Sadly, my story doesn't have a happy ending. Another employee and I went to a board member in June. The other employee even obtained letters from previous employees detailing the ED's horrible behavior. It backfired. In late July, we had a mandatory staff meeting where the FEMALE board president told us she knew…

I'm sorry, did we work at the same place?? Was this a domestic violence/sexual assault agency in PA?? Because you just wrote my story! :-(

Except women are just as bad as/sometimes worse than men! At my most recent job (at a non-profit) there were so many issues with the executive director that 2 of us went to a board member to complain. 2 weeks later, there was a mandatory staff meeting where the female board president chalked our concerns up to the…

I've been with my boyfriend for 3 years. He was previously married to a Brit and they lived in England from 2000-2004, then moved back to the states. (They split in 2009.) When I met him, he was STILL using Brit pronunciations and slang. It took me a lot of "Do you mean COMMERCIAL??" when he'd say "advert" (and so…

Bwahaha at my last job, there was a co-worker who had spent a semester in Ivory Coast. I swear, she found a way to insert that into EVERY conversation. I started to tease her about it. She didn't much appreciate it. :P

You don't have anything to apologize for. I think your articles are fantastic, you shouldn't change a thing.

The wordiness is part of the fun, geez. I love Albert's articles. Even this one, although I won't touch cauliflower with someone ELSE'S ten-foot-pole. :-P

It's this....and it's pretty awful.

Fist bump. (Not too hard, though, my arthritis.)

Oh HELL to the No on Hormel et all. Deli peps please.

Likewise. Anyone who says "cut of your jib" is okay in my book! And plus, with a name like SchuTangClan, it's gotta be good.

I love your food articles! Hilarious yet informative. I've made a lot of lasagna in my day and never once with bechamel sauce. Next time for sure. One secret ingredient I almost always use: sliced pepperoni in there somewhere.

My boyfriend fancies himself a carpenter (note the sideboard that's all finished except two doors for the past 11 months), and he's always talking about building a giant bed. :-P

omg EXACTLY. I'm a nice person who is VERY conscientious about work. I'm also sometimes abrasive, sometimes blunt, and I don't suffer fools lightly. I admittedly made mistakes early on in how I handled things with my assistant who was not competent in her job. She ended up leaving on her own, but for the past two…

Just had nearly the same thing happen, only I got fired (on September 11!) and my boss is still there. Sucks, but I'm trying hard to come out from under all the bad feelings that piled up over the three years I was there and focus on positive things for the future.

Ain't that the truth. Later that night, he was sleeping on the couch and his sister was up watching tv. He started moaning in his sleep so she woke up up and he immediately started acting like he was going to puke again. She thrust a bowl at him and told him to get to the bathroom. He takes the bowl, runs to the…

The Color Purple, and Roadhouse!

Earlier this week, my 13 year old threw up from the top bunk down onto the floor, where it splattered everywhere. It got on both beds, and also the top of his brother's dresser. Plus down in the two dresser drawers that were hanging open. It was a nightmare.

My boyfriend has always acted like I'm crazy for insisting on covering the webcam on the laptop, and the one on the desktop I turn to face the wall when it's not in use. I can't wait to show him this and say, "See? SEE!!?!?!" #sweetvindication

There's a difference between wantonly harsh and harshly accurate. Lindy was definitely the latter. The phrase that comes to mind is "if the shoe fits...."