If a woman chooses to take her husband’s last name, they have no problem accepting that as her new name. They drop her maiden name so hard it becomes a security question.
But a trans person takes a new name, and it’s just SO hard for them to not use the old name anymore.
ALT Meme - like drawing of a person thinking hard while holding a cup of tea up with their foot.
The single piece of advice I give new managers is “you will get a long way by consistently showing up and giving a damn about the other person as a human being”.
Managers are also human beings, and in good working relationships they get some of that grace in return.
So sad that kids today spend so much time online. When we were kids we were always outside throwing rocks at one another, smoking, lighting small fires, stealing car hood ornaments, shoplifting, trying drugs... one time I drank gasoline.
I accidentally paid for a @noom subscription after doing the trial and not liking it, and it was so easy and quick to get the charge refunded through their customer support chat.
Even though Noom isn’t for me, I respect companies that stand by their product. Kudos!
When you need a profile pic to go with your bio and you send a photo of yourself eating a donut because that’s who you are as a person, not realizing your photo will go beside other normal professionals photos and posted to the internet.
I swear I’m also a professional. Kinda…
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Torn between my usual “reflect on the last year and set some goals for next year” attitude or a perhaps a more appropriate “fuck all of it just get through another year” take.
Idk why I need to share this - maybe it’s the Xmas spirit, or all the chocolate, or my booster… I love our lil Xmas celebration with my partner and dogs.
I’m so in love y’all & I hope you all have someone in your life that makes you feel thoroughly loved & liked. Merry Xmas 🎄
Merry Christmas, friends! 🎄
You made it through another year! Stay safe cozy.
And consider working on your next letter to Santa - I’m gonna ask for a whole new planet to live on.
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I spent last week in Vancouver, working from an actual office, with my actual teammates whom I haven’t met since I started my job.
It has been 19 months since I’ve worked from an office - IT WAS GLORIOUS I MISS IT SO MUCH
I’m using twitter’s account notification feature for the first (and probably last) time and it’s because I want to buy an Xbox meme fridge from @XboxCanada . But they keep tweeting about non fridge things and it’s stressing me out