The last straw

[scrooge_scratch]

Okay, this takes the cake. You've all read my rants about my workplace. There are decorations on every surface: lights, evergreens, jingle bells, tinsel, fake snow, you name it. Even our computer desktops match the decor. I'm surrounded by so much red and green, in such eyewatering combinations, that I'm starting to pray for spontaneous

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[lelak]

I'm still waiting on the candy canes you promised me last year. Or did you end up eating them after all your protestations?

[scrooge_scratch]

Sorry, lost track in the seasonal rush. Won't have time before Tuesday, but if you remind me in January I'll send them then.

[anonymous]

So, did That Horrid Wench try to give everyone an "uplifting team morale" speech again, after they put in the Eggnog? From what you've described, it's exactly the sort of thing she'd do. "Let's get into the SPIRIT, everyone!" I don't know how you deal with that place.

[lelak]

Didn't they get rid of her?

[scrooge_scratch]

They got rid of the Brainwashed Corporate Drone with the holly painted on her claws. Now we have the Wannabe Kindergarten Teacher. Not an improvement. And yes, she gave a speech, about how lucky we are to work here and how we must never lose sight of the children at this busy time of year.

"Busy." This from the woman who comes in at 9, goes home at 5, and tells us we should all be able to do the same if we just "work while we're at work." Ha. I'll probably have to be here half the night tonight; a load of requests to be processed just hit my desk and the time zone spread is evil. Stealing a few minutes for the blog is the only thing keeping me sane.

[bobmungovan]

I hate those freaking scents - especially pine and cinnamon!

[scrooge_scratch]

Never, ever visit up here, then. Unless you just want to hang around the stables and smell reindeer manure instead.

[anonymous]

I can have the Man in Red rubbed out. I know people.

[scrooge_scratch]

Oh, if only I could believe that.

[longstrider]

Sounds like you've got grounds for an EEOC complaint of harassment, particularly if you can get a doctor to diagnose you with allergies to the common components in perfumes.

[scrooge_scratch]

Sadly, this place is not under U.S. jurisdiction. If it was, the number of things I could have them nailed for...

[longstrider]

Yeah, control of the Arctic ocean is currently the subject of a pissing match between Russia, Canada, the United States, and Denmark (they own Greenland - yay Vikings!). The reason for this is because the Arctic Ice is melting faster in the summer than it can be deposited in the winter, opening up a short and canal-free shipping lane between the Atlantic and Pacific referred to as "The Northwest Passage." Where they get the "West" from, I dunno, except possibly for some Anglocentrism.

The upshot of all of this, scrooge_scratch, is that your current workshop soon won't exist anymore, or at least not at its current location.

[scrooge_scratch]

With my luck, "elf magic" will keep this place afloat forever.