All’s well that ends well, I guess.

[bironic]

This morning before I even got to the office, my bank reported a fraudulent credit card charge and my phone experienced its second bizarre battery drain in as many days. Then at work, I had just retrieved from the fridge the two mini-pies left over from an event yesterday—an event that I supplied the food for, because we do rotations—when a male colleague took one of them from me, opened it up and said he was going to eat it even though I had just told him I was taking it for my roommate. WTF. While still processing that, I tried to pre-order an e-book for my dad and had to resort to the customer service chat feature in order to find out that gift purchases aren’t available on pre-orders.

Grumpy #firstworld morning, is what I’m saying.

But. When I went to that colleague’s office afterwards to ask him what he’d been thinking, he explained that he’d misunderstood my intentions; apologized; and on his lunch break bought me a Starbucks gift card.

And the other stuff is being taken care of.

Focus on the positives:

- Another colleague brought in delicious homemade lime curd bars.
- Am going to a sushi-making class tonight, a Hanukkah gift from my mom.
- Watched Queen of Katwe last night and it was good.
- The foot and a half of snow that fell on Tuesday is melting, so if luck holds, I’ll be able to drive places this weekend without worrying too much about being able to park when I get back.
- Three weeks until Montreal trip with synn. Recommendations welcome.

Comments

[sanguinity]

Queen of Katwe is so good!

And I'm glad your colleague apologized. Also, LIME CURD BARS.

[bironic]

Recipe below, if you want!

Re: other points, yes and yes. I should throw together another quick media recaps post.

[marginaliana]

Lime curd bars sound so amazing. Mmmmmmm. I might try making something like that.

I'd love to hear about your sushi-making class when you get back - what a cool thing to learn about.

[bironic]

FWIW, coworker said she started with this NYT recipe, only she used jarred curd and added olive oil and lemon and lime juice: https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1017141-lemon-bars-with-olive-oil-and-sea-salt

The class was all right. The typical adult-ed cooking session chaos, but the teachers, a retired couple from China with extensive restaurant experience, were fun when they managed to coordinate things, and I learned some neat tips about tempura, maki rolling and knife work. Main drawback was the cost. I would have been disappointed if I'd had to pay for it myself. As it was, I was annoyed on behalf of my mom, although I didn't tell her that. :)

[seascribble]

Still, DEEPLY what the fuck, male coworker, but at least he made amends.

I have Montréal recs! The Biodome in the old Olympic park is lovely. Insectarium in the botanical gardens are cool if you like that sort of thing but maybe more worth the price of admission if you go when there are more flowers. La Banquise is good poutine, go for a wander around the Latin Quarter as well. Point à Callière museum is always good.

[bironic]

You are the second person to recommend the insectarium! Funny. Thanks for that and for the other pointers.

My foodie coworker recommended La Banquise as well, so I guess that's a must! However, this is the same coworker who insists that Chicago deep-dish pizza beats New York thin-crust pizza and that Montreal bagels beat New York bagels, so he's on notice. :) I'm willing to TRY Montreal bagels and see if they're tasty as a separate entity from the ones I grew up on in NY. He says to go to St. Viateur.

>>Still, DEEPLY what the fuck, male coworker

Amen. A gift card is not a mini-pie that I could leave at my neighbors' doorstep -- the two of them are going to have to share the single remaining pie -- but it's still an appreciated apology.

[monanotlisa]

LIME CURD BARS! (Ah, they wouldn't have been gf, anyway.)

Also, I loved Queen of Katwe.

[bironic]

No, alas - full of wheat flour.

Yes, lovely film. I hadn't realized it was by Mira Nair; Disney formula but in excellent hands.

[minoanmiss]

When I went to that colleague’s office afterwards to ask him what he’d been thinking, he explained that he’d misunderstood my intentions; apologized; and on his lunch break bought me a Starbucks gift card.

Well done, you.

In all of Montreal I saw I loved the Marche food market the most, tbh.

[bironic]

Mm. I do like a food market. Thanks!

>>Well done, you.

:) It was not the first time he's slighted me, and while it's usually out of cluelessness rather than malice, that doesn't mean he doesn't need someone to point out when he leaves ripples in his wake.

[amnisias]

I love posts like this - balanced and real, a slice of life. Some stuff is going wrong, but it doesn't mean it's the end of the world, and things will look up again as well. A lot of posts on blogs are either all doom and gloom, which is depressing, or all CANDO/OPTIMIS, which can be exhausting and leave one feel unaccomplished.

[cuddyclothes]

LIME CURD BARS

Getting your coworker to apologize to you...congratulations! Since he ate a minipie, he should have given you a gift card for a good bakery. At least most of his stupidity is due to cluelessness, as you said.