@MBTA, uh, I’m on the Red Line going inbound from Davis, and a few minutes ago, a bunch of water leaked out from the ceiling of my car. Glad I wasn’t sitting in that area.
@somershade1 I’m recently a Somerville resident again after a gap of five years and more recently fled to Mastodon. I like it except I’m missing some content, such as your meeting notes.
I recently found a silver lining to my awkwardness and anxiety around interviewing for jobs. I would never get through the interview process at a “hardcore” company, and that’s a feature, not a bug.
In case the end is nigh, my fav twitter moment was a highly improbable crossing of paths that reconnected me to a stranger I'd shared a Greyhound bus ride with almost 20 years prior...
Husband and I went to get a quote for selling the car and ended up talking with a salesperson who… seemed well-intentioned but left me feeling kind of gross. Towards the end, he asked if we were Japanese, and I said that I was third-gen, and he told us about how he’d heard 1/3
that Japanese women are the best housewives. They are on top of all the household matters and get everything into shape. He seemed like a nice guy and like he was trying to give a compliment, but… I was standing there trying to send strong “let’s get out of here” brainwaves 2/3
no greater joy than going to the pokemon center website and reading reviews for thr massive 3 ft long leek plushie (seems most people use it to bonk their loved ones in the head with it): https://t.co/x8EH7yX5le
I voted! No lines at my location in late morning, so it was pretty easy *except* I didn’t realize two precincts were voting at the same location. Seems like not the best setup… 1/3
I walked in the first door I saw with a “VOTE” sign, tried to check in, and was directed to walk around to the other side of the building and go in that door. I checked in, got my ballot, filled it out, and fed it into the machine after someone verified where I got it from. 2/3
And yes, I’m including my first job in a 24-hr diner worked for minimum wage and usually no tips. But I got a free pie if I worked a double-shift or came in to cover someone who called in sick. 2/2
This is painful to watch, but as a fellow engineer, I’m taking a moment to appreciate every job I’ve ever had, because I feel like I was treated with more dignity than I would’ve been at any of his companies. 1/2