Merry Generic Winter Day-Off With No Religious Content

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Ron and Nancy speaking their true minds on drugs:

http://www.reason.com/blog/show/118332.html (video with sound)

[Penske_Account]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
I'm glad that they didn't (yet) take the kid away from his mom. I've had not-so-pleasant thoughts in the last two days about how well CPS can take care of kids in its custody.

[ETD-I will take it to the PB]

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Pretty Little Flower
There is a story in the local paper about a guy who severely beat an infant, including on the head, requiring hospitalization. I don't know about you, but this story makes me sad. It just does not seem right to beat on newborn babies. Any thoughts? PPNYC?

http://www.startribune.com/467/story/961076.html

this part explains it: "Cloutier.... is 6 feet tall and 220 pounds, ". He probably has short fat guy issues.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

What is the most uncomfortable situation you've ever been in at work or outside of work?

At work: We had a summer associate event and the summer associates were doing skits. One skit went a little long and wasn't very funny and the drunk partner sitting next to me actually booed them. Very loudly. He also turned to me, mistakenly thinking he was speaking in a quiet voice and said, "What the fuck is this? Are they stupid? This sucks."

Outside of work: I have a few examples (one involving a police station and the cops telling me the proper abreviation for race when filling out a form was "N"), but the one that sticks out most is when a friend of mine (nicest guy ever) was hopelessly in love with this French woman. She cheated on him constantly. He knew he cheated on her, but it was one of those types of relationships. She just had him. If he left the room, she would shamelessly flirt with any of us.

Anyway, we were all hanging out, we all knew her deal and he proceeds to propose to her in front of everyone.* She tries to change the subject before he can really put himself too far out there, but he just keeps pushing. She says, "No," flat-out. He's crushed. And then they don't leave! She wants to stay and drink and he agrees to stay. Horrible.

TM

*I'll never understand why anyone does this in public when they aren't 100% sure the answer will be "Yes." It's like they think they have a better shot at making it happen because no one would want to embarass someone else by turning them down in front of other people.

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ETD: Crap. Wrong board. Sorry.

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
What is the most uncomfortable situation you've ever been in at work or outside of work?

At work: We had a summer associate event and the summer associates were doing skits. One skit went a little long and wasn't very funny and the drunk partner sitting next to me actually booed them. Very loudly. He also turned to me, mistakenly thinking he was speaking in a quiet voice and said, "What the fuck is this? Are they stupid? This sucks."

Outside of work: I have a few examples (one involving a police station and the cops telling me the proper abreviation for race when filling out a form was "N"), but the one that sticks out most is when a friend of mine (nicest guy ever) was hopelessly in love with this French woman. She cheated on him constantly. He knew he cheated on her, but it was one of those types of relationships. She just had him. If he left the room, she would shamelessly flirt with any of us.

Anyway, we were all hanging out, we all knew her deal and he proceeds to propose to her in front of everyone.* She tries to change the subject before he can really put himself too far out there, but he just keeps pushing. She says, "No," flat-out. He's crushed. And then they don't leave! She wants to stay and drink and he agrees to stay. Horrible.

TM

*I'll never understand why anyone does this in public when they aren't 100% sure the answer will be "Yes." It's like they think they have a better shot at making it happen because no one would want to embarass someone else by turning them down in front of other people.

You weren't in those uncomfortable situations (excepting the police station story) so much as a witness to them. Not that both aren't interesting, but the former would be moreso.

I have nothing to share as I have never been uncomfortable.

I don't understand ostentatiously public proposals even in the face of certainty. It's a private moment. I guess if you are proposing to a woman (or man, hi tm!!) who really likes the spotlight and you know she (or he) will say yes, that's cool, but personally I would rather give, or receive, that answer without feeling the scrutiny (or mere curiousity) of everyone else in the room/restaurant/baseball stadium.

[greatwhitenorthchick]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
You weren't in those uncomfortable situations (excepting the police station story) so much as a witness to them. Not that both aren't interesting, but the former would be moreso.

I think that's a distinction without a difference. In the second situation, Thurgreed would have been *more* uncomfortable than his proposing friend (before she said no) because he knew the girl was a big cheater and his friend appeared not to. Therefore more uncomfortable for the observers than the participants.

I've been uncomfortable at work when a partner was hitting on me, but I would have been just as uncomfortable, if not more, if that partner was hitting on another woman directly in front of me.

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
I think that's a distinction without a difference. In the second situation, Thurgreed would have been *more* uncomfortable than his proposing friend (before she said no) because he knew the girl was a big cheater and his friend appeared not do. Therefore more uncomfortable for the observers than the participants.

I've been uncomfortable at work when a partner was hitting on me, but I would have been just as uncomfortable, if not more, if that partner was hitting on another woman directly in front of me.

I just want TM to tell us about any goofy things he's done.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
You weren't in those uncomfortable situations (excepting the police station story) so much as a witness to them. Not that both aren't interesting, but the former would be moreso.

Good God. Stop being so technical. In both situations, I was very uncomfortable.

TM

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
What is the most uncomfortable situation you've ever been in at work or outside of work?

At work: We had a summer associate event and the summer associates were doing skits. One skit went a little long and wasn't very funny and the drunk partner sitting next to me actually booed them. Very loudly. He also turned to me, mistakenly thinking he was speaking in a quiet voice and said, "What the fuck is this? Are they stupid? This sucks."

Somewhat analogous to this, when I was in law school, I went to hear a visiting professor present a paper. I sat next to one of my professors, a gentlement with sub-optimized social skills. He could not keep his reactions to himself, and talked to me throughout the presentation about what was wrong with the paper. It was not a particularly large room, and he was not particularly quiet.

[Adder]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
What is the most uncomfortable situation you've ever been in at work or outside of work?

At work: We had a summer associate event and the summer associates were doing skits. One skit went a little long and wasn't very funny and the drunk partner sitting next to me actually booed them. Very loudly. He also turned to me, mistakenly thinking he was speaking in a quiet voice and said, "What the fuck is this? Are they stupid? This sucks."

Outside of work: I have a few examples (one involving a police station and the cops telling me the proper abreviation for race when filling out a form was "N"), but the one that sticks out most is when a friend of mine (nicest guy ever) was hopelessly in love with this French woman. She cheated on him constantly. He knew he cheated on her, but it was one of those types of relationships. She just had him. If he left the room, she would shamelessly flirt with any of us.

Anyway, we were all hanging out, we all knew her deal and he proceeds to propose to her in front of everyone.* She tries to change the subject before he can really put himself too far out there, but he just keeps pushing. She says, "No," flat-out. He's crushed. And then they don't leave! She wants to stay and drink and he agrees to stay. Horrible.

TM

*I'll never understand why anyone does this in public when they aren't 100% sure the answer will be "Yes." It's like they think they have a better shot at making it happen because no one would want to embarass someone else by turning them down in front of other people.

Sort of at work: There was the time I got stuck on the same early morning shuttle as one of the senior partners while very, very hungover (perhaps even still a little drunk). I managed somehow to lose track of him on the plane, and raced as fast as I could through National to the taxi line, but he caught up with me and insisted that we share a cap. Ten minutes of trying not to puke and wondering just how bad I looked/smelled, and trying to make some sort of conversation with the old bastard was not fun.

Not at work: Not so much uncomfortable for me, but once at a party I was busy declaring that no one gets fired from a big law firm in there first couple of year (a bit of hyperbole), just feet away from an acquantance who just got fired from his job at a big law firm. In the first few months.

Consider these examples rather than "most uncomfortable" as I am sure I am forgetting something worse.

[patentparanyc]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
What is the most uncomfortable situation you've ever been in at work or outside of work?

I stand on a small train platform in the morning, I switched my trains a few months back..and noticed that most of the smokers stand in one area...and to avoid them I started standing in another area...near a woman that I know. She's approx 300-400 pounds give or take. Lives at home, late 30s.

She's obsessed with the state of the parking lot. Yes, it has deep potholes, yes, it is poorly lit. So she alternates between the parking company and the MTA calling them, emailing them several times a day. So every morning, she's taken to complaining about it, and outlining her attack plan. very tedious....

So recently, two things. One woman has "permission" by the mgmt. company supposedly to park in an unauthorized parking spot.....so the other day, complaining woman shouts out about her "Because she's a cheap BITCH" arghhh. I almost shrank into the tracks. Then, regarding her incessant complaining, she loudly announced to the whole platform that she is starting to narc on the cars that park in permit spots that do not have permits because "they prevent those with permits from having a spot" the whole platform turned to look at her. she's going to email or call in the license plates she announced. Both times, if the earth could have swallowed me up, I would have been most grateful.

Actually, I forgot. She a longish time ago made me feel very uncomfortable. That runaway bride thing had happened in Atlanta and she said "Why do men always choose mentally unbalanced women when it's like heloooooooo I'm over here and I'm totally SANE" I think we ALL slid our eyes away and cleared our throats. Um, how can you NOT know????

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
You weren't in those uncomfortable situations (excepting the police station story) so much as a witness to them. Not that both aren't interesting, but the former would be moreso.

I have nothing to share as I have never been uncomfortable.

I don't understand ostentatiously public proposals even in the face of certainty. It's a private moment. I guess if you are proposing to a woman (or man, hi tm!!) who really likes the spotlight and you know she (or he) will say yes, that's cool, but personally I would rather give, or receive, that answer without feeling the scrutiny (or mere curiousity) of everyone else in the room/restaurant/baseball stadium.

I would say it was waking up naked in blood soaked sheets and not remembering what happened the night before, but I think even more so was walking into the middle of hearing the girl who cleaned me up, bandaged me up and put me in bed telling the story.

Or, maybe it was one of the screaming fights my parents had over the kids - in the middle of large crowds like at weddings, graduations, and the like.

Nothing on that scale has ever happened at work. The worst one was someone who accidently left a group message about someone's performance (not terribly good), and sent it to a group that included the person involved.

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by Adder


Not at work: Not so much uncomfortable for me, but once at a party I was busy declaring that no one gets fired from a big law firm in there first couple of year (a bit of hyperbole), just feet away from an acquantance who just got fired from his job at a big law firm. In the first few months.

You didn't find having your foot wedged in your mouth uncomfortable?

[Adder]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
You didn't find having your foot wedged in your mouth uncomfortable?

I didn't know about it until later. Sorry, meant to mention that.