tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post2767835122507843640..comments2023-09-02T14:13:10.364-07:00Comments on Mouse's Musings: The Girl Who Went AwayMousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11936002393931074811noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post-68592562581156261932021-12-15T10:23:07.554-08:002021-12-15T10:23:07.554-08:00The whole Cheryl thing annoyed me, so I added it t...The whole Cheryl thing annoyed me, so I added it to the "Children of the Tripocalypse" fixfic. (chapter3)<br /><br />https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12530291/1/Children-of-the-Tripocalypse<br /><br />Basically, Vicki and Judd (in that order) have to get a clue in the precarious years after Armageddon goes sideways with no clear winner. They also have to help Rayford do the same.<br /><br />I should continue it?spiritplumberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11103152769766633350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post-29885390809708314802015-03-30T05:18:17.738-07:002015-03-30T05:18:17.738-07:00The big corporate thing I see at the moment is de-...The big corporate thing I see at the moment is de-skilling. We have much less work than people to do it (and this will only get more so), so it saves money to replace someone good with someone barely competent. The first step is to define the required skills for the job; the second step is to hire someone who can barely satisfy that requirement and is so desperate for any kind of work that they'll accept poor pay and conditions.<br /><br />Of course this relies on the idea that there is a binary standard of job performance: good enough, or not. The new person in this situation will never go beyond the bare job description to do a <i>good</i> job.<br /><br />Anyway, rant over. I'm sure that if we met in person we could come up straight away with five things each where one of us was better at it than the other. And that would be true for nearly any pair of people. But that chaos of non-authority is scary to an RTC; if two RTCs do the same thing they need to work out who's the big dog (male vs female, older vs younger, church status, etc.). To them there is a divinely ordained structure which should be used for all purposes. Which must be very reassuring, like living in a dictatorship: whatever goes wrong, it's nothing you can be blamed for.Firedrakenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post-85326333330921345162015-03-30T04:12:00.988-07:002015-03-30T04:12:00.988-07:00The joke passed over you.The joke passed over you.aunursanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post-42755076344387936632015-03-29T18:23:08.621-07:002015-03-29T18:23:08.621-07:00Well, aunursa, I can supply the tears, but I'm...Well, aunursa, I can supply the tears, but I'm not sure about the rest. Does that mean you want me to post on Friday rather than Saturday or Sunday? Or am being completely humor-impaired in overlooking a joke? I understand: it happens. <br /><br />So Firedrake, can I go out on a limb and assume that Ellanjay have never worked a shitty minimum wage job with an idiot boss, who thinks he knows his stuff but doesn't and when he tells you to do something, you can either do it the way he tells you (aka the wrong way) in which case you'll be blamed when things go south, or do it how it's supposed to be done and things go smoothly but don't expect any credit for your hard work. As you can tell, I speak from experience. I've worked my share of shitty minimum wage jobs where the bosses apparently believe that your lifelong ambition was to wear a nametag and take crap from people for poverty-level wages and therefore, you should bow and lick boat for the great privilege he (not to be sexist but it's usually a he) has bestowed upon you. <br /><br />In my experience, the best bosses are the ones who know this is no one's idea of a dream job and know that dealing with the public can be irritating as hell. Though you'd think given the prevalence of shows like "Undercover Boss" that maybe people would get the idea that it does require skill to do minimum wage jobs and it is hard work and maybe the bosses should actually talk to the workers who have to carry out his policies while the CEO is on the golf course. Because the minimum wage slaves know which policies work and which don't. <br /><br />Also, don't worry too much about me suffering while doing these snarks. Many times I exaggerate for comedic effect. Besides this week was kind of amusing, trying to work out the "Godshine doesn't affect Believers' Stuff" thing. I like taking silly stuff like that to its logical extreme and often wonder what Ellanjay would think of my questions about whether you can avoid the burninating by covering your bumper with Jesus fish or if God checks the registration in the glove box or whatever. I can get the believers being spared but my suspension of disbelief shatters when it comes to their stuff. But they'd probably answer, "Because God, that's why!" Mousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11936002393931074811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post-60515161520477334182015-03-29T16:25:53.589-07:002015-03-29T16:25:53.589-07:00Next week being Passover, I would appreciate if yo...Next week being Passover, I would appreciate if you would include some unleavened snark. And maybe salt water, to represent your tears from dredging through the series.aunursanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post-78015257341209601652015-03-29T16:23:43.927-07:002015-03-29T16:23:43.927-07:00What if a believer is a passenger in an unbeliever...<i>What if a believer is a passenger in an unbeliever's vehicle? Or vice versa? Does an unattended Godly car suddenly go "foosh" the moment an unbeliever steals it?</i><br /><br />I was having similar questions. What if you have a busload of damned and one RTC? Is the entire bus protected or just the Christian?aunursanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882696241406815138.post-31928047844972943182015-03-29T14:44:17.845-07:002015-03-29T14:44:17.845-07:00As long as you enjoy it.
If you stop enjoying it,...As long as you enjoy it.<br /><br />If you stop enjoying it, well, life's too short, surely?<br /><br />Consent runs up against hierarchy (not forgetting the Greek roots of that word). If a higher and a lower disagree, the lower must be wrong; the higher always knows better. And these people seem to be wedded to the view that there is <i>just one</i> hierarchy for all purposes: if you know more about anything at all than your boss does, tough, he's still right.<br /><br />Eh, I just picture these guys giggling while they pass around the "best" videos of people igniting in the Godshine.<br /><br />What if a believer is a passenger in an unbeliever's vehicle? Or vice versa? Does an unattended Godly car suddenly go "foosh" the moment an unbeliever steals it?Firedrakenoreply@blogger.com