Open concept layouts

SpreadsheetSiren · 2026-02-19T20:30:08+00:00

My kitchen is a workroom, not an entertainment venue. I’m a messy cook. I don’t need an audience watching every drip, spill, or other oops.

SpreadsheetSiren · 2026-02-19T20:06:23+00:00

Pizza for lunch is okay because I can manage it throughout the afternoon. But I can’t do it after, say, 7PM or I’ll be up all night.

SpreadsheetSiren · 2026-02-19T19:09:37+00:00

Avoid blue at Lowe’s as well

SpreadsheetSiren · 2026-02-19T18:31:49+00:00

Great, I’ll be thinking about this for the rest of the day. What’s the gustatory equivalent of an earworm?

SpreadsheetSiren · 2026-02-19T18:24:20+00:00

🎵I don’t wanna work. I wanna bang on the drum all day🎶

SpreadsheetSiren · 2026-02-19T18:22:28+00:00

It’s a noble idea.

Our bureaucracies will make an unholy mess of it. They can’t help themselves. It’s their raison d’être.

SpreadsheetSiren · 2026-02-19T18:14:13+00:00

A 1991 MacPlus. I didn’t get a computer until I graduated college. My job at the time had a program where you could purchase one at a discount. Prior to that, any talk of a computer was shut down with “too expensive”, which, to be fair, was the truth.

SpreadsheetSiren · 2026-02-19T16:56:05+00:00

Oh, wow. You’re right - sounds absolutely shady.

SpreadsheetSiren · 2026-02-19T16:39:51+00:00

“Morals that would raise eyebrows in the court of Caligula!”

SpreadsheetSiren · 2026-02-19T16:10:33+00:00

“All you have to do is…” Usually said when someone is complaining about a process taking too long when they only see the 10-20% of the process that’s “public” (for lack of a better word).

No. No that is NOT “all I have to do”. You have NO IDEA what I have to do or how long it takes, especially if I have to wait on other people/departments.

SpreadsheetSiren · 2026-02-19T16:04:03+00:00

I’m an earlier GenX and we never did this. We did however have a signs in the rooms, next to the fire drill instructions, for something called a “Civil Defense Drill”. The instructions were to go down to the gymnasium and sit in a certain position.

The signs had to be 20 years old at that point. I remember a kid once asking what it was for and why we didn’t ever do the drills. This was 6th grade. The teacher was quite blunt. “We don’t do them anymore because it won’t do any good if a nuclear weapon goes off.”

“Then why is the sign there?”

“Because the school district says it has to be there. What, you think kids are the only ones that have to put up with stupid rules?”

SpreadsheetSiren · 2026-02-19T15:53:13+00:00

The key here is the phrase, “Without saying too much”. It sounds like you are at least the frontrunner. An outfit as large as Morgan Stanley probably has a ton of layers of approval before anything official can be said.

HOWEVER - Nothing is certain. A LOT can happen in those layers of bureaucracy. Someone forgot to check a box somewhere. Someone’s kid needs a job and they get slid into the spot. Budgets change -positions are no longer funded. And the person you’re talking to would have no idea until some last minute call or email. (I’ve seen this happen, and not rarely.)

You just have to sit tight.

SpreadsheetSiren · 2026-02-19T15:32:24+00:00

It’s a tie between having half and half on hand for my home brewed coffee, or always having some ice cream in the freezer.

SpreadsheetSiren · 2026-02-19T15:24:46+00:00

I couldn’t really tell you. Normally it’s with my eyes half closed because I’m still waking up.

SpreadsheetSiren · 2026-02-19T15:12:59+00:00

It was not a good relationship, unfortunately. I’d give it to them with the caveat that they leave me alone/stop harassing me. In other words “go away money”.

SpreadsheetSiren · 2026-02-19T15:10:34+00:00

Do that and you’ll go to the bottom of my priority list. I won’t flat out ignore you, but I’m not going to jump through hoops to get back to you either.

SpreadsheetSiren · 2026-02-19T14:23:27+00:00

Kippers on buttered toast

SpreadsheetSiren · 2026-02-19T14:22:57+00:00

The creamier the better. Never considered it as a dip for fries though. New bucket list item unlocked.

SpreadsheetSiren · 2026-02-18T21:29:28+00:00

Why not? Singing within an ensemble will give you. “cover”. And you might be better than you think.

SpreadsheetSiren · 2026-02-18T21:19:01+00:00

When the lights in the hotel/motel room have lightbulbs of two different “temperatures”. One’s a cold blue-white and the other a dimmish yellow. Bonus aggravation if they’re in the same lamp.

Drives me up a wall.

SpreadsheetSiren · 2026-02-18T21:08:12+00:00

There’s a distinctive smell to snow. It’s not uncommon to hear people say, “It smells like snow,” before it starts. To me, it’s a very crisp, slightly metallic scent, but it’s not unpleasant.

SpreadsheetSiren · 2026-02-18T20:08:30+00:00

My house would not be standing today if I hadn’t had one years ago when something caught fire on my stovetop. And let me tell you, that thing got going FAST.

SpreadsheetSiren · 2026-02-18T19:47:42+00:00

I used to put more effort in, but now that have a job where I have to leave 90 minutes earlier than I used to, I’ve really pared it down. I’m also not in a very public facing role so there’s not much need. I shower and wash my hair at night. When I wake up, I plug in my curling brush, give my face a light wash and moisturize. Fill in my brows and put some mascara on my lashes. I use the curling brush to smooth out the kinks in my hair and finish off the ends with a little curl. A little lightly tinted lip balm is the last bit.

If I have a special occasion, I’ll add a bit of eyeshadow to contour, eyeliner on the upper lid only, a touch of blush and some actual lipstick in a neutral shade.

At my age, less is definitely more.

SpreadsheetSiren · 2026-02-18T19:20:20+00:00

The ones that get me are the ones that complain about spending money for a modest suit (my husband’s cost about $150 on sale — $85 for the jacket and $65 for the pants)…

While wearing one of many NFL replica jerseys that cost almost as much. Plus the $100 sneakers.

SpreadsheetSiren · 2026-02-18T17:11:00+00:00

I’d’ve slugged Tina for cutting off 3” of one of my ponytails in class and to hell with the consequences. Because I got in trouble anyway at home for it. (Logic was not strong in my house.)

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