Yeah, pretty much.

Well, you can add insourced security for a not-for-profit health agency to the list of occurrences. It’s always been this way for non-developers - the new CIO (who’s been around the block quite a bit) is the one who said even the dev’s need to lose admin rights by the end of the month.

For some people, their work laptop was the primary computer in their household, so everyone used it.

{Slowly draws figure 8’s on the top of wrapped burger with finger}

I’m distracted by the photo - I glanced at it and thought “oh, that’s the same typeface and color scheme as my EnergieNB power statement.” Then I looked closer and it IS from EnergieNB.

I sure as hell don’t want visit Goyer/Snyder’s world.

This is not an ad but this is the one I myself use.

I assume singing “I whip my egg back and forth. I whip my egg back and forth.” is optional.

We each use small one-shoulder mini-backpacks (say 10x8x4) for just this reason. It gets our important stuff and ends up at the top end of the carry-on. If there’s a mandatory check-in called, we reach in, pull out the tiny backpacks, and check the rest. They’re so small there’s never been an issue putting them under…

In his live podcast, Greg Proops has to deal with people in the audience who don’t agree - out loud - and often drunk people who feel it’s a conversation. He has a standard burn that’s related to Rihanna’s: “Listen, I kindly ask you to buy some real estate that’s NOT located on my dick, OK?”

Right on. Labels peel off. And who wouldn’t want more kissable lips!! HA!

This is just genius. I imagine the discoverer of the idea was sitting in their kitchen, glanced at their spring-form pan, noticed the lid from some home-made jam and thought “OH MY %*()%*$)( GOD!”

My dyslexic brain doesn’t always read things in order so I mistakenly thought this was Thorin’s carry.

We bought a couple of these in the past - they work fine but the USB plugs were a little underpowered to charge iPads. (Good for phones, though.) The ones in this sale may be newer models with a little more oomph.

We bought a couple of these in the past - they work fine but the USB plugs were a little underpowered to charge…

I worked for a few years in a place that made us record our "away from my desk" message every DAY. (It had to include the date. Meh.) I got in the habit of using just this articles trick. I'd write it out on the whiteboard - and played with it a bit. Like

On a related topic, you can use mini muffin tins to make meatloaf muffins (coat them with bbq sauce as "frosting" in the last few minutes. Or, make your fave Mac and cheese, stir in an egg, some extra cheese and make Mac'n'cheese mini muffins (top with a sprinkle of breadcrumbs.). Great party/potluck food -…

Those girls' grins are NOT making me tear up... I was thinking of something a coworker said this morning that hurt me deeply. It's purely a coincidence. Hand me a tissue and leave me alone.

There's value in thinking through these points. If you think the job can be saved, use the answers to try and save the job. If the job can't be saved, use the answers during the exit interview.

It's important to remember this works but you should ALSO adding your own thoughts and ideas and questions. The rephrase can show you understand the implication so tack on questions or thoughts. IE