Editor Secrets Revealed! (Shocking)

[AsylumSeeker]

Okay, so maybe not shocking, that was just to lure you here. Hey, it works for tabloids!

I find that in the evenings after I get home from work I am too distracted or busy to edit much. So I have made a strategic and helpful move. I simply bought a second laptop for home and moved my "dinosaur" to my work desk. I develop training for a living anyway and experience no guilt as others are taking smoke breaks to multitask and edit on the privately-owned laptop, and then again at lunch (I usually bring a sandwich).

Just good old American ingenuity at work.

And when I have no edits to work on I (very covertly) work on my own stories, but not much.

Does anyone else take "pleasure" to work?

 

[BelleHoney]

That so sneeky and completely genius, but I have to confess, I've also "done it" at work. Best way to get the time by when there's nothing to do.

 

[AsylumSeeker]

In My Case Not A Matter Of Not Much To Do

There's plenty of work to go around, but why, as a non-smoker, should I work more than others ?

 

[CopyCarver]

There's plenty of work to go around, but why, as a non-smoker, should I work more than others ?

Proof positive that non-smoking is a "gateway" to (GASP!) editing.
Oh, the humanities!

 

[mjl2010]

HA! I OWN my own company and still write and edit at work on the sly. (You gotta set a good example )

I'm still wondering what that office assistant is up to though. Too often I see that browser click away when I come through the door.

MJL

 

[AsylumSeeker]

Yup, and being a non-smoker that means I'll probably be around a bit longer... unless in NYC and a crane falls on me!

Just bought a new Logitech mouse, IR and optical, a V220 (cost not bad at $32) and it's extremely responsive (unlike the wife, LOL) Love it!

 

[AsylumSeeker]

HA! I OWN my own company and still write and edit at work on the sly. (You gotta set a good example )

I'm still wondering what that office assistant is up to though. Too often I see that browser click away when I come through the door.

MJL

There's a story there mjl! Here's a starter.

"..and his blood-engorged penis slithered out," the boss frantically typed, wiping the sweat from his effused face.

"Sir?" a timid voice called out, catching her boss wildly beating off. "I can help..."

 

[AsylumSeeker]

Cc

Proof positive that non-smoking is a "gateway" to (GASP!) editing.
Oh, the humanities!

Your comment didn't go unnoticed! Lova ya, man!

 

[DracheDD]

There's plenty of work to go around, but why, as a non-smoker, should I work more than others ?

Don't group us all together.
Some of us only smoke on the breaks we're entitled to. There are those who take advantage of course, but not all of us.

Further, I don't take a lunch break. So there's an extra 30 minutes that everyone else takes, that I don't. I don't take sick days. I don't take "personal" days. I always arrive early and leave late. They get more than the 40 hours they pay me for as it is, so if I take a smoke break, they'll get over it.

 

[kimbalee]

Yup, and being a non-smoker that means I'll probably be around a bit longer... unless in NYC and a crane falls on me!

Just bought a new Logitech mouse, IR and optical, a V220 (cost not bad at $32) and it's extremely responsive (unlike the wife, LOL) Love it!

AS, it's comments like these that get a husband's ass kicked... lol

Write with (GASP) pencil & paper at work. Only one computer for the whole place to use, and in a common area, so not possible.

 

[BelleHoney]

Oh kimbalee that's just bad, how do you cope?

 

[kimbalee]

Oh kimbalee that's just bad, how do you cope?

Well, it's still better than scrubbing floral buckets with bleach, right? ha hah hah! I'm usually just so glad that I have a spare minute, that I deal with it. Is kinda hard though cause I'm spoiled at home- hubby & I have our own computers and I can write whenever I want. Hence why I am on here all the time.

 

[AsylumSeeker]

Just Out Of Curiosity

Well, it's still better than scrubbing floral buckets with bleach, right? ha hah hah! I'm usually just so glad that I have a spare minute, that I deal with it. Is kinda hard though cause I'm spoiled at home- hubby & I have our own computers and I can write whenever I want. Hence why I am on here all the time.

I have three questions, actually.

Question one: Do people really send dead flowers? Intentionally, I mean?

Question B: Was I raped by the local florist for sending two dozen (requested by the wife - one dozen white, one dozen yellow) a day before Valentine's day at a cost of $250? I'm feeling I was, and am still missing the kiss. Does the place you work for "do it" nationwide? (inserting toe in crack - crack of the door, you filthy ones!)

LOL

 

[kimbalee]

I have three questions, actually.

Question one: Do people really send dead flowers? Intentionally, I mean?

Question B: Was I raped by the local florist for sending two dozen (requested by the wife - one dozen white, one dozen yellow) a day before Valentine's day at a cost of $250? I'm feeling I was, and am still missing the kiss. Does the place you work for "do it" nationwide? (inserting toe in crack - crack of the door, you filthy ones!)

LOL

Answer one: Well, the ethical florists don't, but the ones who are only in it to make money by screwing people do. If it is for a funeral order that only needs to last a day or two, you are taking a bigger chance on getting crap, especially if you are out of town and tell them you will not be going to any of the viewings. They like to sue up the old stuff sitting in the cooler in this case. (You always say you willbe there! If you tell them your wife is a picky bitch and never satisfied, all the better. )

Answer B: Hmmm... well, did you at least enjoy the screw you got? Yep, you are missing the kiss if you didn't get one.

So sorry to say, but unless you are in a MAJOR metropolitan area, called at an EXTREMELY late hour, requested exact delivery time to the minute in an area that is hard to get to or REALLY far from their shop, and were a HUGE pain in the ass to deal with (which I find hard to believe) then, you got effed, man.

Red roses cost the most (wholesale-wise), as well as a beautiful lavender shade- supply & demand thing.
Pink are next, along with the red/white dual combo (commonly called "fire & ice" for a relationship that runs hot & cold).
Next are the cream/white roses.
At the bottom of the list are the yellow, orange, green, bi-color, etc. which are the least desirable. I usually cannot give them away.

It might have been that the shop only ordered the red, lavender, and pink, and then had to go out and get yours for your special order. At this point, you are a huge pain in the ass.

Um, well, no... my shop does not "do it nationally" because I work for a cheap-ass. lol However, when I had my own, I "did it nationally" using three different services. Slutty, huh? (Yeah, and I was still a virgin then, too! Can't lie...)

Okay, AS, your floral lesson is now complete. Hope the wife enjoyed them, and they seriously should have come with instructions and lasted a week or longer.

And here's your kiss: