The Pope is coming, the Pope is coming... - Page 3

xoxoxoBruce · 09-10-2015, 06:01 PM

Yeah, that's a good one.

Ferchristsakes glatt, why the fuck didn't you plan on taking the day off the instant you heard about this? At least run it by your boss to see if they balk. Hell, they might decide to tell everyone to stay home.

Clodfobble · 09-10-2015, 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

This is also the time of Jewish holy days, and my boss, who is Jewish, will want me to be sure to come in that day to cover for her when she is out. I think I need to be here.

Sleep there the night before. Set up a tent, roast marshmallows over an electrical hot plate, make a night of it.

wolf · 09-10-2015, 07:03 PM

I've been calling it pope a palooza. I made a conscious decision not to get credentialed to work mental health crisis for the event because I would have to commit to sleeping in some high school gym from Tuesday to Monday. The Diva don't play that. Also my first responsibility is to my own county. I will probably be at the emergency operations center all weekend. I'll know the plan next week.

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Undertoad · 09-10-2015, 08:47 PM

Delaware County officials say they are now planning for 40% less SEPTA traffic at 69th street!!

Will it be a bust??

glatt · 09-11-2015, 07:24 AM

I hope it's a bust.

Yesterday the mayor asked DC workers to stay home if they can. She didn't make it official, but she's pushing. There is going to be a popemobile parade just a couple blocks from me, and tons of street closures, and the security checkpoints open at 4am, so pope tourists are being asked to start getting in early, before the 11am parade. That means they will be disrupting my morning metro ride. They don't have any idea how many people are coming, but all officials are saying there will be major delays.

And the kicker is that I just found out at the end of the day yesterday that I have to do a 45 minute training that morning for new attorneys. They scheduled that training on Yom Kippur, so my Jewish boss who was supposed to do it, will be out, and I need to be here to do it instead. I have to come up with 45 minutes worth of material. Who schedules training during a pope visit and Yom Kippur? WTF?

Spexxvet · 09-11-2015, 07:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

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I don't really understand, because as True Believers, if they die they will be going to heaven and certainly if they are involved in a mass or similar event...
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Yeah. You'd think they'd look forward to being "in a better place".

The coverage is getting as annoying as the lead up to an election.

xoxoxoBruce · 09-11-2015, 03:44 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

...I have to do a 45 minute training that morning for new attorneys. They scheduled that training on Yom Kippur, so my Jewish boss who was supposed to do it, will be out, and I need to be here to do it instead.

Aren't any of the incommoding lawyers jewish?

Gravdigr · 09-11-2015, 03:57 PM

...Incommoding...

ETA:

...Holy shit it's a word!...

I thought he was a victim of autocorrect.

xoxoxoBruce · 09-11-2015, 04:15 PM

You were right the first time. That word isn't in my vocrabilaarry.

glatt · 09-17-2015, 03:14 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

And the kicker is that I just found out at the end of the day yesterday that I have to do a 45 minute training that morning for new attorneys. They scheduled that training on Yom Kippur, so my Jewish boss who was supposed to do it, will be out, and I need to be here to do it instead. I have to come up with 45 minutes worth of material. Who schedules training during a pope visit and Yom Kippur? WTF?

Woo Hoo!

My part of the training got postponed until the next week. I was supposed to lead a panel, and nobody was willing to be on the panel because of the popacolypse. So we told the lady who organized the training, and she's going to reschedule our part. Finally, some sanity.

If my firm is open, I'm staying home. If my firm is closed, I'm staying home.

classicman · 09-11-2015, 11:13 PM

I'm flying out of Philly on the 20th for a fishing trip to MN. Returning the 26th... THAT should be fun.

xoxoxoBruce · 09-12-2015, 12:20 AM

Yeah, I'm leaving PA also. Don't want the Pope and his exorcists hunting me down.

elSicomoro · 09-13-2015, 10:33 PM

I don't remember such craziness for JP2's visit to St. Louis in '99. I know 9/11 has changed a lot of things, but the nuttiness in Philly right now seems like just that.

tw · 09-14-2015, 08:54 AM

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Originally Posted by elSicomoro

I know 9/11 has changed a lot of things, but the nuttiness in Philly right now seems like just that.

So what created this nuttiness? A change in public attitudes? A public response to this pope? Or how government has responded to this event?

xoxoxoBruce · 09-14-2015, 03:21 PM

The FBI, the CIA, and the NSA. Well at least 85% from their top management.

09-10-2015, 06:01 PM	#1
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Yeah, that's a good one. Ferchristsakes glatt, why the fuck didn't you plan on taking the day off the instant you heard about this? At least run it by your boss to see if they balk. Hell, they might decide to tell everyone to stay home. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

09-10-2015, 07:03 PM	#3
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I've been calling it pope a palooza. I made a conscious decision not to get credentialed to work mental health crisis for the event because I would have to commit to sleeping in some high school gym from Tuesday to Monday. The Diva don't play that. Also my first responsibility is to my own county. I will probably be at the emergency operations center all weekend. I'll know the plan next week. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using Tapatalk __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

09-11-2015, 03:57 PM	#8
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	...Incommoding... ETA: ...Holy shit it's a word!... I thought he was a victim of autocorrect. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

09-11-2015, 04:15 PM	#9
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	You were right the first time. That word isn't in my vocrabilaarry. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

09-11-2015, 11:13 PM	#11
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	I'm flying out of Philly on the 20th for a fishing trip to MN. Returning the 26th... THAT should be fun. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

09-10-2015, 08:47 PM	#4
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Delaware County officials say they are now planning for 40% less SEPTA traffic at 69th street!! Will it be a bust??

09-11-2015, 07:24 AM	#5
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I hope it's a bust. Yesterday the mayor asked DC workers to stay home if they can. She didn't make it official, but she's pushing. There is going to be a popemobile parade just a couple blocks from me, and tons of street closures, and the security checkpoints open at 4am, so pope tourists are being asked to start getting in early, before the 11am parade. That means they will be disrupting my morning metro ride. They don't have any idea how many people are coming, but all officials are saying there will be major delays. And the kicker is that I just found out at the end of the day yesterday that I have to do a 45 minute training that morning for new attorneys. They scheduled that training on Yom Kippur, so my Jewish boss who was supposed to do it, will be out, and I need to be here to do it instead. I have to come up with 45 minutes worth of material. Who schedules training during a pope visit and Yom Kippur? WTF?

09-12-2015, 12:20 AM	#12
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Yeah, I'm leaving PA also. Don't want the Pope and his exorcists hunting me down. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

09-13-2015, 10:33 PM	#13
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	I don't remember such craziness for JP2's visit to St. Louis in '99. I know 9/11 has changed a lot of things, but the nuttiness in Philly right now seems like just that.

09-14-2015, 03:21 PM	#15
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	The FBI, the CIA, and the NSA. Well at least 85% from their top management. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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