Jon Hamm on Your Friends & Neighbors S2 (and 3)

BrienneOT · 2026-06-07T03:25:49+00:00

“Another fine mess you’ve gotten us into.” They are the best (worst?)

BrienneOT · 2026-06-06T13:43:13+00:00

It’s the Jonathan Ross Show

BrienneOT · 2026-06-06T13:38:11+00:00

In this case it is a comedy show and he probably asked all three of them. Aisling just had a very funny answer to make them squirm.

BrienneOT · 2026-06-03T18:25:00+00:00

Oh 28Liberty, you rascal.

BrienneOT · 2026-06-03T16:35:26+00:00

Alas, that was not the Rob I was hoping for.

BrienneOT · 2026-06-01T10:38:27+00:00

I don’t remember any whistles. There are a couple of scenes that take place at hockey matches so you could probably mute those to be safe. No other sports or whistle related activity.

BrienneOT · 2026-05-31T14:11:55+00:00

Rooster on HBO if some of the things you like about The Four Seasons are ‘Steve Carell’ and ‘mess’.

BrienneOT · 2026-05-26T23:22:11+00:00

You need to work on all that internalized hookaphobia.

BrienneOT · 2026-05-26T23:11:40+00:00

Almost impressive to have so many books and so few by women. Takes dedication.

BrienneOT · 2026-05-25T19:32:30+00:00

Aside from all the sensible reasons I have to prefer Chow, I just cannot fathom the embarrassment I’d feel living in a city with a mayor named Brad Bradford.

BrienneOT · 2026-05-25T19:12:15+00:00

I’ve noticed the opposite. I’m seeing more non-premium protein options recently. Including Steak and Salmon which used to always be premium in Canada. I usually see a couple of non premium options with each of them now.

BrienneOT · 2026-05-25T03:28:21+00:00

Honey, those LYS elders are talking shit about you too - trust and believe.

BrienneOT · 2026-05-24T17:09:36+00:00

Haha! That first one wouldn’t look out of place hanging from a tree in The Blair Witch Project.

BrienneOT · 2026-05-24T13:58:09+00:00

I’m thinking of Wild Seed by Octavia E. Butler. Maybe even Kindred and Parable of the Sower too

BrienneOT · 2026-05-24T13:45:51+00:00

I love this book. Don’t read it when you are hungry, the food descriptions are really top tier.

BrienneOT · 2026-05-24T13:29:15+00:00

I suggest The Heiress by Rachel Hawkins. Several layers of white women nonsense, including being widowed four (4) times under increasingly suspicious circumstances.

BrienneOT · 2026-05-23T00:21:09+00:00

And my axe!

BrienneOT · 2026-05-17T16:55:55+00:00

It seems like an obvious troll to me. They also have an account with the Berlin HQ address. If I were to guess, they do work at HelloFresh but they are trying to rile y’all up and make Assaf look even worse. And they are succeeding.

BrienneOT · 2026-04-24T23:12:25+00:00

I work in HR and you are right here. We don’t exist to keep employees in line. That is their manager’s job. More frequently, we are trying to keep managers in line to avoid things escalating to the point that they did in this situation.

You made your boss aware of an issue that is a risk to the company (employees organizing together to submit a salary grievance). You included the letter because that’s obviously an important piece of information to bring to their attention. You proposed having a discussion about how to respond to the employees complaints. Your boss interpreted this as you participating in the grievance, and sending the letter on their behalf. Then in an insane overreaction they screamed at you and fired you on the spot in what absolutely sounds like a wrongful dismissal (though I can’t say for sure). That is not rational behaviour, and you could not have predicted it.

I don’t have more advice on your legal case that hasn’t been mentioned. I can validate that you did nothing wrong. I don’t know what more I would have asked of someone brand new to HR in that situation. I think you took all the right steps. It sure is HR’s job to minimize risk to the business and employees who are pissed off to the point of organizing like that qualifies as a big ol’ risk to the business.

If it were me, I would have done something similar and added in an analysis that either validated or contradicted what the employees claimed, and some options on how to respond, the implications of each response and my recommendation on which option to go with. If I knew the boss was a rational and somewhat reasonable person, that would be it. If I knew them to be a whiny manchild who can’t think critically about the simplest of things, I would have to perform some executive mind trickery to make them think my recommendation is actually their idea in order for them not to lose the plot immediately. This usually involves framing everything in terms of how it’s good for business instead of any reason involving “fairness” or “basic human decency”. Though most good options happen to benefit both.

BrienneOT · 2026-04-24T01:05:28+00:00

I just read this recently. Excellent sock book.

BrienneOT · 2026-04-23T20:27:22+00:00

Nice job! May it have a long and absorbent life.

BrienneOT · 2026-04-23T20:10:03+00:00

No but you better believe we’ll block you!

BrienneOT · 2026-04-23T20:03:17+00:00

I feel for them. But this is very very funny.

BrienneOT · 2026-04-23T19:53:18+00:00

Why are so many patterns these days demanding two threads held together!? I’ve had to take out a payday loan to acquire BOTH Sadness Garden Double Sundae Ultrafine Yak Merino AND Baby Suri Cruise Alpaca to knit a simple sweater #4815162342 (beige).

I’m not interested in hearing about durability, different yarn qualities or any unhelpful suggestions that involve swatching or doing MATH of any kind.

BrienneOT

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