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Currently, where is a nearby place that you like to dine?
i need to think of a good one for date night w/ wife tonight.
there are plenty of standards in the Italian category near our house. Lusardi's is my favorite mostly because it is fancy enough to dress up and casual enough to let the kids wear sweats or PJs. and the food is FANTASTIC
I don't think that restaurant serves what they're advertising!
"Fusion" makes it sound like gentlemen might not be welcome ;-)
Sidebar: Japanese doesn't seem to really have a "proper" term for that. あそこ doesn't count. I've asked women what term doctors use, but never gotten a good answer. Maybe a lot of hand-waving occurs???
To me, a restaurant with Fusion in its name isn't authentic. It's like it's target audience is a white person that doesn't like authentic X food, but is willing to try watered down X fusion food.
There is a local small Mexican restaurant family and friends run that does mostly take out, but does have sit down. Good sized menu, bakery, great food, reasonable prices. Best refried beans we have found anywhere. Great Chile Releno is a specialty.
A train travels along the X-axis at -20/minute starting from point N and a tornado travels in the opposite directions at 3/minute starting from 0, what does N have to be...
Scientists find hundreds of ancient viruses frozen in a defrosting Tibetan glacier. [cue scene where scientist accidentally pricks his finger with a sample]
The announcers were showing Colorado's schedule and said the O/U for wins was 5.5 I think. And then saying, look at that schedule. I'm guessing they think 5.5 is too high. Looks like 4 ranked teams plus lots of good teams. The way their D was against NDSU, I think I agree.
ACC: Western Carolina was at #24 NC State, but the favored Wolfpack needed a big 4th quarter to come from behind to defeat the FCS Catamounts 38-21. Announcers kept calling out State's offensive play-calling and Grayson McCall's spotty accuracy. In the end, their superstar WR KC Concepcion bailed them out by catching 3 TDs on 9 receptions and 121 yards. NC State loves to run the jet sweep with Concepcion.
NC State has a lot of weapons - Concepcion's electric quickness, a thunder and lightning RB duo, an athletic freak TE. But their O-line is vulnerable and the Catamount exposed them via a steady diet of blitzes. Their defense may be rusty due to early season issues, but their defense looked over-aggressive - making them vulnerable to counters, double moves, and scrambles.
ACC: Minnesota and UNC try to outdo each other with bad offensive - or good defense if you're an optimist. UNC's woes came as they lost their starting QB Max Johnson in Q3, potentially for the whole season. Minnesota was behind by two with two seconds left at the UNC 29 and the home crowd going nuts. Minnesota kicker sent the kick wide and the home-team accidentally set off fireworks. UNC won the game 19-17 and has a stretch of cupcakes, but may have a long ACC season.
As a follow-up to the post from yesterday regarding whether we will continue to watch our former Pac-12 foes, what is your rooting approach when watching other ACC teams? I am having so much fun rooting against the rest of the conference (including UNC last night) even though it's not good for the conference as a whole? I had the opposite approach with the Pac-12, thinking that every non-conference win made the conference look better as a whole.
I was rooting for ACC (continuing my approach to Pac12 nonconference games) and against Big10 (for spurning Cal). I’m also all-in on upsets against former Pac12 and will happily root for current Pac12 in non-Cal games. I never thought I’d root for a Mack Brown-led team, but the conference implications let me ignore that fact in real-time.
The would be winning kick was wide right...after they had moved the ball to the right with the prior play...after the kicker had hit the right upright with an earlier failed FG attempt. Poor end of game positioning allowed yet another episode of Mack Brown escaping with a win, this one on the road. In Mack's defense, you have to at least be close for a freak error or event to bail you out, something a number of teams were no where close to being in position to benefit from.
a few more college visits coming up for HS senior. Lehigh in PA (sort of a longshot) and Roger Williams in RI, Boston Architectural College. they are applying only to schools w/ architecture programs and mostly in northeast
This season we finally get our wish. For as long as I can remember college football fans have been clamoring to have the team that was deemed 11th best at the end of the regular season to have a chance at the national title. But at the same time my heart bleeds for whoever is 13th best team. When, oh when will #13 get the same opportunity as number 1?
Despite a standout performances from a trio of B’s in Lawrence Butler, JJ Bleday, and Seth Brown, the Oakland A’s were stopped in heartbreaking fashion from sweeping the Cincinnati Reds.
Igniting a back-and-forth battle, Brownie and Butler contributed to three A’s runs in the first two innings of the game. The latter hit a two-run homer to score the freshly recalled Nick Allen that put Oakland up 3-0 on the Reds.
Note slumped posture, the depth-less gaze as he stares down the brim of his cap at the 8.5 inch by 11 inch sheet of printer paper in his hands. He isn’t searching for answers or an explanation, but escape.
Eight Dodgers starters got hits, and a four-run fourth inning was the difference in a 6-3 win over the Orioles on Thursday night at Dodger Stadium, finishing off a 7-2 homestand against American League teams.
To understand how the result doesn’t match the game's rhythm, look no further than the hits total. Winning by three runs, the Dodgers out-hit the Orioles 14 to 4 and could’ve made this far easier.
US Open day 4 .. had grounds passes to the day session. didnt see any big names except #6 Jessica Pegula close out another American. mostly just got to watch some good tennis from very close up. even the unseeded players play at and hit the ball at ridiculous speeds.
it was exceptionally crowded. by 200p you could barely get a seat at any of the courts without waiting 10-15 min. we also had a friend whose kid was a ball boy on one of the smaller courts, so we got to see him in action.
I watched some of Alcaraz's match against the Aussie Li Tu. In the first set he looked like he was strugging. He ended up winning the next 3 sets. Also the crowd was seemed to be very much on Tu's side that first set.
he (Van de Zandschulp) is not someone most folks would have expected to pull off this sort of monumental upset. Consider: Van de Zandschulp was 11-18 for the season at the start of this week and hadn't won consecutive matches at a tour-level event in 2024 until now.
In it is an example of our problematic branding (this covers it, but would be a huge hat or t-shirts). 11 words to say "Cal"...
But while Asomugha was playing basketball and football at Narbonne high school in Habor City, and then for the California Golden Bears football team at the University of California, Berkeley
Interesting that they wrote that whole article without mentioning that he's married to a pretty significant movie star. He wasn't exactly starting in Hollywood without connections or an "in"!
Oh, no. I'm not falling for this monkey paw wish. If I say yes, then we lose every Big Game, never win ACC championship, be a CFP bubble team, and we never get selected, and then get blown out every bowl game by some rando G5 school.
I'm going to guess somewhere between b and c. If he can consistently win 7+ games in the ACC, then he'll stay around. Win 3 of 4 out of conference games and then 4 or 5 of 8 conference games. I think it's doable.
I think either B or C. Problem is it will probably have to go VERY wrong for him to actually be let go…like back-to-back 3-win seasons? Don’t really see that happening…but I have serious doubts that Wilcox and his staff can coax a 9-10 win season out of his players..
Until proven otherwise, it’s looking like another Wilcox Special - 6-6, +/- 1, with a low level bowl in mid-Dec…tho hope springs eternal for that elusive Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl bid in El Paso…..
Except for one thing - even Ray Willsey, Mr. Mediocre, was pushed out after a 6-5 season. From a historical perspective, I'm less than assured that Wilcox retains his job with another 6-6 record.
It’s time for Oski Disciple’s final question of the day.
Do people who are home schooled have class reunions? What are their yearbooks like? Are parent-teacher conferences just their mom talking to herself? Aren’t proms pretty boring?
Thus concludes our series. I would like to say thank you on behalf of the group and ourselves and I hope we've passed the audition. And oh by the way, Go Bears!
we have some closer friends that were homeschoolers. mostly of them were doing it to be dedicated full time to rock climbing, training, competing, traveling.
life is different than what i expected. almost all classes are online these days and they work in a self paced way. their social circles come from their sport.
A friend who home schools here in LA told me that they have a big community of other home schoolers and they organize a lot of social events to get the kids more friends, including a good sized prom where they rented out a big event boat in Marina del Rey
Indeed. One imagines that the woman found dead in her cubicle had a heart attack or stroke or other medical emergency on Friday, which killed her. But what causes me to be puzzled is that NO ONE knew that she was there or that NO ONE had reason to visit her location in the course of their duties on a daily basis.
And how is it that no one wanted to know where she was on *Monday* if, in fact, she was scheduled to work and didn't show up? Or why didn't building security know that she hadn't clocked out or tagged out Friday afternoon/evening?
If I'm a manager, I start a top-to-bottom review of what happened, especially what happened on Monday, and how we make sure it doesn't happen again.
The mind boggles that something like this could have been missed as long as it was.
Soooooo...it was someone on my team who found her. :( She was not on my team.
She kind of sat around the corner in an out of the way spot on her floor. She came in on Friday, attended her meetings, no red flags. Everyone went home for the weekend. Mondays are very lightly attended in the office, and I don't know if nobody else on her team was around, or if she was the only member of her team in that location or what, but when he came in on Tuesday he was all, what is that weird smell? Did the janitors not empty someone's lunch from last week and went looking around and found her. He didn't know her but is pretty freakin traumatized.
Currently, where is a nearby place that you like to dine?
i need to think of a good one for date night w/ wife tonight.
there are plenty of standards in the Italian category near our house. Lusardi's is my favorite mostly because it is fancy enough to dress up and casual enough to let the kids wear sweats or PJs. and the food is FANTASTIC
I don't think that restaurant serves what they're advertising!
"Fusion" makes it sound like gentlemen might not be welcome ;-)
Sidebar: Japanese doesn't seem to really have a "proper" term for that. あそこ doesn't count. I've asked women what term doctors use, but never gotten a good answer. Maybe a lot of hand-waving occurs???
To me, a restaurant with Fusion in its name isn't authentic. It's like it's target audience is a white person that doesn't like authentic X food, but is willing to try watered down X fusion food.
not sure why I had Fusion twice (edited)
I was making a joke about fusioned "manko"s, which is something one might enjoy on the interwebs...
SGBear has posted the C-Word on our Family-Friendly little site here ;-)
Which I think violates their Terms and Conditions of "Anything is fine, so long as you’re generally civil."
What about Thai-Chinese (Thi-Chi) Fusion? Wasn't that a thing in the 1990s?
There is a local small Mexican restaurant family and friends run that does mostly take out, but does have sit down. Good sized menu, bakery, great food, reasonable prices. Best refried beans we have found anywhere. Great Chile Releno is a specialty.
SHE BLINDED ME WITH...
A train travels along the X-axis at -20/minute starting from point N and a tornado travels in the opposite directions at 3/minute starting from 0, what does N have to be...
https://www.kfyrtv.com/2024/08/29/tornado-derails-least-20-train-cars-near-steele-wednesday-night/
i have been doing summer precalculus homework w/ HS senior. yesterday was horizontal and vertical asymptotes. not sure what today will bring ..
Dude made a giant rainforest terrarium and then introduced six successive ant species to see what happened. Answer: ANT WAR
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDm7CijS4jY
Scientists find hundreds of ancient viruses frozen in a defrosting Tibetan glacier. [cue scene where scientist accidentally pricks his finger with a sample]
https://e360.yale.edu/digest/ancient-viruses-glacier-climate-change
younger child and i just watched the "She Blinded Me With ... " music video. lots of laughs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V83JR2IoI8k
thx
ELSEWHERE IN COLLEGE
Ex-Pac: Colorado holds on to beat NDSU 31-26 as a Bison hail mary was caught four yards short of the end zone as time expired.
https://www.espn.com/college-football/playbyplay/_/gameId/401634206
Colorado's defense going to keep them from winning lots of games this year.
Cal's offense is going to keep us from winning a lot games ... (if history holds true)
NDSU got screwed out of a play by the Colorado time keepers and officials that let the clock run for 5 seconds on the penultimate play. What a joke.
F Deion.
The announcers were showing Colorado's schedule and said the O/U for wins was 5.5 I think. And then saying, look at that schedule. I'm guessing they think 5.5 is too high. Looks like 4 ranked teams plus lots of good teams. The way their D was against NDSU, I think I agree.
I have no idea why you would schedule NDSU…seems like more bad than good comes from playing an FCS powerhouse like that…
The Bison are good enough to beat a lot of P4 teams.
I sure wouldn't want Cal playing them in the first game of the year.
Great game.
#22 Kansas defeats cupcake Lindenwood after going up 34-0 at half and coasting to a 48-3 win
https://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore/_/gameId/401636606
Utah defeats cupcake Southern Utah after going up 35-0 at half and coasting to a 49-0 win
https://www.espn.com/college-football/game/_/gameId/401636607/southern-utah-utah
#11 Missouri defeats cupcake Murray State after going up 35-0 at half and coasting to a 51-0 win
https://www.espn.com/college-football/game/_/gameId/401628327/murray-st-missouri
ACC: Western Carolina was at #24 NC State, but the favored Wolfpack needed a big 4th quarter to come from behind to defeat the FCS Catamounts 38-21. Announcers kept calling out State's offensive play-calling and Grayson McCall's spotty accuracy. In the end, their superstar WR KC Concepcion bailed them out by catching 3 TDs on 9 receptions and 121 yards. NC State loves to run the jet sweep with Concepcion.
NC State has a lot of weapons - Concepcion's electric quickness, a thunder and lightning RB duo, an athletic freak TE. But their O-line is vulnerable and the Catamount exposed them via a steady diet of blitzes. Their defense may be rusty due to early season issues, but their defense looked over-aggressive - making them vulnerable to counters, double moves, and scrambles.
Do we have any DBs that can guard Concepcion, or RJ Cleveland for SMU, or Ayomanor?
Fear these guys could have some Nelson Agholor-type days v Sirmon and Wilcox’s secondary
ACC: Minnesota and UNC try to outdo each other with bad offensive - or good defense if you're an optimist. UNC's woes came as they lost their starting QB Max Johnson in Q3, potentially for the whole season. Minnesota was behind by two with two seconds left at the UNC 29 and the home crowd going nuts. Minnesota kicker sent the kick wide and the home-team accidentally set off fireworks. UNC won the game 19-17 and has a stretch of cupcakes, but may have a long ACC season.
https://www.espn.com/college-football/recap/_/gameId/401628448
As a follow-up to the post from yesterday regarding whether we will continue to watch our former Pac-12 foes, what is your rooting approach when watching other ACC teams? I am having so much fun rooting against the rest of the conference (including UNC last night) even though it's not good for the conference as a whole? I had the opposite approach with the Pac-12, thinking that every non-conference win made the conference look better as a whole.
I was rooting for ACC (continuing my approach to Pac12 nonconference games) and against Big10 (for spurning Cal). I’m also all-in on upsets against former Pac12 and will happily root for current Pac12 in non-Cal games. I never thought I’d root for a Mack Brown-led team, but the conference implications let me ignore that fact in real-time.
The would be winning kick was wide right...after they had moved the ball to the right with the prior play...after the kicker had hit the right upright with an earlier failed FG attempt. Poor end of game positioning allowed yet another episode of Mack Brown escaping with a win, this one on the road. In Mack's defense, you have to at least be close for a freak error or event to bail you out, something a number of teams were no where close to being in position to benefit from.
ACC: Wake Forest pulls away from NC A&T in second half, win 45-13 as Hank Bachmeier comes off the bench to put the game away.
https://www.espn.com/college-football/game/_/gameId/401628581/nc-at-wake-forest
a few more college visits coming up for HS senior. Lehigh in PA (sort of a longshot) and Roger Williams in RI, Boston Architectural College. they are applying only to schools w/ architecture programs and mostly in northeast
Our neighbors’ kid very happy at Northeastern’s architecture program.
that is on this list of colleges to apply to. very much a longshot ...
in think Northeastern is among the most competitive schools in the country to get into because of the innovative work-study opportunities.
Drexel has an interesting 2+4 program where you take normal college classes for 2 years and then work+major classes the ast 4 yrs.
Has she done informational interviews with an architect?
yes some. but always willing to talk to people (in case you know people ...)
also, their HS has something of a vocational track and they will have taken 4 yrs of architecture courses by the time they graduate.
This season we finally get our wish. For as long as I can remember college football fans have been clamoring to have the team that was deemed 11th best at the end of the regular season to have a chance at the national title. But at the same time my heart bleeds for whoever is 13th best team. When, oh when will #13 get the same opportunity as number 1?
in an even crueler twist of fate, they will skip 13 and go on to the 14th
Only a Cal fan who lived through 2004 can *truly* appreciate the irony.
As soon as we expand again in the next contract cycle to 14 or 16 teams.
OUR CRUMBLING DEMOCRACY
PRO
Reds walk it off against A’s to avoid sweep
https://www.athleticsnation.com/2024/8/29/24231843/oakland-athletics-cincinnati-reds-lawrence-butler-jj-bleday-seth-brown
Despite a standout performances from a trio of B’s in Lawrence Butler, JJ Bleday, and Seth Brown, the Oakland A’s were stopped in heartbreaking fashion from sweeping the Cincinnati Reds.
Igniting a back-and-forth battle, Brownie and Butler contributed to three A’s runs in the first two innings of the game. The latter hit a two-run homer to score the freshly recalled Nick Allen that put Oakland up 3-0 on the Reds.
A's scored 3 in the top of the 9th to go up 9-7. Then don't get an out and the Reds score 3 to win the game.
Giants confused by baseball in loss
https://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2024/8/29/24231981/mlb-final-giants-brewers-8-29-2024-recap-hayden-bridsong-giants-confused-by-baseball-in-loss
Bob Melvin is over it.
Note slumped posture, the depth-less gaze as he stares down the brim of his cap at the 8.5 inch by 11 inch sheet of printer paper in his hands. He isn’t searching for answers or an explanation, but escape.
Farhan’s gonna Farhan.
Dodgers group effort on offense beats Orioles
https://www.truebluela.com/2024/8/29/24232001/dodgers-offense-bullpen-orioles
Eight Dodgers starters got hits, and a four-run fourth inning was the difference in a 6-3 win over the Orioles on Thursday night at Dodger Stadium, finishing off a 7-2 homestand against American League teams.
To understand how the result doesn’t match the game's rhythm, look no further than the hits total. Winning by three runs, the Dodgers out-hit the Orioles 14 to 4 and could’ve made this far easier.
Columbus Blue Jacket All-Star Johnny Gaudreau and his brother were killed by a drunk driver while cycling the day before their sister's wedding.
https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/41053342/blue-jackets-winger-johnny-gaudreau-brother-matthew-die
US Open day 4 .. had grounds passes to the day session. didnt see any big names except #6 Jessica Pegula close out another American. mostly just got to watch some good tennis from very close up. even the unseeded players play at and hit the ball at ridiculous speeds.
it was exceptionally crowded. by 200p you could barely get a seat at any of the courts without waiting 10-15 min. we also had a friend whose kid was a ball boy on one of the smaller courts, so we got to see him in action.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/DNZS7X1mhcz1Vv9X9
Alcaraz lost in straight sets in 2nd round. a bit of a shocker.
I watched some of Alcaraz's match against the Aussie Li Tu. In the first set he looked like he was strugging. He ended up winning the next 3 sets. Also the crowd was seemed to be very much on Tu's side that first set.
https://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/id/41049578/carlos-alcaraz-stunned-botic-van-de-zandschulp-us-open
he (Van de Zandschulp) is not someone most folks would have expected to pull off this sort of monumental upset. Consider: Van de Zandschulp was 11-18 for the season at the start of this week and hadn't won consecutive matches at a tour-level event in 2024 until now.
I was visiting with my brother who plays some, and the ball boy shoes definitely are a topic.
Are those shoes part of the uniform?
Seem to be. Everyone is wearing them.
yes, all the ball-persons had them on. they are apparently not comfortable.
CAL
Go BEARS!
saw a guy w/ a Cal Rugby shirt at the US Open yesterday. hearty Go Bears were exchanged.
saw a guy wearing a Top Dog shirt. he ignored me.
Was deciding whether this goes under Pro or Cal...figured here was better.
(I didn't see this posted yet.)
https://www.instapaper.com/read/1703170752
In it is an example of our problematic branding (this covers it, but would be a huge hat or t-shirts). 11 words to say "Cal"...
But while Asomugha was playing basketball and football at Narbonne high school in Habor City, and then for the California Golden Bears football team at the University of California, Berkeley
I remember he had a small cameo in Friday Night Lights. Was a cop or detective that brought the Anthony Mackey character to the team, I think.
Interesting that they wrote that whole article without mentioning that he's married to a pretty significant movie star. He wasn't exactly starting in Hollywood without connections or an "in"!
without searching myself...who?
Kerry Washington, from Scandal.
really?!? did he show up at the convention when she hosted?
Once you write "California Golden Bears football team", "at the University of California, Berkeley" becomes superfluous, redundant.
except (the reasoning goes) that "people" don't know that California Golden Bears = UC Berkeley.
maybe the author is a Cal grad/fan and intentionally made it awkward ;-)
At least one Bear doing roadwork to prepare for the Aggies. https://x.com/buitengebieden/status/1829398986895056948
While another practices fumble recovery.
https://x.com/scrollTherapy2/status/1829406233603850375
That's a fine looking kick step. You're not gaining the edge advantage rushing against that guy.
Wilcox starts his eighth season tomorrow. How many more do you think he's got?
a) this is it, he's done
b) two or three
c) another eight
At least another eight after he wins the ACC Championship and gets a CFP invitation, despite inexplicably going winless against Wake Forest.
Would you accept being in the CFP conversation every year, but lose every year to Furd?
Oh, no. I'm not falling for this monkey paw wish. If I say yes, then we lose every Big Game, never win ACC championship, be a CFP bubble team, and we never get selected, and then get blown out every bowl game by some rando G5 school.
I'm going to guess somewhere between b and c. If he can consistently win 7+ games in the ACC, then he'll stay around. Win 3 of 4 out of conference games and then 4 or 5 of 8 conference games. I think it's doable.
Could be a, could be b. Hope springs eternal in a new year, in a new conference. But I think it will go wrong, and it is likely to be ugly.
Prove me wrong, Golden Bears!
I think either B or C. Problem is it will probably have to go VERY wrong for him to actually be let go…like back-to-back 3-win seasons? Don’t really see that happening…but I have serious doubts that Wilcox and his staff can coax a 9-10 win season out of his players..
Until proven otherwise, it’s looking like another Wilcox Special - 6-6, +/- 1, with a low level bowl in mid-Dec…tho hope springs eternal for that elusive Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl bid in El Paso…..
Except for one thing - even Ray Willsey, Mr. Mediocre, was pushed out after a 6-5 season. From a historical perspective, I'm less than assured that Wilcox retains his job with another 6-6 record.
Really? Interesting…I figure a 6-6 season and a second consecutive bowl bid would probably get him another year…we shall see.
Track the attendance. That's the critical barometer.
DBD AV CLUB
two things on my list to see
- Wild Robot movie. great kids books. have read all 3.
- Rings of Power. would have watched last night if i wasnt so tired.
got my dates wrong .. Wild Robot comes out Sep 27.
It’s time for Oski Disciple’s final question of the day.
Do people who are home schooled have class reunions? What are their yearbooks like? Are parent-teacher conferences just their mom talking to herself? Aren’t proms pretty boring?
Thus concludes our series. I would like to say thank you on behalf of the group and ourselves and I hope we've passed the audition. And oh by the way, Go Bears!
Would their class reunions just be Christmas?
we have some closer friends that were homeschoolers. mostly of them were doing it to be dedicated full time to rock climbing, training, competing, traveling.
life is different than what i expected. almost all classes are online these days and they work in a self paced way. their social circles come from their sport.
to answers your questions as best as i can..
- the get invited to prom by other kids
- no reunions, no yearbooks, no conferences
Sorry to see this end. I'm sure there are many more questions seemingly lacking a good answer to explore.
yes. thanks for keeping us entertained and thought-provoked
A friend who home schools here in LA told me that they have a big community of other home schoolers and they organize a lot of social events to get the kids more friends, including a good sized prom where they rented out a big event boat in Marina del Rey
Yearbooks? We don't need no stinkin' yearbooks!
I have questions...
Wells Fargo employee found dead in cubicle four days after clocking in
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/08/30/wells-fargo-worker-dead-four-days/
Being left alone in an isolated cubicle can be worse than being left alone on a mountain top.
Apropos: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwyx6wwp5d5o
Indeed. One imagines that the woman found dead in her cubicle had a heart attack or stroke or other medical emergency on Friday, which killed her. But what causes me to be puzzled is that NO ONE knew that she was there or that NO ONE had reason to visit her location in the course of their duties on a daily basis.
And how is it that no one wanted to know where she was on *Monday* if, in fact, she was scheduled to work and didn't show up? Or why didn't building security know that she hadn't clocked out or tagged out Friday afternoon/evening?
If I'm a manager, I start a top-to-bottom review of what happened, especially what happened on Monday, and how we make sure it doesn't happen again.
The mind boggles that something like this could have been missed as long as it was.
We do not track who badges out of buildings.
I'm just a touch surprised by that. But then again, our overnight security staff walks every floor at least once. between 6 PM and 6 AM.
I'm thinking there may be a policy update soon.
Obviously not a critical role job, where someone would notice. Probably a customer support call taker.
She had a professional project-related job.
Soooooo...it was someone on my team who found her. :( She was not on my team.
She kind of sat around the corner in an out of the way spot on her floor. She came in on Friday, attended her meetings, no red flags. Everyone went home for the weekend. Mondays are very lightly attended in the office, and I don't know if nobody else on her team was around, or if she was the only member of her team in that location or what, but when he came in on Tuesday he was all, what is that weird smell? Did the janitors not empty someone's lunch from last week and went looking around and found her. He didn't know her but is pretty freakin traumatized.
That's terrible. My condolences to your team member. I can only imagine how terrible it must have been.