Fashion Board 2-3-04 to 3-5-04

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by Sidd Finch


That his first response to someone taking a position adverse to you is to write a nasty, whiny e-mail -- one laden with profanity, to a work colleague he'd presumably never met -- doesn't say much about his potential for lawyering.

AGreed on the cussing. Should have held that for response 2, if no results. Honey/flies and such.

And, shit, I'd be pissed to work Christmas, but I might have gotten over it by February. But, yeah, I would have ordered like Willie Williams: 4 lobster tails and two steaks. And a Fresca.

[Dave]

Originally posted by The Dryer Thread
And I give this post an F- for sucking.

How ironic.

Like a free ride when you've already paid.

I give this post a gentleman's C* for having been phoned in. SBC, are you listening? Can you hear me now?



* WTF is with the grading of the posts, anyway?

[Sidd Finch]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
he is a first-year or very junior, I believe. Apparently he works *all* the time. He is not getting much flak for this at all, or so I have heard. I have also heard that the accounting staff there are particularly awful. Perhaps this was not his first run-in with them.

It's never to early to be judged an asshole.

Okay, seriously -- regardless of how miserable the accounting staff are, a "fuck-you" e-mail to them is not going to help, is not going to convince them to make an exception to the "policy" in his favor, and only presents the possibility of being circulated, without the context, to judgmental fucks like me.

If a GP wrote a lengthy e-mail calling a GA a fucking incompetent worm, saying "but this is not the first crappy project the GA did" wouldn't much help the GP's image.

[Bad_Rich_Chic]

Originally posted by Sidd Finch
It's never to early to be judged an asshole.

Okay, seriously -- regardless of how miserable the accounting staff are, a "fuck-you" e-mail to them is not going to help, is not going to convince them to make an exception to the "policy" in his favor, and only presents the possibility of being circulated, without the context, to judgmental fucks like me.

If a GP wrote a lengthy e-mail calling a GA a fucking incompetent worm, saying "but this is not the first crappy project the GA did" wouldn't much help the GP's image.

While I am firmly of the opinion that anyone stuck working on Xmas can eat whereever and whatever the fuck they want, cc:ing the accounting tool's boss was sucky. The accounting tool, whether incompetent or not, did not send a snitty reply, and seemed decently apologetic for the GA being stuck in the stupid-policy-grinder. I can even accept a somewhat snarky response to the accounting tool just out of sheer frustration and annoyance - but cc:ing the boss like the accounting tool has done something wrong is not OK.

Nevertheless, whiney peevishness or not, Skadden comes out of that looking worse than the GA does. Just as anyone stuck working Christmas should be able to eat whereever and whatever the fuck they want, they have earned the right to be pretty peevish and whine about it.

BR(worked one major "everything's closed and everyone is at home with their families" holiday last year and nearly ended up working Christmas myself, and yes there would have been nothing I could really have done about it, and yes I would have whined like a little bitch about it)C

[lookingformarket]

While I am firmly of the opinion that anyone stuck working on Xmas can eat whereever and whatever the fuck they want, cc:ing the accounting tool's boss was sucky. The accounting tool, whether incompetent or not, did not send a snitty reply, and seemed decently apologetic for the GA being stuck in the stupid-policy-grinder. I can even accept a somewhat snarky response to the accounting tool just out of sheer frustration and annoyance - but cc:ing the boss like the accounting tool has done something wrong is not OK.

I think that we're all in agreement that the approriate action is to ignore the accounting tool. My question is, do you bother the partner whose deal you were working on to get him to override AT or do you just discuss with AT's boss?

[Can you hear me now?]

Originally posted by Dave
Can you hear me now?

Here.

I give your post a D, for should be DELETED! Dope! And please don't ever invoke my name again, Dillweed!

[Skeks in the city]

Originally posted by robustpuppy

It is the ultimate drying machine. ... I've never had appliance lust before. It's bad enough walking into Sears, but to be unable to leave because of a dryer?

I'm surprised you didn't lust after a washer. They're the ones with a spin cycle.

[NotFromHere]

Originally posted by Skeks in the city
Originally posted by robustpuppy



I'm surprised you didn't lust after a washer. They're the ones with a spin cycle.

Yes, but she failed to disclose the Sears "power tools" attachments that are options to the drying thingy.

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by str8outavannuys
I'm not sure what you're getting at with the Chipotle Roasted Pepper reference, but her bit was not cut. She was sandwiched in between Mann's Chinese Theater bit and Hollywood Entertainment Museum bit. The bit is not up on the Tonight Show website yet, but I'll link to it when it comes up.

I enjoyed your wife Friday night. We missed the Tonight Show, though, so I'd really appreciate the link.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
he is a first-year or very junior, I believe. Apparently he works *all* the time. He is not getting much flak for this at all, or so I have heard. I have also heard that the accounting staff there are particularly awful. Perhaps this was not his first run-in with them.

I asked before...won't someone please outline how things could result in "needing"to work Xmas. I was once in a litigation file which had been ignored- discovery closed 12/31. We had depositions scheduled every day of december, including xmas eve in LA. I was on the redeye home landing 6am xmas morning. Deadline got moved backthe wek before xmas, and all scheduled deps moved comfortably back.

I was made aware of a deal where Kirkland was on the other side and the "senior paralegal" worked until 9 the day before Thanksgiving- that was stupid since no one looked at his work product till noon the day after Thanksgiving- he could have done it that morning.

brc said she almost had to work xmas- can someone just explain what could possibly require this. other than a huge ego partner yelling that you have to, and you doing it to prove something.

Confidential to gwnc- I am haphazard in checking spelling- I reallyneed spellcheck. But it is not a physical problem- Admit my hands are quite large, even given the size of my frame. My fingers, long and meaty, sure, but proportional; but the fingers of a craftsman- suptle/dextrous-Knowing- but not FAT.

[Fugee]

Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
Stand up and announce to Kerry (and Bush, and Dean, and Edwards) that this issue is sufficiently important that I don't accept their bullshit weasling about it, that I don't accept its being put on a back burner while "more important" things are addressed, and that I fucking expect my leaders to LEAD, even in the face of ignorance and fear among the wider populace. I think the fact that the leaders of (both! Cheney with his "I think the states should regulate marriage as they see fit" wiggle was bad, but shockingly that's better than any Dem candidate has offered) major parties in this country have come out and publicly said that they think discrimination against gays is just fine and dandy is horrific. My acquiessence in that would only make it moreso.

I don't think voting for Nader will accomplish your goal. To really send a message, you have to get involved at the local precinct caucus level (assuming you are a caucus state). At the caucus you can help fashion your party's platform -- at least on a local basis -- with regard to specific issues. And you have a say in who is your party's candidate for local races. A vote for Nader is not only ambiguous but too late. No one looking at the election results will know whether people who vote for him are doing so because of his stand on the environment, consumer rights or gay rights.

If your state doesn't have caucuses, then write snail mail** letters to the people who represent you in city, state and federal government and the people who are responsible for nominating candidates. If you want to tell them the issue is important, do it directly and not with an indirect vote for the candidate who is even farther away than where your want the country to go.

**From what I understand, an actual paper letter is viewed as the equivalent of many emails because they assume that for every person who took the time to write, there are X number of people who felt the same way but didn't sit down to get paper, an envelope and a stamp. The least weight is given to form emails and clicks on online polls because the person sending them doesn't have to make much of an effort.

My caucus is next Tues. I live in GOP central so have a good chance of being selected as a representative to the next level of Democratic caucus, just by showing up.

[Skeks in the city]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski

someone please outline how things could result in "needing"to work Xmas.

For financial, tax or regulatory reasons, you might need to close a transaction by the end of the calendar year.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Skeks in the city
For financial, tax or regulatory reasons, you might need to close a transaction by the end of the calendar year.

I understand this is the justification, but no partner is doing fuck-all the 26th, and there is no deal so big you can't get ahead/catchup the 23,24, 26,27; is there.

[Skeks in the city]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski

someone please outline how things could result in "needing"to work Xmas.

Originally posted by Skeks in the city

For financial, tax or regulatory reasons, you might need to close a transaction by the end of the calendar year.

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski

I understand this is the justification, but no partner is doing fuck-all the 26th, and there is no deal so big you can't get ahead/catchup the 23,24, 26,27; is there.

It can happen, if you are far enough behind schedule. Shit happens.

[lookingformarket]

It can happen, if you are far enough behind schedule. Shit happens.

Clients and bankers change shit. They figure they can make a change on noon on 12/24 b/c it will give the lawyers 48 hours to get all the documents revised before the clients and bankers have to review the docs at noon on 12/26. Lawyers are soulless and all the good ones are Jews*, so it really isn't a hardship to make them work on Christmas, right?



















*Note that this is tongue in cheek, I'm sure that there must be a couple good goyishe lawyers out there [I'm sure they're just in-house].