What pissed you off today?

[gypsy*seer]

Went to the grocery store.
Spent nearly 250 bucks. (Over budget but its groceries and I had the money to spend so that's okay)
Came home with all sorts of bulk stuff to portion out and freeze or make into other stuff and freeze.

What did I forget at the grocery store?

Foil, freezer bags, seal-a-meal rolls; anything I could use to portion out and freeze my bulk stuff. I have a few on hand but not nearly as many as I need.

Sorry, hunny-bunz!
That belongs in the "What made me laugh today" thread! I do this bi-weekly at best....LOL
Hugs!

 

[cfuhrer]

Sorry, hunny-bunz!
That belongs in the "What made me laugh today" thread! I do this bi-weekly at best....LOL
Hugs!

We had the honey buns for dessert.

 

[kiwi_submissive]

Exes. Fark me, especially the ones that dump me and are too freaking thick to realise that means that no I don't want to talk to him, no I don't need to put up with comments about how I resemble a bush pig, no I don't need to reply to his texts and phone calls and no I don't need to hear about how much better his current partner is that me and after all that why the fuck would i want to waste an hour out of my life to fuck him, well 50 minutes of that would be driving to and from his place.

 

[Kurokami]

This goddamn cold/ear infection combo that's put me flat on my ass. It's hard enough to concentrate through this constant coughing, but now I can't even hold my daughters for fear of them catching it?

Daddy not happy

 

[Sir_Winston54]

This goddamn cold/ear infection combo that's put me flat on my ass. It's hard enough to concentrate through this constant coughing, but now I can't even hold my daughters for fear of them catching it?

Daddy not happy

Yeah, you don't want a baby (or babies) with ear infection around, trust me. Been there, done that. One of your babies having an ear infection is 10x as bad as you having one. Both of them having one is 10x10x10x (yes, the multiple magnitudinousness was deliberate! Two babies sick are 100 times as bad as one) as bad as you having one. Look at it as you taking a bullet for them; then you won't begrudge not getting to hold them for a couple/few days as much.

 

[Kurokami]

Yeah, you don't want a baby (or babies) with ear infection around, trust me. Been there, done that. One of your babies having an ear infection is 10x as bad as you having one. Both of them having one is 10x10x10x (yes, the multiple magnitudinousness was deliberate! Two babies sick are 100 times as bad as one) as bad as you having one. Look at it as you taking a bullet for them; then you won't begrudge not getting to hold them for a couple/few days as much.

Good advice. I'll keep that in mind as I sequester myself at the back of the house for a few days.

And it gives me an excuse to go all uber-dad when I finally get to hang out with them again.

 

[KoPilot]

Tossing two brand-new PVC catsuits* at the Goodwill in a little bit. And also a the harness from an unfinished Comedian cosplay. At least it'll make for good story fodder for when the employees go home tonight.

This is what I get for being too goddamn motherfucking tall, and because REAL women are cute, short, pixie sprite people, these online retailers and manufacturers don't even bother putting in a height measurement in their sizing charts. So I can technically meet all the requirements for a medium, except oops, hurrhurr I guess they just didn't account for buyers being outside the range of 5'2-5'5.

So here ya go, Goodwill, make some broke kinkster's day for me.

 

[UhOhItsMerci]

The uti brewing down below (talk about a good morning)... i just want to scream why me...*crosses fingers* on the other hand I'm hoping im wrong with my self diagnosis, and that it just goes away.........i know naivety but i really dont want to spend money on a doctors visit and a prescription.

Oh and another thing i have to go to a first birthday party..... this isnt turning out to be a good saturday *hides under blankets* :rollseyes:

 

[BiBunny]

This goddamn cold/ear infection combo that's put me flat on my ass. It's hard enough to concentrate through this constant coughing, but now I can't even hold my daughters for fear of them catching it?

Daddy not happy

I know colds are contagious, but are ear infections? Eh, I guess it probably develops because of the stuffy head you get with a cold, right? Either way, you don't want the babies getting it.

Hope you feel better soon.

 

[CutieMouse]

*headdesk headdesk headdesk*

There is a procedure for shutting things down at work.

1. count the register
2. stamp the backs of any checks
3. put those numbers in the register book
4. sign your initials at the bottom
5. pull cash from the till
6. fill out the deposit slip
7. fill out the bank bag
8. run two reports
9. staple paperwork to the appropriate page in the register book
10. send an email to the Manager/Assistant with the day's numbers
11. pull/sort receipts and put them in their filing cabinet
12. put the deposit in the safe

Technically, two people are supposed to take care of this - the first person to do steps 1-7, and the second person to double check the work.

There's one person I work with who is honest to gawd the sloppiest, most disorganized person I've ever met. For example, tonight she counted the drawer 30 minutes before closing, illegibly wrote it all down on a post it note and stuck it to the counter, pulled the deposit/set it aside in the till, and went to do other stuff.

So I start writing the nightly email, and realize that the till has been counted, but nothing else is done. So I stop what I'm doing, run a report, and see a discrepancy. I put the bills/change back in their proper spots in the till, and recount, but it doesn't match the report I ran and the numbers look off.

It took about 10 minutes to figure things out and make sure everything added up correctly - mostly because the person who counted everything then didn't finish the EOD process of the register kept interrupting things, because she was in a hurry to leave.

So we finally get it all sorted out about 10 minutes after closing, and we still haven't done steps 2 - 10 on the closing procedure. And she tells me that next time we close together, I should really let her do it because I get so anxious when dealing with money.

Excuse me?

Well, just look at how long it's taken to close the register tonight! It's okay that money makes me nervous*, I just need to admit it and let people who are more comfortable with things take care of the register.



So frustrated.

As calmly as possible, I explain that I'm not uncomfortable with money, but I do better when one person handles closing the register from beginning to end. If I find things only half done, it gets confusing and I just have to start over from the beginning. She tells me that it's okay to not be good with money - she'd already done everything, but she understood that I wasn't good with money and it was taking longer because I got confused.

So, all she'd done out of that 12 step process, was write something on a post it note, and shove a bunch of bills/coins to one side of the drawer. She wasn't willing to write down her numbers in the official register, initial her count, fill out/initial the deposit slips or bank bag, stamp the checks, seal everything, staple documents to the registry, send the email to management, or be in charge of the safe/filing the media.

So I pointed out again - the person who STARTS the end of day process [re: the till], needs to see it through to the end. Otherwise, there are too many people handling things and mistakes could occur.

And she says again - she already did everything, and proceeds to ask if everything is finished/are we ready to walk out the door because everything should be done and she's just waiting on me and walks off to surf Hollywood gossip blogs until we're ready to leave.

I finish filling out paperwork, pull the deposit, stamp the checks, fill out the deposit slip & bank bag, file the media, write/send the email, and we're finally done. Ya know, since she'd already done EVERYTHING. And the whole.fucking.time. she was asking if we were done, could we leave yet, her fiancee was waiting on her, OMG we were leaving so fucking late [6:13 compared to 6:05] and this is exactly why people who aren't comfortable with money shouldn't deal with the resister at the end of the day.





*Her logic behind her opinion of myself and money? I refuse to treat The Men™ like sugar daddies, and prefer to live simply.

 

[intothewoods]

I know this isn't the Dear X thread but...

Dear Miss Mouse,

You work with idiots. And you're such a smart, hard-working, dedicated individual. It seems a shame that your talents are being wasted there! I would really like to see you doing something else. Something that pays better...better utilizes your talents...etc.

--ITW

 

[CutieMouse]

I know this isn't the Dear X thread but...

Dear Miss Mouse,

You work with idiots. And you're such a smart, hard-working, dedicated individual. It seems a shame that your talents are being wasted there! I would really like to see you doing something else. Something that pays better...better utilizes your talents...etc.

--ITW

Oh I agree... but if I did something else, I wouldn't get to do what I do. And I love what I do. Every time I start to feel fed up, I think about my clients; I don't want to leave them.

But if I could kill off [or at least dull] the insane work ethic/obsessive about customer service genes thing, I'd probably be a lot happier and more patient with coworkers.

 

[Sir_Winston54]

I'll vote with ITW on the whole "work with idiots" thing. At the same time, I understand your loving what you do as the 99% of your job and not wanting to give it up just to not have to deal with the idiots. Unfortunately, just about anywhere you might work is going to have idiots, so you might as well work in a job you love 99% of. All I can offer is

:: pat pat :: We love you, Mousie!

 

[Cattypuss]

A friendly acquaintance who, when he asked me how work was and I mentioned I had resigned my job and was going to spend a year at uni doing a Masters in something that had always interested me (and living there with my boyf, who is a lecturer in a different dept at the same uni), practically spat out "Academics aren't more intelligent than other people you know - they've just read more books, that's all".

First of all, doing a Masters doesn't make you an academic, my friend, and second of all I think you'll find that academics have to do a lot more than read - they have to THINK as well and WRITE as well or they are soon out on their ear.

Whilst I accept that education and intelligence are not the same thing, and indeed I happen to know someone who in my opinion has average-at-best intelligence and who somehow got himself accepted into a PhD programme last year, I did find my acquaintance's comment to be based on ignorance - and to be pretty bitter to boot.

I guess I was sort-of expecting him to be happy for me, because I'm taking a risk to do what I want to do (you know, the whole follow your dream thingy).

Oh well - fuck him!

 

[Loverskitten]

A teenager, I love with all my heart, has been pissing me off as of late. Teenagers, grrrr

 

[Sir_Winston54]

A friendly acquaintance who, when he asked me how work was and I mentioned I had resigned my job and was going to spend a year at uni doing a Masters in something that had always interested me (and living there with my boyf, who is a lecturer in a different dept at the same uni), practically spat out "Academics aren't more intelligent than other people you know - they've just read more books, that's all".

First of all, doing a Masters doesn't make you an academic, my friend, and second of all I think you'll find that academics have to do a lot more than read - they have to THINK as well and WRITE as well or they are soon out on their ear.

Whilst I accept that education and intelligence are not the same thing, and indeed I happen to know someone who in my opinion has average-at-best intelligence and who somehow got himself accepted into a PhD programme last year, I did find my acquaintance's comment to be based on ignorance - and to be pretty bitter to boot.

I guess I was sort-of expecting him to be happy for me, because I'm taking a risk to do what I want to do (you know, the whole follow your dream thingy).

Oh well - fuck him!

Sounds like sour grapes to me. Maybe he tried to get into a higher educational level and failed, so he doesn't want others to think it's an important thing.

And as you so intelligently and educatedly said: Fuck him!

 

[intothewoods]

Oh I agree... but if I did something else, I wouldn't get to do what I do. And I love what I do. Every time I start to feel fed up, I think about my clients; I don't want to leave them.

But if I could kill off [or at least dull] the insane work ethic/obsessive about customer service genes thing, I'd probably be a lot happier and more patient with coworkers.

Well, it just seems unfair to me that you're so amazing and you work with these dolts. Have you thought about doing stylist work? I feel like you talked about this once, or we talked about it...something...anyway, I don't know.

 

[Latina49]

The fact that I woke up feeling worse than I felt yesterday

 

[Curious_in_Cali]

The fact that I woke up feeling worse than I felt yesterday

Sorry to hear you are not feeling well! I am sending you some chicken soup laden feel better soon thoughts.

 

[kiwi_submissive]

I have the female version of man flu and my teddy bears won't cuddle me back

 

[Curious_in_Cali]

I have the female version of man flu and my teddy bears won't cuddle me back

Pshaw...sounds like a bad case of lazy bears! Hate that! I am not so fuzzily soft, but I am sending you an awesomely powerful "hope you feel better soon" huggle just in case that might help in the mean time.

 

[kiwi_submissive]

Pshaw...sounds like a bad case of lazy bears! Hate that! I am not so fuzzily soft, but I am sending you an awesomely powerful "hope you feel better soon" huggle just in case that might help in the mean time.

Thanks so much, they either need to go to a bear training school or they have been strangled to death *hugs*

 

[Curious_in_Cali]

Thanks so much, they either need to go to a bear training school or they have been strangled to death *hugs*

I don't think that killing the bears will make them any less lazy, so I guess we should opt to support their schooling options.

*offers you a loan my totally squishable plushy hippo*

You know, until they get back.

 

[kiwi_submissive]

I don't think that killing the bears will make them any less lazy, so I guess we should opt to support their schooling options.

*offers you a loan my totally squishable plushy hippo*

You know, until they get back.

Now we just have to find a suitable teacher for the teddy bear cuddling school.

Awwww thanks you *super happy hippo dance*

 

[troubledone]

I was lit lagged through the day