Re: Hello Acme

On 12.03.2024 14.30, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
> news:[email protected]: 
> 
>> On 24.02.2024 21.56, Merlyne wrote:
>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
>>> news:[email protected]: 
>>>
>>>> On 11.02.2024 15.49, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
>>>>> news:[email protected]: 
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 14.01.2024 16.02, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> They are like running shoes with no laces.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I wear flipflops all summer, much to the chagrin of the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> people who work near my office.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> So I conclude that you don't run a lot in the office.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> No. It's not safe.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Lots of scissors, I imagine.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Actually no.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> There are wires sticking out from under walls and such.
>>>>>>>>>>>> That's almost as dangerous as scissors. You should complain
>>>>>>>>>>>> to your work safety representative.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I don't think that exists any more.
>>>>>>>>>> Then who checks the fire extinguishers and takes care of the
>>>>>>>>>> unsecured scissors?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> The scissor fairy does.
>>>>>>>> You work in an enchanted office building?
>>>>>>> I like to think I do.
>>>>>> And yet you prefer to work from home...
>>>>>>
>>>>> You can't put a price on waking up 5 minutes before your shift
>>>>> starts, working in your pajamas and then going out to the kitchen
>>>>> at noon and making a grilled cheese sandwich.
>>>> Maybe not, but at home is where not-working happens and it's full of
>>>> distractions. Also most often not enchanted.
>>>>
>>> Sometimes you have to put on your big person pants and sit at the 
>>> computer and do your job.
>> Not me. Not any more. I'm just quietly waiting for the public pension
>> to start rolling in...
>>
> 
> I'll being doing that soon enough.
> 
>> Also about distractions: I decided last week I was finally going to
>> figure out how to play Civilization VI that I bought long ago. So I've
>> been doing that pretty much non-stop since (as in 14hours at a
>> time)... I think I've got in now.
>> That kind of distraction is what I mean.
>>
> 
> There's always distractions.
> I'm shocked that you would prioritize a video game over Usenet.
> Shocked!
It's more compulsion that prioritising. And also the way the game is put
together - to make you take just one more turn. And then one more.

>>>>>>>>>>>>> Plus it's really hard to run in flipflops.
>>>>>>>>>>>> That too. Not that I've ever tried.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> It's shoe/boot time again.
>>>>>>>>>> Which practically invites running. Even more reason to secure
>>>>>>>>>> the wires. 
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I'll put in a complaint about that.
>>>>>>>> You probably should. Do you have a complaints department in your
>>>>>>>> enchanted office building?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> No one can find it.
>>>>>> I've heard that before.
>>>>>>
>>>>> Who can I complain to about not finding the complaints department?
>>>> Do they have mailbox in the lobby. For anonymous complaints and
>>>> such? 
>>>>
>>> Actually, I don't know. Probably not.
>>> There are cameras and security guards in the lobby.
>>> It would be next to impossible to drop something off withoug being 
>>> traced.
>> Well I dunno. Maybe you could mail your anonymous letter and Att. the
>> complaints department. If you include one of those
>> trace-your-stolen-stuff thingies maybe you will find out where they
>> live. 
>>
> Like an airtag?
> Do I care where they live?
> I guess I could use that information: Do what I say. I know where you live!

I meant that you might show up at their office in person to deliver your
complaint, but I guess your method works too...

>>>>>>> Also, no one listens.
>>>>>> That I've never heard before.
>>>>>>
>>>>> What?
>>>> You can say that again.
>>>>
>>> Say what?
>> I knew you were going to say that.
>>
> You did not!

Did too!!

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Okie dokie. I sit corrected.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You certainly do. Apropos there are also some chairs out
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> there that I plan to re upholster at some point.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> I've done that a few times.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> When I get around to it I will have done it once.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> So after the water feature then?
>>>>>>>>>> Maybe I'll spontaneously do it one day. Who can say. I'll need
>>>>>>>>>> some cloth first. And a sturdy stapler.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> You need a staple gun.
>>>>>>>> Yes, I know. I tought I had one, but it was a crappy piece of
>>>>>>>> junk that was unable to dispense staples with any regularity.
>>>>>>>> Also the included staples were the wrong size. At least it was
>>>>>>>> cheap. 
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> You can borrow mine.
>>>>>>> Do you want the manual one or the electric?
>>>>>> The manual will be nice to have. Especially for the electric one.
>>>>>> But any will do.
>>>>>> A you going to mail it along with the buttons?
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm not sending staple gun through the mail. You'll have to come
>>>>> and get it.
>>>> You know, I think my passport has expired...
>>>>
>>> You have the worst excuses.
>> Well excuse me for not wanting to be cavity-searched in the airport
>> before being sent back.
>>
> 
> Don't knock it 'til you try it.
> 
> I thought maybe you'd anything for a free staple gun.
...But I won't do that.

I'm sure one of my neighbours with the many power- and other tools has a
staple gun I can borrow if it comes to that.
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BeH

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