Planning to be absent on May 19?

[heidi]

In a gesture of semi-perverse hope, BestBuy's Geek Squad has created a template for absentee excuse notes for work and school for use on/regarding May 19, 2005.

Comments

[quasarsglow.livejournal.com]

I sent that off to several friends.. tho I think they've already managed to use vacation time for it.

I feel like I'm getting excited by proxy to them.. I like the original trilogy, but have been fairly let down by the episode 1 and 2. The trailer for 3 looks kickass, but not enough for me to camp out. :)

[ladylaw7.livejournal.com]

hee hee...those are great :)

[vlamidala.livejournal.com]

I love Geek Squad.

[marauderthesn.livejournal.com]

Your icon is HILARIOUS!

*runs off laughing*

[heinous_bitca.livejournal.com]

Thank you. :D

[shelaghc.livejournal.com]

Damn - we needed something like this when LotR - RotK came out!

One cool thing about my boss: he's a trekkie so when Trilogy Tuesday was announced and I told him I was going, he had not problem with it at all.

[heidi8.livejournal.com]

I worked for a trekkie a few years ago, and he gave me off the day PS/SS came out which allowed me to get to orlando to see it with other potterfans.

[casirafics.livejournal.com]

I've never had a full day off for a movie, but we had more than one office-sanctioned (and PAID-FOR) trip to the movies -- I think we paid for The Matrix: Revolutions and HP ourselves, but the Lord of the Rings office treks down to the Cinerama were paid for by our department bosses. And then I got to see PotC and The Incredibles on the company tab, too. It was, on occasion, a very good place to work. ;)

(In the old days, we actually had our all-company meetings at the movie theater down the hill. We'd have the meeting, then watch a movie. I missed the Shakespeare in Love meeting because I was still an intern, but went for Austin Powers....)

[shelaghc.livejournal.com]

When I interviewed for this job, I included writing samples - one of which was a press release I'd created for a Star Trek club. Jeff read it through from beginning to end then started talking about trek. Turned out that the week before he started working here there was a TNG marathon on some cable channel. He spent the entire week glued to the tube. *g*

We talked at least five minutes about trek. I found out later from the agency that sent me there that mine was the longest interview they'd arranged. I wouldn't be surprised if having trek in common was the determining factor for me getting the job.

;->

Fandom can have its perks, eh?

[rachet.livejournal.com]

The great thing about my boss...she's a HUGE Star Wars geek and has already told me she doesn't expect to see me in early on the 19th.

I told her "Seeing that we're both going to the same theater at midnight for the movie, yeah, it would be hard for me to call in with 'I've got a really sore throat this morning. I'll be late.'"

AAAAND same with Harry Potter. A great boss is one that shares your obsessions.

[shelaghc.livejournal.com]

Cute icon - where'd you take it?

(How do you like mine? ;->)

[rachet.livejournal.com]

I would have to say we were at the same shindig! Origins in Columbus last year?

How funny. Small world!!!

[titti]

Being the boss, I've already told me secretaries that I won't be in that day. LOL

[hedwig-snowy.livejournal.com]

Does this memo work for those who goto the midnight show and then sit in IHOP all night with their equally geeky friends discussing what-went-wrong/how-cool-it-was/I-can't-believe-there'll-never-be-another-SW-Movie-and-I'm-soooooo-depressed type of thoughts?