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patentparanyc · 10-19-2006, 11:35 AM

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Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
Well, this is why she's such a bitch. She has too much power and she knows it.

I would just look at her work and if it's all fucked up, don't spend the time redoing it and explaining it. Just tell her it's wrong, that she should do it again and that she shouldn't submit something until she is satisfied that it doesn't need to be completely re-worked.

TM

I still think it is an old bag thing. I work for a ton of bosses different areas of law. And if I can't get to it I give etas of when I can, or call in for help. I triage and prioritize and kick out each person's work within the time frame they give. It's not that hard.

robustpuppy · 10-19-2006, 11:37 AM

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Originally posted by patentparanyc
I still think it is an old bag thing. I work for a ton of bosses different areas of law. And if I can't get to it I give etas of when I can, or call in for help. I triage and prioritize and kick out each person's work within the time frame they give. It's not that hard.

Do you attribute this to your age or to your work ethic? What does one have to do with the other?

patentparanyc · 10-19-2006, 11:39 AM

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Originally posted by robustpuppy
Do you attribute this to your age or to your work ethic? What does one have to do with the other?

Both. I've worked with older ladies in the field. They are all about doing the min. not to get fired and they delegate delegate. delegate is fine in some instances but not always. it jams people up and on a closing you just can't do that. It used to piss me off I'd be cranking and they'd be on the phone or wringing their hands about "how busy" it is. yeah right.

bold_n_brazen · 10-19-2006, 11:39 AM

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Originally posted by RealityBites
She's only been here for 7 months. It's not looking so great at this point....

I say you should kill her.

ThurgreedMarshall · 10-19-2006, 11:41 AM

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Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
Angela stuffed her extra fabric into a structured purse and she was allowed to present her dress. Kayne totally disregarded the black AND white rules of that competition and he was allowed to present his dress.

Both of them technically complied, Angela used the pieces to give her purse volume and Kayne did have white on the dress, they just wanted him to have more. Either way, neither one of them could have won those competitions because, even though they technically complied with the rules, they did not comply with the spirit of the rule.

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Originally posted by Replaced_Texan I still think that since the collection that hit the runway was under the budget, he followed the rules. It was unclear from the episode, but I would hope that everyone else's receipts were reviewed with a fine toothed comb as well and that they would have been afforded the same penalty. I think that removing items until he was under budget and telling the judges about it was appropriately punative.

Ah. A sort of, break-the-rules-unless-you-catch-me approach. Ridiculous.

And how exactly was he punished? He was made to comply with the rule (that he tried to ignore), like everyone else. Compliance is not punishment. If he had made two collections, tried to submit both and they told him he could only submit one, would that be a punishment too? He tried to submit a collection that did not comply with the rules. He had his receipts. He knew he was over. He got caught and they let him go.

And the fact that the collection that hit the runway was under budget is irrelevant, because it's the submission of the collection that had an advantage over the other collections that is the issue.

TM

ThurgreedMarshall · 10-19-2006, 11:45 AM

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Originally posted by robustpuppy
Weird how trends catch on, isn't it?

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/10/19/sti...eut/index.html

That idiot started a full-on stingray-man war. They were minding their own business, swimming around not killing us and now they're all pissed off. We're doomed.

TM

ThurgreedMarshall · 10-19-2006, 11:48 AM

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Originally posted by patentparanyc
I still think it is an old bag thing. I work for a ton of bosses different areas of law. And if I can't get to it I give etas of when I can, or call in for help. I triage and prioritize and kick out each person's work within the time frame they give. It's not that hard.

That's great, except this is not about you. You are so good at your job (or hot) that attorneys are lining up to give you sbux cards. And you've yet to say why you think this is an old bag thing. You've used the conversation to tell us again about how great you are.

TM

Greedy,Greedy,Greedy · 10-19-2006, 11:49 AM

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Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
Well, this is why she's such a bitch. She has too much power and she knows it.

I would just look at her work and if it's all fucked up, don't spend the time redoing it and explaining it. Just tell her it's wrong, that she should do it again and that she shouldn't submit something until she is satisfied that it doesn't need to be completely re-worked.

TM

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Exactly the right answer. And when she gives it to you at 4:45 expecting to be out by five and its all screwed up, tell her it must be redone immediately. Put her through boot camp. Make her life miserable until she gives you the right thing on time. And don't hesitate to write off the time redoing things. It will have repurcussions, and she'll learn to do it right or not at all.

And when she call you a bitch, smile.

bold_n_brazen · 10-19-2006, 11:50 AM

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Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
That idiot started a full-on stingray-man war. They were minding their own business, swimming around not killing us and now they're all pissed off. We're doomed.

TM

My ex was scuba diving a couple of weeks ago. Because he did not have a dive buddy with him, he was diving with the divemaster. The divemaster, having decided it would be fun to feed a large grouper that was known to live at that location, carried a bag of chum attached to his wrist. At some point, a free-swimming moray eel approached, looking for a snack, and when the divemaster did not feed the moray fast enough to suit the moray, the moray attacked. "Like a pit bull," says my ex.

It's not just the stingrays, man. The whole damned ocean is pissed off.

greatwhitenorthchick · 10-19-2006, 11:51 AM

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Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
That's great, except this is not about you. You are so good at your job (or hot) that attorneys are lining up to give you sbux cards. And you've yet to say why you think this is an old bag thing. You've used the conversation to tell us again about how great you are.

TM

I would like to know the definition of "old bag." Over 40? Over 50? Over 60? I would just like to know when my work ethic is going to get even worse than it is.

Also, I've been craving curry/Indian food these days. I cannot get enough of it. I had it for breakfast and dinner yesterday and today. And yesterday I had mango chutney on my wrap. I want some chicken curry right now. I'm practically drooling all over myself just thinking about it.

robustpuppy · 10-19-2006, 11:52 AM

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Originally posted by patentparanyc
Both. I've worked with older ladies in the field. They are all about doing the min. not to get fired and they delegate delegate. delegate is fine in some instances but not always. it jams people up and on a closing you just can't do that. It used to piss me off I'd be cranking and they'd be on the phone or wringing their hands about "how busy" it is. yeah right.

I have worked with young, old, male, female, black, white, and people of all ethnic and religious backgrounds, and I have found that doing the minimum not to get fired appears in every demographic and at every level of responsibility.

But have fun with this schtick when you are an old bag yourself. Although I would guess that you will be complaining about how lazy the younger women are, always talking about how busy they are when all they do is take long lunches to go shopping and post on internet chat boards all day and have no respect for their elders who've been doing this for 20 years.

Greedy,Greedy,Greedy · 10-19-2006, 11:52 AM

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Originally posted by patentparanyc
Both. I've worked with older ladies in the field. They are all about doing the min. not to get fired and they delegate delegate. delegate is fine in some instances but not always. it jams people up and on a closing you just can't do that. It used to piss me off I'd be cranking and they'd be on the phone or wringing their hands about "how busy" it is. yeah right.

I tell you, I never realized how interesting the life of a paralegal was before this! Please, tell us more - have you done any interesting filings this morning? Has anyone sent you to the mailroom? And what about those neat-o accordinan files - aren't they great?!

Greedy,Greedy,Greedy · 10-19-2006, 11:54 AM

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Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
I would like to know the definition of "old bag." Over 40? Over 50? Over 60? I would just like to know when my work ethic is going to get even worse than it is.

Also, I've been craving curry/Indian food these days. I cannot get enough of it. I had it for breakfast and dinner yesterday and today. And yesterday I had mango chutney on my wrap. I want some chicken curry right now. I'm practically drooling all over myself just thinking about it.

We're seeing a bunch of Afghan restaurants in the area now - a pretty interesting mix of Indian and Middle Eastern with the occassional Russian influence.

I love Indian.

greatwhitenorthchick · 10-19-2006, 11:55 AM

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Originally posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
I tell you, I never realized how interesting the life of a paralegal was before this! Please, tell us more - have you done any interesting filings this morning? Has anyone sent you to the mailroom? And what about those neat-o accordinan files - aren't they great?!

Oh come on. There are a million things to fight with patentpara about, but criticizing her job shouldn't be one of them. I'm just saying. Especially when most of us are just drones.

robustpuppy · 10-19-2006, 11:56 AM

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Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
I would like to know the definition of "old bag." Over 40? Over 50? Over 60? I would just like to know when my work ethic is going to get even worse than it is.

I remember from my LR&W class that the ADEA kicks in at 40. So if you do the minimum not to get fired for just a few more years , you are totally fucking golden! Isn't it great?! Just as it may become less reliable to slide by on one's looks, the law steps up to help.