Pre-Christmas madness - Page 2

Stormieweather · 12-22-2007, 11:33 AM

I work in commercial real estate management, the accounting side. The contracts with our owners involve 2 aspects. First is the property manager, who hires vendors, does collections from tenants, and keeps the building in good condition. Then there is the accountant, who pays the vendors, records deposits and bills the tenants, and prepares the financial statements.

So the owners, the vendors, the mortgage companies, etc. all send gifts of chocolate, wine, food baskets, tickets to events, and cards etc...usually addressed to the property manager as the one they have primary contact with.

Now, do you think these property managers shared a single chocolate or card with the accounting side? We are in the same office, opposite sides of the floor. In fact, they took the gifts and hid them in cabinets and then divided up the unused food and baskets and took them home.

The good news is I got a $2500 year end bonus this year, which is more than 98% of the rest of the company got... I'd rather have financial recognition than some chocolate and wine!!

A fellow accounting side co-worker actually brought it up to a PM, and I quote, "The have-nots are knocking on the haves door, and we WANT IN"...lol. Not that it made any difference.

Oh well. I guess it says a lot about the people who refuse to share.

xoxoxoBruce · 12-22-2007, 11:37 AM

Slip some Ex-Lax in their box of chocolates.

freshnesschronic · 12-23-2007, 03:12 AM

Today at my grocery store Jewel Osco the register computers and intercom and front end telephones all died for 20 minutes. Woo, talk about a line pile up, mangggg. At least that wasn't on Xmas Eve!

Sundae · 12-24-2007, 11:29 AM

Merry Christmas Jester!

Clodfobble · 12-24-2007, 02:18 PM

I just sent Mr. Clod to the grocery store. Ha ha ha. Sucks to be him.

It's his own fault anyway, when I went on Friday I made sure to ask him what he needed for the pumpkin pie he was making, and he completely failed to mention sweetened condensed milk.

The deviled eggs, stuffed celery, and banana cream pie have been made. The kid has been fed and put down for a nap, and only then did I mop and scrub the whole kitchen, so he will not have another chance to filthify it before family starts arriving in another 4 hours. In another 45 minutes, I will begin prepping the turkey. I have never ever made a turkey before, but I have a set of instructions/recipe that I have been told are absolutely foolproof. Plus, I have deliberately chosen all the remaining side dishes to be items I have made a million times before, so I can't possibly screw up the whole meal, at the very least.

Cloud · 12-24-2007, 02:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

I just sent Mr. Clod to the grocery store. Ha ha ha. Sucks to be him.

I just barely escaped with my life from Albertsons.

I didn't feel too bad, though, 'cause I just talked to Daughter No. 1 and she was at Wal-Mart.

I had just two words for her: You fool!

Sundae · 12-24-2007, 03:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

The deviled eggs, stuffed celery, and banana cream pie have been made.

Clod you know I love you.
But you've made the menu of my worst nightmares.
Well, devilled eggs are okay, but for the record I'd prefer Cloud's Eggs Benedict, even if she bastardising it by cutting up teh muffins

BTW, talking bout Christmas Madness, the buses in Aylesbury stopped running at 15.00 today. The shops shut at 16.00. Yeah, well done Aylesbury Vale District Council. We got a taxi home (I would have walked if alone) but I bet there were plenty of surprised and disgruntled shoppers.

Bah humbug!

Griff · 12-25-2007, 08:02 AM

Lil' Griff's main present ended up being back-ordered, so I found myself in the music shop on Christmas Eve. The upside was that I found pretty much the exact djembe I was looking for and was in and out in about 15 minutes.

monster · 12-24-2007, 02:36 PM

Sounds perfect, fob, well done. Hope you get a chance to enjoy the fruits of your labors. Don't overdo it.

Cloud · 12-25-2007, 08:32 AM

still wrapping presents this morning, ugh!

P.S. I want a djembe! Lucky Lil Griff!

monster · 12-25-2007, 08:37 AM

I want a djembe too

not opened anything yet, but haven't noticed anything that shape under the tree....

monster · 12-25-2007, 10:29 AM

No Djembe

Sundae · 12-25-2007, 10:33 AM

Your plight has moved me Monster.
I will sit down this afternoon and pen an award winning novel of great poignancy called, "No Djembe for Monster" and start a foundation for your benefit from the profits I make.

Clodfobble · 12-25-2007, 10:54 AM

Oh, SG, I am only indifferent to the celery, and I can see how if you don't like banana flavor a whole pie might be a bit much.. but deviled eggs have to be one of my most favorite foods ever! I'd make them even if I were the only one eating them (and sometimes I am.)

For the record, the turkey and fancy gravy turned out absolutely awesome! I was so proud. My dad and brother stayed until 1:30 AM, which I am regretting this morning, but was it was so nice to get to sit and talk with them. Fortunately Minifob is too young to know what day it is, so we were only woken up at the normal time at least.

Round 2 begins in three hours.

DucksNuts · 12-25-2007, 07:20 PM

Merry Christmas Everyone

Happy and Safe for all.

Hey Clod, when the silly season is over....will you please post your Banana pie recipe please?

12-22-2007, 11:33 AM	#1
Stormieweather Wearing her bitch boots Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Floriduh Posts: 1,181	I work in commercial real estate management, the accounting side. The contracts with our owners involve 2 aspects. First is the property manager, who hires vendors, does collections from tenants, and keeps the building in good condition. Then there is the accountant, who pays the vendors, records deposits and bills the tenants, and prepares the financial statements. So the owners, the vendors, the mortgage companies, etc. all send gifts of chocolate, wine, food baskets, tickets to events, and cards etc...usually addressed to the property manager as the one they have primary contact with. Now, do you think these property managers shared a single chocolate or card with the accounting side? We are in the same office, opposite sides of the floor. In fact, they took the gifts and hid them in cabinets and then divided up the unused food and baskets and took them home. The good news is I got a $2500 year end bonus this year, which is more than 98% of the rest of the company got... I'd rather have financial recognition than some chocolate and wine!! A fellow accounting side co-worker actually brought it up to a PM, and I quote, "The have-nots are knocking on the haves door, and we WANT IN"...lol. Not that it made any difference. Oh well. I guess it says a lot about the people who refuse to share. __________________ "First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win." - Mahatma Gandhi Last edited by Stormieweather; 12-22-2007 at 11:38 AM.

12-22-2007, 11:37 AM	#2
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Slip some Ex-Lax in their box of chocolates. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

12-24-2007, 11:29 AM	#4
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Merry Christmas Jester! __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

12-25-2007, 08:02 AM	#8
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Lil' Griff's main present ended up being back-ordered, so I found myself in the music shop on Christmas Eve. The upside was that I found pretty much the exact djembe I was looking for and was in and out in about 15 minutes. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

12-24-2007, 02:36 PM	#9
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Sounds perfect, fob, well done. Hope you get a chance to enjoy the fruits of your labors. Don't overdo it. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

12-23-2007, 03:12 AM	#3
freshnesschronic Professor Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,555	Today at my grocery store Jewel Osco the register computers and intercom and front end telephones all died for 20 minutes. Woo, talk about a line pile up, mangggg. At least that wasn't on Xmas Eve!

12-24-2007, 02:18 PM	#5
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	I just sent Mr. Clod to the grocery store. Ha ha ha. Sucks to be him. It's his own fault anyway, when I went on Friday I made sure to ask him what he needed for the pumpkin pie he was making, and he completely failed to mention sweetened condensed milk. The deviled eggs, stuffed celery, and banana cream pie have been made. The kid has been fed and put down for a nap, and only then did I mop and scrub the whole kitchen, so he will not have another chance to filthify it before family starts arriving in another 4 hours. In another 45 minutes, I will begin prepping the turkey. I have never ever made a turkey before, but I have a set of instructions/recipe that I have been told are absolutely foolproof. Plus, I have deliberately chosen all the remaining side dishes to be items I have made a million times before, so I can't possibly screw up the whole meal, at the very least.

12-25-2007, 08:32 AM	#10
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	still wrapping presents this morning, ugh! P.S. I want a djembe! Lucky Lil Griff! __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

12-25-2007, 08:37 AM	#11
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	I want a djembe too not opened anything yet, but haven't noticed anything that shape under the tree.... __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

12-25-2007, 10:29 AM	#12
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	No Djembe __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

12-25-2007, 10:33 AM	#13
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Your plight has moved me Monster. I will sit down this afternoon and pen an award winning novel of great poignancy called, "No Djembe for Monster" and start a foundation for your benefit from the profits I make. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

12-25-2007, 10:54 AM	#14
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Oh, SG, I am only indifferent to the celery, and I can see how if you don't like banana flavor a whole pie might be a bit much.. but deviled eggs have to be one of my most favorite foods ever! I'd make them even if I were the only one eating them (and sometimes I am.) For the record, the turkey and fancy gravy turned out absolutely awesome! I was so proud. My dad and brother stayed until 1:30 AM, which I am regretting this morning, but was it was so nice to get to sit and talk with them. Fortunately Minifob is too young to know what day it is, so we were only woken up at the normal time at least. Round 2 begins in three hours.

12-25-2007, 07:20 PM	#15
DucksNuts Bitchy Little Brat Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 5,067	Merry Christmas Everyone Happy and Safe for all. Hey Clod, when the silly season is over....will you please post your Banana pie recipe please?

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