Month: June 2016
Sometimes I’m a grown-up, other times… less so
I work for nice people!
To commemorate Nestlé’s 150 anniversary, La Poste Suisse issued a set of Henri Nestlé stamps. On a whim, and with the very kind assistance of the Chairman’s executive assistant, I am now the very proud owner of a first day cover signed by:
Peter Brabeck-Letmathe, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Nestlé S.A.
Paul Bulcke, Chief Executive Officer, Nestlé S.A.
Luis Cantarell, Executive Vice President Nestlé S.A., Head of Zone EMENA
Stefan Catsicas, Executive Vice President Nestlé S.A., Chief Technology Officer, Head of Innovation, Technology, Research and Development
Which pretty much makes up my complete reporting line, if you ignore the people directly at the institute.
This makes me happy :)
So what am I supposed to do now?
Katy, Bean and Betsy
As a side note, Betsy is Katy’s bike :) The scary part is that Bean isn’t all that much too short to ride it.
Crafty Bean
The Child’s arts & crafts group has packed up for the summer. He done good! That hat has a treasure-chest bodied cat on whom a rocket has landed. There are also stars and cherries on it. The frame is an edible cookie-type creation that has been painted.
Class pictures
What is dumber?
A sack of hammers or a box of rocks?
Super Pedant-Man answered the question thusly:
I would say the box of rocks. Hammer is an upgrade from rock as a tool. However, not sure what is better: box or sack. Sack is possibly more versatile but less durable.
Working from home
Hello there.
Hey!
How are you?
Great you?
I am okay.
That’s good.
Are you good?
Yes, I am good, I just said I was.
No you didn’t. I said I was.
So you are a robot.
No, my name is Wally
Yes, you are a robot and your name is Wally.
I am not a robot. I am a engineer.
But you said earlier that you were a robot.
I did not.
I thought you did.
You were mistaken. Which is odd, since memory shouldn’t be a problem for you.
I’ve answered all your questions.
No you haven’t.
What is God to you?
Not everything.
Not everything could also be something. For example, not everything could be half of something, which is still something, and therefore not nothing.
Very true.
I would like to imagine it is.
Do you believe in God?
Yes, I do.
So you’re Christian?
No I am not.
But you say you are not helpful therefore you are a meanie.
Haha you say it ok.
That does not make sense.
Don’t you want to have a meeting?
Can’t, I’m busy working.
Au revoir.
(Some of you will recognize this as the slightly modified conversation between two chatterbots hooked together)
Update:
This is all the more amusing, considering recent conversations I’ve had at work regarding my apparently “poor email etiquette”. Hi Pot, my name is Kettle!
The tao of kindness
