OPEN BAR: It's actually about ethics in fictional bars

[Doktor Howl]

I think (but I'm not 100% on this) that Wordpad can still introduce artifacts into the formatting, under certain specific circumstances.

I know this means doing it all again, but have you double-checked with Notepad?  That's my only suggestion, sorry.

Definitely gonna try it.  I'm out of options, here.

Any luck?

I'm going to do it tomorrow, because the staff only reviews publications during the week,  and you never, ever submit on a Monday.

[Cain]

I had to think about that for a second, but yeah, good call.

I'm being a proper journalist and interviewing people by email and everything.  Breaking news: Turkey hates human rights, jails journalists for "terrorism".

[Doktor Howl]

I had to think about that for a second, but yeah, good call.

The weekend backlog is usually about 1500 documents long, and it gets glitchy.

I'm being a proper journalist and interviewing people by email and everything.  Breaking news: Turkey hates human rights, jails journalists for "terrorism".

"Terrorism?"

[Cain]

Mysteriously, any journalist who may be slightly too critical of the glorious freedoms the Turkish Republic affords it citizens, especially the backward "Mountain Turks", or who may be too publically outspoken on the so-called rights of the Mountain Turks to practice their own made up culture through insidious Communist propaganda techniques like dancing, or who criticizes "enhanced interrogation" of said dangerous subversise radicals, may be found to be actually be aiding these rebel organizations.

Two Vice magazine journalists were recently detained, for example, for "supporting" the PKK, and a whole range of other less well known journalists and media outlets have been targeted.

[Cain]

I have been reliably informed that studying while on duty at work is "unprofessional."



Not that I would listen anyway, but there are two things to keep in mind here.  1) I am regularly working at 3am in the morning on weekdays.  I'm sure people here can appreciate how utterly quiet such a time of day is.  2) This is the manager who I have seen not once, but twice screaming his head off at students in the early hours of the morning (which he hypocritically lectured us on during the training).

[The Wizard Joseph]

Just had me a weird series of events chain up. There's been about 8 shooting incidents with several deaths in LaX over about the last month or so and today a drive by happened. I was just pulling up to a local grocery and checked FB briefly after I had parked. A gamer buddy of mine happens to be a manager for the grocery chain and posted that this new shooting had happened near his home minutes prior. I took note and listened to the wind for sirens or reports for a minute while I absorbed the news. Went about my shopping.

As I was putting my purchases in my car I hear my name called and sure as heck it's my friend and his little daughter. We chat and I walk back into the store with him for a few as we do. Turns out they need a 3rd shift manager assistant worth a damn and all things considered comparable to what I'm doing now for compensation for somewhat LESS responsibility overall than I currently deal with and actual management experience to add to my work history. I am certainty going to apply and almost certain to get it between his recommendation and my several quite excellent letters of same from my 3 current bosses.

I had been considering leaving the area in my search for other employment, but if this pans out I'll happily stick around.

[axod]

Couple joints for the Holliday:
www.panchronos.com/mp3/DOCSK%20NOXTAZ-1.mp3
www.panchronos.com/mp3/CARAVAN%204%20SUMMER%20SESSION.mp3

[Freeky]

The public transportation union here in Tucson has been on strike for I think 2months now.  Last week, the Nevada I think transportation union got involved. 

I don't begrudge them what they're asking - fifty cent raise (from 14.50 or 15/hr), better security on buses and at the transit stations (4 stabbings in the four months prior to the strike, 3 at transit stations), and better working conditions (when they started striking, there was a guy in the hospital from getting sick by black mold.  Died two weeks later).  I just wish I knew more about who is being stubborn about what so that I can bitch without being told something and then feel like an asshole.

Two people did lose their jobs for being uncompromising the first week or two, though.

[Cain]

Damn.  Londoners went straight into bitching mode when the public transport went on strike for 2 days.

[Roly Poly Oly-Garch]

Checking in from Alva, Oklahoma. Yes, the Alva, Oklahoma. I've been here since Friday. Successfully avoided being lured into any conversations about the environment, Obama, or exactly why the country is falling to shit. Going to a pool tournament at the beer bar tonight. If I stick to iced-tea, I think I'll be able to avoid that shit until I leave tomorrow--although, it may be a bit tougher without my son and daughter here to distract the locals by talking to them about horseporn.com and drones and pooping into each other. (I truly have no idea...I just know that it worked)

[Faust]

Damn.  Londoners went straight into bitching mode when the public transport went on strike for 2 days.

I had to cross on saturday when they had the works on the circle/central line. Its kind of scary when you arrive at a station to a big gate and no idea where to go.

[Cain]

I had a similar thing with the Northern line shortly after the Xmas holidays a few years back.  Having to use the bus system on the fly is pretty confusing.

That said, if you know there is a strike going down, you can plan alternatives pretty easily.  It'll be time consuming and boring, but the way people were going on it was like they thought it was the end of the world.

[Faust]

Yeah, imagine if they had no alternative.

When we had the Bus strikes in Cork last year, it basically cut off anyone who had to travel to Kerry or any of the rural towns and they were just shit out of luck.

[Q. G. Pennyworth]

Was a grown up today.

Mostly.

I may have ended the very serious email with "Y'all need to get your shit together."

[Cain]

I have a feeling I may be doing much the same today.



It sucks, being only one of the two responsible people on a team of nine.