WTF Wednesday

WinchesterGirl · August 2016

Based on the last day or so, I think we all need to blow off a little steam.

What's your WTF today?

Gretchypoo · August 2016

I'm sick and I want my homemade chicken noodle soup with dill and lemon.... but I don't wanna go to the store. or cook. I need a sisterwife. or a mom.

bdesterhouse · August 2016

Perfect timing. My wtf is my pipeline at work jumping today to so many rushes. I went from having three to come to work to half my pipeline are now considered rushes. I can only review so many appraisals in one day. ugh. today is going to be tough.

Jlk2016 · August 2016

Wtf is up with society today in 2016, that SO MANY humans (men and women) are SOOOO incredibly insecure with themselves??? FFS thank God I have raised incredibly strong willed, polite, independent spawns

and I pray that they will do as taught and USE their voices to make a change in this world!

Jlk2016 · August 2016

Oh and another.... WTF cravings.... You're craving pulled pork sandwiches for dinner but the smell
of them cooking in your crockpot makes you wanna vomit??? Not cool.

Xstatic3333 · August 2016

I don't think I need to tell anyone what mine is.

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5020794/uploads/editor/8e/a7l7opg23vto.gif

WinchesterGirl · August 2016

@Xstatic3333 I just snort-laughed at how perfect that GIF is.

Xstatic3333 · August 2016

WinchesterGirl said:

@Xstatic3333 I just snort-laughed at how perfect that GIF is.

She's my spirit animal. We actually have a lot of job similarities and I try to channel her when I need to speak at potentially controversial public meetings. It may be time for another series rewatch. I think it's been a month or so.

Gretchypoo · August 2016

@Xstatic3333 I just spit out my drink at that. Leslie Knope is my spirit animal too. I color coordinated the boxes when we moved into our house...

MrsDramaK · August 2016

My WTF is my boss. It became really apparent a few weeks ago that someone who is responsible for billing out over $200k a month was making like $100k worth of mistakes. The person making the mistakes basically said he refuses to work with me because I'm too hard on him when he make mistakes (apparently he drunk dialed one of the managers and said so).

So, now instead of reassigning the work to someone more accurate, they just have me covertly double checking all of his work and us doing all our communication through a third party. This is literally the stupidest solution ever and is creating twice as much work for me. What the actual F.

kirstynikole · August 2016

@Gretchypoo I totally see the appeal for sister wives during pregnancy. Like for real though.

Gretchypoo · August 2016

@kirstynikoleRIGHT?! I would like my sisterwife to like to clean. I'll cook and do laundry. She can also sleep with my Hubs-- his snoring and tv habit is driving me crazy ;-)

kirstynikole · August 2016

Gretchypoo said:

@kirstynikoleRIGHT?! I would like my sisterwife to like to clean. I'll cook and do laundry. She can also sleep with my Hubs-- his snoring and tv habit is driving me crazy ;-)

Yea mine could definitely cook, clean, and have all the sex. Until my second tri energy kicks in, and then H is back to being all mine. So really she could be hired as seasonal help.

PerraSucia · August 2016

@MrsDramaK

It's SUPER hard to get fired man. So I'm always impressed when it happens to someone

peachesnbean · August 2016

kirstynikole said:

Gretchypoo said:

@kirstynikoleRIGHT?! I would like my sisterwife to like to clean. I'll cook and do laundry. She can also sleep with my Hubs-- his snoring and tv habit is driving me crazy ;-)

Yea mine could definitely cook, clean, and have all the sex. Until my second tri energy kicks in, and then H is back to being all mine. So really she could be hired as seasonal help.

I don't have a sister wife, but we live together with our best friends. We alternate cooking and cleaning. 4 hands on deck, man. Its awesome.

MrsDramaK · August 2016

PerraSucia said:

@MrsDramaK It's SUPER hard to get fired man. So I'm always impressed when it happens to someone

I wasn't fired, neither was he, they just have made all communication 10000000000000000X harder.

PerraSucia · August 2016

MrsDramaK said:

PerraSucia said:

@MrsDramaK It's SUPER hard to get fired man. So I'm always impressed when it happens to someone

I wasn't fired, neither was he, they just have made all communication 10000000000000000X harder.

I thought you were insinuating he should of been fired, but instead you have to double do his work

Jlk2016 · August 2016

peachesnbean said:

kirstynikole said:

Gretchypoo said:

@kirstynikoleRIGHT?! I would like my sisterwife to like to clean. I'll cook and do laundry. She can also sleep with my Hubs-- his snoring and tv habit is driving me crazy ;-)

Yea mine could definitely cook, clean, and have all the sex. Until my second tri energy kicks in, and then H is back to being all mine. So really she could be hired as seasonal help.

I don't have a sister wife, but we live together with our best friends. We alternate cooking and cleaning. 4 hands on deck, man. Its awesome.

Huh? To each his own, whatever floats your boat, not here to judge, but what? You live with another couple? Temporary or you're choosing to do that?

peachesnbean · August 2016

@Jlk2016 - its a semi-permanent choice. The house is huge, 5300 sqft and 3 stories. We have our own living rooms even. Sometimes we don't even see each other except dinner. Sometimes not even then... It works really well for us.

kswiger06 · August 2016

I just got back from Walmart and this is what the cart situation has been like the last several trips. Today I decided to take a picture in case my vehicle ended up getting hit by a stray cart, and now you guys can see it too lol

scifichick09 · August 2016

My WTF is my coworker. Now, let me preface this by saying I LOVE my coworker, she's the best and is basically my second mom. But today has been SUPER busy, the phone has been ringing off the hook...and she's been back there for like an hour on a call with her brother....just chatting, nothing important. I mean, I don't mind on a normal day, but WTF? Tell him it's busy and you'll have to call him back! I'm drowning here!

varimama · August 2016

WTF insomnia! How can I be dragging all day and exhausted but when it's time to finally sleep my body is like lets get up at 12am and then not go back to sleep until tomorrow night? Day 3 of this and it's everything I have to not just be under my desk napping!

Jlk2016 · August 2016

peachesnbean said:

@Jlk2016 - its a semi-permanent choice. The house is huge, 5300 sqft and 3 stories. We have our own living rooms even. Sometimes we don't even see each other except dinner. Sometimes not even then... It works really well for us.

@peachesnbean Ok, that explains it better. I couldn't imagine not having my own space!

Sorry, I instantly pictured like a small manufactured home with the men watching tv, smoking cigarettes, wearing dirty white t-shirts with suspenders, drinking budweisers while the women each have a kid on their leg cooking, drinking boxed wine and yelling at little Johnny trying to shoot the neighbors dog with a bebe gun.... Totally judgmental and bad on my part, I fully admit it!

and if you did choose that lifestyle.... Who the eff am I to care?? Lol!

MrsDramaK · August 2016

PerraSucia said:

MrsDramaK said:

PerraSucia said:

@MrsDramaK It's SUPER hard to get fired man. So I'm always impressed when it happens to someone

I wasn't fired, neither was he, they just have made all communication 10000000000000000X harder.

I thought you were insinuating he should of been fired, but instead you have to double do his work

No, I just think they might want to redistribute the work load in a way where someone else oversees him, instead of me overseeing him just through a third party.

laurenmichael725 · August 2016

My WTF is my boss. I am an elementary school teacher and my principal told me when I announced my pregnancy to him that he doesn't want me to say anything to the parents until after the first week of school, which is September 9th. I'm realizing that this means I can't announce my pregnancy to people in general (AKA my friends), especially on social media until after that because it will get back to the parents and everyone will know. The more I think about this, the more it bothers me. Like, how can my boss dictate when I'm allowed to announce my pregnancy? Not to mention the fact that I am clearly showing and it will be so obvious to everyone when they see me. Am I overreacting?

peachesnbean · August 2016

Jlk2016 said:

peachesnbean said:

@Jlk2016 - its a semi-permanent choice. The house is huge, 5300 sqft and 3 stories. We have our own living rooms even. Sometimes we don't even see each other except dinner. Sometimes not even then... It works really well for us.

@peachesnbean Ok, that explains it better. I couldn't imagine not having my own space!

Sorry, I instantly pictured like a small manufactured home with the men watching tv, smoking cigarettes, wearing dirty white t-shirts with suspenders, drinking budweisers while the women each have a kid on their leg cooking, drinking boxed wine and yelling at little Johnny trying to shoot the neighbors dog with a bebe gun.... Totally judgmental and bad on my part, I fully admit it! and if you did choose that lifestyle.... Who the eff am I to care?? Lol!

STUCK IN THE BOX
Nope, nothing like that! Its a gorgeous home in (not to be snooty) the best neighborhood in town and our friends are family. We do have a pretty B-A wet bar, but all the wine is in bottles All this being said, its not a decision that we took lightly or expected many people to "get it". It works for us, and I honestly don't think there would ever be another family that I would be willing to do it with!

PerraSucia · August 2016

laurenmichael725 said:

My WTF is my boss. I am an elementary school teacher and my principal told me when I announced my pregnancy to him that he doesn't want me to say anything to the parents until after the first week of school, which is September 9th. I'm realizing that this means I can't announce my pregnancy to people in general (AKA my friends), especially on social media until after that because it will get back to the parents and everyone will know. The more I think about this, the more it bothers me. Like, how can my boss dictate when I'm allowed to announce my pregnancy? Not to mention the fact that I am clearly showing and it will be so obvious to everyone when they see me. Am I overreacting?

oh I like this was your tuesday TW too.. You're just running with it until you get feels. You can personally announce it when the hell ever you want, if people gossip that's their problem not yours. Then in the welcome letter you can me like "for everyone who hasn't heard (or seen me) I'm going to be out as of whenthefuckever"

Xstatic3333 · August 2016

I agree with @PerraSucia @laurenmichael725. He can tell you when to email parents about it, but he can't tell you when to tell your friends and family or complain if they find out through the grapevine. Not his place.

WinchesterGirl · August 2016

My WTF is kind of a general everything rant today, so I apologize in advance. Also this may get long.

** TW Death and MC mentioned**

August is a sucky month for me. My Dad died suddenly at the end of August when he was 54. His birthday was in August, and my parent's anniversary was also in between those two dates. Prior to this we had one of those annoyingly happy families (most of the time) where we all got together weekly for dinner and vacationed and all that cheesy happy stuff. My parents were together 34 years. Then his dying basically turned everything upside down, and it was the beginning of an extremely rough time in my life. I tend to just keep my head down and avoid people and get past it in my own way.

This year is even worse, as the MC I had at the end of last year would have been due in August, right before Dad's birthday. So I have been trying very hard to stay positive and focus on this pregnancy, but it's not easy right now.

** End TWs**

That being said, work has been really God-awful today, and I am somewhere between wanting to call my boss and put in 2 weeks notice, and just curling up into a ball and crying. Or possibly cussing out the sucky business owner who is tormenting me, which would be very cathartic...

I just had to sit through a phone call with him during which I was asked a direct question by him, I started to answer, and about 30 seconds in he cut me off and said, "Would you just listen to me already? I'm trying to explain." And then he repeated the same wrong information he already spouted the previous 5 minutes. I nearly bit off my tongue trying not to get myself fired.

This is not a good week for this mess! WTF DUDE!!

fourPsinapod · August 2016

@WinchesterGirl

glitterdragon-2 · August 2016

I'm so sorry @WinchesterGirl . All the creepy internet hugs, lady.

PerraSucia · August 2016

@WinchesterGirl I'm sorry that totally blows. My best advice for work when it's shitty is to do the minimum not to get in trouble and just keep swimming. While my dad was dying last year, work was so awful that I even started interviewing other places for jobs I was WAY overqualified for but made the minimum needed for us to get by. For me personally it was a wave at work and things totally got better (well sort of). If things AREN'T going to get better, just hold out until February and then start looking 8 weeks into your 12 week maternity leave. (is that how long you get? I just assume everyone gets 12)

You can totally do this man and i'm sorry everything is terrible at once. You've got less than two weeks left of this month.. Maybe plan something special for your family like have a cake for your dad or something he super loved.

Gingersnap · August 2016

Hugs @WinchesterGirl

Xstatic3333 · August 2016

I'm so sorry @WinchesterGirl. You're the best. Hang in there!

MrsDramaK · August 2016

@WinchesterGirl I'm sorry work sucks and you are having a rough time. Hugs!

HeatSparks · August 2016

@WinchesterGirl thoughts and prayers and feels

WinchesterGirl · August 2016

Thanks ladies, you are all so sweet! I'm literally tearing up right now from all the love.

@PerraSucia my Dad was a huge Krispy Kreme fan of all things, and every year I have a donut in his honor. Super random, but I don't usually eat them and it reminds me of him! You are right about doing the minimum... I'm going to just check out as much as possible the rest of the day.

Starfish113 · August 2016

::creepy internet hugs:: @WinchesterGirl

poetryandoceans · August 2016

laurenmichael725 said:

My WTF is my boss. I am an elementary school teacher and my principal told me when I announced my pregnancy to him that he doesn't want me to say anything to the parents until after the first week of school, which is September 9th. I'm realizing that this means I can't announce my pregnancy to people in general (AKA my friends), especially on social media until after that because it will get back to the parents and everyone will know. The more I think about this, the more it bothers me. Like, how can my boss dictate when I'm allowed to announce my pregnancy? Not to mention the fact that I am clearly showing and it will be so obvious to everyone when they see me. Am I overreacting?

I think you should do whatever you feel like doing, but I can see this from the principal's perspective. A mat cover mid-year that you announce on the first day of classes might trigger a bunch of parents to try and switch out of your class. If you don't officially announce *at work* until 2 weeks into the school year, that'll cut down on a lot of administrative headache.

And as for the clearly showing bit, a lot of people see a pregnant woman who is less than 7 months and think "Oh, is she... I'd better not say anything in case I'm wrong." So not putting it in your welcome letter gives you plausible deniability unless you're, like, actively crowning during the first day of classes.

Put it on social media if you want, or tell your friends when you see them, your boss can't control that; I'm guessing he just wants enough plausible deniability to save the administration a buttload of paperwork and uneven class sizes. If all classes in your grade are currently operating near max cap, parents doing a ton of transfer requests will be impossible to field.

tentacular · August 2016

Hugs @WinchesterGirl that's a lot of suck to be dealing with all at once.

@peachesnbean I honestly think your situation sounds awesome. Big gorgeous house, your own space, and your best friends? Sign me up. My best friend parties like she's 21, so sadly that's not an option for me.

My WTF is my ridiculous brain. I woke up at 4am this morning to pee (for the tenth time) and as I was swinging my legs out of bed I had the thought "my bladder always wakes me in the wee hours of the morning." I was so amused by this idiotic pun that I actually had trouble getting back to sleep. I'm an absurd person.

Starfish113 · August 2016

I agree with @poetryandoceans.... I'd announce on social media but save it at school. Because I would also think it would cause a mass switching of classes and a headache for the school.

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