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Today, I'm the AIC for my office while the director and senior managers are out of the office. Hopefully, the building doesn't catch on fire.

Whenever the director is out of the office, there’s a line of succession for the administrator-in-charge (AIC). I realized that because the director and many of the senior managers are taking vacations/sick days, there are only two people between me and the directorship. 

#god help us all #administrator-in-charge #boss #not really

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Blind Narrator?

Can’t find the original post but is there a book or fan fiction with a blind narrator?

#book recommendation #blind narrator #disabled characters

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I brought in Miracle Berry tablets to work today. My coworker thought we’ll all get poisoned or worse and be out of work after lunch. But lemons have never tasted sweeter.

#poison control #miracle berries #sweets #it did make oranges taste too sweet though #tapatio was also amazing #try again?

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If an organization tells you not to write “See Resume” on your job application, we mean DO NOT WRITE “See Resume” ON YOUR JOB APPLICATION. 

Oh, don’t plagiarize from a website either.

#every time #review your applications #read the instructions #HR #adulting #don't try to get away with it by writing something similar #i can use google to find out if you plagiarized #just stop

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Never thought I’d see the day when I have to tell my mom to wash her face when she wakes up in the morning.

#adulting #she hasnt washed her face in the morning for months #she says its because her face is too dry #wash your face

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Overhearing a conversation between my coworkers on how he pulled his hamstring:

A: Did you trip?

B: No. I was running...well not running...

A: Were you jogging?

B: No...not jogging...more like trotting. I’ll just limp along like a zombie pantomime the rest of today. 

#trotting #zombie pantomime #happy monday #what does that even mean

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In the 30 minutes that it took me to drive from work to home, the outside went from a beautiful sunset to the set of The Mist.

#crazy weather #help #its so foggy that it feels like light drizzle #happy friday #but i still got gas #adulting

[jparkblouser]

Whenever the director is out of the office, there’s a line of succession for the administrator-in-charge (AIC). I realized that because the director and many of the senior managers are taking vacations/sick days, there are only two people between me and the directorship. 

#line of succession #so close but so far #this is why royal families used to kill each other for the throne #happy friday #they probably won't let me become aic anyways

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The moment when the guitarist tells you to tune your piano to his strings, and you have to be polite because you’re at church for Christmas Eve.

#uh no #thats not how it works #tune your guitar #annoyed #adulting #christmas eve

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I started a 1,000-piece jigsaw puzzle today. After 30 minutes, most of the edges were done. Mom saw it and told me to slow down. Specifically, she wanted me to wait until my brother comes to town before moving forward because the whole point of doing the puzzle is to talk to one another.

#no #the point is to put the pieces together #i do jigsaw puzzles to avoid people not to socialize #jigsaw puzzle #introvert

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My department is having Winter Office Olympics next week. We have 3 teams: the Guardians, the Incredibles, and the Wonders. It’s times like this that I remember how competitive some of my coworkers can get.

#office olympics #theme is marvelpalooza #this is supposed to be a part of teambuilding exercise #competitve coworkers

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At work, I give myself high fives for clever jokes, cultural references, and anything else that helps me get through the day as positive reinforcement. My coworkers see this, and one in particular pretty much dies every time.

I’ll never stop.

#behaviorism #positive reinforcement #self high five #taking care of myself #i did this in front of my director once #makes for a good conversation starter #haha jk not really

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Deciding not to buy a box of liquor-filled truffles crushes my soul like that one time I decided not to buy 6 bars of dark chocolate to make chocolate decadence from Food Wishes.

#i have a chocolate problem #foodwishes #chocolate #im rethinking my life choices #maybe i can still buy them #someone buy it for me

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Whenever I ask for a day off, my supervisor and coworkers ask if I’m going somewhere, and I’m like, “No. I just want to sleep in.”

#this is why you should stay in school #sleep in and still get paid for the day #they ask this pretty much every time #adulting

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There’s nothing quite like slipping on the wooden floor after cooking a pound of bacon.

#slip and slide #bacon #baked potato soup #so much bacon fat

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I was surprised that the feeling of success I felt after fitting all my “necessities” in the new tiny purse was similar to when I got my degree.

#success #winning #dsw #downgrading to a tiny purse better be worth it #I swear my degree is worth more than this

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I was in the car with my mom at night and saw sparkling lights out of the corner of my eyes. I told Mom that it’s hard to believe that a store would already have their Christmas lights up. When we looked at it closer, I realized that it was the reflection of the headlights of all the cars stuck in traffic with us.

#la traffic #this is why i wear glasses #mom was like you ok? #the headlights were sparkly though #i need more sleep #tgif