Trash-talking Tuesday

melody921 · July 2014

Or really, any kind of talk. What's shakin'?

I am working from home this morning before DH and I have to go to a funeral. And of course, this is the day our server is crapping out. So I'm sifting through email in an attempt to find worthy tasks to complete.

Meanwhile, DS saw that I wasn't dressed and threw a colossal fit about why he had to get ready for school when I was still in pjs. It was one of those moments that I could see myself using the "because I said so" line.

MississippiCatfish · July 2014

I think DS and I are heading to the mall today. There's a free kids show at 10 and we can walk around and split a Famous Amos cookie. Probably stop by ikea after because it is across the street and I have a couple returns. That's about as exciting as my day's gonna get:)

Eta words

MississippiCatfish · July 2014

dimples12 said:

I made a return at Ikea yesterday, @MississippiCatfish‌ while in Philly because there's not one in Lancaster. It took 1/2 hour to get called up! I felt like I was in the DMV. Then I used all my self control to leave. I'm on term break and don't see clients in order to catch up on paperwork, prep for new term. Apparently, students have been told I'm in today for them. Ugh. I won't be able to turn them away.

I've never made a return, but I'm anticipating hassle. The registers are always such a cluster just to check out!

Good look at work today:/

melody921 · July 2014

From the morning's editing of an 11-page document, I'm reminded of words that make me want to stab someone when they're misspelled: probally, samich, fustrated. Ack people, you're missing letters and assaulting my eyes.

MRoxy0628 · July 2014

MississippiCatfish said:

I think DS and I are heading to the mall today. There's a free kids show at 10 and we can walk around and split a Famous Amos cookie. Probably stop by ikea after because it is across the street and I have a couple returns. That's about as exciting as my day's gonna get:) Eta words

That's ambitious for being 40 weeks pregnant and wrangling a toddler! Maybe all that walking around will get things moving!

thebanich · July 2014

Ugh. I'm all pissed off now b/c of a comment someone put on FB about the SCOTUS decision. The part that pissed me off was "If you don't agree with Hobby Lobby, just find a new job!"

1) Not even close to the fucking point. 2) You can't just go out a find a new job. It isn't that easy!!! (I've been applying for positions for close to a year.)

X(

thebanich · July 2014

AND OMG. If you have a new employee coming in. YOU SHOULD PROBABLY COME TO WORK. This poor woman has been wandering around because her boss isn't here. My supervisor called him and he said "I'm not coming in today, can't you just give her an orientation to HR policies?"

Uhhhh. That is what we did yesterday. In orientation.

amandad715 · July 2014

MRoxy0628 said:

MississippiCatfish said:

I think DS and I are heading to the mall today. There's a free kids show at 10 and we can walk around and split a Famous Amos cookie. Probably stop by ikea after because it is across the street and I have a couple returns. That's about as exciting as my day's gonna get:) Eta words

That's ambitious for being 40 weeks pregnant and wrangling a toddler! Maybe all that walking around will get things moving!

One of my favorite stories was when I was PG with Jack and it was the end of the school year. I was paranoid about going in to labor at school and traumatizing the 4th graders, so I took off a few days before my due date (at the time I think I had 85 sick days and used 8 up for ML before summer break. No biggie). Anyways, of course he was late and I was soooooo bored that I cleaned & organized everything in 2 days and then was staring at the walls. Typical 1st pregnancy. So I went shopping every day-one place a day, just to walk around and break up my boredom. Target(more thick pads for the bag!) the mall(sure, a pretzel and a cruise through Motherhood!) and Ulta. I was stocking up on nail polish at Ulta because giving myself a mani & pedi would definitely take up a bunch of time.

The college/high school-aged girl at the checkout looked familiar, and we figured out that she was a neighbor of my aunt, uncle and cousin and I had baby-sat her and her sister years ago. She asked when I was due and I was 40w1d at that point, so I answered without missing a beat, "yesterday." The look of horror on her face was priceless. And she got all nervous and was looking around for help like my water had just broken. It was so funny. Anyways, I ended up doing my owns nails and toes, which was a feat in itself, and still didn't go into labor until the following evening.

BeebopandBuddy · July 2014

I work on a team of 4 at work. My boss, myself, a co-worker with the same job as me, and a part-time IT/admin person. The co-worker that did the same job as me left in April. Since then no one was hired until the second week of June. She was supposed to start yesterday but she came in and failed her drug test. Seriously? How do you not think they are going to drug test you when you work at a clinic for substance abuse treatment? So now we have no one and no prospects.

I finally got the call last night with the other job. They made me a verbal offer but still need to check my references. They offered me more money than I even asked for! I have to take everything to them today. I hope they hurry it up.

Pokedot · July 2014

amandad715 said:

MRoxy0628 said:

MississippiCatfish said:

I think DS and I are heading to the mall today. There's a free kids show at 10 and we can walk around and split a Famous Amos cookie. Probably stop by ikea after because it is across the street and I have a couple returns. That's about as exciting as my day's gonna get:) Eta words
That's ambitious for being 40 weeks pregnant and wrangling a toddler! Maybe all that walking around will get things moving!
One of my favorite stories was when I was PG with Jack and it was the end of the school year. I was paranoid about going in to labor at school and traumatizing the 4th graders, so I took off a few days before my due date (at the time I think I had 85 sick days and used 8 up for ML before summer break. No biggie). Anyways, of course he was late and I was soooooo bored that I cleaned & organized everything in 2 days and then was staring at the walls. Typical 1st pregnancy. So I went shopping every day-one place a day, just to walk around and break up my boredom. Target(more thick pads for the bag!) the mall(sure, a pretzel and a cruise through Motherhood!) and Ulta. I was stocking up on nail polish at Ulta because giving myself a mani & pedi would definitely take up a bunch of time.

The college/high school-aged girl at the checkout looked familiar, and we figured out that she was a neighbor of my aunt, uncle and cousin and I had baby-sat her and her sister years ago. She asked when I was due and I was 40w1d at that point, so I answered without missing a beat, "yesterday." The look of horror on her face was priceless. And she got all nervous and was looking around for help like my water had just broken. It was so funny. Anyways, I ended up doing my owns nails and toes, which was a feat in itself, and still didn't go into labor until the following evening.

I had the same thing! DH and I went out to dinner that Friday (14th) I was due the 11th so 3 days overdue. A woman near us struck up a conversation about the baby. What are you having, when are you due? Etc. I said I was due Tuesday and it's now Friday. She was just baffled as to how I was out in public. Then I saw a huge group of girls I knew and 1/2 of them were in bewilderment as to why I had not had the baby. Drink castor oil, go down a bumpy road etc. I wasn't about to do any of them. I felt great actually. 2am contractions started and I had B at 3:30pm that day. It was hilarious to see the looks about being overdue.

BeebopandBuddy · July 2014

On a similar note about work (apparently I have a lot of work complaints today), I can't take any more stupid questions. We have a thousand interns and they ask me the dumbest questions ALL.DAY.LONG.

How do you spell psych? Use your spell check

One actually called my phone this morning and, when I answered, she said "Are you in?" Facepalm

MarisaKathleen · July 2014

Awesome news: Nordstrom Rack now has a website. It's glorious. I have $130 worth of things in my cart that I won't pull the trigger on because I'm too fat to wear any of it until this baby has arrived.

Other news: My other pregnant co-worker told off shitty cookie guy while I was on vacation last week. He's been kissing her ass ever since. I wish I could have been here. He couldn't understand why she's been "so distant" and she flat out told him that he's an egomaniac and the appropriate thing to say when someone announces their pregnancy is NOT "My wife and I hate people like you." Apparently he was really shocked. there's also a picture of him on out staff homepage wearing a Princess Jasmine costume with no pants underneath it for Relay for Life. I wish I could crop his head out and show you guys. It's totally disturbing.

BeebopandBuddy · July 2014

MarisaKathleen said:

Awesome news: Nordstrom Rack now has a website. It's glorious. I have $130 worth of things in my cart that I won't pull the trigger on because I'm too fat to wear any of it until this baby has arrived.

Other news: My other pregnant co-worker told off shitty cookie guy while I was on vacation last week. He's been kissing her ass ever since. I wish I could have been here. He couldn't understand why she's been "so distant" and she flat out told him that he's an egomaniac and the appropriate thing to say when someone announces their pregnancy is NOT "My wife and I hate people like you." Apparently he was really shocked. there's also a picture of him on out staff homepage wearing a Princess Jasmine costume with no pants underneath it for Relay for Life. I wish I could crop his head out and show you guys. It's totally disturbing.

This must happen.

MRoxy0628 · July 2014

MarisaKathleen said:
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;Apparently he was really shocked. there's also a picture of him on out staff homepage wearing a Princess Jasmine costume with no pants underneath it for Relay for Life. I wish I could crop his head out and show you guys. It's totally disturbing.

:-S @-)

AKB090609 · July 2014

MississippiCatfish said:

dimples12 said:

I made a return at Ikea yesterday, @MississippiCatfish‌ while in Philly because there's not one in Lancaster. It took 1/2 hour to get called up! I felt like I was in the DMV. Then I used all my self control to leave. I'm on term break and don't see clients in order to catch up on paperwork, prep for new term. Apparently, students have been told I'm in today for them. Ugh. I won't be able to turn them away.

I've never made a return, but I'm anticipating hassle. The registers are always such a cluster just to check out!

Good look at work today:/

You should have no issue (beyond the road work) if you go early. We did the same yesterday and I waited less than two minutes.

BPer · July 2014

I have a bit of trash talking to do.

So we listed our house last Thursday. Friday morning our agent had a call from a couple that wanted to see the house that night. He's representing himself, so our agent showed the house. Apparently they liked it, because they asked if they could bring their parents back Saturday morning at 9:30am. Okay, sure.

They come back Saturday morning, and spend an hour and half writing up a ridiculous offer at our dining room table...$11k under asking price, less than 48 hours after the house came on the market.

So we're all "LOLno", and lower the price $1k, and tell them we won't be negotiating further. They counter, coming up only $1500. We don't even counter...and just say no thanks.

Sunday, our agent calls and said that the buyer texted her Saturday night, and Sunday morning, asking weird questions about our furnace. Our 14 month old furnace that we had installed last April. We answer his stupid questions, and yesterday, he CALLS the company that did our HVAC, and asks what make and model number furnace is in our house...and proceeds to make another ridiculous offer, with the contingency that if the house appraises for less than they offered, they get to pay the appraisal price.

Again, LOLno. An appraisal is one person's perspective at one point in time. I went to HS with this guy, and it is taking all that I have not to send him a Facebook message telling him he's a goddamn idiot.

We have another showing today, and even if they offer the same price as this guy's offer...I will accept it just to show him I'm not fucking around.

/endTHTstylerant

thebanich · July 2014

LOL

27boo · July 2014

The first day of swimming lessons was yesterday. Aria was less than impressed. Then we went to Les Schwab hoping to get 2 new tires and come back for the other 2 after we close on our house in 2 weeks. Apparently that's impossible because my tires are a weird size. How closely will they look at that huge expense? I'm so paranoid about something going wrong at this point. It's not like tires are frivolous spending though.

BPer · July 2014

loislayn said:

I bet the dude can't afford it and is nitpicking to try to get a better price.

Apparently his dad is an "expert" in all the things.

He also told our agent that going forward, she'll be dealing with his attorney, read:dad.

I am going to make a separate post in here to explain just how ridiculous this guy's dad is.

BPer · July 2014

Okay, so the buyer and I were friends in HS, but I don't think I have seen him once since.

He's now engaged to a girl that was a few years younger than us. His older brother also got engaged a month or so after, so they had a joint engagement party.

Girl-buyer stated that she wanted to set a date for this summer (party was in the fall). This guy's dad says "No way. My younger son can't get married before my older son.", despite getting engaged before him.

Girl's dad says "Who the eff are you to tell my daughter when she can get married?"

Guy's dad says to meet him outside so that he can kick his ass, and was subsequently asked to leave his son's engagement party.

...I wish I was making this up. This guy is a huge asshole.

Pokedot · July 2014

BPer said:

Okay, so the buyer and I were friends in HS, but I don't think I have seen him once since.

He's now engaged to a girl that was a few years younger than us. His older brother also got engaged a month or so after, so they had a joint engagement party.

Girl-buyer stated that she wanted to set a date for this summer (party was in the fall). This guy's dad says "No way. My younger son can't get married before my older son.", despite getting engaged before him.

Girl's dad says "Who the eff are you to tell my daughter when she can get married?"

Guy's dad says to meet him outside so that he can kick his ass, and was subsequently asked to leave his son's engagement party.

...I wish I was making this up. This guy is a huge asshole.

Plant a potato get a potato as the old saying goes.

What a douche.

Pokedot · July 2014

Ya know what's awkward? Hearing the words vaginal cream and sex on the TV at work. Yeah that's awkward.

Cheenomae · July 2014

@MississippiCatfish, I'm getting excited for you!! @beebopandbuddy, that's awesome. Hopefully it makes your current job a little more manageable since there's a sound escape route in the near future. Or it could actually make it even harder to be there. I'm hoping for the former!

@MarisaKathleen, thanks for the news on Nordstrom Rack, that's exciting for me!

I'm two days away from my big surgery and I'm soooo freaking nervous!

amandad715 · July 2014

I'm two days away from my big surgery and I'm soooo freaking nervous!

@Cheenomae‌
Emphasis on *BIG*

I am such a child. Seriously, I'm excited for you and a bit jealous too!

AKB090609 · July 2014

I think I'm going to lose my ever-loving mind DD has now been throwing a 90minute fit about breakfast. She keeps telling me she's hungry and asking for breakfast, but when I try to put her in her chair major melt down restarts.

I feel terrible that I have two days left alone with her and I can't stand her attitude/behavior. I just want to do fun stuff with her before her little world gets turned upside down, but she's driving me NUTS.

MarisaKathleen · July 2014

I had to have the conversation with my boss today about what to do after maternity leave. I ended up asking her to consider allowing me to work 4 days vs. 5 days a week. I can't understand how people with 2 kids can afford daycare & regular life. I make more than my friends, my DH has a good job, and yet after childcare & the $200 or so I spend each month on gas to get to and from just work, I'm looking at not even $500 take home at the end of the month and that's just with insurance, gas, and childcare, not even my regular bills that I pay!

We need to combine our bank accounts. That's what all of this tells me. My days of shopping whenever I feel like it and spending money on what I want are coming to a very abrupt halt and I'm more upset about this than I should be.

Being a grown up is highly overrated.

Holly_1007 · July 2014

Don't mind me. Just love titting. You guys don't even want me to contribute to this thread today, trust.

L8kissie · July 2014

It's not just you, IV. There is definitely a snarky tone. I like the point that Ginsburg made about the fact that an iud costs about what a minimum wage worker makes in a month working 40 hours a week. People don't think these things through.

jenndub · July 2014

Holly_1007 said:

Don't mind me. Just love titting. You guys don't even want me to contribute to this thread today, trust.

I may or may not have been obsessively thinking about you lately and wondering how you're doing.

Holly_1007 · July 2014

jenndub said:

Holly_1007 said:

Don't mind me. Just love titting. You guys don't even want me to contribute to this thread today, trust.

I may or may not have been obsessively thinking about you lately and wondering how you're doing.

oh thank you!

some days are easier than others, as I'm sure you know. I'm at a different point than he is. I'm ready to discuss visitation and splitting up furniture. He hasn't found a place to live yet,so he isn't ready. I am submitting job applications all over the place, trying to figure out child care and such. It's hard. Eta: words are hard too

Pokedot · July 2014

One of my friend's on FB posted this, I LOL'd at work:

My life with a 3 year old:
Person at the store: "aww what a sweet girl, how old are you?"
E: "I'm this many (holds up 3 fingers) and my mommy has white underpants on today bc she has on a white dress and she doesn't want the boys to see her underpants."
It's special moments like that, that make hiding the good icecream from her justifiable.

MarisaKathleen · July 2014

@Holly_1007, Whoa, I clearly missed something while on vacation last week. :-( I hope you're ok & that everything works out the way it's supposed to.

Holly_1007 · July 2014

MarisaKathleen said:

@Holly_1007, Whoa, I clearly missed something while on vacation last week. :-( I hope you're ok & that everything works out the way it's supposed to.

thank you! I kind of just want to fast forward my life by 6 months or so.

Holly_1007 · July 2014

origamipoppy said:

We get paid the last day of every month so I'm all screwed up on meal planning since that was yesterday and I'm grocery shopping today. It's also supposed to be 97 degrees today so I'm trying to figure out meals where I don't actually have to turn anything on. I'm having a harder time than I should with this.

I'm struggling putting the air conditioners on. It's 80 in our house right now. The frugal me is like "save money!" But damn it's hot.

AlinnJo · July 2014

Tonight I'm going to a friends house to watch Magic Mike, drink wine and eat chocolate. I am embarrassingly SUPER excited to do this. 2 of us have seen the movie and 2 haven't. Good times will be had.

MarisaKathleen · July 2014

IndigoVader said:

Holly_1007 said:

I'm struggling putting the air conditioners on. It's 80 in our house right now. The frugal me is like "save money!" But damn it's hot.
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Our AC's have been on since April. It went from 30 to 90+ overnight.

That sounds like my own personal hell.

Today it's 84 and humid, tomorrow it's supposed to be 68. Mother Nature has been having a hissy fit for the last few weeks. I'm over it. Last night the storms we had were so bad that trees and concrete were uprooted in our neighborhood, telephone poles blew over & 115K homes were without power. It was totally wacky. I've never seen anything like it.

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BPer · July 2014

I just ate a giant sandwich, way too fast, and now I have the meat sweats.

kdsmith43 · July 2014

This is TL;DR. Some of you may remember a few weeks ago, a local pool company lost some piping off of his truck and it caused damage to my car. I took the car into the shop yesterday, and Enterprise was supposed to be there at 7:45 to pick me up. Well, no one was there, so my DH took me to the branch to pick up the car. I get a Ford Focus hatchback (I drive a 2014 Altima) - which I said, okay whatever this will work. I get halfway to work and the low tire pressure light came on. I pull off at my exit because it started sounding funny at that point. Yep, flat tire. I call DH to come get me, meanwhile calling the roadside assistance number. She is asking me all these questions - including what my e-mail address is before asking "ma'am are you in a safe location". Anyways... we go back and forth and I tell her I will not be driving this car with a spare, as I live 30 miles one way from work all interstate so I have to travel faster than 50mph. Not to mention the "oil change required" light is on. She calls local branches, finds one near me and said they have a car waiting. I get to the branch... "I'm sorry ma'am, we don't have anything at the moment". I get LIVID. I have graduation in two hours, and I have the graduation certificates in my hand. I told him I had to have something or someone there would have to take me to work. He gives me a Camaro since that is the only thing they have. Cool, whatever. Then I have to go BACK AGAIN in the afternoon to get something that will hold my car seat.

Am I silly for being mad? The initial person that looked the car over should have seen the oil change message when he started the car to get the mileage. He was rushing me out of there and I am just not happy at all.

BeebopandBuddy · July 2014

kdsmith43 said:

This is TL;DR. Some of you may remember a few weeks ago, a local pool company lost some piping off of his truck and it caused damage to my car. I took the car into the shop yesterday, and Enterprise was supposed to be there at 7:45 to pick me up. Well, no one was there, so my DH took me to the branch to pick up the car. I get a Ford Focus hatchback (I drive a 2014 Altima) - which I said, okay whatever this will work. I get halfway to work and the low tire pressure light came on. I pull off at my exit because it started sounding funny at that point. Yep, flat tire. I call DH to come get me, meanwhile calling the roadside assistance number. She is asking me all these questions - including what my e-mail address is before asking "ma'am are you in a safe location". Anyways... we go back and forth and I tell her I will not be driving this car with a spare, as I live 30 miles one way from work all interstate so I have to travel faster than 50mph. Not to mention the "oil change required" light is on. She calls local branches, finds one near me and said they have a car waiting. I get to the branch... "I'm sorry ma'am, we don't have anything at the moment". I get LIVID. I have graduation in two hours, and I have the graduation certificates in my hand. I told him I had to have something or someone there would have to take me to work. He gives me a Camaro since that is the only thing they have. Cool, whatever. Then I have to go BACK AGAIN in the afternoon to get something that will hold my car seat.
Am I silly for being mad? The initial person that looked the car over should have seen the oil change message when he started the car to get the mileage. He was rushing me out of there and I am just not happy at all.

You are not silly. I would be pissed.

MrsKipper · July 2014

I have a sink full of dishes, baskets full of laundry and a newborn that has yet to learn what a proper nap is (and a toddler that likes to forget what it is).

Whine over.

Wine. Is it an acceptable time to break open the bottle of Pinot I bought a week ago?

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