The school has been advertising about a career fair day for over a month on campus (I've probably known about it longer than that) and asshat faculty member comes in to tell me that he had no idea it was going on because he didn't check the school's portal this morning. I told him that there's been flyers around the school and on the portal for at least a month, plus they started setting up for it 3 days ago!
A student, who has been to the fitness center before this semester, came into the facility to workout while there was a PE class taking place. The instructor thankfully kicked the kid out, but I came back about 15 minutes before the facility reopens and then proceeds to ask me why it's still closed (there's a class that's in there from 10-11am every MWF and has been since the semester started) because the class let out early and I was here. I told him that it's a scheduled block for class which means that I take my break during the hour and will reopen at 11am like it always does. The hours are posted right next to the door, on our website, and on the portal. Holy crap.
I also have to close the facility early because I have a meeting at 2pm and extend the closure by 45 minutes tomorrow for another meeting. Can't wait to hear how many people are pissed that it's closed and that "they didn't know" after posting said closing on the door 2 days ago and put it on both the student and faculty portal. I can't fix stupid and your stupid is making my pregnancy brain look really good right now. Ron White could get some good material after spending a day with me
WTF! I was witness to my DH telling his other foreman that in August/September they would have to switch work sites so that my DH could be close to home for when LO is born and this foreman says "Why??! One of the other foreman wasn't there for the birth of his child!" WTF! I had to really try hard to not go the F off on this guy!!
my WTF is trying to set up a simple HSA through the bank and what a headache that turned out to be. Also randomly feeling super nauseous all day. W T F
WTF! I was witness to my DH telling his other foreman that in August/September they would have to switch work sites so that my DH could be close to home for when LO is born and this foreman says "Why??! One of the other foreman wasn't there for the birth of his child!" WTF! I had to really try hard to not go the F off on this guy!!
Wowww. What an ass. I bet his home life is great with that attitude [-X .
Today a coworker who I never talk to (because she is honestly just too weird) took one look at my belly and asked if I was expecting. I told her I was and thought we would have a nice little conversation about when I was due, if I knew the gender, blah blah blah. Instead she tells me her daughter is pregnant, looks me up and down and says "she's much smaller than you". LOL thanks lady.
Today a coworker who I never talk to (because she is honestly just too weird) took one look at my belly and asked if I was expecting. I told her I was and thought we would have a nice little conversation about when I was due, if I knew the gender, blah blah blah. Instead she tells me her daughter is pregnant, looks me up and down and says "she's much smaller than you". LOL thanks lady.
wtf? I would have been like: "I will assume the 'congratulations' is implied." what a weird a** thing for her to say.
WTF #1: My husband and I went to visit his parents for the weekend. We drove from NY to VA and arrived after midnight on Friday. My MIL was awake and ran toward me with both arms extended reaching for my stomach. She manhandled my stomach with both hands and said "oh you are barely showing! There's nothing there!" The next day, I wore a more form fitting top and walked down stairs. She manhandled me once again and said "oh my you are so big! How far along are you? Isn't it too soon to be so big?" Um... WTF?
WTF #2: I was chatting with a few coworkers at work. Another coworker (whom I barely know) walks in, looks me up and down, and says "what's different about you?" I replied saying I don't know... Maybe it's my hair that I'm wearing up? She said "no... It's something else." I said "I'm pregnant?" And she said, "oh that's it. I just thought you were getting fat." WTF? Was she waiting for me to say I've packed on some pounds???
WTF #1: My husband and I went to visit his parents for the weekend. We drove from NY to VA and arrived after midnight on Friday. My MIL was awake and ran toward me with both arms extended reaching for my stomach. She manhandled my stomach with both hands and said "oh you are barely showing! There's nothing there!" The next day, I wore a more form fitting top and walked down stairs. She manhandled me once again and said "oh my you are so big! How far along are you? Isn't it too soon to be so big?" Um... WTF?
WTF #2: I was chatting with a few coworkers at work. Another coworker (whom I barely know) walks in, looks me up and down, and says "what's different about you?" I replied saying I don't know... Maybe it's my hair that I'm wearing up? She said "no... It's something else." I said "I'm pregnant?" And she said, "oh that's it. I just thought you were getting fat." WTF? Was she waiting for me to say I've packed on some pounds???
I've had TWO people at work now tell me "oh I thought you were getting fat". Is that funny??? I don't understand the thought behind it. No congrats. No excitement. Just a comment about how I look fat. Real sweet.
A friend I haven't seen in a while saw me for the first time with my belly. She said, "how far along are you again? 6 months? Hmm. Only 3. Thanks for that though.
My WTFW has actually been going on for a few days now. My youngest sister is in town and has made nonstop rude comments about my belly! Example one: (we're standing in a restrauant and she's talking to me across the room) Her "you look like you have a big ole pot belly in that dress" Me (deep breath) "no sister it's a baby bump"
Example two: (as she is poking and proding my belly) Her: " when is your belly going to get hard like last time? It's just all gooshie right now" Me: (deep breath) "that happens when you get bigger"
I could go on but I think you get the point..... It is so hard to not choke her sometimes ...... Ah family
We have a gas range (love it) which means the oven smokes up the house often. Today, while preheating (yes, I know I need to clean out the oven), the fire alarm went off and wouldn't stop.
My husband was frazzled and frenetic. I asked him how he was going to cope when there is a newborn in the house. Instead of being his usual self, he went off on me and is now pouting in the other room bc I asked him to not yell at me.
Last time he got hormonal with me, my sweet son in utero kicked Daddy's hand. Good kid. Dad owes me a love note tomorrow morning for his behavior, though. That's our marriage survival technique. Works well :P
A student who's a regular at the fitness facility I'm temping at (Monday's my last day ) hadn't been here in a couple weeks and said I was huge, and when I responded that I've only gained 6 pounds so far, he responded with "I don't believe that. There's no way because your belly's huge"
I swear this student needs to retake his human biology class again on how babies are made, then take an etiquette course on what not to say to pregnant women. Oye.
My wtf wednesday truly, truly, makes me scratch my head. I have a co worker I have always had to practice lots of extra patience with...she just happens to be VERY sensitive, which is actually a terrible trait to have in our job where you can't take behaviour personally. Well, besides always taking the student's behaviour personally, she has recently been leaving me hanging a lot when our kids go into meltdowns. It has been very publicly stated that I am NOT to take care of the kids when they meltdown because it's very common for our kids, and a lot of people with ASD to lose control and even blackout when they meltdown- they become seriously violent and dangerous. Obviously, a bad mix for a pregnant woman. Well the other day- a student went into meltdown and immediately started attacking me and she came running over. "GREAT!" I think- she's going to take over for me. NOPE. She grabs our documentation and walks across the room to start taking notes of what's happening. I call for her help THREE times and she doesn't do anything, so I let the kid go- and he ran to attack her before another co worker had to step in and take over. Then she kept hovering around while we were helping the child calm down and I wanted to scream "GO AWAY, why are you just WATCHING?!" And THEN she started complaining to me that the student scratched her ear and it hurt. DUH. Why didn't you help me then? You could obviously see that it was a situation where you don't walk and turn your back on this kid and you certainly don't leave your pregnant co worker to deal with the behaviour AFTER she calls for help. Anyway, only like 12 days of school and I won't have to worry about it anymore.
UGH. Oh, also- this co worker balled her eyes out yesterday because she felt "left out of pictures" we were taking of our students riding bikes. I can usually enjoy her company at work and she has a heart of gold, but I must be having a hormonal surge right now because I SERIOUSLY can't handle her right now. I can't...
@jennsuzanne87 OMG! I think I'd be speaking to my supervisor about HER behavior after that! I'm angry for you at her carelessness and complete disregard for your safety and nerve to complain to you about her getting hurt instead of helping. I'm so sorry you went through this.
@Kjs08 luckily I have 10 more working days with her. I have already told certain people in authority I don't think she should be asked back nexy year but that is totally their call, as I will be staying home with a baby. We will see!
ok ok ok, so I will come up with a real WTF later- but this one is to myself. NO SLEEP LAST NIGHT?! SERIOUSLY?! WTF???
Actually, it's because I have my anatomy scan today. To nervous to sleep! Please send prayers/good vibes towards baby R that all of their little systems are perfectly healthy and that mom stays semi- sane until 3 pm!
ok ok ok, so I will come up with a real WTF later- but this one is to myself. NO SLEEP LAST NIGHT?! SERIOUSLY?! WTF???
Actually, it's because I have my anatomy scan today. To nervous to sleep! Please send prayers/good vibes towards baby R that all of their little systems are perfectly healthy and that mom stays semi- sane until 3 pm!
Good luck! Mine is today at 3:45. I'm so excited but very nervous too.
I have had multiple, but the biggest came from my boyfriends grandmother. We are having a girl. His grandmother has made it clear she hates the name I have chosen. She looked at me today and said "did you even ask him if he liked that name?", talking about my boyfriend. I went from 0 to FURIOUS real fast. She is always rude but the way she spit that sentence out at me made me crazy. Maybe it's hormones, or maybe she is just rude. Either way, I was not a happy camper.
My husband and I tried to get pregnant for four years before this pregnancy. It was heartbreaking watching a sister-in-law pray to not get pregnant (because that works!), then have twins she complains about incessantly. Well, the first time said sister-in-law saw us after finding out we are pregnant, her response was, "When you guys got pregnant, it should have been us!" WTF! Who says that to someone, in any situation, ever?? Apparently she wants another baby; her husband does not. How can I even socialize with her at family events? I want to punch her in her selfish face. Rant over!
My SIL said almost the same thing. I also might add that this is the same douche canoe who told us, "so help me god I better not have another girl" I wtf'ed out loud at her.
It took TWO hours to get my oil changed and tires rotated today. Of course I had my 2.5 year old with me and she was so good for most of it but there's only so much a toddler can do in a car dealership for two hours. Next time I need my car serviced and my husband is away I will pay for a babysitter!
My WTF Wednesday goes out to my husband. He was whining that we always do things with my family and not his... Well, I text his mom to see what she wants to do for mothers day ie just time really and we usually plan something... No answer. I told him to text his siblings and plan it since I'm tired of planning it all. Guess he just wants to whine about it and not text his family. We only do stuff if I plan it! Grrr.
My 21 year old daughter just earned her place on the board. She picks me up from work in my vehicle that i pay gas for. Last night she wanted to get chalk for her boss (nowhere near my house and she has been in this same area multiple times this week already and used up half my tank of gas already) after she picked me up and i told her noway, i want to go straight home and that if he isnt compensating her during her time off she need not run errands on her personal time let alone on my time. Today was slow the day dragged on and on, the kid has me stuck at work after hours because she can't judge time or traffic and went to pick up frigging chalk after i told her not to in my vehicle... sorry grammar police i have run on sentences....lol
A few days late, but this goes to my new supervisor (I started a new job last Tuesday). I asked him about the other trainings (there's 9 I have to do, he signed me up for 5 and one was cancelled already) that are required for me to have completed within the first 120 days after I'm hired (which I'd have to have completed by late August), and he told me that he was hesitant about having me complete them because he assumed that I wouldn't be returning to work after I have the baby. WTF?!?!?!?!?! I told him that I would like to take 12 weeks after the baby's born to establish a routine and to hopefully get myself back in shape to return to work (I'm a personal trainer), but we aren't set on that amount of time off, and I WILL be returning to work by early December at the absolute latest.
Who the hell "assumes" that every woman doesn't return to work after having a baby? I know I'm going to be stir crazy after a week of not being able to leave the house! I'll probably be counting the days to when I can leave lol
I was standing with a coworker at work today and one of our regulars (I work in a college tutoring center) walked by and stopped to ask "is the baby still in there?" This was a grown woman! I was dumbfounded by the question and just laughed. What even is that question? Lol
My husband's sister lives with his 68 year old father and her 12 year old son, who has Asperger's and ODD. She is 33 years old, and has spent the majority of the last year with her new boyfriend (who none of us have met) . She sleeps at his house, is never home, and leaves her father to take care of her son, without ever asking, or thanking him. He feeds him and gets him up for school, but this poor kid spends all waking hours unsupervised on the internet, or playing video games. It's a terrible situation. When she does make appearances, and he gives her a hard time, they fight. This stresses out the father who is retired and wants to have some peace. Yesterday, she showed up unannounced and told her son he had a dentist appointment, and he freaked out. Her response was to tell him "I don't want you anymore", and that he had to go live in a home somewhere. She is absolutely clueless and the worst mother ever. My husband finally butted in, and told her you can't say that to a kid, and she told him to "worry about your own wife and kid". Sorry so long, but WTF???
@rabonian- I can't believe that! oh my gosh! I work with kids on the spectrum and they are certainly challenging but as a mother of a 12 year old with aspergers she should MORE than know it would be a BAD idea to just bust dentist news on him last minute. That's ASKING for a blowout- let's even see a neurotypical 12 year old handle that well. Plus, she should spend a day in my classroom with the kids whose ASD is so severe they can't speak and maybe she would realize how truly blessed she is. Put him in a home?! That is so hurtful it makes me sick. OMG, that might even be my wtfwednesday
Actually my WTFwednesday has to do with my classroom. There has been a lot of trouble surrounding room in our school and moving a class to a different school and etc. Well anyway, the current staff in our class will not be staying for various reasons- but each of us beyond LOVE our class and our kids and we are incredibly concerned with who will work with them next year and how they will handle their very challenging behavior. Anyway- we have a teacher who we all know from work that is interested in the job, so she is going to observe all day thurs and fri. Which is great except that it's not. We have been doing testing and going pretty easy on them since it's the end of the year. We will keep them on their typical schedule, which will make them mad *it makes them mad if they do this everyday, let alone after a few "off" days thanks to testing* as well as having a stranger in the room all day will make them mad. It could basically be blowout central and I've been not taking on behaviours now that I'm farther along in pregnancy. My WTF is WTF is going to happen if these kids blow out all day because we are trying to accomodate someone else?
@jennsuzanne87 I'm not an expert on the spectrum, but I do know that structure is so important, and the only place he gets any is st school. My husband had planned to spend some time with him playing video games, but instead had a long chat with him about why hitting his mother was wrong, even if he was upset about the dentist. He said it went pretty well, but when he told him the game session would have to wait a couple days, due to his behavior, he flipped out again and stormed off. He has never had a single consequence for his actions, so obviously he didn't like it, what 12 year old would? So his mother, who hours earlier wanted to get rid of him, had her own freak out session screaming g at my husband for "breaking a promise" telling him he's dead to her and to never come around her kid again. Again reinforcing negative behavior. Insanity!
They're in it, but she blames her father for everything, and he won't rat her out for never being there, or saying terrible things, so it's pretty much useless.
Re: WTFWednesday
WTF #2: I was chatting with a few coworkers at work. Another coworker (whom I barely know) walks in, looks me up and down, and says "what's different about you?" I replied saying I don't know... Maybe it's my hair that I'm wearing up? She said "no... It's something else." I said "I'm pregnant?" And she said, "oh that's it. I just thought you were getting fat." WTF? Was she waiting for me to say I've packed on some pounds???
Example one: (we're standing in a restrauant and she's talking to me across the room)
Her "you look like you have a big ole pot belly in that dress"
Me (deep breath) "no sister it's a baby bump"
Example two: (as she is poking and proding my belly)
Her: " when is your belly going to get hard like last time? It's just all gooshie right now"
Me: (deep breath) "that happens when you get bigger"
I could go on but I think you get the point..... It is so hard to not choke her sometimes ...... Ah family
We have a gas range (love it) which means the oven smokes up the house often. Today, while preheating (yes, I know I need to clean out the oven), the fire alarm went off and wouldn't stop.
My husband was frazzled and frenetic. I asked him how he was going to cope when there is a newborn in the house. Instead of being his usual self, he went off on me and is now pouting in the other room bc I asked him to not yell at me.
Last time he got hormonal with me, my sweet son in utero kicked Daddy's hand. Good kid. Dad owes me a love note tomorrow morning for his behavior, though. That's our marriage survival technique. Works well :P
I told him to text his siblings and plan it since I'm tired of planning it all. Guess he just wants to whine about it and not text his family. We only do stuff if I plan it! Grrr.
sorry grammar police i have run on sentences....lol