozen or so I already have.

There is simply not enough time in the day to injest the media I need to injest. I have a stack of Maxim/Playboy/Newsweek/NYTimes/FHM/Atlantic Monthly/Time etc... to get through at home and at least 15 hours of discovery specials on the Tivo I need to watch, and the NYTimes keeps coming every morning, forcing me further and further behind. I was up till 2 last night reading playboy and watching special about bears and spiders. I need more time damnit, more time...

Mmmm, Burger (C.J.) · 10-30-2003, 12:05 PM

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Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
I've been to shrinks. They say my problem is I get bored way to quickly, so no matter what I'm doing, unless I'm stimulated 24/7, I'll be unhappy. Then they offered me drugs. Fuck that. I'll take the highs and lows rather than the "housewife's lobotomy" otherwise known as Prozac/Zoloft, etc. I know my problem - I'm a bit spoiled and unrealistic and impatient and I do get bored very quickly. I don't need a pill to fix that. I probably just need to get another magazine subscription to add to the dozen or so I already have.

There is simply not enough time in the day to injest the media I need to injest. I have a stack of Maxim/Playboy/Newsweek/NYTimes/FHM/Atlantic Monthly/Time etc... to get through at home and at least 15 hours of discovery specials on the Tivo I need to watch, and the NYTimes keeps coming every morning, forcing me further and further behind. I was up till 2 last night reading playboy and watching special about bears and spiders. I need more time damnit, more time...

Shit. Are you me, without the suppressed id?

sebastian_dangerfield · 10-30-2003, 12:16 PM

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Originally posted by Penske_Account
Ex-fucking-actly!! Except its not one person. Its all staff people everywhere. The sick leave concept should work in reverse, i.e. if you are sick you pay your employer a days wages back for lost productivity. That would teach the lazy bastards!

Oh, its fuckin ridiculous. They get a fucking sniffle and take three days off. I've had vicious head colds and sinus infections and haven't been to a doctor for a cold in over a decade. The shit goes away on its own if you give it time and drink lots of fluids. If you go to the doctor, its like getting your car fixed. The asshole will take your blood pressure or do some test which requires another test and next thing you know you'll be on a low salt diet or be told you can't drink anymore or some new age shit along those lines. The last thing I need is someone telling me I'll go to hell for having my occasional smoke or that my liver is distended or I have some sort of chronic sinus condition that will require antibiotics. I have life a nice life insurance policy for my wife. Therefore, I don't need medical people telling me I can't eat steak anymore or I need to cut down on sushi because I have worms or parasites that are working their way from my intestines to my brain through my veins.

I have yet to take a sick day since I've been at this joint, and I've been a here a while.

LitiGator · 10-30-2003, 12:17 PM

I have been dating a GA from my firm for about a year. Dating might be a little strong. We have been hanging out and sleeping together. My roommate, who used to work with us, suspects. Other than that, no one else knows. (Since we all go out together a few times a week, we all keep the relationships quiet.)

We like each other, but it's really about the fantastic sex.

We are at a crossroads in the relationship. I am looking for an actual relationship (it started as a rebound for me), and I cannot figure out how to break the news without making this a big deal.

Any advice would be appreciated.

ltl/fb · 10-30-2003, 12:23 PM

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Originally posted by LitiGator
I have been dating a GA from my firm for about a year. Dating might be a little strong. We have been hanging out and sleeping together. My roommate, who used to work with us, suspects. Other than that, no one else knows. (Since we all go out together a few times a week, we all keep the relationships quiet.)

We like each other, but it's really about the fantastic sex.

We are at a crossroads in the relationship. I am looking for an actual relationship (it started as a rebound for me), and I cannot figure out how to break the news without making this a big deal.

Any advice would be appreciated.

Are you also a GA or are you a partner? Just curious. Have you worked out for yourself what would be different about the relationship if it were an "actual relationship"? Like, would that involve (to you) not keeping the relationship as quiet anymore? It sounds like you spend a fair amount of time together (even aside from sex) so I'm wondering what the change would entail. Also, if you are going to broach this, it seems like something y'all would need to discuss, and that would obviously be easier if you can articulate what you want out of the relationship other than company and sex.

Edited to add, don't pay attention to the avatar. Pretend it's still Salome with the head of St. John the Baptist. Cathy's face plus the earnest relationship questions is a bit much.

Walter_Disco_Mitty · 10-30-2003, 12:27 PM

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Originally posted by ltl/fb
Are you also a GA or are you a partner? Just curious. Have you worked out for yourself what would be different about the relationship if it were an "actual relationship"? Like, would that involve (to you) not keeping the relationship as quiet anymore? It sounds like you spend a fair amount of time together (even aside from sex) so I'm wondering what the change would entail. Also, if you are going to broach this, it seems like something y'all would need to discuss, and that would obviously be easier if you can articulate what you want out of the relationship other than company and sex.

Edited to add, don't pay attention to the avatar. Pretend it's still Salome with the head of St. John the Baptist. Cathy's face plus the earnest relationship questions is a bit much.

Name one partner with a roommate, genius.

You are a chick, right? Just say, "hey, it's been fun, but it's done". If it's just sex, the guy(?) will not care much. Except for losing a good situation.

ltl/fb · 10-30-2003, 12:28 PM

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Originally posted by Walter_Disco_Mitty
Name one partner with a roommate, genius.

Excellent point. I have not finished my coffee and/or am just stupid.

Though, why would a GA have a roommate? Ick.

mmm3587 · 10-30-2003, 12:31 PM

Nevermind, misread and thought you wanted to know how to transition to a relationship (to the extent you're not already there).

Yeah, if you're done with it, just tell the other person. I suggest, "Hey, I like fucking you, but I want to move on."

robustpuppy · 10-30-2003, 12:32 PM

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Originally posted by ltl/fb
Edited to add, don't pay attention to the avatar. Pretend it's still Salome with the head of St. John the Baptist.

Alternatively, pretend it's this:

sebastian_dangerfield · 10-30-2003, 12:33 PM

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Originally posted by ltl/fb
if you can articulate what you want out of the relationship other than company and sex.

What else is there besides companionship and sex? Isn't that what a relationship is? You've got your love, and your friendship and your sex. If there's something else, lemme know, cuz my wife's been holding back...