Working With Jerks, Wednesday, June 1, 2016 [3rd period]

[imafuturist]

"The best part of being a team is when everyone is moving in the same direction," Steve said, "but sometimes life happens and your heavy hitter has suddenly been called back to his home planet, or a coworker...needs to go to a yoga retreat for anger issues...and the invasion isn't just gonna wait for you to have everything in place."

Tony tilted his head to the side, letting those totally normal examples sink in. "Hulk doing yoga is going to haunt my nightmares," he muttered before continuing on. "You can't control the actions of people around you, only how you react to them. Sometimes this involves shouldering more of the workload. Sometimes it means having to find a replacement on short notice."

"And while it's hugely tempting to complain about the new reality," Steve said earnestly, "it's not really going to help anything."

Steve stiff-upper-lipped until it just about killed him.

It was so terribly 40's of him. And in no way would it end in backflipping away from governmental regulations. Nope.

"But that doesn't mean you kids can't complain about it," Tony added quickly. "It's cathartic, I hear. In fact, we'd love to see how you react to such a scenario."

"Well, not one with Dr. Banner going to yoga," Steve said. "Something slightly more relate-able." Then he looked blankly at Tony because all of his scenarios involved calling in sick due to living in tenement housing in the 1930s with terrible lungs and a bad heart.

Yeah, that was slightly less helpful for some of the kids. But hey, Tony was almost an expert on hilariously bad employees. "Such as a coworker with an essential job quitting without notice and leaving their workload for someone else."

He meant you guys, kids.

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Maybe thinking about yoga.

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Dipper "Downward Dog" Pines

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Isabela

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Eric Bittle

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Xanthippe Voorhees

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Rey

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Kaylin Neya

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Velma Martinez

Listen to the Lecture

[imafuturist]

Well, mostly the oddly specific examples.

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[buzzkillcaptain.livejournal.com]

Dipper was looking at some of his notes and trying to figure out who Dr. Banner was and why it was so important for him to do yoga.

Weird.

Deal With A Jerk

[imafuturist]

Things were reprogrammed to look like a very impromptu going away party in a cubicle farm office.

There was even cake that had 'Happy Birthday!' written on it with the 'birthday' part of the frosting smudged a little.

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[buzzkillcaptain.livejournal.com]

Ooo. Cake.

Yeah. Dipper was all down for cake.

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[imafuturist]

Which was good because there was also a pile of manila folders being dumped on him. "So, this is what you'll have to do until they decide to fill the position."

The cake might help balance that out? Maybe.

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[buzzkillcaptain.livejournal.com]

"I get a slice of cake first though, right?" Dipper asked hopefully.

Unless the cake is... a lie.

Yep. Went there.

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[imafuturist]

"Cake is for productive employees."

And for closers.

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[buzzkillcaptain.livejournal.com]

Hey. Dipper was totally a hard worker! He at least deserved a set of steak knives!

"So what exactly am I supposed to do with these?" Dipper said trying to stack the manila folders nicely.

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[imafuturist]

"You'll be doing your former coworker's job along with your own. That's okay, right?"

Tony needed to stop enjoying this, to be honest.

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[buzzkillcaptain.livejournal.com]

Hey, it was still better than dressing up in furry pants and pretending to be a teen werewolf. Dipper had perspective.

"Wasn't his job completely different from mine?" Dipper asked with a raised eyebrow.

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[imafuturist]

"Yes." Sorry not sorry, Dipper. "I hope you're good with Excel."

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[buzzkillcaptain.livejournal.com]

"Fine by me," Dipper said. "However HR might have an issue. Since my role has completely changed that will mean an evaluation of the role and a higher range of salary. Of course I could forget to tell HR that in exchange for..."

Dipper looked pointedly at the cake.

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[imafuturist]

Well, this was the easiest bribe ever.

"Deal."

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[buzzkillcaptain.livejournal.com]

"Sweet!"

Dipper pushed the files to the side to walk over and get himself a slice of cake.

The work could wait for later.

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[notamascot]

Kaylin was always happy to eat cake. Always happy.

Talk to the Teachers

[imafuturist]

When they ping in.

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[imafuturist]

Why yes, Tony was eating a slice of cake. It was the one thing he didn't program.

Also, cake. Who could resist free cake?

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[heroic_jawline]

Steve was drinking a protein shake in one of those protein shake cups.

Steve. Steve. Don't be that guy.

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[imafuturist]

"That is disgusting." Tony had to put it out there. For the good of everyone else.

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[heroic_jawline]

"He who lets robots mix him smoothies should not judge," Steve decided.

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[imafuturist]

"The blender isn't a robot, Steve." Now he was just being a little shit about this. "I could make it into one, though."

And then it would rise up against its human masters.

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[heroic_jawline]

"Please don't," Steve said. "JARVIS might get jealous."

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[imafuturist]

And they couldn't let JARVIS turn into Skynet on them.

"Can't have that."

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[heroic_jawline]

"He seems like the kind who'd release pretty good blackmail."

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[imafuturist]

"...do not give him ideas, Rogers."

Because oh god.

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[heroic_jawline]

Steve smirked. "So he's got something on you. Interesting."

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[imafuturist]

"I take back all the nice things I've ever said about you," Tony replied, pulling his cake closer like a delicious shield.

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[heroic_jawline]

"You've said nice things about me?" Steve said.

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[imafuturist]

"That have all been retracted now," Tony replied primly. "And don't go fishing for compliments. I'm onto you."

Because Steve did that all the time. Said no one ever.

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[heroic_jawline]

Steve chuckled. "Yeah, you've got my number all right."

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[imafuturist]

"Captain Primadonna. I know."

OOC

[imafuturist]

It just said 'happy'. Such an awkward party.

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[buzzkillcaptain.livejournal.com]

Hulk doing yoga (https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--XZ2fvGcB--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/jbfadbpev3at0b7arblf.jpg)

Adorable.

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[imafuturist]

OKAY MAYBE.