Funny Friday - Humpty Dumpty

2019 Dishcloth Swap - Received

I mentioned before the dishcloths I made for an annual dishcloth swap.

I received my 5 dishcloths and here they are!! They are very nice and one of them even has some scrubby type yarn. Thanks to my fellow Ravelers that sent them.

Squeeze - 2019 Tour

I had the joy of seeing SQUEEZE at the Tabernacle Sunday, September 22nd

They were so great!!  The L.A. punk band "X" opened up and they were very good but just were on a bit too long for me.  I don't think a band like Squeeze should have an opening act but I did enjoy "X"

Squeeze mentioned that they first played Atlanta in 1978 at Rose's Catina (a former Tex-Mex bar).  They sang all their hits - it was awesome!!!

 

Rainbow by Kacey Musgraves

I heard this song yesterday, it is is rare I hear new music these days since I primarily listen to First Wave or the 80s on 8 on Sirius XM but both of those channels happened to be playing the same exact song at the same exact time and it wasn't a song I particularly wanted to hear (how in the world did they end up playing the same song at the same time?)

So...I poked around and this song was just coming on and I thought it was so pretty.

Funny Friday - Elmer Fudge

W.I.P. Wednesday - 2019 Dishcloth Swap

I took a break from the Around the World Afghan to finish some dishcloths.

So, since these are finished - I guess they are not really a Work In Progress (WIP) but rather a Finished Object (FO)

I have participated in an annual dishcloth swap for a few years now and almost didn't do it this year because I wasn't sure I had time.

I usually knit them because I really prefer knitted dishcloths to crochet ones, but I do have a few crochet ones that I have received in the swaps that I really love. Also, I crochet faster than I knit so I thought...I will crochet them this year.

I decided to make the Pretty Pastel Dishcloth (that I made a tutorial on before).  So, I made them.
Now I just have to get them in the mail - the deadline is this Friday - that is going to be pushing it, since I have no idea when I will have time to get to the Post Office....haha

 

 

Office Pet Peeves Week - Day 4

The "Quick Question"

If I had a nickle for every time says "Can I ask you a quick question" - then I could have retired about 10 years ago.

I honestly do not mind answering questions, if they pertain to my job, I really don't.  I am very happy to help someone that needs it because sometimes I need assistance too.

However, the pet peeve is that although your question may be quick, the answer and solution isn't. 

Example:
Employee: Can I ask you a quick question
Me: Sure
Employee: Can you give me all the revenue collections for the past 8 years broken down by tax type and by month?
Me: Uh.....I can but it will take me a while to put all that together
Employee: Okay - just send it to me when done and I need it for a meeting with the president of the company in 1 hour.
Employee: Walks away

All questions are quick, right?
Question: Will you explain evolution?
Question: Will you tell me the name of every US President in order?
Question: Will you give me directions to Kalamazoo?

All of the answers are quick - but the answers (other than telling them Yes I will or No, I won't) but the solution to the question is not quick.

The biggest annoyance is though is that they won't wait for the answer. 

For instance, today someone asked me for a telephone number.  I don't have 1,000 telephone numbers memorized.
I said "It is on this website, let's look it up"
While looking it up, I see the website had been modified so I was having trouble finding the number
The employee didn't want to wait around 30 seconds for me to locate it so said
"Just email it to me when you find it" and walked away.

Now, I am spending MY time looking for a phone number, that he needs but HE is too busy to look it up himself but yet it doesn't bother him that it interupts my work day or takes time away from my schedule.

If you ask me a "quick question" - at least be decent enough to hang around for the answer -  no matter how long it takes.