the "things you wish you could say" thread

[Economizer]

Madam Secretary,
It has been reported on a local news broadcast this A.M. that the U.S.goverment spending exceeded its GDP (Gross Domestic Product) for last year! WHAT GIVES, HUH?

[Puget]

I don't know that I'd want my memoir to be of interest to psychology majors.

I estimate I get at least one email a month from someone who would like me to use their self-published book or documentary about their life in my psychology courses. They seem to think their "journey" will be of great educational value.

[apl68]

It's almost like he self-published his memoirs and then is finding faculty email addresses on publicly available websites and spamming them. Or exactly like.

Public libraries are sometimes contacted by local/regional authors wanting to sell self-published memoirs and hold book signings.  Our Friends of the Library group got out of holding book signings after several in a row failed to generate enough interest and attendance to be worth the effort.  Mostly they were senior citizens writing about their rural childhoods.  Probably a lot of good material there for a regional oral history project, but not enough to really justify publishing a whole book.

[Langue_doc]

To the gorilla glue girl--you ain't no girl. What kind of idiot would use gorilla glue instead of hair gel? A 40-year old teacher according to some news reports https://www.yahoo.com/now/gorilla-glue-girl-explained-latest-updates-214504555.html and a daycare provider in others https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/12/style/tessica-brown-gorilla-glue.html.

[ciao_yall]

To the gorilla glue girl--you ain't no girl. What kind of idiot would use gorilla glue instead of hair gel? A 40-year old teacher according to some news reports https://www.yahoo.com/now/gorilla-glue-girl-explained-latest-updates-214504555.html and a daycare provider in others https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/12/style/tessica-brown-gorilla-glue.html.

Yeah. And after a month, (or even a week) wouldn't she have produced enough sebum or new skin cells to at least shave her head and get that mess off her head?

[apl68]

[Branch Manager With a Neighboring Library System], you really upset one of my staff on the phone recently.  Just because she's a front-desk worker is no reason to be rude.  I'll let it slide this time, but if it happens again...I'm on a first-name basis with your system boss.  Let's try to be more collegial next time, okay?

[marshwiggle]

To the gorilla glue girl--you ain't no girl. What kind of idiot would use gorilla glue instead of hair gel? A 40-year old teacher according to some news reports https://www.yahoo.com/now/gorilla-glue-girl-explained-latest-updates-214504555.html and a daycare provider in others https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/12/style/tessica-brown-gorilla-glue.html.

I'm just thinking of all the other things in a spray can that could have been even worse:

• oven cleaner
• insecticide
• WD-40 (would that stick or unstick?)

The mind boggles.

[ab_grp]

Dad died a full 20 years ago, not recently.  Please clarify for your friends who are unaware.

[mamselle]

I wish I could say, "It's all just a bad dream....."

    https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/13/senate-acquits-former-president-donald-trump-on-charge-of-inciting-insurrection-at-us-capitol-.html

But we always knew this could happen.

M.

[science.expat]

I wish I could say, "It's all just a bad dream....."

    https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/13/senate-acquits-former-president-donald-trump-on-charge-of-inciting-insurrection-at-us-capitol-.html

But we always knew this could would happen.

M.

Fixed that for you

[mamselle]

I know.

I was trying to be just teeny, weeny bit positive..

M.

[polly_mer]

Your problems are  a direct result of refusal to deal with reality.  Period.

The positive attitude part only works if that's how you get up every morning to take actions that logically could fix the situation.

Merely having ideas about how the world could be different is irrelevant.

Merely wanting things to be different is irrelevant.

Being really loud about how things should be different in ways that you want is simply annoying.
and can undermine the goodwill you'll need by people who must make the changes.

Facing reality and doing the hard work of changing what you can, accepting what cannot be changed, and putting a lot of research into finding out the difference would serve you better.

I am out of patience with people who think holding the "correct" viewpoints matters, especially when they then won't lead, follow, or get out of the way.

[mamselle]

Unrelated ^

I'm trying to make things easier for both of us to negotiate the new setup. You ignoring the agreements we made to do that, and sending things out over your own name, are not helping.

You were supposed to just edit and return the docs to me to be funneled to the new folks, not send them out yourself. They may not mind, but they might.

I need to finish this out and get paid for the last bits of work left to be done, and I'd like to leave on good terms in case an occasional consultancy is possible. I can't tell if you've just checked out, have lost interest, or are still trying to grandstand somehow.

But whatever it is, stop it. And stop canceling our calls.

This could have possibly been avoided if we'd talked it over just one more time....to reinforce the email and the agreement made in the previous call...ahem.

(I did say some of this, more diplomatically put, in an early AM email, but so far no answer..)

   "Soon and very soon...."

M.

[the_geneticist]

Dear colleague,
I am hoping that you announce your retirement soon. 
I'll even bake you a cake!
I bake really, really good cakes.
The sooner you retire, the sooner you can have tasty cake!
Are you feeling tempted? . . .

[mamselle]

Madam Secretary,
It has been reported on a local news broadcast this A.M. that the U.S.goverment spending exceeded its GDP (Gross Domestic Product) for last year! WHAT GIVES, HUH?

According to my Econ 101 undergrad lecturer, that's not a big deal.

Governments, unlike individuals, have that capacity.

And given the past four years' craziness, that is hardly our biggest problem.

M.