What pissed you off today?

[Stella_Omega]

One more turned-conservative friend blocked on facebook.

 

[Vixandra]

Got a "we don't want to hire you" email less than 12 hours after a second interview. GAh!

 

[seela]

Got a "we don't want to hire you" email less than 12 hours after a second interview. GAh!

Ditto. Well I got mine almost 22 hours after the second interview. Doesn't suck any less, though.

 

[Vixandra]

Ditto. Well I got mine almost 22 hours after the second interview. Doesn't suck any less, though.

At least we got something, so it wasn't just silence but still.

I hate job hunting, it's like begging someone to like you.

 

[CutieMouse]

I love The Boy. I do. I know he's struggling right now; I'm trying to be patient and understanding...

But how the bloodyfuckingHELL does someone boil a vintage Pyrex percolator so dry that it shatters? On a gas stovetop, no less?

He started coffee, then left the kitchen. And promptly forgot he'd started the coffee. He didn't "remember" until he went into the kitchen "about an hour, maybe?" later to make a sandwich, and discovered the percolator on the stove, burned black, gas on. (it shattered when he took it off the burner & moved it to the sink)

He's lucky he didn't burn the house down. He's lucky it was Pyrex, or he'd be in the ER getting stitches.

I really do love him, but Christonacupcake he can be exhausting.

(And I'm really sad about my Pyrex percolator... It was the first time I'd ever found one with all the parts and everything. )

 

[gypsy*seer]

(And I'm really sad about my Pyrex percolator... It was the first time I'd ever found one with all the parts and everything. )

I have two complete ones, if you're interested!

 

[Malich]

Idiot clients who don't appear to grasp the fact that the job they are sending me to on Tuesday is 4 hours travel from my home and that scheduling me in for a 7:30am start (requiring me to leave the house at about 3:15am) and then scheduling me to deliver a 5 hours training session starting at 12:30pm (meaning I won't get home before 9pm) is not safe.

18 hour day again.

I need a new job!

 

[LallyH]

Idiot clients who don't appear to grasp the fact that the job they are sending me to on Tuesday is 4 hours travel from my home and that scheduling me in for a 7:30am start (requiring me to leave the house at about 3:15am) and then scheduling me to deliver a 5 hours training session starting at 12:30pm (meaning I won't get home before 9pm) is not safe.

18 hour day again.

I need a new job!

Yes you do - I completely understand your frustration. Unfortunately, at the moment, the customer is king, but I live for the day when the tide turns. I've kept a list....

 

[Malich]

Yes you do - I completely understand your frustration. Unfortunately, at the moment, the customer is king, but I live for the day when the tide turns. I've kept a list....

Editors who shall be first against the wall when the revolution comes!

 

[Sir_Winston54]

Idiot clients who don't appear to grasp the fact that the job they are sending me to on Tuesday is 4 hours travel from my home and that scheduling me in for a 7:30am start (requiring me to leave the house at about 3:15am) and then scheduling me to deliver a 5 hours training session starting at 12:30pm (meaning I won't get home before 9pm) is not safe.

18 hour day again.

I need a new job!

I'd think your employer would want you to make your best possible presentation, and would thus require either a later start time or night-before lodgings (at the client's expense) so you can give them the most possible for their outlay.

Even the VA (government) hospital I go to for my oncology treatments, etc., recognizes that a 210-mile (one-way) trip is unreasonable before an early-morning appointment and provides overnight housing (free) the night before if my appointments begin before 10:00 a.m. In fact, we're going up next Wednesday for four appointments (lab, MRI, oncologist {chemo}, and oncologist {radiation}) on Thursday.

One nice thing about it is that Wednesday is YK's birthday, so we're going out to dinner and a movie Wednesday evening to celebrate. We still end up driving 3.5 hours home after the last appointment, meaning we'll get home about 9:00 p.m. or so, but it could be worse.

 

[bisexualsmoker]

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A few hours ago myself probably.

 

[Curious_in_Cali]

Settling into the reality I need to drop this awesome class and postpone it one more time. I don't know how many more lessons in patience I can take.

Harrumph.

 

[paigen5490]

Not a thing....today was boring

 

[DVS]

Dare I say it? Obamacare.

 

[JamieJ424]

Lack of sleep. And god damn Halloween candy. Maybe those two are related somehow.

 

[silkface]

My fiance called me over to fix her computer from a virus turns out she bought a computer sales scheme. Even though I showed her three Google Sites said the same thing she refused to believe me. She said my computer Antvirus and anti-spam software was too sensitive I should take it off.

 

[Sir_Winston54]

My fiance called me over to fix her computer from a virus turns out she bought a computer sales scheme. Even though I showed her three Google Sites said the same thing she refused to believe me. She said my computer Antvirus and anti-spam software was too sensitive I should take it off.

Lose her now. Almost anyone can screw up and get a virus now and then, but someone who is not technologically competent who refuses to listen to someone (or site) who is[are] technologically competent will do nothing but drive you homicidally insane in the long run.

 

[Yasashii_Kaze]

Lose her now. Almost anyone can screw up and get a virus now and then, but someone who is not technologically competent who refuses to listen to someone (or site) who is[are] technologically competent will do nothing but drive you homicidally insane in the long run.

I can vouch for this.

 

[Sir_Winston54]

My fiance called me over to fix her computer from a virus turns out she bought a computer sales scheme. Even though I showed her three Google Sites said the same thing she refused to believe me. She said my computer Antvirus and anti-spam software was too sensitive I should take it off.

Lose her now. Almost anyone can screw up and get a virus now and then, but someone who is not technologically competent who refuses to listen to someone (or site) who is[are] technologically competent will do nothing but drive you homicidally insane in the long run.

I can vouch for this.

The reason she can vouch for this is that *I* am the one who is no longer technologically competent and either forget things she tells me or that I previously knew... and every once in a while, I get the idiot idea that my almost-20 year old technological knowledge is more relevant to today's technology than her current knowledge. She also works with a whole bunch of technological incompetents.

Technophile: Someone who loves almost all technology.
Technophobe: Someone who thinks technology created after their heyday is witchcraft or can't possibly be valid.
Technosaur: Someone whose understanding of technology stopped developing at some point, and who has no room left in their brain for new technology.

YK is a t-phile; I'm a t-saur. <sigh> Poor YK.

 

[MeekMe]

I really don't like cell phones and how rude people are these days. Just because you have a cell phone connected to your face doesn't mean it's OK to ignore the person asking how they can help you!

If you don't have time to put down the phone, you don't have time to be helped in a public establishment!

(>.<) I feel bitter and not very pretty right now...

 

[bhndblueyes88]

Today I am viscerally angry that a (very GOOD) dog died on my watch because I took the advice of a more experienced colleague instead of following my own better judgement. The only good thing is that my boss point blank said he does not consider it my fault. And the owner was incredibly understanding and maintains that from a long-term financial standpoint, it was still the best decision at the time.

But I could have saved that dog.

 

[CutieMouse]

I really don't like cell phones and how rude people are these days. Just because you have a cell phone connected to your face doesn't mean it's OK to ignore the person asking how they can help you!

If you don't have time to put down the phone, you don't have time to be helped in a public establishment!

(>.<) I feel bitter and not very pretty right now...

Sanity saving advice (from a long term retail service type person)?

If they are on the phone, do what you have to to meet company standards for "recognizing/ greeting" the client within X seconds. Then move on, keeping an eye on the client and/ or checking on them every few minutes. Eye contact with a smile & nod + stage whisper "let me know if I can help you" usually qualifies. Keep an eue on them from a distance/ re-engage when they're off the phone, but give lots of space.

They don't know you have an 8-15 second window to officially greet someone. They might also be using the cell to avoid clingy, disruptive (unprofessional) sales people. Doing your job without letting them run the show will save you a lof of stress.

 

[Sir_Winston54]

Today I am viscerally angry that a (very GOOD) dog died on my watch because I took the advice of a more experienced colleague instead of following my own better judgement. The only good thing is that my boss point blank said he does not consider it my fault. And the owner was incredibly understanding and maintains that from a long-term financial standpoint, it was still the best decision at the time.

But I could have saved that dog.

Cyberhugs to you and the puppy. I also hope your boss had some words for the "more experienced colleague."

 

[MeekMe]

Sanity saving advice (from a long term retail service type person)?

If they are on the phone, do what you have to to meet company standards for "recognizing/ greeting" the client within X seconds. Then move on, keeping an eye on the client and/ or checking on them every few minutes. Eye contact with a smile & nod + stage whisper "let me know if I can help you" usually qualifies. Keep an eue on them from a distance/ re-engage when they're off the phone, but give lots of space.

They don't know you have an 8-15 second window to officially greet someone. They might also be using the cell to avoid clingy, disruptive (unprofessional) sales people. Doing your job without letting them run the show will save you a lof of stress.

Your advice makes sense in the retail/sales area. I work in a bank, though. So when people come in, unless they're using the ATM, they need to talk to us. It's frustrating when they hold up lines or don't tell me what they need and instead hold their hand up to my face and expect me to wait while they finish their conversation. Meanwhile, the line behind them if full of people waiting to be helped.

 

[gypsy*seer]

But I could have saved that dog.

hugs

That is exactly why I couldn't go into that profession. I admire what you do, bbe. Even though I know how hard it must be at times.