Twatwaffle Tuesday

Megzb510 · April 2016

Let's hear about TWs in your lives!

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sldp123 · April 2016

My TWs today are our school district, or administrators, or school board, or whoever is responsible for making sure our teachers have a damn contract. They have been working without a contract since July 1st, and they announced two months ago that they will strike starting tomorrow if they don't reach an agreement. Meetings did not happen until yesterday, and today is the last ditch effort to avoid a work stoppage. They can only strike for 8 days, but if my kid doesn't have school for the next 8 days I'm going to lose it. I have no one to watch him because everyone I know works, and I can't just like... sign up for daycare for a week. I really don't know which side is right or wrong, but I think it's ridiculous that they let it get to this point, and the kids and families will be the ones to suffer for it.

Lecool · April 2016

My TW is a co-worker who posted on FB last night complaining about not making enough money. He said that he "has even cut down on buying clothes and going out".

Me:

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He chooses to live in the city, in a very expensive neighborhood. He chooses to go out to lunch every single day, and to Happy Hour each night. He chooses to buy the latest in technology every time something new comes out. I just got down to only working one job after working one full time + one part time job for nine months to save money to pay off debt, while my H still works at least 1 OT shift a week. I know that it isn't a Pain Olympics, but I have a really hard time feeling bad for him. The "I've even cut down" line really annoyed me. Guess what, that's what every adult person does. Sorry that you can't afford to get drunk every day.

Welcome to adulthood.

AliciaGoose · April 2016

@sldp123 That's crazy that your teachers are about to go on strike! It's hard to know how it gets to that point but contract negotiations recently for school districts all over the US have been very unlikely to be reached in the agreed upon time. In my state we're actually not allowed to strike because in reality it just hurts the kids. Two years ago my district didn't reach an agreement with the board so last year we had to do a lot of little things like refusing extra help in the morning before our contract hours, refusing to advise non-paid clubs, and even standing outside during drop off times in the morning holding signs, etc. But strikes were never on the table. I hope they come to an agreement today so you aren't put in the situation of having to figure out what to do!

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Megs7911 · April 2016

@lecool what a dbag. It is so frustrating when people complain about their "lot in life" when he is doing it to himself. I was just talking about this with a co-worker. Don't like your job? Get another one. Not making "enough" money? go back to school/work harder/manage your finances better. ugh. Sorry.

The TW in my life today is also a co-worker! She is a nice lady, but she drives me crazy!! She talks to the men in the office in a baby voice, which is really disgusting to me. I work really hard to be seen as an equal and a professional, and every time she does it I feel like she is setting women's rights back 20-30 years. She says things like "meow" when she disagrees with someone or someone disagrees with her. What is that?! Are you meowing because you think it makes being bitchy funny? IDK. She's just ridiculous.

ChaoticWolf · April 2016

OMeffingG. The TW in my life right now is the girl that used to work in my family's business.

Backstory: This biotch worked in my uncle's medical office for about 6 months before getting fired for always being late. She had a second job as a "shot girl" and stripper at a club, and she would oversleep and get to her day-job late everyday. On her days off from the club, she'd go to the club anyways and just get wasted and party away her second paycheck. She was always really vapid, cranky from lack of sleep, and generally irresponsible. She's also one of the dumbest people I've ever met, but not in a "she wasn't born smart" kind of way, more like a "she did drugs and flunked out of middle school" way.

She just announced that she's KTFU. Everyone's all like, "Congrats, you'll be such a great mom! We knew you'd get KU soon because you're such a homebody." And I'm just in my corner asking myself, are we talking about the same person? Why should this girl get KU (and not even really want to be) when there are so many wonderful, responsible women on this forum that have been trying so hard.

Basically my sister and I have been texting each other about it like, "Well, there goes the gene pool." and "What do you think she's gonna do with the baby? Take it to the club? How's she gonna work? Body shots off the preggo belly?" I just can't.

But maybe I'm the TW for being like this. Maybe I'm just being bitter. Idk, there's just some people I can't be happy for when they announce they're KU.

thj101 · April 2016

@lecool exactly. Everything you said.
@sldp123 your school system sounds like the one in my town! It's ridiculous, and there's just no other way to put it.

My TW Tuesday is people who don't pay their bills, get a collection notice, and think that by telling me that "they're the guy who always pays their bills" is going to make that go away... Dude, you got notices, this balance is from October, I've told you your options, which are pay it, or show me something stating that you had coverage during the time that the balance is being calculated from. If you can't do that, then, we still had coverage on your home, therefore, you owe the balance. And since you always pay your bills, you should understand that, right? But apparently not, because he continues to argue that "I pay my bills" ok, I understand, and am not disputing that fact... so....go ahead and pay this bill?

KristoKekerooni · April 2016

My job is the TW today. I am supposed to travel to meet with potential customers as well as meet with established customers. Well there's this biannual "meetup" at our office in Italy that I am supposed to go to. I was told about it months ago so I can make arrangements to fly out of the country, get my passport, etc. And I had to go buy an evening gown because our "big" dinner is supposed to be formal. So I go do all that and find out today the company has decided to save a little money by cutting the number of people attending down. So, me. I don't get to go. They tell me this like 3 weeks before we are supposed to leave. Seriously?

mrsdee15 · April 2016

@Megs7911 ...Is she playing the meow game?

wintersong · April 2016

sldp123 said:

My TWs today are our school district, or administrators, or school board, or whoever is responsible for making sure our teachers have a damn contract. They have been working without a contract since July 1st, and they announced two months ago that they will strike starting tomorrow if they don't reach an agreement. Meetings did not happen until yesterday, and today is the last ditch effort to avoid a work stoppage. They can only strike for 8 days, but if my kid doesn't have school for the next 8 days I'm going to lose it. I have no one to watch him because everyone I know works, and I can't just like... sign up for daycare for a week. I really don't know which side is right or wrong, but I think it's ridiculous that they let it get to this point, and the kids and families will be the ones to suffer for it.

Teachers on Virginia are not allowed to strike. I know this might be an uo, but as a teacher I like that. I really object to nurse police and teacher strikes because of the bolded above. Usually people agree about the police, but not nurses and teachers. In any case, if teachers wanted to be treated as serious professionals, they need to act professional. (Says the girl playing hooky today.)

wintersong · April 2016

@MommyForTheFirstTime How disappointing

I'm sorry!

babymish · April 2016

My TW is this cold I have, today was hard at work as I could't breath and I feel so tired, and I'm finally home and can rest my eyes and be still. I also had to skip the gym because of it which I'm not happy about as I have to find and fit into a nice dress for an event next week.

leekat14 · April 2016

Mother nature. I'm done with snow and clouds and crap weather. Go away winter! I'm done, just done!

My flour sifter is also a TW. Seriously I just needed three cups of flour and I though my hands were going to fall off trying to make it work! After about two cups and maybe another one on the counter I started screaming like a crazy person, may have called it a TW. Good thing no one was home. Oh my.

MonaLisaRalphio · April 2016

longliveregina said:

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...and the kids and families will be the ones to suffer for it.
Teachers on Virginia are not allowed to strike. I know this might be an uo, but as a teacher I like that. I really object to nurse police and teacher strikes because of the bolded above. Usually people agree about the police, but not nurses and teachers. In any case, if teachers wanted to be treated as serious professionals, they need to act professional. (Says the girl playing hooky today.)

Often, the reason teachers strike is because children are suffering due to poor conditions. I am a teacher in Virginia, and there are plenty of reasons why I would strike that have nothing to do with a lack of professionalism on my part. Look at the dirtbag mayor's proposed budget for the Richmond Public Schools next year, and you'll see why students across the city walked out of class yesterday in protest. A strike is usually the last resort in a terrible situation.

EML2011 · April 2016

My TW is my MIL. DS and I currently have a stomach bug. My SIL and her 3 kids had the same (or similar) bug last week and over the weekend. I got a text this morning from MIL saying that she heard we were sick and she hoped it wasn't from them. Then she went on to say that she wasn't sick and she had been with the kids NONSTOP. First off... all she had to say was sorry you and your 2 year old are throwing up every 20 mins.. That sucks. Second.. You may have been with SILs kids nonstop, but you've only seen DS for for about 2 hours in the last month even though we live about 10 minutes away. Third... The next time that you knowingly have my kid around kids that are just getting over a nasty bug please let me know ahead of time so I can say fuck off. Why would you offer to watch someone's kid under these circumstances? We didn't even need a sitter. We just thought it would be good for them to actually see DS! I know that there's a chance that we got the bug somewhere else but come on!

picklesplease · April 2016

sldp123 said:

My TWs today are our school district, or administrators, or school board, or whoever is responsible for making sure our teachers have a damn contract. They have been working without a contract since July 1st, and they announced two months ago that they will strike starting tomorrow if they don't reach an agreement. Meetings did not happen until yesterday, and today is the last ditch effort to avoid a work stoppage. They can only strike for 8 days, but if my kid doesn't have school for the next 8 days I'm going to lose it. I have no one to watch him because everyone I know works, and I can't just like... sign up for daycare for a week. I really don't know which side is right or wrong, but I think it's ridiculous that they let it get to this point, and the kids and families will be the ones to suffer for it.

My district threatened to take away some of our benefits last year. Yes, I agree that it does tend to hurt the kids and working families, but the conditions teachers are expected to endure sometimes are over the top. The were going to take away our right to use sick time, threatening that, even if we were legitimately sick and had a doctor's note, the district would make us pay for our substitute teacher. They also were going to remove the option of bereavement leave. They were going to freeze our pay scale so that they wouldn't even have to pay a cost of living increase. My kids mean the world to me, but I also need to consider my family and my future. There is currently a teacher shortage in our district because so many teachers are leaving to go to other districts or are quitting the profession altogether. I have been toying around with the idea for some time now. We had tried everything we could to get our board of education to listen to us and they wouldn't do it. They finally agreed to some of our terms the day before teachers we planning to strike. It's not just in my district, too. There are issues in districts across the country. I cannot continue to do my job, if the government isn't willing to pay me for the quality of work I do. With the number of students I have go on to higher education and win scholarships, I feel like I am not getting equal pay for what I do. Most boards of education want to run schools like businesses, but you really can't do that. They also want to bitch about the crappy quality of education, but they don't want to create a competitive job market for teachers.

Ugh....okay...rant over...Sorry...I don't want you to think I was taking it out on you @sldp123. I know it's frustrating to not have back-up plan on where to send your kids. I agree that it's ridiculous that it had to get to the point where the teachers felt it was necessary to strike. It really is a last-ditch effort.

furbabymom2007 · April 2016

My OBGYN office is a TW. RE appointment is tomorrow and I am jumping through hoops to try to get them to send my records to the RE office. I had to fax my release to allow them to send the info. I sent it three times yesterday and t took them 10 minutes with me on hold to confirm they got it. Then they say that it will be done it a couple days. Ummmm no, my apt is tomorrow, as I have said severa times. So they told me to call back at 3 to see if it was done. I should call early because by the time I get through the hold it will be 3.

if and when I go back to an OB I am likely going to change. I liked the doc here, but have zero confidence in the rest of the office.

sldp123 · April 2016

@DoctorDonna no, you're totally right, I'm definitely not blaming the teachers for striking. I mean, not necessarily anyway. I don't pretend to know the details of what benefits or conditions they are in disagreement over. I'm more upset with the administration for letting it get to this point, when the contract expired July 1st of last year, and they had supposedly been in negotiations since January before it expired, so it's been.... 16 months? Why are we waiting until who knows when tonight to find out if the kids have school tomorrow or not?

ETA My husband is a union employee also, and he is not allowed to strike because it is a public safety hazard. Actually, now that I think about it, I don't know if it's actually a law or anything, or if it's just kind of an unwritten rule that they will not strike. They have worked without a contract for periods of time. Anyway, I don't know how I feel about a law saying teachers or anyone else can't strike. On one hand, I can see how it's kind of necessary because we can't have police officers going on strike. But then what bargaining power do they have? I don't know, I probably do not know nearly enough about this topic to have an opinion.

mrsdaddario · April 2016

@furbabymom2007 That sounds awful! Fx the info gets over to the RE before tomorrow! On my RE's website it states in bold that if your records aren't sent over/medical history not filled out (online only)/DH's history not filled out they will cancel your appointment. I made sure to do it the day I scheduled even though it isn't until the end of the month!

My TW today is the under wire in my bra. It's starting to poke out of the side of the bra and it's digging/rubbing against my side boob and hurts so bad. As soon as I leave work and get into my car it's coming off. I literally feel like my side boob could start a fire right now from all of the rubbing! BRAS ARE TW's!!

virginiaham · April 2016

My TW is me. It turns out 1st gear isn't the gear for trying to back out of a parking space that is sloped down while simultaneously trying out my new fancy e-brake trick. NOBODY TELL MY H.

picklesplease · April 2016

My TW is me, apparently...Today I decided to take it easy on my students and gave them a rigorous, but what I thought was slightly "easier" assignment. My kids are shocked. They keep asking, "Miss, we do this, and this, and that's it?" I keep confirming it, but apparently they just can't figure it out. Clearly it's not in my nature to go this easy on them?

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wintersong · April 2016

MonaLisaRalphio said:

longliveregina said:

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...and the kids and families will be the ones to suffer for it.
Teachers on Virginia are not allowed to strike. I know this might be an uo, but as a teacher I like that. I really object to nurse police and teacher strikes because of the bolded above. Usually people agree about the police, but not nurses and teachers. In any case, if teachers wanted to be treated as serious professionals, they need to act professional. (Says the girl playing hooky today.)

Often, the reason teachers strike is because children are suffering due to poor conditions. I am a teacher in Virginia, and there are plenty of reasons why I would strike that have nothing to do with a lack of professionalism on my part. Look at the dirtbag mayor's proposed budget for the Richmond Public Schools next year, and you'll see why students across the city walked out of class yesterday in protest. A strike is usually the last resort in a terrible situation.

But if teachers went I strike in Richmond over this, as opposed to students walking put in protesr, which is different, imagine the stress put on working families. Nope. Teachers are public servants. Sorrynotsorry.

MonaLisaRalphio · April 2016

longliveregina said:

MonaLisaRalphio said:

longliveregina said:

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...and the kids and families will be the ones to suffer for it.
Teachers on Virginia are not allowed to strike. I know this might be an uo, but as a teacher I like that. I really object to nurse police and teacher strikes because of the bolded above. Usually people agree about the police, but not nurses and teachers. In any case, if teachers wanted to be treated as serious professionals, they need to act professional. (Says the girl playing hooky today.)

Often, the reason teachers strike is because children are suffering due to poor conditions. I am a teacher in Virginia, and there are plenty of reasons why I would strike that have nothing to do with a lack of professionalism on my part. Look at the dirtbag mayor's proposed budget for the Richmond Public Schools next year, and you'll see why students across the city walked out of class yesterday in protest. A strike is usually the last resort in a terrible situation.

But if teachers went I strike in Richmond over this, as opposed to students walking put in protesr, which is different, imagine the stress put on working families. Nope. Teachers are public servants. Sorrynotsorry.

So public servants don't have the right to reasonable working conditions? It's pretty spurious to use our job category as an excuse for why we shouldn't be allowed to strike.

My point above was that our students are already suffering, and the new budget is going to cause them to suffer more. I can't strike over the proposed changes, but if I could, I would. Not because of how it would affect me (actually, it wouldn't. At all.), but because of how it would affect my students.

I don't know a single teacher who is in it for the money. When teachers strike over money or benefits, it's usually because the proposed changes would make it so that they literally could not afford to do their jobs. It puts undue stress on working families for teachers to burn out or perform poorly because they are undercompensated to the point that they cannot afford appropriate childcare, student loan payments, etc. Having kids out of classrooms for a few hours over a couple of days is not going to matter much to anyone. Having kids who are poorly educated because their district's policies cannot attract qualified teachers can affect these families for generations.

picklesplease · April 2016

MonaLisaRalphio said:

longliveregina said:

MonaLisaRalphio said:

longliveregina said:

snip

...and the kids and families will be the ones to suffer for it.
Teachers on Virginia are not allowed to strike. I know this might be an uo, but as a teacher I like that. I really object to nurse police and teacher strikes because of the bolded above. Usually people agree about the police, but not nurses and teachers. In any case, if teachers wanted to be treated as serious professionals, they need to act professional. (Says the girl playing hooky today.)

Often, the reason teachers strike is because children are suffering due to poor conditions. I am a teacher in Virginia, and there are plenty of reasons why I would strike that have nothing to do with a lack of professionalism on my part. Look at the dirtbag mayor's proposed budget for the Richmond Public Schools next year, and you'll see why students across the city walked out of class yesterday in protest. A strike is usually the last resort in a terrible situation.

But if teachers went I strike in Richmond over this, as opposed to students walking put in protesr, which is different, imagine the stress put on working families. Nope. Teachers are public servants. Sorrynotsorry.

So public servants don't have the right to reasonable working conditions? It's pretty spurious to use our job category as an excuse for why we shouldn't be allowed to strike.

My point above was that our students are already suffering, and the new budget is going to cause them to suffer more. I can't strike over the proposed changes, but if I could, I would. Not because of how it would affect me (actually, it wouldn't. At all.), but because of how it would affect my students.

I don't know a single teacher who is in it for the money. When teachers strike over money or benefits, it's usually because the proposed changes would make it so that they literally could not afford to do their jobs. It puts undue stress on working families for teachers to burn out or perform poorly because they are undercompensated to the point that they cannot afford appropriate childcare, student loan payments, etc. Having kids out of classrooms for a few hours over a couple of days is not going to matter much to anyone. Having kids who are poorly educated because their district's policies cannot attract qualified teachers can affect these families for generations.

This^^^ So much this. It hurts my students more to have teachers who are poorly trained and who don't care than it is for teachers to just accept what they are given. I love my job and I love my kids, but if I couldn't survive on my salary, I would have no choice but to leave. And not to toot my own horn, but **toot toot** I'm a great teacher. If you want what's best for your students (and by proxy the teachers), you need to create a competitive job market that attracts the best and the brightest. Sometimes the only way to ensure you are heard is to strike.

RatParade · April 2016

I am. I spent my entire lunch hour watching "ttc journey" videos on youtube and it has only made me feel bad.

wintersong · April 2016

MonaLisaRalphio said:

longliveregina said:

MonaLisaRalphio said:

longliveregina said:

snip

...and the kids and families will be the ones to suffer for it.
Teachers on Virginia are not allowed to strike. I know this might be an uo, but as a teacher I like that. I really object to nurse police and teacher strikes because of the bolded above. Usually people agree about the police, but not nurses and teachers. In any case, if teachers wanted to be treated as serious professionals, they need to act professional. (Says the girl playing hooky today.)

Often, the reason teachers strike is because children are suffering due to poor conditions. I am a teacher in Virginia, and there are plenty of reasons why I would strike that have nothing to do with a lack of professionalism on my part. Look at the dirtbag mayor's proposed budget for the Richmond Public Schools next year, and you'll see why students across the city walked out of class yesterday in protest. A strike is usually the last resort in a terrible situation.

But if teachers went I strike in Richmond over this, as opposed to students walking put in protesr, which is different, imagine the stress put on working families. Nope. Teachers are public servants. Sorrynotsorry.

So public servants don't have the right to reasonable working conditions? It's pretty spurious to use our job category as an excuse for why we shouldn't be allowed to strike.

My point above was that our students are already suffering, and the new budget is going to cause them to suffer more. I can't strike over the proposed changes, but if I could, I would. Not because of how it would affect me (actually, it wouldn't. At all.), but because of how it would affect my students.

I don't know a single teacher who is in it for the money. When teachers strike over money or benefits, it's usually because the proposed changes would make it so that they literally could not afford to do their jobs. It puts undue stress on working families for teachers to burn out or perform poorly because they are undercompensated to the point that they cannot afford appropriate childcare, student loan payments, etc. Having kids out of classrooms for a few hours over a couple of days is not going to matter much to anyone. Having kids who are poorly educated because their district's policies cannot attract qualified teachers can affect these families for generations.

I never said more resonate contacts was a bad thing to work for. Just that strikes are not atool teachers should use.

mtmama2 · April 2016

My TW is my coworker who blatantly refuses to make even the most basic effort to attempt to solve any computer problem on her own. If something doesn't look right or she gets an error message the first thing she does is call me. I know that my generation grew up using computers in our everyday lives and her generation did not, but constantly interrupting me (3 times today already!) is very frustrating! I am not a computer expert by any stretch of the imagination and 99% of the issues she calls me for are so ridiculous that I spend longer walking from my office to her desk than I do "fixing" her problem. I CAN ONLY SHOW YOU HOW TO "SAVE AS" SO MANY TIMES BEFORE I LOSE MY SH*T!!!

MonaLisaRalphio · April 2016

My TW is the new Bump app. It is hideous.

wintersong · April 2016

MonaLisaRalphio said:

My TW is the new Bump app. It is hideous.

With the new mid page ads the computer version isn't much better these days.

futuremrshp · April 2016

I will have to say it is me. I didn't temp like I said I would like a week ago because I've been so busy, and just get lazy and go with Fertility Friend... it said that our window is from Friday to like Monday.... today I finally used the OPK today and my CM is eggwhite and DH is going to be busy with work until Friday b/c that's when we take a long weekend off... I don't know if to just jump him for the next 6 days straight, but neither one of is are in the mood or whatever considering our jobs are being TWs as well. LOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!

loveinak · April 2016

My IBS is a real TW. I've been in meetings all day today and it's been a real pain in the ass (literally).

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