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[the5sosarchive]

Michael on Crystal's IG story — Mar. 22nd, 2020

[moonlitpoems]

i feel like i remember everything about you, but i don’t expect you to remember anything about me. i’ve always thought it so odd that people can move on after knowing someone, loving someone, caring about someone. people who can look away and forget, like it never happened. while i’m sitting here four and a half years later and i know your favorite flavor of ice cream and the meaning of your license plate and the music that you play when you drive. do you remember anything about me? or were you able to just blink and forget?

j.e.b. (( forgetting is bliss. ))

[ladywynneoutlander]

#14DaysofOutlander Thank you @scotsmanandsassenach for this great idea! 

Day 1: 5 Oneshots to Read With a Cup of Tea

Here are some of my favorite feel-good oneshots in no particular order. I hope you enjoy and I can’t wait to read what others pick! 

1. i can almost believe i'm almost enough

by: tosca1390 

Takes place in Outlander, through Jamie and Claire's wedding.

Jamie Fraser shuts the door behind him, leans against its cool wood, and curses.

“Damn,” he mutters, with no heed to the pain in his shoulder.

2. He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven

by: abreathofsnowandashes

A quiet moment between Jamie and Claire as their dream of Fraser's Ridge begins to take shape.

3. A Woman Of Balnain

by: @diversemediums

A one shot inspired by one of gotham-ruaidh’s many insightful and intelligent tumblr posts. Takes place in the brothel the night/early morning after Claire’s return. NSFW.

4. STOP ! IT'S HER TURN TO GO OVER

by: tayrn24 

From the book, the wedding, when Claire passes out, then wakes up laying in Jamie's lap. Imagine that whole scene from Jamie's perspective.

5. Accustomed To Her

by: @futurelounging

John reflects on his marriage to Isobel.

[moonlitpoems]

i always try to remember that the present doesn’t last forever and it helps. but the other hand is that if the present doesn’t last forever, then neither will you.

j.e.b. (( i’ll miss you when you go. ))

[the5sosarchive]

Michael posted on his IG story — Mar. 22nd, 2020

[elykmbr]

Happy birthday Honey!

[calllinerantsandraves]

You can tell by the voice

I hung up on a couple people because I didn’t like the way their voice sounded.  I couldn’t really put my finger on what about their voice told me they’d be awful.  Maybe it was the way their voice was so uncaring.  Maybe it was the hesitancy they answered with that made me think they were new. 

I don’t know what it is exactly but there’s an immediate sense when I don’t want to talk to someone.  I decided to talk to the person when I got them again just to see if they were going to live down to my expectations.  And yup, he did. 

I had a feeling he was going to be silent, not talkatie and when he was talkative, he’d be talking about his own interests.  Exactly what happened. 

There’s a lot you can tell about a voice from hello.

[calllinerantsandraves]

Call lines working from home is great

More and more, the call lines are transferring their calls to call takers in their own home.  I think the trend is great.  I wish they had done it before and asked why they couldn’t do it before.  And now, of course they can.

It’s especially great for certain lines where the office culture is toxic.  One line in particular has gotten a lot better because the call are not made to the call center.  I cringe a little less when I call them now.  They had/have a culture of gossip and ganging up and bullying the callers.  It’s more difficult to do when they’re there by themselves.  I’m sure that the toxic people will still be toxic, but at least they can’t get validation from others about it.  I hope that line improves their other protocols as well.

They have a feedback system on that line.  If they could strengthen that system and hire better workers, that system could be great.

Another game they play in that office is that it takes an hour to do a shift change so they can’t take calls for an hour before the shift change.  Now that people are working from their homes, they can’t manufacture that excuse.