Twatwaffle Tuesday 12/1

gamommyx3 · December 2015

I didn't see it started yet, and it's basically my favorite part of Tuesdays so...

Today my TWs are a few people on Facebook. My friend posted a meme which essentially says that if you had a C-section, you didn't actually give birth, you caught a lucky break & you should only respect women who "had what it took to do things the right way." On its face, horribly offensive. HOWEVER, a quick google search of the group page revealed it to be a satirical group. So I comment as such. My comment was followed by several TWs who filled the thread with comments about "being out to get" the people who made the meme, how offensive they were, and long explanations about how C-sections are worse than vaginal birth. Assuming that people are literate and simple did not see my post about it being satire, I re-post that it's NOT REAL. This was followed by more outraged posts about "how DARE they etc etc." So I give up

Please, proceed and get your panties bunched up alllll day long over something that isn't even a real thing. It's your blood pressure, not mine. I mean, it would take you less time to google the group...or, at least, google the definition of satire...than it has taken you to repeatedly post your outrage, but that's just my opinion. Side note: these posts are completely lacking in grammar and spelling. Painting a picture here.

AdorkablePixie · December 2015

Today would be the guy I'm auditing. This is my THIRD visit here and I think he is more unorganized than he was the first two visits. My patience is running thin.

vinerie · December 2015

My students are twatwaffles. They were totally unprepared in class today which made the session excruciating for me. When they aren't prepared, how can we have a discussion about the readings?!

LadySamLady · December 2015

The recent lack of board organization is a twatwaffle.

Bluejay3030 · December 2015

My neighbors are twatwaffles. They let their dogs poop all over their yard (and on occasion, ours) and never pick it up. Gross. One of my lawn mower's wheels snuck into their yard when I was almost done with my last mow of the season... And naturally ended up in poop. I just don't get how anyone can willingly live in that kind of nastiness.

Htow89 · December 2015

The lady that came in first thing this morning complaining about it being her second trip and having her car towed FOR FREE, and how even though we aren't charging her for work that isn't even under warranty, should give her more money and free things for her time! People that can't see when others go above and beyond for them are twatwaffles!

nerdymama15 · December 2015

I do data entry and we have to post stuff within a 48 hour time frame. We have over 600 clients and three people on our team. Now granted it has been super slow lately. Today one client decides to drop almost 400 requests (and still counting). So ummmm yeah. Feeling a bit overwhelmed at the moment lol Welp back to work. Peace! p.s the 600 clients isn't bad as it sounds.

EDIT DUE TO MORE TWATWAFFLE-AGE
So by the end of the day the number of requests from that one client was 654, not counting what had already been entered into the system. Turns out their account was on hold and they had received a notice that all of their services were being deactivated tonight. They were trying to be sneaky and slip a bunch in so they wouldn't have to do it themselves once their service is cut off. Big boss man said to not post anything else for them. All I can say to them (and I know they won't read this) is HAHA suckers! Thought you could pull a fast one did ya? Well that backfired now didn't it.

doozer1345 · December 2015

DH. This is gross FYI. I made white beans with andouille sausage and beer bread last night. DD gets in the bed with us in the morning and we all 3 wake up together. DH has the WORST gas. He also feels the need to waft it at me. Well, DD thought it was hilarious so she's been lifting her leg (!!!!!!!!!) like DH did this morning, pushing for a toot, and then wafting it at me. Who the F teaches their child that??! Now DH is getting ready for work and DD is continuing her attempt to waft air (thank God). How am I going to undo this?!

Last night I was reading The Night Before Christmas to DD and was animated with it to get her excited and interested. So throughout the story she was oooing and ahhing. Well, when I got to what Santa was wearing (head to toe in fur) DD exclaimed: "Oh shit!" Yep, not from me.

AdorkablePixie · December 2015

@doozer1345 Gross. My DH was gassy last night and kept burping really loud. It was really starting to make me mad. I am glad I ended up going to bed and didn't have to hear it anymore!

dsmith211 · December 2015

The jerk face who opened their car door onto our 2 month old car as we were walking back out to it from the store. And then got in his car and drove away. We got his license plate but the insurance company said its pretty iffy if we would get anything bc he's probably just going to deny it and it would be up to us if we wanted to fight for weeks over a tiny scratch. It left a small dent and took off some paint. Calling around to get quotes in case our claim doesn't go through and it's going to be $100 to fix at least when I of course have a billion other things to buy... Just what I wanted for Christmas!

AuntieCre5 · December 2015

This headache!! Wishing I could lay in bed all day and not deal with people!

countrygrl5533 · December 2015

My financial situation in general which is connected to DH's job. He's "maxed out" with his hourly rate but they increased our health insurance (again) and we just plain aren't making ends meet anymore. On top of that, they pay people in the same position (less years of service even) more money farther south in our state and in other states. Oh, and just before Christmas, they cut overtime...right after I had to drop $$ on a new van battery.

Lots of other car issues over the fall have drained our savings account and now I don't know how we are going to do Christmas for DD and actually pay our bills. Even a very modest Christmas (less than $75) is a challenge right now. I'm so *insert any bad word you want* sick of being broke. We no sooner get ahead when something comes along and throws us seriously backwards. Can't wait until DH can get a better paying (and better treating) job. Seriously getting stressed out.

TheThornBird · December 2015

dsmith211 said:

The jerk face who opened their car door onto our 2 month old car as we were walking back out to it from the store. And then got in his car and drove away. We got his license plate but the insurance company said its pretty iffy if we would get anything bc he's probably just going to deny it and it would be up to us if we wanted to fight for weeks over a tiny scratch. It left a small dent and took off some paint. Calling around to get quotes in case our claim doesn't go through and it's going to be $100 to fix at least when I of course have a billion other things to buy... Just what I wanted for Christmas!

About a month ago, someone used a golf club to smash up my sister's car- broke windows, dents everywhere, the works (and apparnetly did it to a couple other cars in the neighborhood). She reported it to the police and even found the golf club thrown into some plants down the street (which could have fingerprints), and they won't do anything about it. Sucks that not a whole lot can be done in these situations =/

countrygrl5533 · December 2015

dsmith211 said:

The jerk face who opened their car door onto our 2 month old car as we were walking back out to it from the store. And then got in his car and drove away. We got his license plate but the insurance company said its pretty iffy if we would get anything bc he's probably just going to deny it and it would be up to us if we wanted to fight for weeks over a tiny scratch. It left a small dent and took off some paint. Calling around to get quotes in case our claim doesn't go through and it's going to be $100 to fix at least when I of course have a billion other things to buy... Just what I wanted for Christmas!

What's your comprehensive deductible on your car insurance? Would that be cheaper than paying out of pocket for the repair?

kbrands7 · December 2015

vinerie said:

My students are twatwaffles. They were totally unprepared in class today which made the session excruciating for me. When they aren't prepared, how can we have a discussion about the readings?!

This was my day too. We ended up doing quote analysis because they weren't prepared to discuss deeply without something given to them to reference. It's almost worse when you see the few who are prepared getting frustrated with the others because the discussion was less interesting since they revolved around fixed points in the text.

dsmith211 · December 2015

countrygrl5533 said:

What's your comprehensive deductible on your car insurance? Would that be cheaper than paying out of pocket for the repair?

It's possible our maintenance package we got when we bought the car might cover small scratches and dents (one per year) we're just waiting to hear back from the dealer to get a copy of the paperwork. Crossing fingers we actually got the one that does. If not the body shop at the dealer said if it's as small as we say it should be no more than $75 bc they can just spot touch the paint and it would be easy to get the dent out. Our deductible is unfortunately more than that so if the other guys insurance doesn't pull through we're just going to pay the money the $75. It could be worse I guess. Just irritating bc we could tell the guy knew what he did bc he looked at the door real quick before he got in the car.

TheThornBird said:

About a month ago, someone used a golf club to smash up my sister's car- broke windows, dents everywhere, the works (and apparnetly did it to a couple other cars in the neighborhood). She reported it to the police and even found the golf club thrown into some plants down the street (which could have fingerprints), and they won't do anything about it. Sucks that not a whole lot can be done in these situations =/

Yeah, when we talked to the insurance guy he felt pretty bad but he did want to warn us that stuff like our situation typically do not go over well. He said if an outside witness had been there besides us or him then it would be one thing, but if he denies it and our only proof is our word then we're pretty much taking a shot in the dark.

countrygrl5533 · December 2015

dsmith211 said:

It's possible our maintenance package we got when we bought the car might cover small scratches and dents (one per year) we're just waiting to hear back from the dealer to get a copy of the paperwork. Crossing fingers we actually got the one that does. If not the body shop at the dealer said if it's as small as we say it should be no more than $75 bc they can just spot touch the paint and it would be easy to get the dent out. Our deductible is unfortunately more than that so if the other guys insurance doesn't pull through we're just going to pay the money the $75. It could be worse I guess. Just irritating bc we could tell the guy knew what he did bc he looked at the door real quick before he got in the car.

Yea, that is the frustrating part. The lack of common decency angers me. But at least $75 isn't bad. Do you have a friend who has one of the suction thingys that pulls dents out? That, some touch up paint, and a buffer would be even cheaper.

sosweet487 · December 2015

It was my birthday last week and I was out of town. The office supply company that we regularly use sends out birthday gifts to their customers whose birthdays they know as a thank you for being a loyal customer. They had let me know that I would have something a little special coming to my work. When I came back from vacation I was hoping to have something from them but there was nothing on my desk. I asked the receptionist if anything came to me from Office Spot for my birthday and she said that she hadn't seen anything. I was bummed but moved on.

When the office company sent out an email saying that they were about to send out gifts for December, I replied saying that I never got anything for my birthday in November. They replied saying that they had dropped something off with a person in the office. I thought that maybe (since it IS an office supply company) the receptionist was confused and thought it was office supplies and put it away in the office supply cabinet. I asked the company what it was that they sent and explained that maybe there was some confusion. She replied back to me saying that it would have been hard to miss because it came in a decorated bag with ribbons and Happy Birthday written on it. Inside was a cute owl notebook and a matching pen. So I forwarded the email to a few people in the office asking if they had seen it.

The receptionist comes into my office a few minutes later... "Oh my god... THAT'S what that was?? I saw it but didn't know what it was for so I took it home."

Kennedy0830 · December 2015

My SIL who reacted mildly to finding out we are having a girl (she told me I'm destined to have boys and she is destined to have girls - because, ya know, science.....), and then getting frustrated when she couldn't find a receipt to return all of the boy clothes she bought for me before we knew the sex...

I think she is probably making a voodoo doll of me for stealing her "baby girl she's always wanted". Did I mention she isn't pregnant nor having kids in the near future?

businessmama · December 2015

@sosweet487 - that would piss me off! Who takes stuff home like that? She didn't even ask around?

Did she at least say she is bringing it back?

sosweet487 · December 2015

AliciaD39 said:

@sosweet487 - that would piss me off! Who takes stuff home like that? She didn't even ask around?

Did she at least say she is bringing it back?

Yeah she said she'd bring it back but I told her to keep it. I explained what happened and the office supply company said that they would send another gift. I was definitely a little irritated but didn't want to make a big deal since it was just a notepad... but STILL!

and_peggy · December 2015

Everyone ever right now. Except my hubs, he's an angel.

Luxani · December 2015

@sosweet487 Wow! Who just takes things home that don't belong to them? Even if she "didn't know what it was", she should have at least known it wasn't meant for her to take home. Jeez.

JessicaB0627 · December 2015

TW right now is my heartburn! I think I'm dying a very slow and painful death...

AdorkablePixie · December 2015

@sosweet487 Really?? WOW! I didn't now what it was for so I took it home... she couldn't figure out that it was for SOMEONE'S BIRTHDAY!!!

dsmith211 · December 2015

Simply put my sister wins the award today. The story is long and drawn out, but the simple version is I will most likely not being going to the concert I've been looking forward to for months bc she did not plan things per usual. She bought me a ticket as a gift, it's a will call ticket only she can pick up at the venue, and she supposedly cannot afford to get here now, but she won't know for sure till the last minute. Normally I wouldn't care except I bought DH a ticket too bc he was to go with us. Now I have this ticket... And I won't be able to get rid of it and I'll be out the money.

This is very typical of her. I don't know why I thought this would go well. And I'm going to end up being the bad guy bc I won't cave and help out again. If you really knew the situation you wouldn't either. Just another crappy thing to end my already wonderful day.

That1didntcount · December 2015

I'm the TW I'm the TW!! I ordered my favorite salad and forgot about the red onions so I threw them away in the community trash can in the lobby. The whole office smelled! I didn't want my office to smell, but I ended up taking down everyone. I fully took the blame all day, because I heard "why does it smell like onions" a million times. What was I thinking? That's right I wasn't. The fetus is eating my brain.

khochanadel · December 2015

My tenant living in our Missouri house wins TW. She has behind on rent for the past couple months but now has just stopped paying altogether or returning phone calls. Now we have to start eviction proceedings right before the holidays which makes me look like a total douche, but I don't get to skip out on my rent and stay in my (much smaller than the MO house) apartment.

Oh, and DH and I were finally thinking we could start looking for a house of our own in January, but now that we have to evict and put the house back on the market, he wants to stay in our apartment. With TWINS coming. Why the eff is this happening?!

On the other hand, by some Thanksgiving miracle, Bank of America (featured by me in TWT a few weeks ago) finally figured their crap out and got me my escrow refund check from our refinance (on the MO house) way back in July. Glorious day!

emma+karen · December 2015

I know it's Wednesday now but I need to vent. Apparently someone (or someones) at work is spying on me, and "tattling" when I come in a few minutes late or leave a few minutes early. I don't do it often (and there are days when I stay late or come in early, as well) but as my principal pointed out when she met with me, "Some people are playing the timecard police." She didn't or wouldn't tell me who--not sure if I should push it but I kind of want to know. Because I get along really well with my principal, there's a perception that she's "playing favorites" that I know she's trying to avoid, and that's why she called me in to talk about it. But I'm miffed and a little creeped out because I thought I was being pretty discreet on days when I come in late or leave early, and it's weird to now have a "Big Brother is watching" feeling about my coworkers. So whoever is watching my every move and being all elementary about it is the twatwaffle this week.

AdorkablePixie · December 2015

emma+karen said:

I know it's Wednesday now but I need to vent. Apparently someone (or someones) at work is spying on me, and "tattling" when I come in a few minutes late or leave a few minutes early.

In my opinion it shouldn't matter! As long as some days you come in early and leave late.. what's the big deal? Are you getting your work done? That's really all that matters here. I get into work 10-15 minutes early almost daily. Sometimes I will leave 10 minutes early if I am not feeling well or if I have a headache and just want to leave. No one really notices and no one runs to my manager and tattles on me. It sounds like maybe someone is jealous of you?

emma+karen · December 2015

AdorkablePixie said:

emma+karen said:

I know it's Wednesday now but I need to vent. Apparently someone (or someones) at work is spying on me, and "tattling" when I come in a few minutes late or leave a few minutes early.

It sounds like maybe someone is jealous of you?

I think that's absolutely it. My principal is in her 3rd year here, I'm in my 2nd, and there's a lot of people who are the "old guard" who have been here forever and don't like the changes my principal has brought in (and that I help her with a lot--her educational philosophy and mine are very similar, so she pulls me in on a lot of initiatives and things). I'm bad at playing politics, but I'm like, "This is what's good for kids, people!" So I'm sure it's someone local, someone who's been here a long time and doesn't like the new guard and new changes, that's making a stink. I have a few guesses. I'm trying to just let it go, but if I can't in 24 hours I'm going to follow up just to ask her who it is that I need to "repair my relationship" with. Grr....I hate workplace politics!

AdorkablePixie · December 2015

emma+karen said:

AdorkablePixie said:

emma+karen said:

I know it's Wednesday now but I need to vent. Apparently someone (or someones) at work is spying on me, and "tattling" when I come in a few minutes late or leave a few minutes early.

It sounds like maybe someone is jealous of you?

I think that's absolutely it. My principal is in her 3rd year here, I'm in my 2nd, and there's a lot of people who are the "old guard" who have been here forever and don't like the changes my principal has brought in (and that I help her with a lot--her educational philosophy and mine are very similar, so she pulls me in on a lot of initiatives and things). I'm bad at playing politics, but I'm like, "This is what's good for kids, people!" So I'm sure it's someone local, someone who's been here a long time and doesn't like the new guard and new changes, that's making a stink. I have a few guesses. I'm trying to just let it go, but if I can't in 24 hours I'm going to follow up just to ask her who it is that I need to "repair my relationship" with. Grr....I hate workplace politics!

That's gotta be frustrating. Hopefully you can let it go, but if not hopefully she will hint to you who it was so you can try to take it up with them.

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