Odd Things To Happen At Work #9

Odd Things To Happen At Work #9

My shifts for tomorrow got changed last minute at work tonight - instead of working the late shift, I'm in 7 hours in the day instead.  I start at midday.

It's a sad state of affairs that I now count 12pm as an early start to my day.

Odd Things To Happen At Work # 7

Ok, so I get that I look foreign.  After several people - including my colleages for some time - refusing to believe that I am, in fact, English, I understand that I look Mediterranean.  Spanish, most people seem to think.  That doesn't explain why last weekend a guy - who had already asked me once if I was Spanish and been told no - insisted on attempting to order from me in Spanish.  I don't speak any Spanish beyond 'si' and 'ocho', but I don't need to know more to know that whatever he was saying, it wasn't Spanish.  Gibberish maybe.  Certainly not any language spoken by any other person on the planet.

He did this twice before resorting to pointing at what he wanted.

The thing that really confused me though, was that he was English.  Why didn't he just talk to me like a normal person?

dogs dealing with cats sleeping in their beds

(Barely) Controlled Chaos #24

As warned, short post.  Hope you like it anyway

Warnings: none

February 2001, Clifftop House, Malibu

Six weeks later – and two new patents because Tony had needed to invent a hard drive awesome enough to store his AI – it was ready.  Tony booted it up, sitting nervously in in workshop as he waited for it to finish installing.  Had he gotten the voice right?  If he’d messed it up… he hoped he hadn’t messed it up.

Herdier nosed Tony’s clenched fist.  He hadn’t realised he’d tensed it, and relaxed, tickling the dog’s ears.  Dummy nudged him from behind, almost unseating Ditto from his shoulder, and Tony huffed a small laugh and used his other hand to scratch the ticklish joint, making the bot squeak and recoil.

The speakers built into the ceiling buzzed, then coughed.  A male voice rang through them.

“Systems downloaded and fully integrated.  Waiting for instruction.”

Tony grinned and let his hands fall back into his lap.  It had worked.  The voice was perfect.  He looked up at the camera he’d linked the new AI into and waved.

“Hello, Jarvis.”

There was a pause, then the voice rang out once more, sounding warm and human and fucking alive, and Tony shook with the effort it took not to cry.

“Hello Sir.”

Selpa, this is amazing and you need to see it :)

All right. Which one of you beautiful Avengers fans in this world made this.

Can we just take a minute to appreciate that Tony is already undoing his fly?