When you are out of the office, I am happy for you to tell me. It is so helpful.
However, not changing your email responder and/or voice mail message back when you come back makes me bonkers! In a bad way! As if you are so busy that six days after your supposed return to the office, you haven't noticed that your auto-responder is still going strong. It makes you seem crazy/disorganized to the max.
Monday, November 9, 2009
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Mean Election Monitors
I went to a new polling place last night in Brooklyn. I had registered to vote over Labor Day Weekend at the Caribbean Day Parade I went to with some friends and ate curried goat.
Anyway, I registered, but they never sent me a card, but I was listed online, AND Mike Bloomberg sent me his campaign fliers every other day. I wanted to vote!
But then, last night after work, I went to vote, and I was not on the rolls! What?! Shocking. But what was most shocking was the treatment I received by the poll workers. Both the Democrat and Republican Monitors were so rude, and told me that since I was not on the rolls ("I check, and I'm good at my job!"), I could not vote. Then they told me I could fill out a paper ballot and asked me to wait while they helped other people. Then they told me they couldn't let me vote. So, I went to talk to the Information Lady, who told me that I could vote, as long as I have ID or a bill with my name and address on it.
So, I went home to get a pay stub, and I decided to call the Registrar of Voters to double check my registration. It turns out that everything they told was lies. Except the tiny window when they told me that I could vote without ID. Because a paper ballot is an affidavit!
Anyway, I went back and voted, though the mean ladies told me that I was crazy, since I left when they had clearly told me that I could vote on a paper ballot. Sigh, ladies, sigh. Then they were weird and said mean things about turnout, my remembering to seal my ballot, and both Information Lady and Registrar of Voters lady. It was Crazy Pants!
Moral of the story: don;t let the people get you down, and always vote, even on off years. Mainly because it helps me to know that there is a "Rent is Too High" Party in New York City.
Peace!
Anyway, I registered, but they never sent me a card, but I was listed online, AND Mike Bloomberg sent me his campaign fliers every other day. I wanted to vote!
But then, last night after work, I went to vote, and I was not on the rolls! What?! Shocking. But what was most shocking was the treatment I received by the poll workers. Both the Democrat and Republican Monitors were so rude, and told me that since I was not on the rolls ("I check, and I'm good at my job!"), I could not vote. Then they told me I could fill out a paper ballot and asked me to wait while they helped other people. Then they told me they couldn't let me vote. So, I went to talk to the Information Lady, who told me that I could vote, as long as I have ID or a bill with my name and address on it.
So, I went home to get a pay stub, and I decided to call the Registrar of Voters to double check my registration. It turns out that everything they told was lies. Except the tiny window when they told me that I could vote without ID. Because a paper ballot is an affidavit!
Anyway, I went back and voted, though the mean ladies told me that I was crazy, since I left when they had clearly told me that I could vote on a paper ballot. Sigh, ladies, sigh. Then they were weird and said mean things about turnout, my remembering to seal my ballot, and both Information Lady and Registrar of Voters lady. It was Crazy Pants!
Moral of the story: don;t let the people get you down, and always vote, even on off years. Mainly because it helps me to know that there is a "Rent is Too High" Party in New York City.
Peace!
Monday, November 2, 2009
Silly email addresses
I agree with Heidi on stupid email signatures. And I am going to take it one step further - you are a grownup, get a real email address. If you use your personal email for anything remotely professional, maybe don't have it be someweirdreferencethatnoonegets@yourmom.net. Try: your.name@yourmom.net. Or some variation thereof. Seriously, it is an address that people should remember. If I see goofygal@aol.com on top of your resume - I won't hire you.
I know this is controversial. I probably still like you and think that you are smart if you have a wacky email address. I just think that you should change it.
I know this is controversial. I probably still like you and think that you are smart if you have a wacky email address. I just think that you should change it.
Monday, September 28, 2009
Over Promotion
This is a little Chicago specific, but if I hear one more time that there are only ____ days until we know about the 2016 Olympics, I may...actually, I can't make any threats, because I will surely hear it multiple times every day this week. Until Friday, when this whole thing will be resolved one way or the other.
If this is what it's like leading up to the announcement, it's going to be intolerable for the next 7 years. I know I'll have a lot of strong feelings along the way.
If this is what it's like leading up to the announcement, it's going to be intolerable for the next 7 years. I know I'll have a lot of strong feelings along the way.
Appropriate email signatures
If you have a job in an office, and that job involves emailing people you don't know, ever, then your email signature should have the following information only: your name, title, relevant appropriate contact information, company-required/sanctioned branding as relevant, and any legal disclaimers required. That's it.
No, for real, that's it.
If there's a quote, it should be related to your company--like, for example, a positive statement from an article (which of course falls under branding as indicated above).
You know what is unacceptable under any circumstance? ANYTHING ELSE. You can put whatever you please at the end of your personal emails to your friends. Fine. I'll judge, but if we're friends presumably I'll either find it funny/apt or forgive you the inanity because of your shining personality.
I don't want a work email to advise me that the shortest distance between two people is actually a smile, or to include a pun on minds and matter, or anything else in that vein. It's not just that I'm a super judgy person, it's also that email doesn't convey tone or intent and you never know how someone you don't know is going to react to your pithy quote. Including, of course, that judgy a-holes like me will make some potentially inaccurate assumptions about you.
No, for real, that's it.
If there's a quote, it should be related to your company--like, for example, a positive statement from an article (which of course falls under branding as indicated above).
You know what is unacceptable under any circumstance? ANYTHING ELSE. You can put whatever you please at the end of your personal emails to your friends. Fine. I'll judge, but if we're friends presumably I'll either find it funny/apt or forgive you the inanity because of your shining personality.
I don't want a work email to advise me that the shortest distance between two people is actually a smile, or to include a pun on minds and matter, or anything else in that vein. It's not just that I'm a super judgy person, it's also that email doesn't convey tone or intent and you never know how someone you don't know is going to react to your pithy quote. Including, of course, that judgy a-holes like me will make some potentially inaccurate assumptions about you.
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Summer Weather
Yeah, it's summer. I get it.
But honestly, I don't own an air conditioner. I hate air conditioners. I am afraid that if I did have one it would fall out the window and kill someone. I know I am in the minority on this, but I will not pay those electricity bills.
But it had been so hot lately. I had to move last weekend in 90-degree heat, which is not awesome, contrary to what you might think.
So, I have devised the following heat beating practices:
1. No pants; skirts and dresses only
2. At least 2 showers a day (sorry, Heidi/nature!)
3. two fans pointed directly at me while I sleep
4. constant hydration, to the point of insanity
5. 1/2 pitcher of pomegranate-green tea iced tea daily
6. mineral makeup--it doesn't melt off my face
7. getting a job in an air conditioned office building
8. no blankets at all
9. wet washcloth, cooled in the freezer, on my forehead as I go to sleep
10. moving out of Manhattan
11. devising a few commutes to work that optimize the likelihood of being in an air conditioned train car; similarly, transferring trains only in cooler stations (Hoyt-Schemerhorn as opposed to Jay Street-Borough Hall, for example)
12. lights off as much as possible
13. looking at my huge collection of hats and scarves every day to remind myself that this too shall pass!
Tell me your heat-beating tips! I need to know!
But honestly, I don't own an air conditioner. I hate air conditioners. I am afraid that if I did have one it would fall out the window and kill someone. I know I am in the minority on this, but I will not pay those electricity bills.
But it had been so hot lately. I had to move last weekend in 90-degree heat, which is not awesome, contrary to what you might think.
So, I have devised the following heat beating practices:
1. No pants; skirts and dresses only
2. At least 2 showers a day (sorry, Heidi/nature!)
3. two fans pointed directly at me while I sleep
4. constant hydration, to the point of insanity
5. 1/2 pitcher of pomegranate-green tea iced tea daily
6. mineral makeup--it doesn't melt off my face
7. getting a job in an air conditioned office building
8. no blankets at all
9. wet washcloth, cooled in the freezer, on my forehead as I go to sleep
10. moving out of Manhattan
11. devising a few commutes to work that optimize the likelihood of being in an air conditioned train car; similarly, transferring trains only in cooler stations (Hoyt-Schemerhorn as opposed to Jay Street-Borough Hall, for example)
12. lights off as much as possible
13. looking at my huge collection of hats and scarves every day to remind myself that this too shall pass!
Tell me your heat-beating tips! I need to know!
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