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Fatwa Arbuckle: Misanthropologist

TGIF from overcast yet Happy Larryville, GN!

K8-E --

Sorry you’ve had a rough week at KFH&BBQ and hope that you can get many of teh “issues” resolved by this afternoon.

Bummer that none of your volunteers consulted with you re tonight’s “Cinco de Quatro” theme prior to promoting it. Would you like me to stop by La Sabrosita on teh way over to pick-up some comestibles? (Or would Taco Bell be more, erm, appropriate for your crowd’s palates?) 😉

Teh thought of Mexican food / BBQ reminds me of El Torito’s periodic Twice-Grilled BBQ Burritos, which had one of the bestest BBQ sauces evar.

Off to perform annoying but necessary duties; BBL.

Paddy O'Furnijur
Editor
10 years ago

Happy Friday, Gerbil Nation!
Greetings from toasty SoCal. It’s going to be another scorcher, but it’s supposed to drop about 20 degrees on Sunday.

Fatwa Arbuckle: Misanthropologist

Hi, Paddy!

Barrett Wellman(tm)
Editor
10 years ago

GOOD MORNING EVERYONE!

Greetings from delightfully below seasonal temps Bountiful.

I sure do hope y’all have a wonderful day, ’cause you just know I will.

Barrett Wellman(tm)
Editor
10 years ago

DANG, I missed the voting from last Friday’s Caption Contest. Who won?

BrendaK
Admin
10 years ago

Subtle. (I pronounced the ‘b’ in that.) It’s up riiiight now!

Sorry so late. I have no excuse, I’m just sorry. No, really. A sorry excuse for a Caption Mistress. Would a free canteen make up for that? Maybe a rusted bread pan?

Barrett Wellman(tm)
Editor
10 years ago

Guess I’ll have to wait until tonight to spring my hugely witty bons mots on an unsuspecting GN and get the win.

Just Sven
Editor
10 years ago

Busy busy busy. Hot and windy again here today but the fires are well south of us and no new ones sprang up overnight. EABBQ tomorrow for any of you gerbils in the SoCal area.

Kings lost last night. Again. Down by 2 now. My one hope is that whatever slight injury Quick sustained during warmups will prompt Sutter to put in Bernier for Saturday’s game.

Having trouble with my hummers. The bees have found the feeder and are making life miserable for all. Reading the experts on this, they all claim that if you just move the food source over a few feet, the bees won’t be able to find it. Im skeptical, but will give it a try.

Kind of a funny story from my friend in Houston. She got called into HR for an argument that she had with her boss. He claims she’s overly aggressive during their conversations; one aggressive gesture is her leaning forward on the desk while talking with him. She’s got this guy just plain scared of her. Anyhow, her comment to HR was along the lines that this is Texas and her boss ought to grow a pair.

BrendaK
Admin
10 years ago
Reply to  Just Sven

Heh!

BrendaK
Admin
10 years ago
Reply to  Just Sven

How did HR respond to that?

Just Sven
Editor
10 years ago
Reply to  BrendaK

Both her and her manager are to be punished by taking Communications and Sensitivity Training.

While I would never call my friend ‘sensitive’, she’s not really nasty. Got a bitter sarcastic tone to her at times, but ‘aggressive’? Not really.

We were out dining one night in Houston with a group of friends and the AC must have kicked on cuz the temperature dropped noticeably-this prompted one friend to say “Damn, it just got really cold-did XXXX open a vein?” Which prompted a real sharp look before we all burst out laughing.

Mac
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Mac
10 years ago
Reply to  Just Sven

It might be fun to hear her and the “sensitivity trainer” discussing the issues.

Just Sven
Editor
10 years ago
Reply to  Mac

Yeah, I imagine that would be a hoot. I’d pay for a video of those sessions. To be fair, she did admit that she was somewhat out of line with her boss but wasnt in no way threatening-except maybe in leaning forward and exposing her cleavage.

When I was Production Control Mgr years ago, I made a goof recreating the BOM for an obsolete product that Marketing had worked really hard to sell so that we could get rid of the inventory. When it came out in the daily staff mtg, the VP Ops blew up-“Who is the GD f**king stupid SOB that left that off the BOM” and I dutifully raised my hand and said it was me. He went on yelling at me for another minute, closed with fix the problem and don’t do that again, and that was it.

Fatwa Arbuckle: Misanthropologist
Reply to  Just Sven

Hee!

The proposed solution strikes me as similar to stupid “zero tolerance” school policies which treat bullying victims who fight back precisely the same way as the aggressor.

Seems unfair to send your friend to teh “PC / Lawsuit Avoidance” training; they ought to just purchase her boss some “big boy pants” and tell him to either act like a leader or get demoted.

Sadly, I suspect simple, common-sense management is no longer permitted in corporate America.

Fatwa Arbuckle: Misanthropologist

I see Il Douchey is blaming violence in Mexico on American guns:

“…I will continue to do everything in my power to pass common-sense reforms that keep guns out of the hands of criminals and dangerous people.

An enterprising reporter might pose a question re Fast & Furious…

Just Sven
Editor
10 years ago

Of course he is. What I found funny, watching part of his speech, is the crowd reaction when he said he wants to make it easier for the Mexicans to come and stay in our country. The Dream Act and his other assorted bullshit. The crowd cheered wildly.

I’m in a foreign country and its citizens cheer and applaud when I say we’ll make it easier for you to leave your country and come to ours. How sick is that?

Just Sven
Editor
10 years ago
Reply to  X_LA_Native

That’s a really good idea, X, and one I fully support.

Just Sven
Editor
10 years ago
Reply to  X_LA_Native

They are playing in Texas, go see ’em. You’ll enjoy the show.

Just Sven
Editor
10 years ago

Man, either the winds shifted or we are in a world of trouble. The whole valley is filled with smoke-maybe a half mile visibility and getting worse.

Paddy O'Furnijur
Editor
10 years ago
Reply to  Just Sven

It appears the winds have shifted and the fire is moving northeast.

Just Sven
Editor
10 years ago

Yeah, it was all smoke from Camarillo, but it sure filled the valley up. It’s blowing through into LA now.