"My name is Rhoda Morgenstern. I was born in the Upper Midwest in the mid seventies, but I've lived all over the world. People love me or hate me, and it's nice knowing where I stand. I had a bad puberty, and it's still going strong. I'm a high school graduate, I went to a liberal arts college where I learned about writing and feminism and paternalism. If I remembered my ACT scores, I'd never admit it. You may remember me from Trainwrecks. I was the one with good grammar and occasional lazy spelling errors. I started Rhoda's Tact Shack as a side project where I could dispense tactful advise, both solicited and unsolicited, into the tumblr-sphere. Then I abandoned it. Now I'm back. Tumblr, this is your last chance!"

Dear Universe,

trainwrecks:

lovepuppy:

(a serious question)

I want to leave a situation that isn’t what I want to be doing. I don’t want to give it any more of my energy. How can I re-focus when I spend the majority of time in that situation and it requires so much of me?

In other words, girl’s gotta relocate.

Can you hear me?

xoxo

Jessica

Dear Jessica,

I, in my infinite wisdom, have found it is in poor taste to broadcast to the internet how much you want to leave your current job. This presents an awkward and difficult situation for your bosses and coworkers, who now know that you are unhappy and just waiting out your time to leave. It makes them question your commitment to performing in your current job, and it puts them in a bind in terms of finding a replacement for you. You haven’t informed them you’re quitting, so it would be improper for them to look to hire. In fact, it makes it look like you’re taking advantage of them: riding out your current job for a paycheck while you look for something you *really* want to do.

And as an addendum to that last bit, you may have heard that these are difficult economic times. Here’s a fun fact: unemployment is expected to hit 9% by this time next year (that means it will be going UP over the course of this current year). The upshot of that is that there are fewer jobs to go around, even in the Magical Wonderland of New York. However, I realize this means little to you, as you have a direct link to me, and I am here to grant all of your wishes, so long as you just wish hard enough.

Keeping your Secret,

The Universe

(Eds. note: probably should have let Rhoda tackle this one.)

 Oh no, this is very tactful advice, Ms. Universe!  Well played. 

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