So, I had something that I decided to print this weekend, to show to James. It didn't print at home, our printer is out of ink or just generally screwed up.
It was something... shall we say, sexually explicit and very detailed and personal.
Today when I went to work, my local print queue somehow sent it to the main office printer, where it sat for about 4 hours before the office manager brought it to me.
She seemed OK and reassuring about it, but I'm just sooo nervous about who else might have seen it and how much they read.
It's like one of those things you're always afraid of happening, and then it does and you can only laugh. And freak out. Freak out a lot.
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08/03/2009 13:01 #49446
Funny/Terrible StoryCategory: aaaargh
08/03/2009 11:16 #49445
Bug of the Day
08/02/2009 19:30 #49442
Wahoo :)
jim - 08/03/09 09:42
This guy is 'computer science' famous: :::link:::
Have read lots of his books :) Was happy to lend a hand.
This guy is 'computer science' famous: :::link:::
Have read lots of his books :) Was happy to lend a hand.
james - 08/03/09 09:38
This, after some explaining, I learned is a very awesome thing for Jim.
Congrats!
This, after some explaining, I learned is a very awesome thing for Jim.
Congrats!
08/02/2009 18:04 #49441
Cup Cakes! Shaped Like Puppies!
08/02/2009 09:26 #49438
Haircut
Does she have a point?
dimartiste - 08/10/09 14:42
Ouch! That hurts.
Everyone has had a bad hair day as well as a bad hair cut. God I could just lunch into my most recent story, which results in my cutting my own hair. It is long enough for me to cut on my own. It takes a lot to trust hair people.
Hair and clothes are what make us feel goo about ourselves when we present ourselves to the world. I hope you find a way to style what you have to feel good.
Agression is more in a person's demeanor more than their look unless you are going punk - they look very aggressive with thier ensemble.
Beware the strong silent types and the might of the little ones!
Ouch! That hurts.
Everyone has had a bad hair day as well as a bad hair cut. God I could just lunch into my most recent story, which results in my cutting my own hair. It is long enough for me to cut on my own. It takes a lot to trust hair people.
Hair and clothes are what make us feel goo about ourselves when we present ourselves to the world. I hope you find a way to style what you have to feel good.
Agression is more in a person's demeanor more than their look unless you are going punk - they look very aggressive with thier ensemble.
Beware the strong silent types and the might of the little ones!
tinypliny - 08/02/09 13:03
I am aggressive like hell. People quake in their boots when they see me!
I am aggressive like hell. People quake in their boots when they see me!
heidi - 08/02/09 12:35
I think she has a point. You are so not aggressive.
I think she has a point. You are so not aggressive.
paul - 08/02/09 11:32
I don't see it. In you new userpic you look kind of angry but I think it is the exact horizontal line lips.
I don't see it. In you new userpic you look kind of angry but I think it is the exact horizontal line lips.
jim - 08/02/09 10:26
Godzilla?
Godzilla?
tinypliny - 08/02/09 10:23
To answer your question somewhat, I don't think aggression is a physical attribute.
To answer your question somewhat, I don't think aggression is a physical attribute.
tinypliny - 08/02/09 10:22
Why, does she look like cat-woman or godzilla?
Why, does she look like cat-woman or godzilla?
tinypliny - 08/02/09 10:18
I can't wait to see your new haircut and not recognize you all over again. I think I still don't remember that person who does that all the time apart from you.
I NEED A HAIRCUT. Strands are spilling over my ears. :/
I can't wait to see your new haircut and not recognize you all over again. I think I still don't remember that person who does that all the time apart from you.
I NEED A HAIRCUT. Strands are spilling over my ears. :/
Well the silver lining is that you did not get into trouble, lose your job kind of thing!
I have to work with large groups of people and most of the time, I glance at whatever it is and put it on a pile of papers in the corner where people retrieve thier print outs.
I agree with tiny and metalpeter. Maybe you could send it to (e:Terry)'s printer too?! Ok, just joking.
I know the feeling you are talking about just because I am an artist and most of the stuff I draw can be taken in all sorts of ways.
Yet, lilho has my curiosity. I wonder what you were going to printout? hmm... (evil mini me)
Everyone has a dark side and we are all sexual beings, now they know what you are interested in!
Ok:
1. So if your office manager got to read it, can we?
2. Paul- That kinda stuff? What are you guys printing out?!
Here is what I'm guessing would have happened if anyone other then the Person who found it found it. If they read it and liked it they would have copied it and passed to others who they thought might like it and some might not like it. If someone who didn't like it or you found it, it would be plastered every where, unless they thought it would make you look good. So unless you walk into a room and everyone shuts up and the giggling stops I wouldn't worry about it. I'm guessing if people knew you would know they knew.
Omg - That is why I only use terry's computer for that kind of stuff.
Or here is a rather complicated attack-attack strategy. Make a mental list of worst case scenarios. The what-if case list should assume that all the people whom you mainly don't want to see this print-out have seen it.
Then, summarize. You will find most of your "end-result-worries" are not worth worrying about because they are somewhat ridiculous.
Thank you, you're right. Whether or not I can manage to do that I'm not so sure of :)
I don't think you should avoid eye-contact either. Psychologically, that intensifies feelings of internal guilt. When you don't really have anything to be guilty about, it is not a sound strategy.
I say be as you normally would be. If you perceive people acting strangely, then that will probably point out that they are the fickle ones! Ditch them. Problem solved.
That's what I'm telling myself. It's sorta working :)
I also think the whole thing is kinda funny, hence telling it here.
But I'm not going to be able to look anyone in the eye for a while...
Forget about it. Whoever has read it won't really tell you they have read it. If they have read it and reading it changes their opinion of you, then you probably shouldn't worry about them anyway because they are so fickle.
In the end, you can't do anything about it. So quit thinking about it.
I don't know how many people adopt my strategies. I usually avoid looking at anything that has printed out in the print queue because it gives me a headache. I have enough worries and articles and what-nots of my own to hover over the printer reading other print-jobs. Ugh.
Seriously just want to crawl under a rock and die :/