plans and oddness and pimping someone's story

[derien]

Plans for today and tomorrow:

Happened to catch Mistress of the Night (co-worker who now travels to teach) and attempted to get her to commit to going out to breakfast with me. We finally settled on Wednesday, 9:30AM at the IHOP near the Mall, which is just, to me, the pit of all possible places to go, but it is convenient to work. Not that I care. However, I'm supposed to call her in the morning on Wed to remind her, so I'll have the opportunity to think of another suggestion. Of course when I call she'll probably bag out saying she's too tired or just not answer her phone and later say she was asleep.

Today, however, is Tuesday, and I have PT, need to pick up wiper blade refills for my car, and need to pick up the sneakers I ordered.

For your amusement and edification:
- The pipedream about what airport checkpoints will look like "soon!"

Among other (wonderful, I'm sure) ideas, there's supposed to be special green and blue indirect lighting and ambient sounds for calming the passengers.

But the part that makes employees say, "I'll quit if they make me do that" (check the third pulsating red dot from the bottom, in the queue area) TSO Storyboards: portraits and brief personal profiles put a face on and show the personal side of our officers.

We were having much fun talking about what they were going to say about us. And some people had to make stuff up to be shocking, but for some of us the actual unvarnished truth probably would not be allowed.

I asked Moose what would go on mine; "In her spare time [Derien] writes male/male romance stories?"

"They'll have to make something up," he said. (Moose enjoys collecting and shooting guns. He also likes blowing things up and meeting men.)

And now for something you'll really like: limerentish has begun a Jeeves/Wooster story with some possible Psmith/Mike. So far I think she writes Psmith well, and the whole concept delights me immensely.

Crap, it's time for me to run.

Comments

The airport checkpoint of the Futurez!

[dances-withcats.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that'll all happen. In 100 years, maybe.

First question: Who pays for this redesign? The bankrupt Federal Government or the airports (already strained from their own economic woes, which $5.00 chewing gum just can't offset)?

Second question: How's the new TSA uniform supposed to help convince travelers that the TSA is srs bizniz? A metal badge? Oh yeah, that's right.

It's all rather silly, if you ask me. :-)

Edited to replace a period at the end of the first paragraph with a question mark.

Re: The airport checkpoint of the Futurez!

[derien.livejournal.com]

How's the new TSA uniform supposed to help convince travelers that the TSA is srs bizniz? A metal badge? Oh yeah, that's right.


Hee! :) Yeah, this is one of the things we laugh about at work. They also changed our title/designation from 'screener' to 'officer' a while back - supposedly this made us feel as if we had more autonomy, allowing us to be more innovative. In actual fact they never changed the way they treat us - as if we're complete idiots. And any suggestions we have get thrown right in the bin. So, really useful, yeah.

[kryptyd.livejournal.com]

I for one would be annoyed enough at being in an airport queue without being assaulted with "ambient sounds" on top of it all.

But short biographies of the staff? That would be too cruel. Why don't they just put up uplifting pictures of the landscape and art and glorious past visitors to the airport such as JFK? That's what they do in Irish airports and we never get unruly in the queues, no sir.

[derien.livejournal.com]

That's what they do in Irish airports and we never get unruly in the queues, no sir.

The Irish are known for being inherently polite people. Right? o.o

redesign

[(Anonymous)]

thanks for that link! you always know where to look for that sort of thing. it's Phoebe. they might as well put bullseyes on those pictures of the TSOs! Maybe they will give them velco balls to throw at the photos, just for practice while waiting in line. They will have to make something up for mine I think too. oh well see you later love.