Wednesday Banshee
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lavandarlizard2A little something ahead of the #2 worst holiday of the year. ^___^ Yeah, I confess; I hate "family" holidays. They usually wind up as mine fields or target ranges. Blood is not only thicker than water; it's harder to get rid of. >.< If you're walking into one of those tomorrow, good luck. I will be stuffing myself at the local buffet and then shopping. ^___^
BFB – Part 103 – Crazy is as Crazy Does
I opened my email, found and snagged the attachment from Beren, as well as one from Cathy. Her mail stated that she would merge both raw lists and have a professional copy for me by 1000 tomorrow. I thanked both of them in reply and got to work.
I hadn’t meant to get too into the lists, intending to just print them out as-is to give to Ctik, but there were notations galore all through them; stuff like ‘antiques appraisal’, ‘gemologist’, ‘art museum’, ‘resale shop’, and my favorite, ‘what the fuck is *this*?!’
I was still snickering over those when Zuma sidled up to my desk and slipped a parchment in front of me. It was a list of names and phone numbers, with dates and times next to each one.
“Your appraisers. I’ve already called Gisela and she’ll be ready. I’ve also arranged with the port room to pick up and deliver the appraisers. I thought we might get a better idea of the value if we consulted people not from that area.” He grinned brightly and batted his eyes at me.
I stared at him for a good five seconds. “Damn! You’re good! Where have you been hiding all this coordination?” Inazuma isn’t usually the most organized person in the office; was this some kind of love sickness?
He smacked me lightly. “I asked Enrique and Estaban where to start and they both said not to do everything local. Sometimes local appraisers will collude to get better deals. And Estaban suggested I start with ‘estate sales’ for my Google search.”
I looked over at the South American Elf and Wizard and gave them two thumbs up.
“Do you want to do all of the walk-throughs, or shall I do some?”
I checked the dates. There were about twenty appraisers scheduled over the next three days. We were going to wish we had a time turner by 1500 tomorrow. I opened my calendar and began plugging the times in. “Zuma, we’re going to need more than just the two of us.”
“I can help,” said Tiffany, appearing at my desk. “I’d like to get a look at the folks who care so much about a family vampire. And I helped with the estate when my grandparents passed.”
Inazuma and I looked at each other. “We won’t need to use the port room for all of them that way,” he said.
“Yeah…” I grinned up at my boss. “We would love to have your help!”
“How about Moira too? You’ll have to break early to be here when Heero gets back from his Clanhold.”
“Oh.” I’d almost forgotten that Heero wasn’t quite finished with his own mess. “Right. Yeah; sure, then. Um… If you’re sure Q won’t object? It *is* supposed to be my project…”
“Don’t be silly; you are allowed help. You’re also being graded on how well you make use of resources. We’re your resources,” she smirked.
“Cool.” I looked around the office and raised my voice. “Yo! Anyone else want to get in on this vampire thing? Plenty of stuff to do.”
BFB – Part 103 – Crazy is as Crazy Does
I opened my email, found and snagged the attachment from Beren, as well as one from Cathy. Her mail stated that she would merge both raw lists and have a professional copy for me by 1000 tomorrow. I thanked both of them in reply and got to work.
I hadn’t meant to get too into the lists, intending to just print them out as-is to give to Ctik, but there were notations galore all through them; stuff like ‘antiques appraisal’, ‘gemologist’, ‘art museum’, ‘resale shop’, and my favorite, ‘what the fuck is *this*?!’
I was still snickering over those when Zuma sidled up to my desk and slipped a parchment in front of me. It was a list of names and phone numbers, with dates and times next to each one.
“Your appraisers. I’ve already called Gisela and she’ll be ready. I’ve also arranged with the port room to pick up and deliver the appraisers. I thought we might get a better idea of the value if we consulted people not from that area.” He grinned brightly and batted his eyes at me.
I stared at him for a good five seconds. “Damn! You’re good! Where have you been hiding all this coordination?” Inazuma isn’t usually the most organized person in the office; was this some kind of love sickness?
He smacked me lightly. “I asked Enrique and Estaban where to start and they both said not to do everything local. Sometimes local appraisers will collude to get better deals. And Estaban suggested I start with ‘estate sales’ for my Google search.”
I looked over at the South American Elf and Wizard and gave them two thumbs up.
“Do you want to do all of the walk-throughs, or shall I do some?”
I checked the dates. There were about twenty appraisers scheduled over the next three days. We were going to wish we had a time turner by 1500 tomorrow. I opened my calendar and began plugging the times in. “Zuma, we’re going to need more than just the two of us.”
“I can help,” said Tiffany, appearing at my desk. “I’d like to get a look at the folks who care so much about a family vampire. And I helped with the estate when my grandparents passed.”
Inazuma and I looked at each other. “We won’t need to use the port room for all of them that way,” he said.
“Yeah…” I grinned up at my boss. “We would love to have your help!”
“How about Moira too? You’ll have to break early to be here when Heero gets back from his Clanhold.”
“Oh.” I’d almost forgotten that Heero wasn’t quite finished with his own mess. “Right. Yeah; sure, then. Um… If you’re sure Q won’t object? It *is* supposed to be my project…”
“Don’t be silly; you are allowed help. You’re also being graded on how well you make use of resources. We’re your resources,” she smirked.
“Cool.” I looked around the office and raised my voice. “Yo! Anyone else want to get in on this vampire thing? Plenty of stuff to do.”
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Date: 2010-11-25 01:08 am (UTC)*hugs* I have done all my prep work for tomorrow, so it will be an easy day of reheating and turkey cooking- and watching movies/the parade/etc! I hope you have a great T-day!
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Date: 2010-11-25 01:42 am (UTC)We're going out, as always, and then we may check out the places that have made the leap to being open on turkey day. ^___^ No buying, though; just looking and making snarky comments where warranted.
Have a great day, hon! Both of you. ^___^
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Date: 2010-11-25 01:46 pm (UTC)Snarky commentary is fun! *hugs* Ditto!
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Date: 2010-12-01 05:44 am (UTC)I got told once that I spent too much time explaining things to new hires. *sigh* I think I just wasn't playing by the usual "if I don't tell you how to do the job, you'll never be able to take mine" rules.
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Date: 2010-12-01 02:26 pm (UTC)That sucks. As a former new hire, I would love you - and hate the jerks who told you that.
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Date: 2010-12-04 12:36 am (UTC)I'm a logistics-type, so it's never made sense to me to have people who are only half-trained. Every new hire I was responsible for got the whole enchilada. I figure if a newbie can come in, learn my job, and do it better, then more power to them. ^___^ But I worked with a lot of territorial types. *sigh*
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Date: 2010-11-25 01:44 am (UTC)Tiffany's one of those hands-off supervisors, unless you ask. ^____^
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Date: 2010-11-25 03:08 am (UTC)I could be thankful for no drama, and no hurt feelings, and no crankiness, and a lower grocery bill this week, and the cat would be thankful too!
*sigh*
Duo will get the whole office involved and they will learn to like vampires! :D
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Date: 2010-11-25 03:13 am (UTC)My adopted brother, adopted kid and bio-kid are my family. Lot less drama, lot less crap. >_>
The whole office is a sucker for anything Duo wants. ^___^ It's the damn pheromones. *snicker*
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Date: 2010-11-28 04:22 pm (UTC)Duo has great powers of organisation. He just doesn't feel compelled to use them all the time. ^___^
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Date: 2010-11-25 07:27 am (UTC)(The cats are quite underfoot enough when I'm in the kitchen!)
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Date: 2010-11-28 04:25 pm (UTC)Do your cats jump quicker to the sound of the can opener or a pop top being popped? ^___^
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Date: 2010-12-01 05:30 am (UTC)Heh. The little one was so insistent one time, that I set the empty can on the floor for her to explore and she got her head stuck for a moment. ^___^
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Date: 2010-12-01 05:40 am (UTC)My current crop of furs don't have any interesting dietary habits, but previous furs have been cuckoo for watermelon, cantaloupe, tomatoes, V-8, orange juice, coffee ice cream and something else that escapes me now... Oh, yeah; wax candles. ^___^
Correction: the little buzzsaw has a thing about something involved in the labeling of library books. O.o Every new bag of library books gets sniffed and prodded and licked. ^_o
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Date: 2010-11-25 08:29 am (UTC)This. <3 Also, group project! XD
I'm actually giving the family a miss this year, despite living only 20 minutes away from them: I love them dearly, but I got an invitation from some friends and look forward to having a (relatively) smaller T-day actually at someone's house. (The family usually goes to a potluck dinner at their church so they don't have to worry about the turkey, Dad gets to just bake pie and nobody gets stuck with all the cleanup. It's good, but I don't know a lot of people at the church anymore and Mom seems to forget that sometimes...)
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Date: 2010-11-28 04:29 pm (UTC)I can usually count on the RM to return from his mom's with candy in tow. ^___^ That's good enough for me. She makes fudge... *.*
Corporate Bullshit.
Date: 2010-11-29 05:15 am (UTC)Re: Corporate Bullshit.
Date: 2010-12-01 05:28 am (UTC)The last time, when it might have helped, I was too far down the garden path to remember it. >_>
Re: Corporate Bullshit.
Date: 2010-12-01 09:29 am (UTC)Re: Corporate Bullshit.
Date: 2010-12-04 12:29 am (UTC)But no; didn't get fired or arrested. Just confirmed that my boss was a huge douchebag. But I always knew that. ^___^
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