It's all about me

[NotFromHere]

Originally posted by bold_n_brazen
This is the fucking stupidest thing I've seen today.

The ceremony has absolutely nothing to do with being married. And if she thinks she's married, and wants to go around calling her significant other her "wife" or her "life-partner" or any other term, that's just ducky.

And technically, she'd be a fiancee, but still, that is beyond stupid.

No need to get all PMS on me.

You should ask your local divorce attorney, or estate planning attorney if that ceremony makes any difference.

[leagleaze]

Originally posted by NotFromHere
No need to get all PMS on me.

You should ask your local divorce attorney, or estate planning attorney if that ceremony makes any difference.

Let's not fight ladies. I never said I was married. I said it is whatever it is. Actually, I would be more likely to say I am engaged, if someone really needed me to define it for them, but that doesn't really do it either. Do we have to use any particular term to define my relationship? I don't.

[bold_n_brazen]

Originally posted by NotFromHere
No need to get all PMS on me.

You should ask your local divorce attorney, or estate planning attorney if that ceremony makes any difference.

Yup, you're right. I should trot out and do that. And then I should mention that I'm asking on behalf of my lesbian friend, who wants to be married to her lesbian girlfriend.

What I'm saying is, that as far as I can tell, the act of being married has little to do with the act of getting married. I know tons of people who got married, but sure don't act it.

[Flinty_McFlint]

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Originally posted by leagleaze
Ok, so I can avoid spamming the board:

6. And I know this will surprise you all, but no, I'm not pregnant.
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Originally posted by Flinty_McFlint
Ahem. You know who to call first on this one, right?

Originally posted by leagleaze
Sebbie?

You just lost yourself a roasting pan, nice going.

[baltassoc]

Originally posted by Flinty_McFlint
You just lost yourself a roasting pan, nice going.

You could always give money to a deserving group [cough, cough][lawtalkers*][cough, cough] in leagle's name instead.


*Or an actual deserving group, I suppose.

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by leagleaze

3. Please do not send me nasty (or really any) porn as a present.

Does this mean you're no longer in charge of Breasticle Day?

Let's say someone laterals into your office and the first day they're here they make no effort to get along with people - or play nice with the others. And this person (I dislike the use of em, so I'll use person instead), is not only micromanaging the project it forced upon you but is condescending at the same time. You can't avoid this person or their projects. But the micromanaging and the checking in to see if you're done yet (no I'll bring it to your fucking office when I'm done) is bad enough, but the condescending crap is unbearable. Shit like:
when you send me an e-mail I need X, Y and Z in the re: line.
when you bring me copies I want plastic paper clips, not staples.
Have you finished that project yet?
I want your memos formatted in way different from how everyone else wants them.
Have you finished that project yet?
I need you to redo this memo in the format that is ridiculously similar to the way you have it but not exactly the same.
Have you finished that project yet?
I need you to redo the memo that X did so that it's formatted correctly (what? why am I redoing her memo?)
Have you finished that project yet?

Is it reasonable to tell this person they're being unreasonable and condescending? And to stop with the micromanaging? Or just better to avoid and hope that someone else will redo their own damn memos. But I can't avoid the e-mails can I?

[baltassoc]

Originally posted by Fashionable But Anonymous
Let's say someone laterals into your office and the first day they're here they make no effort to get along with people - or play nice with the others. And this person (I dislike the use of em, so I'll use person instead), is not only micromanaging the project it forced upon you but is condescending at the same time. You can't avoid this person or their projects. But the micromanaging and the checking in to see if you're done yet (no I'll bring it to your fucking office when I'm done) is bad enough, but the condescending crap is unbearable. Shit like:
when you send me an e-mail I need X, Y and Z in the re: line.
when you bring me copies I want plastic paper clips, not staples.
Have you finished that project yet?
I want your memos formatted in way different from how everyone else wants them.
Have you finished that project yet?
I need you to redo this memo in the format that is ridiculously similar to the way you have it but not exactly the same.
Have you finished that project yet?
I need you to redo the memo that X did so that it's formatted correctly (what? why am I redoing her memo?)
Have you finished that project yet?

Is it reasonable to tell this person they're being unreasonable and condescending? And to stop with the micromanaging? Or just better to avoid and hope that someone else will redo their own damn memos. But I can't avoid the e-mails can I?

They hired me to kick you into shape.

Please put your comments in a list next time so that they have bullets.

And what are you doing on this board when you haven't finished the project yet?

[Atticus Grinch]

Originally posted by leagleaze
I don't know, am I married?

Incomplete hypo. Are you having sex?

BotD!

Originally posted by baltassoc
They hired me to kick you into shape.

Please put your comments in a list next time so that they have bullets.

And what are you doing on this board when you haven't finished the project yet?

Bullet points! Dammit I forgot the bullet points!
Yes I finished my damn project but am now working on the one that someone else f*ed up and now since it knows that I can do it correctly, I am redoing someone else's work! I can't bill for that.

And it's stupid. Read the f*ing memo. The words are the same. Unless I change them. Which I might just to spite the person who can't do it correctly.

Seriously this is a new lateral. And if you ask around, this perspon hasn't been pleasant to anyone here. Secretary, receptionist, word processing, paralegals - they all hate this person already. I didn't know how bad it was because I was working on another project until yesterday. And now I know why these people are talking behind this person's back. What the hell makes a new person feel like they can just push people around? It's not like they're a partner or anything.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by Fashionable But Anonymous
Bullet points! Dammit I forgot the bullet points!
Yes I finished my damn project but am now working on the one that someone else f*ed up and now since it knows that I can do it correctly, I am redoing someone else's work! I can't bill for that.

And it's stupid. Read the f*ing memo. The words are the same. Unless I change them. Which I might just to spite the person who can't do it correctly.

Seriously this is a new lateral. And if you ask around, this perspon hasn't been pleasant to anyone here. Secretary, receptionist, word processing, paralegals - they all hate this person already. I didn't know how bad it was because I was working on another project until yesterday. And now I know why these people are talking behind this person's back. What the hell makes a new person feel like they can just push people around? It's not like they're a partner or anything.

Maybe em screwed up em's last job by doing shitty, unformatted work, and is overcompensating now. At em's next job, em will be super-nice to everyone on the first day, but forget deodorant or something.

[Oliver_Wendell_Ramone]

Originally posted by leagleaze
Do we have to use any particular term to define my relationship?

"Hot" works for me.

[Flinty_McFlint]

Originally posted by Fashionable But Anonymous
Bullet points! Dammit I forgot the bullet points!
Yes I finished my damn project but am now working on the one that someone else f*ed up and now since it knows that I can do it correctly, I am redoing someone else's work! I can't bill for that.

And it's stupid. Read the f*ing memo. The words are the same. Unless I change them. Which I might just to spite the person who can't do it correctly.

Seriously this is a new lateral. And if you ask around, this perspon hasn't been pleasant to anyone here. Secretary, receptionist, word processing, paralegals - they all hate this person already. I didn't know how bad it was because I was working on another project until yesterday. And now I know why these people are talking behind this person's back. What the hell makes a new person feel like they can just push people around? It's not like they're a partner or anything.

My experience, albeit limited, is that if someone thinks they can push you around, and you let them, they will. Find a delicate way to nip this in the bud if you can. If you're not afraid of any adverse job consequences from pissing off this lateral associate, you could always tell this person to fuck off. Or claim that your time is being dominated by your champion partner/senior associate, etc., and that this person's work will have to be at the bottom of the queue. Good luck.

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
Maybe em screwed up em's last job by doing shitty, unformatted work, and is overcompensating now. At em's next job, em will be super-nice to everyone on the first day, but forget deodorant or something.

No. Seriously. This person is not my boss. I thought I was helping out. But I'm just being used. I've never seen this before. Do I say something? If yes, to whom?

[ABBAKiss]

Originally posted by Fashionable But Anonymous
Do I say something? If yes, to whom?

Your only option is to say something to this board under the veil of anonymity.