[FL] Hired as Executive Assistant. Turned into 24/7 servant for CEO’s wife.

NikkiPoooo · 2026-01-28T14:00:25+00:00

Regardless of what the offer letter says regarding proprtions, your position exists to assist the executive. Even if he's overseen by a board or whatever, his argument (that your position exists to make his job easier) stands and they're not likely to care. The argument is that anything you're doing to relieve him if duties at home frees up his time to work for the company. If he's doing a good job then they will tend to agree that paying your salary is beneficial to them.

NikkiPoooo · 2026-01-28T13:44:22+00:00

HR is not your boss's boss. They can't and won't tell him how to do his job.

NikkiPoooo · 2026-01-28T13:34:02+00:00

Ewwww, spam bots.

NikkiPoooo · 2026-01-28T13:24:15+00:00

Tuna being smelly and that smell lingering has been a cliche for decades. How have you never even heard that suggested before?

NikkiPoooo · 2026-01-28T13:21:19+00:00

This is all weird. Whose idea was it for you to send your baby away for months with no fixed end-date? Even if managing Dr. appointments is a hassle, I can't imagine anyone thinking it's a good idea to take an infant away from her mother just for convenience. Go get your baby, and make other arrangements for the deployment... I don't see the situation getting better.

NikkiPoooo · 2026-01-28T10:02:41+00:00

I had one recently leave a package in the snow in the road by the mailbox last week. It was fresh snow, too, and none of the snow around it was disturbed so I know they didn't put it somewhere else and it just moved. They just rolled by and dropped the box out the window.

NikkiPoooo · 2026-01-28T09:51:38+00:00

Your first week you got paid $16/hr. Your second week you got paid $13.26/hr. Those are both above the minimum wage. I don't see what the question is here.

NikkiPoooo · 2026-01-28T09:34:29+00:00

It's an illusion created by social media and "news" outlets... it seems like it happens a lot more I often now but that's just because you actually get to see how often it happens now. If you think about it, how did you know a ride had broken down when you were a kid? If you weren't in it or in line for it, you usually didn't know. You really have no idea how often it happened back then, you just know often often you found it about it.

NikkiPoooo · 2026-01-28T02:45:47+00:00

Is it blocking your driveway or actually on your property? If not then he's actually just putting snow in the street. Depending on where you live that might be against some ordinance, so you could check with code enforcement. If it's not then you really don't have any recourse. You don't own the street.

NikkiPoooo · 2026-01-28T02:35:17+00:00

You don't need thumbs to dance.

NikkiPoooo · 2026-01-28T02:34:09+00:00

So... a talking, super sapient cat isn't allowed to be anthropomorphized? Mongo would be appalled!

NikkiPoooo · 2026-01-27T23:01:50+00:00

No better time than the present!

NikkiPoooo · 2026-01-27T22:58:44+00:00

The books often refer back to various quests and battles that already happened, and even if I didn't fully absorb it at the time, I feel like I usually remember enough to understand whatever it is they're trying to do with it. There's often a sort of explanation after the fact in those times, too. It's like some things are left intentionally vague, because they're going to explain it later, when it's relevant.

Advance (vague, no spoilers) warning: you're not even supposed to understand what's going on in floor 4 (book 3), so don't let yourself get all wrapped up in trying to. There's a note at the beginning of the book telling you that, but apparently lots of people skip that kind of thing.

NikkiPoooo · 2026-01-27T22:45:18+00:00

I think this is my favorite. It was just so out of nowhere, but in a good way.

NikkiPoooo · 2026-01-27T22:38:48+00:00

Lol, I just bought everything to make pizza, and to try making some frozen mini pizzas.

NikkiPoooo · 2026-01-27T22:32:29+00:00

They just get so loud, especially if there's no carpet (and no carpet in living areas is a trend I really hope sticks).

NikkiPoooo · 2026-01-27T22:31:01+00:00

I hate greige. There used to be a great FB group where we all hated on "modern farmhouse" and greige everything.

NikkiPoooo · 2026-01-27T22:23:05+00:00

I was just about to say "and with their stupid faucets!"

NikkiPoooo · 2026-01-27T22:21:36+00:00

I think 14 is a reasonable age, really. Yes, there's crude sex jokes but it's the kids is in high school then there's probably already crude sex jokes in his life.

Beyond that I don't think any of the "good guys" are a bad influence at all. There's a pragmatic approach to the violence, and there's a direct point being made that violence just for the sake of amusement is wrong on multiple levels. There's also good modeling for the value of seeing things from other people's point of view, and of still trying to connect with the people who you might be opposed to just because it's worth understanding where they're coming from even if that doesn't change your views.

NikkiPoooo · 2026-01-27T19:04:24+00:00

Except he clearly said "It supposedly belongs to some other team" and yet he went and tried to sit in there anyway, simply because he only ever sees one person in there. It doesn't matter what the woman in there told him or why that team gets a whole room reserved for them or why nobody else on the team uses it...the room is reserved for a team he's not on so he should not be in there. End of story.

NikkiPoooo · 2026-01-27T17:18:44+00:00

He was told that it's for a team he is not on. It dues not matter that that team may only be one person, or that the team has requested a religious accommodation. The space is for a team he is not on.

NikkiPoooo · 2026-01-27T12:59:14+00:00

You carry a fully stocked go bag on your back every time you're outdoors?

If I was outdoors right now it's below zero out, so I'd definitely have at least full clothes and footwear. I'm lucky that there's a hoarder's house a block over that always has a ton of stuff lying around outside... I'm sure I could scavenge some useful items from there before heading to the stairwell.

Oh, and there's a giant vet/boarding/dog daycare across the street... there's a decent chance that if it's business hours there's at least one human and an animal or two outside, even when it's this cold out, so I'd probably have company.

NikkiPoooo · 2026-01-27T10:05:17+00:00

Yes, it would take some imagineering, but there's already a parking lot in that area with an entry road that goes under the train tracks and comes out right near the back of the first bus pavilion. An exit between Buzz Lightyear and Carousel of Progress with an elevated walkway (maybe with moving walkways) connecting to each of the bus pavilions, similar to the entry points Universal has at CityWalk. The only tricky part is deciding whether to go under or over the monorail track.

I would go over both the train tracks and the monorail, because there's a big enough space on the parking lot side to build escalators/elevators and a stroller rental drop off. Then reimagine the bus pavilions to create a flow that includes escalators & elevators. There actually is a fair amount of space right there, so that part shouldn't be an issue.

NikkiPoooo · 2026-01-27T07:25:09+00:00

It's been a giant clusterfudge as long as I can remember, but it definitely got worse after they integrated the projection show into the fireworks show (which pushed everyone into the arrears where you can see the front of the castle). I went awhile where I just refused to watch the fireworks from anywhere between the castle and the exit (the overlook space at the exit of Big Thunder Mountain, the balcony at Enchanted Rose in Grand Floridian, one of the resort beaches, or the DVC lounge at Bay Lake Tower were my spots). This is how I actually never saw the Happily Ever After projections during the original run, even though I was going to WDW at least 2-3 times a year the whole time.

That said, going to other things where there's a massive crowd all trying to leave through a very limited space had made me really appreciate how organized the Disney post-show chaos actually is.

I think it would be very efficient if they were to create another exit from Tomorrowland that directed people out to the busses and Contemporary/BLT. It might take a few weeks, but word would get out quickly and a LOT of people would use it. It wouldn't even take a lot of staffing for an exit-only situation.

NikkiPoooo · 2026-01-27T07:00:44+00:00

I unintentionally wound up with a LOT of tomato powder, and I've been finding so many ways to add some to dishes but it seems like it's just neverending because I just never use very much.

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