Help me not get fired, part II

[trinityofone]

Things have been insane at work. We're closing the issue, so I've been putting in 12-hour-plus days editing the "boards," which last night got sent out to be returned to us as proofs, and then the craziness will resume. In the tiny, two-day lull, I'm supposed to start working on something for the next issue, and I could really use your help. We do an annual "Most" list, and I need to come up with suggestions. Here are some of the ones I've already come up with, to give you an idea:

MOST OMGWTFPOLARBEAR ENGAGEMENT: Dominic Monaghan & Evangeline Lilly
MOST LIKELY TO BE THE NEXT TO CLAIM WE’RE INTEROGATING THE TEXT FROM THE WRONG PERSPECTIVE: M. Night Shyamalan
MOST LIKELY TO BREAK THE GEORGIA RULE: Lindsay Lohan
MOST AWESOME TITLE IN THE HISTORY OF EVERYTHING, EVER: Snakes on a Plane
MOST LIKELY TO CONFUSE A BELT AND A BRA: Keira Knightley
MOST IN NEED OF SUPER-SIZING: Kate Bosworth
MOST INVISIBLE BABY: Suri Cruise

Now, most of these are, I fear, too obscure and too geeky. I also haven't thought of enough of them. I'm just...out of the loop, not the pop culture junkie I used to be (or not of enough mainstream culture, anyway). So, it would be doing me an enormous favor if you wanted to suggest some things for our "Most" list. And, in theory, I think it would be kind of fun, if you're not worried about getting fired over it.

(I am worried. I've worked here six weeks, and my boss has never once told me "good job," or even smiled at me. I don't know if this is just the kind of guy he is (he seems looser and nicer around other people, although that may just be me being paranoid) or if he really doesn't like me. It's incredibly demoralizing.)

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. And in case you're (quite rightly) wondering: no, you won't get credit for this—except forever in my heart! *g*—but neither will I; the piece is collaborative and runs without a byline. But I will send you a copy of the issue if you want it.

Thank you!

Comments

[vonknibble.livejournal.com]

I am absolutely useless when it comes to pop culture, but one or two things have occured to me...

1) This thing with your boss - is this actual concern as in if you could talk to a work colleague about it would you?, or new job/early days nerves still? From what you've said about him, he might be receptive to a little reassurance if you opted, once this latest madness has settled, to ask for a little chat. Otherwise this will bug you for a long time yet to come and that's never good.

2) You're not the only one that's got to come up with idea's for this thing, so think about it this way - you're idea's may seem too geeky to you, but they're ones that others aren't likely to come up with - so throw in a few mainline ones to show you're not being deliberately difficult, and use your strengths! Geeky can be good :D

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

1) I don't know if it's nerves or what. Maybe I should try to talk to some of my co-workers; a couple of them are very nice. I'm just...really at a loss. In the summer jobs I've had, my employers generally seemed to like me, but the communication here is so poor, I can't even be sure if I'm doing something wrong. (In general, I mean--while BossMan is stingy with the praise, if you make a mistake, he ABSOLUTELY tells you.)

2) I'm going to throw everything I've got at them. Which is why I'm hoping people can help me pad out my geeky ideas with some better ones! (And possibly why I should start trolling through the tabloids again.)

[vonknibble.livejournal.com]

Chances are, if you do talk to your co-workers, the responce you'd get would be something along the lines 'you are seriously worried about this, and why?, and you'd maybe feel an ickle bit daft, but overall you'd feel better and i think that's important :)