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Dude in my conference room, get out of my conference room. I booked it! You are squatting! My people have a meeting!

AND WHEN YOU LEAVE

DO NOT THEN FOLLOW ME TO MY CUBICLE AND ASK ME TO CALL YOU A CAB.

THE ANSWER IS NO I WILL NOT.

You are a grownup, there is a cab stand right outside, hail your own damn self a cab.

I keep thinking oh, I haven't written anything major in a while, am I blocked? But no, I am not blocked -- I just have way less time at work to do writing, because I have to do actual work. Admittedly my receptionist salary was not very much, but I miss the days when I got paid to answer phones, flirt with the woman down the hall, and write fanfic.

I like my work and all, but I am reaching the point where I'm gonna have to slam the lid on "area creep" where people keep giving me jobs that are not my job.

I AM ON A SHORT FUSE TODAY.

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[maeritrae.livejournal.com]

*extreeeeeeeeemely tentative hug*

[nakki.livejournal.com]

Yeah, today sucks. I love work, but I really hate when all my projects want me to do work at the same time >___< Nakki is not going to please if she has to do back-to-back 12 hour days.

[maeritrae.livejournal.com]

*slightly less tentative hug, because you are at least less capslocky* I'm still at work because I have to submit two abstracts for a conference on Friday and I need them done TONIGHT but I have been here for an hour and an half allegedly just to work on this and I have done NOTHING.

[nakki.livejournal.com]

awwwww *huuuuugs* this day just didn't start well and is going down hill =P

Isn't it THE WORST when you know you have to get something done, and you are in front of the damn computer and have all the stuff and hours just creeeeep by and there's nothing to show for it??

I'm taking a minute to bombard my brain with all the inspiration (like Onward to the Edge (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akek6cFRZfY)) to remind myself why weeks like this week will be totally worth it in a couple months/years and hopefully get some steam back in my engine.

[frenchroast.livejournal.com]

Dude followed you back to your cubicle? Not cool, not cool at all. Way to go from invading one space to invading another.



*shares appropriate icon with you*

[podle.livejournal.com]

"area creep" is a brilliant, brilliant term that I will absolutely be stealing and using in my own workplace.

I salute you from my West Coast bastion of short fusedness, sir.

[copperbadge.livejournal.com]

I can't take credit, I picked it up from a Project Management newsletter :D

[carmy-w.livejournal.com]

Saying no, even when someone says "please!" is the hardest damn job in the world. At least I've found it to be so....

[light-of-summer.livejournal.com]

Sending you good wishes for your day to improve.

I support you in establishing healthy boundaries, including about what is your job and what is not!
(No doubt that sounds very Bay Area, but my experience is that healthy boundaries are a majorly important thing for survival and sanity!)

Related trivium that I saw recently, for maybe the second time: The Polish way to say "not my problem" literally translates as something like, "Not my circus; not my monkeys." (Shoo, monkeys, shoo!)

Edited to fix typo.

[copperbadge.livejournal.com]

HAHA, see, to me Bay Area just sounds "normal". Everywhere else sounds coarse!

[eandh99.livejournal.com]

Not my monkeys!?! Oh, I love that so much I'm taking it to work tomorrow.

[mycatsellsclues.livejournal.com]

I have actually said to people "That's the other kind of problem: not my problem." but damned I'm gonna have to try the Polish version. I do love it. Thank you.

[shezan.livejournal.com]

HAVE JUST USED "NOT MY CIRCUS, NOT MY MONKEYS" in a tweet. Worked very well, too.

[daizy2k2.livejournal.com]

I... does this guy even know you? Or is he just asking strangers to call him a cab?

[copperbadge.livejournal.com]

He clearly saw that I was administaff of some sort, and went for me like a hyena on a dead zebra.

[shezan.livejournal.com]

I really hope you sent him out with a flea in his ear. What, he went all "Hey, you minion?"

[copperbadge.livejournal.com]

He just followed me to my cube and said "By the way, could you call a cab? I need to get to the airport."

Me: I don't have any cab company numbers. The front of the building has a cab stand, though, you can catch one there.

Him: *expectant look*

Me: Did you need directions to the bathroom?

Which, for some reason, sent him off.

[metallumai.livejournal.com]

The Wrath of the Sam-- necessary, incisive, elegant. Sic 'em.

[(Anonymous)]

Sorry for contributing to the short fuse. D:

[mq-musings.livejournal.com]

"area creep" = ::shudder::

I am convinced boundaries are one of the keys to a successful life. Two of the first words we learn are "no" and "mine", and the entire world spends the rest of our lives trying to take them away from us. I strenuously object to that. "No! Mine!"

[mydeira.livejournal.com]

"Area creep" oh I am living it. Unfortunately, I'm still doing my old receptionist job on top of the new job, at least half time. It's hard to stop the creep when there's no defined line. Needless to say, it was a short fuse sort of day and I very much feel your rage.

[air-ocean.livejournal.com]

Hi, off-topic, but maybe a good distraction! You might have seen this already, but this is a fascinating story about philanthropy and art forgery in one: http://www.openculture.com/2013/01/meet_father_philanthropy.html

[copperbadge.livejournal.com]

LOL, they are always doing stories about this guy. It's a miracle he fools anyone anymore. :D

[lots42.livejournal.com]

What is a 'cab stand' please? And would it lessen the amount of sheer batshit crazy the cabbies in my town cary?

Because the amount of b.s.c. they have is a LOT.

[copperbadge.livejournal.com]

LOL!

A cab stand is just a legal place for cabs to park while they wait for fares, with a sign telling people that here's where they can get a cab. They're dotted around Chicago -- most of the hospitals and hotels have them, for example, and there used to be one in the empty lot near my apartment until it was turned into a Walgreens (now they use the parking lot as an unofficial one). Cabbies without fares will usually park at cab stands or buzz several looking for someone who needs a ride.

I'm not sure if it would lower the level of batshit for the cabbies, but it sure makes finding one easier.

[lots42.livejournal.com]

Ah, I see. In my town, a cab stand would lessen the amount of insanity...but it would not eliminate it. The local cabbies have many ways to be scary and weird.

Lets just say I am glad I have reliable personal transportation.