"No. All we sell is the bible, because it is the only book worth reading." If you can say this while maintaining eye contact and not blinking, that's even better.
I have had people come up to me at the grocery store if I am wearing my company short, while I am shopping, to ask me if we have a book. Yes, just let me teleport over for you and find out for you!
Ok, better idea. Print up a bunch of little slips of paper with variations of, "No," "Sorry, we just sold the last copy," "Expecting new stock on Thursday, please try again." Keep them on a spool in your purse/pocket. When someone asks, tell them "just one second and I'll check." Then roll your eyes up/back, twitch a little.. draw it out for about 5-6 seconds. Then pull out the spool and extract an answer (if you can make printer noises, even better), then rip off the answer, look disappointed, and show them. Then walk away without another word.
Post by DarcyLongfellow on May 2, 2017 21:21:00 GMT -5
Like miso, I always get praised to high heaven for being a SAHM. It's weird.
"Oh, it's the hardest job in the world!" (no, it's really not. Yesterday I wore my pajamas until I had to pick up my kid from the bus) "Oh, that's wonderful! Everyone should do that." (no, they shouldn't if they don't want to)
Who? I work for a company that is international, but generally behind the scenes, so the company name is not well known. Plus, the name is derived from a sentence in French (our home country is France), which I can't remember right now, so it's kind of a made up name.
Aren't you in STL? Do you work in infertility by chance?
I never used to say what I did because it was confusing but I'd say where I'd work and I'd either get "my dad, grandpa, etc was in the Union" or "I hate Unions". Either way, pointless or rude responses. Now I'm in accounting (for the same union) and just plan to say that, but it hasn't come up since my job change.
It depends. Sometimes, "oh nice" sometimes, "I could never deal with sick people/blood/surgery/cancer etc", sometimes, "hey my cousin's friend's mother's boyfriend has some kind of cancer and they might have had some surgery, do you think they'll be ok?"
When I did online dating in the very early stages, I'd just say, "I work in a hospital" Because...maybe I'm a mid level provider (ding ding ding) or an administrator or a food service person or RN or....... The reasoning is that I'd get weird responses about my salary or prescriptions etc and it kind of made me uneasy. (I'd usually come clean once I went out with someone)
Oh no. Cancer cells are good at growing by themselves. It's literally their job. I work 9-5. Ish. *preens*
...any openings in your lab? 😂
I just started a part time tissue culture job in a research lab. this is my first job back after 11 years of staying home. My job prior to kids was in clinical cytogenetics. Samples were set up/maintained/harvested on a daily basis so we had weekend/holiday rotations.
I'm still getting used to how laid back this research schedule is.
Post by cinderbella on May 2, 2017 21:43:06 GMT -5
"Oh, I saw that one story on the news about the veteran that was left to die in the park because the VA denied abcdxyz."
"Veterans are entitled to abcdxyz after risking their lives for us..... How can you people deny them these things?"
I work for the VA, obviously. I used to determine eligibility and pay claims for care veterans received outside the VA system - due to emergency or referral. It was super frustrating because 99% of the time, there was so much more to the story that couldn't be shared.
I work in Pension Management now - but not retirement pension, it's a "pension" where we supplement veteran's income up to a (horrifically low) cap that's set by Congress based on their income and medical expenses. People assume it's retirement pension but basically, you don't want to qualify for this program because you're broke as shit if you do.
I just started a part time tissue culture job in a research lab. this is my first job back after 11 years of staying home. My job prior to kids was in clinical cytogenetics. Samples were set up/maintained/harvested on a daily basis so we had weekend/holiday rotations.
I'm still getting used to how laid back this research schedule is.
Hahaha. Academia? I'm trying to go the other way and keep realizing fuuuuuck... I'mma haffa show up at an agreed uppn time and shjt. Not cool.
I just started a part time tissue culture job in a research lab. this is my first job back after 11 years of staying home. My job prior to kids was in clinical cytogenetics. Samples were set up/maintained/harvested on a daily basis so we had weekend/holiday rotations.
I'm still getting used to how laid back this research schedule is.
Hahaha. Academia? I'm trying to go the other way and keep realizing fuuuuuck... I'mma haffa show up at an agreed uppn time and shjt. Not cool.
I'm moving that way too, FastHands. Can't show up at 10 anymore, lol.
Stem cells and their derivatives are assholes. They need something everyday because they hate me.