Nope. “I’m not going to reply, but I might show up anyway” isn’t being a flake, it’s being self-centered and inconsiderate.

Well, there’s a big difference between social anxiety and flaking. If you’re having that level of stress about doing something, don’t do it; but at least own it to your friends- “Sorry, had a really bad day at work today; I just want to go home and put my jammies on” is OK. Just not showing up, especially for…

Showing up to an event isn’t “a full-time mandatory commitment”. It’s just showing up when you say you’ll show up. You know, like a grownup.

And how do the people who are proudly flaky and don’t care about upsetting others come across?

Expecting you to show up when you said “yeah, I’ll be there” isn’t being an uptight drill sergeant, though...

If you don’t want to do something, don’t say “yes” and back out at the last minute. Simple.

Over the last 6 months, I’ve lost all patience with flaky people. If you can make a plan more than a day away, don’t bitch when nobody asks you to come out with them.

You need a bigger pipe, then.

Or.... shave?

Nope. Never heard “JIF” once until about two years ago.

Pfft. Miami was a university before Florida was a state.

I don’t get why people think “Lie-ma” in untraditional. Do these same people eat “leema beans”?

Don’t forget Russia, Ohio (pronounced “Russy”) and Newark, Ohio (pronounced “Nerk, Ahia”)...

Well, “bear” is legitimately close to the correct Spanish pronunciation of Bexar — which is “behar”. Mexico kept the archaic “x” pronunciation while pretty much the rest of the Spanish-speaking world started to use the j or h to represent that phoneme.

Everything Dorothy said is spot on. I’d add two more things to the list: Be ready to back up your negotiations with actions. If you say “I want another 10% or I walk”, you better be ready to walk right then and there.

Yep. Mid-level in my book is 3-5 years of experience, not six months.

In my experience, it’s normal to accrue vacation starting day one, but not let people use vacation until their probationary period ends.

What’s really changed for me about GTD? Contexts got dumped about 5 years ago when I got a smartphone. There’s no point in breaking out “on the phone”, “at the computer”, “in the office” when they’ve become so blurred. What’s become better than contexts is location-based reminders.

Well, most of the problems with all of the third-party keyboards are due to Apple’s passive-aggressive handling of them. The only exception, in my opinion, is the predictive text, and that is based on actually using the keyboards.

My apologies, I was confused. Your declaration was terribly unclear. Perhaps you were trying to write it using Apple’s built-in keyboard, and got frustrated, so opted to shorten your message to “It” instead of “Apple’s default keyboard”.