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[podling]

Okay, so the pop-up WTC commemoration thing that comes up whenever I open Internet Exploder at work bugs me. I mean, I know it's a good thing they're trying to do for everyone, but it's a bit weird.

I'm torn between wanting to write something on it and really not. Cause they're stories and you access them by name. And that's just... not as anonymous as I'd like, is all.

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[podling]

Okay, so I gave in and read a couple of the commentaries on there. And I think it's a good thing, though I don't think I can read more than maybe... I don't know, 3 of them at a sitting.

[d2leddy.livejournal.com]

I'm tired of WTC stuff. Everytime I turn on the radio (or occasionally watch tv), there is a reference to the terrorist attacks. And now that the 11 Sept is coming up, it is intensifying. I don't think it has been necessary for media to push it this hard. People generally, (anecdotal, since this is my experience) don't talk about it much. But media does. Over and over again. At work last week we were talking about "commemorating" the attacks with a "moment of silence." Blech. I suggested, instead, that we donate to disaster relief organizations recommended by FEMA. That way we can have a good feeling about helping, rather than wallowing in the disaster itself (so of course, I got saddled with setting this up).

[podling]

Yeah, I think it's a bit different for us here though. Which is why I gave in to reading it. Because they're by people I know, who were here that day and stuff. But the page that has that stuff on it also has other info like the amounts donated by the employees for worldwide relief efforts and such. I didn't go through too much of it. I think this may have been why the HR people called me that time though. To get input as to what should be done. And poof! Several weeks later there's a fully functioning website.

Anyway, here they plan to let people come in late, I think they'll be having a big free breakfast thing, and they're doing two "moment of silence" things, at the impact times maybe? And well... we could feel it here, so... I don't know... it's weird, plus I can only imagine how much of a pain it'll be to get here on the 11th. The area will be mobbed. Though I agree, the media coverage lately has increased. I mean, I'm willing to talk about it with people, but I don't usually bother.

And it serves you right for suggesting it. *That* is why you have superior management potential, my friend.

[d2leddy.livejournal.com]

Podling-booger said: "Yeah, I think it's a bit different for us here though."

Agreed. Fair enough.

Podling-booger said: "And it serves you right for suggesting it. *That* is why you have superior management potential, my friend."

*gurgle*

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[podling]

Well, I'm just calling them as I see them. Stating the obvious, that sort of thing.

[darkmattr.livejournal.com]

Will it help you?
Then yes,
Will it do jack for you?
Then no.

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[podling]

Eh. I don't really feel like it. I'm glad it's there for those who want it, though I kind of wish it wasn't a freaking pop-up window.

[astrophysicat.livejournal.com]

A pop up window seems a little more insistent than appropriate for a corporation whose employees are very likely to be suffering from various degrees of post traumatic stess, and/or legitimately wanting to deal with whatever their feeling in their own way.

Very gauche. Semi big brother like.

(did you notice the plays and stuff in NYC are called Brave New World? (read reive for some humorous reactions))

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[podling]

Seriously.

Actually, I *did* notice that. And I kept thinking, dude, I thought that was a book and a movie. It seems a bit weird for a play. ho hum...