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It's like the entire office sent me a letter this morning which read:

Dear Sam,

Please do four things at once, while being harassed by the public, and also we are too cold unless we are too hot. Are you going to answer either of those ringing phones?

Love,
The Office

This is the first real breather I've had all morning, and just as I was settling in to enjoy it one of the guys showed up with umpty-million packages from the mail room for me to sort through. Which is kind of okay because two of them were for ME, and contained gifts for mum, Emmy, and two friends.

Today after work I have to run a hand mixer over to M's place (long story) and drop a couple of books off at the library. My messenger bag has a very...eclectic assortment of objects in it.

BTW, woot.com is having a Woot-off today. If you haven't got your Christmas shopping done yet....

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In re our governor being ARRESTED by the FEDS this morning:

Well, you know, guys...this is Chicago. He's the Guv of Illinois, but 65% of the state population lives in Chicago and the surrounding suburbs. Here on the banks of Lake Michigan politics is a full-body contact sport and cheating is encouraged if not required.

It does give INSTANT journalistic street cred to those Trib editors that Blagojevich allegedly wanted fired. Nothing like having a state governor gunning for you to improve your reputation.

(The agents of Torchwood Chicago are mostly just annoyed that now they have to explain aliens to yet ANOTHER moron politician. Jack's going to have to start training them not to misbehave. Might be fun, actually, all those handcuffs and riding crops...)

Edit for context: The Torchwood Chicago 'verse posits a Torchwood/Doctor Who television series that began in America.

Part One: Second City Torchwood
Part Two: Edgar van Scyoc Presents: Doctor Who

Son of Edit: Now with lyrics!

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I was going to edit this into the last comment, but I've already edited it once already.

See, when I declared Chicago to be the Home of Fail then tzikeh turned it into the Land of the Free and the Home of the Fail, and I can't let a challenge like that lie fallow.

( Oh pay for a seat / on the left of the right )

In Chicago, corruption isn't a "crying shame" so much as a form of amusement. :D

Dear Francis Scott Key: I am very sorry, kthxbai.

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Okay kids, it's time to play a game.

Person A had a meeting scheduled in the conference room for today.
Person B, whose boss is senior to Person A, had a much longer, much more important meeting they wished to schedule in the conference room at the same time.

I said to Person B, "Go ahead, take it, just let Person A know."

Person B emailed Person A, and me, on December first. "Dear Person A! I am stealing your conference room. Plz be advised. Sam can help you reschedule." (Paraphrased.)

I never heard back from Person A, so I assumed they had simply cancelled their meeting.

NOT SO.

Today Person A emailed me, B, B's boss, and BossBoss.

SPOT THE FALLACY:

Dear Person B,

I did not read this email until the meeting was about to begin. I understand your boss stole our room this week. I hope this will not be an ongoing situation. If so, I would appreciate advance notice from either you or Sam.

Sincerely,
Person A

Oh hell no.

I didn't respond because I was so blown away by the fact that this guy is demanding advance notice after admitting he didn't read the advance notice we sent him nine days ago.

About two minutes later BossBoss came up to the desk. "Hey, did you get that email from Person A?"

"Yes?" I said, preparing to explain what had actually happened.

"I sent it to Human Resources for their records. Some people are too dumbshit to live."

I love BossBoss.