en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/8956892 Comments by HelloChel http://the-toast.net/2016/07/01/go-on-get-out-of-here/#IDComment1025113371 Fine, I'm going. But not because you told me to. Because I want to. (I don't want to, please don't make me leave!) Fri, 1 Jul 2016 17:11:05 +0000 http://the-toast.net/2016/07/01/go-on-get-out-of-here/#IDComment1025113371 http://the-toast.net/2016/07/01/an-open-thread-and-sea-room/#IDComment1025109593 I'm going to miss this so much. I'm not a prolific commenter (I've been trying to make up for that since the closing announcement) but I read The Toast everyday and read pretty much every comment. Often I check the link roundup before work with my coffee and then again once I get into work to see everyone's comments. Everyone here has been so wonderful when I have needed support or advice. Next week I am giving notice at my job after over 9 years and going back to school to follow the dreams that younger Chel gave up because the people around her said they were impractical. Part of me is not sure how I am going to make this transition without all you lovely people. Thank you Nicole, Mallory, and Nikki for building this community. I will miss you all in this place but will hopefully see you on Twitter and Slack. I guess I have to learn how to use Slack now, don't I? Fri, 1 Jul 2016 16:13:04 +0000 http://the-toast.net/2016/07/01/an-open-thread-and-sea-room/#IDComment1025109593 http://the-toast.net/2016/07/01/the-final-link-roundup/#IDComment1025107168 I'm so glad you're going to continue these. I have really enjoyed them. Thank you so much! Fri, 1 Jul 2016 15:34:30 +0000 http://the-toast.net/2016/07/01/the-final-link-roundup/#IDComment1025107168 http://the-toast.net/2016/07/01/a-note-on-the-toast/#IDComment1025106410 I messed up my time zones and was an hour late. Still worth it. Fri, 1 Jul 2016 15:21:33 +0000 http://the-toast.net/2016/07/01/a-note-on-the-toast/#IDComment1025106410 http://the-toast.net/2016/07/01/a-note-on-the-toast/#IDComment1025105846 Oh my god. I knew I was going to end up tearing up at my desk at some point today. I didn't realize it would be as soon as I turned on my computer. Fri, 1 Jul 2016 15:11:27 +0000 http://the-toast.net/2016/07/01/a-note-on-the-toast/#IDComment1025105846 https://the-toast.net/2016/06/30/link-roundup-602/#IDComment1025034419 I always request a king size bed on business trips. Last trip I was upgraded to a room with a giant soaking tub. I went to Lush that afternoon and bought a bath bomb. Thu, 30 Jun 2016 16:52:11 +0000 https://the-toast.net/2016/06/30/link-roundup-602/#IDComment1025034419 https://the-toast.net/2016/06/30/link-roundup-602/#IDComment1025034309 I was blocked on Instagram by a random person. I had followed them because they posted a lot of cute cat pictures and Instagram knows I'm into that. I don't think they are famous at all. Fortunately for me there are plenty of other cats on the internet. Thu, 30 Jun 2016 16:49:13 +0000 https://the-toast.net/2016/06/30/link-roundup-602/#IDComment1025034309 https://the-toast.net/2016/06/30/link-roundup-602/#IDComment1025033855 My previous boss would always stay in hostels when he traveled. I learned this when I mentioned I was going to Santa Monica for a weekend and he told me how nice the hostel there is. He is in his mid-40s and was making six figures. He was just cheap. Thu, 30 Jun 2016 16:38:52 +0000 https://the-toast.net/2016/06/30/link-roundup-602/#IDComment1025033855 http://the-toast.net/2016/06/29/link-roundup-601/#IDComment1024962016 I've noticed in general that people who have been with our company longer get bent out of shape when things change to give new benefits. Especially if it something that they have no use for themselves at this point. Wed, 29 Jun 2016 16:50:06 +0000 http://the-toast.net/2016/06/29/link-roundup-601/#IDComment1024962016 http://the-toast.net/2016/06/29/link-roundup-601/#IDComment1024961104 I have had to go to museums with current co-workers several times in the last year in the name of "team-building" and the only thing I can think of that would be worse is repeating the experience once I am free of them. Wed, 29 Jun 2016 16:36:22 +0000 http://the-toast.net/2016/06/29/link-roundup-601/#IDComment1024961104 http://the-toast.net/2016/06/29/link-roundup-601/#IDComment1024959008 I work in finance, but in a small company, and this is not part of our dress code. I have seen people from bigger corps and banks that have to dress very formally year-round (nylons and skirt suits for women) so it might be a place like that. We actually go business casual in the summer and a lot of people push the limits on that. Right now our (paid) intern is the most professionally dressed person in the office. I am wearing leather flats today but they are bright pink with mouse ears on the front. Wed, 29 Jun 2016 15:55:36 +0000 http://the-toast.net/2016/06/29/link-roundup-601/#IDComment1024959008 https://the-toast.net/2016/06/24/cocktail-hour-open-thread-111/#IDComment1024611469 My boss sent out an invite to an active-shooter training at his gym and I am so glad I declined. It may be useful but I just cannot handle it now. Fri, 24 Jun 2016 20:45:21 +0000 https://the-toast.net/2016/06/24/cocktail-hour-open-thread-111/#IDComment1024611469 https://the-toast.net/2016/06/24/cocktail-hour-open-thread-111/#IDComment1024608578 I certainly hope so. Fri, 24 Jun 2016 19:52:22 +0000 https://the-toast.net/2016/06/24/cocktail-hour-open-thread-111/#IDComment1024608578 http://the-toast.net/2016/06/24/link-roundup-599/#IDComment1024604016 The only good thing that has come out of this is the opportunity to use a Hamilton quote as the subject line for a mass client email. Fri, 24 Jun 2016 18:34:21 +0000 http://the-toast.net/2016/06/24/link-roundup-599/#IDComment1024604016 http://the-toast.net/2016/06/23/link-roundup-598/#IDComment1024511186 I remember reading and liking The BFG but my mother insists that it terrified me. Possibly both are true. Thu, 23 Jun 2016 16:35:03 +0000 http://the-toast.net/2016/06/23/link-roundup-598/#IDComment1024511186 http://the-toast.net/2016/06/23/link-roundup-598/#IDComment1024508550 Sansa is so big! When we got Thor he was bit smaller than the cat. Zoe took him on as her kitten and trained him in important cat-things when she though us humans were slacking. He is great at finding a sunny napping spot. He grew and eventually reached his big dog size of 65 pounds. The cat would sit and stare at him because she couldn't understand what had happened. We had a dog before but he was adopted as an adult and, while he was a giant monster of an animal, he didn't get any bigger while we had him. A few years later I adopted an adult Chihuahua and the cat never really trusted that he would stay small. Thu, 23 Jun 2016 15:45:02 +0000 http://the-toast.net/2016/06/23/link-roundup-598/#IDComment1024508550 http://the-toast.net/2016/06/22/link-roundup-597/#IDComment1024430703 I bought a harness and leash for my old cat and she would either flop over and refuse to move or creep along very low to the ground like she didn't think she could stand upright in the harness. Current kitty knows how to unhook her collar so I haven't wanted to try a leash. She seems like she would enjoy walking with the dogs but I'm worried she could undo a harness. Wed, 22 Jun 2016 15:58:58 +0000 http://the-toast.net/2016/06/22/link-roundup-597/#IDComment1024430703 http://the-toast.net/2016/06/22/link-roundup-597/#IDComment1024430277 A few months ago one of my coworkers was invited to Landmark by the head of a local professional organization. He was telling us about it the next day and it sounded very questionable. He did not go back. Wed, 22 Jun 2016 15:52:32 +0000 http://the-toast.net/2016/06/22/link-roundup-597/#IDComment1024430277 http://the-toast.net/2016/06/22/link-roundup-597/#IDComment1024428147 I have been reading but I can't login to Medium on my work computer so I rarely comment. I have to use my phone and somehow that's always the moment my boss walks past my desk. Wed, 22 Jun 2016 15:17:45 +0000 http://the-toast.net/2016/06/22/link-roundup-597/#IDComment1024428147 https://the-toast.net/2016/06/21/every-meal-in-great-expectations-ranked-in-order-of-how-upsetting-it-is/#IDComment1024360312 These look very interesting. Should the series be read in order or will it make sense to start with Mystery Villa? Tue, 21 Jun 2016 18:28:39 +0000 https://the-toast.net/2016/06/21/every-meal-in-great-expectations-ranked-in-order-of-how-upsetting-it-is/#IDComment1024360312