WTF Wednesday 8/17

slartybartfast · August 2016

WTF to being pregnant in the summer with the hottest month ever recorded

Lisa3379 · August 2016

WTF to the constant Olympics spoilers on Facebook, Twitter, the news, etc, especially the prime time coverage events. I understand the events take place during the daytime too, but if you plan to show it on prime time coverage, did it ever occur to you that people might want to watch and enjoy the suspense of it all?

Twitter and Facebook might get a small pass for it, but dude, local news: you are in the same time zone as your viewers! At least tell us to turn away from the TV before you blow it a few hours before any of us can watch it.

happygirl1013 · August 2016

WTF to some of my other mom friend's who literally never want to hang out without kids to hang out. I'm all for kiddie/ mom dates, but once every blue moon, isn't it normal to want to get out with your girlfriend (who you've been friends with well before husbands and kids) and have a meal without food being thrown everywhere? Ugh.

sourlemon · August 2016

@happygirl1013 maybe they don't have alternate childcare? When DH is in school I literally cannot go hang out without my kiddo or he wouldn't get his work done. Most of the time I would love to go eat at a nice place without my kid...but I just can't.

sourlemon · August 2016

My WTF award goes to a coworker: coworker (knows I have a 2 year old) asked how the baby was doing. I asked which one, inside baby or outside baby. Coworker was shocked I am pregnant. She thought (and said) I was just getting really fat because I stopped working out all the time. Coworker went to hallway, yelled down it to the guy 4 cubes down (so everyone heard) "you are right? Sourlemon isn't just getting fat, she's pregnant! Can you imagine how much it's gonna suck with a baby and a toddler at her age!".

First off, yay they were taking bets on my "fattness". Second....I'm 28, married, own a house, and am stable. WTF. DH even works in the same office so they know him too.

Gosh if it was acceptable (aka not illegal) to stab someone with a standard issue office pen, I'd totally have done it.

slartybartfast · August 2016

@sourlemon - omg.
i don't even know what I would do. I'd try to guilt them about it so much that they stick an extra $10 in the intraoffice congrats card...

brittnic86 · August 2016

@sourlemon omg, congrats on not bitch slapping her. I would've. Lol.

My wtf is just my job in general. I'm just so unhappy here. I want to leave so badly, but the chances of getting hired at 23 weeks pregnant are slim. I'm actually going to apply for a job with the city, but who knows if it'll go anywhere. I need it to be spring so I can really start my search. I've been here 9 years, and on paper it's a great job. But my supervisor I swear is satan herself, and after 9 years I think she's broken my spirit. I just can't anymore. All I can think about when I'm here is how unhappy my job makes me. Ugh.

princesslockness · August 2016

@sourlemon I think you should get a couple free b!tchslaps for that. Stupid socially awkward people.

My WTF goes to my district. They just changed district policy so that I can't be facebook friends with any k-12 student in the area. Yes, I understand why they did that, but now I can't use facebook to get ahold of my babysitters.
So instead of having a record of the conversations on FB, I get to make unrecorded phone calls and texts to students. Its just opening it up to inappropriate things. I would never do that, but still.

slartybartfast · August 2016

brittnic86 said:

@sourlemon omg, congrats on not bitch slapping her. I would've. Lol.

My wtf is just my job in general. I'm just so unhappy here. I want to leave so badly, but the chances of getting hired at 23 weeks pregnant are slim. I'm actually going to apply for a job with the city, but who knows if it'll go anywhere. I need it to be spring so I can really start my search. I've been here 9 years, and on paper it's a great job. But my supervisor I swear is satan herself, and after 9 years I think she's broken my spirit. I just can't anymore. All I can think about when I'm here is how unhappy my job makes me. Ugh.

This is when you become a workplace existential hero. Detach from caring or having great work integrity. Do what you gotta do to check the boxes, and don't spend a dime of energy or emotion doing anything else.
The paycheck will still come but you don't have to feel emotionally invested. It won't result in job satisfaction but it sounds like it's about survival at this point.

brittnic86 · August 2016

@slartybartfast that's a good way to look at things. I held out for so long because I wanted satans job when she retired. Now she's two years from retirement and I'm thinking that twins will be enough stress. Don't need shitty job stress too.

sourlemon · August 2016

Second WTF goes to myself....I just now realized (while making my big end of summer/get done before school starts to do list) that DH'S masters classes start back up on Monday. This coming Monday! WTF where did the summer go? Almost nothing got done. Ahhhh.

Lisa3379 · August 2016

@sourlemon I can't even begin to believe how an adult can be that socially inept.

Kacie209 · August 2016

@sourlemon Oh wow... that's awful. I seriously wonder what goes through people's minds sometimes. OMG.

MY WTF is a coworker who is complaining about being busy when we ALL are busy. Finally this morning she was B*ing about something and most of the team laid it on her that we're all busy and she just needs to do her job. She didn't want to call out to someone cos she "didn't have the time and is off the next 2 days". Um, you had ALL of the yesterday to make this call, and tried to pawn it off to everyone else then to. Do your job. The rest of us do and don't complaint as much. I do think my boss talked with her last week about her productivity level, as I guess she told the team after our annual reviews last year (I was on vacation when this was talked about) that she was told she is the most unproductive person on the team. Obviously... it hasn't changed. I will be happy to be rid of her in another week and a half.

DiFazette · August 2016

I stopped by Old Navy today to pick up a few more maternity tanks because my breasts and belly act as the shelf for all of my spilled food so many of my shirts are now stained. Anyway... Last pregnancy, not breaking the bank on more tank tops I'll never wear again. Get to the register and the chick says, 'oh gotta love very end of pregnancy in August!' I just stared at her. I couldn't even respond. I finally said, I'm due in December and walked away. Thanks for making a girl feel good, though.

brittnic86 · August 2016

@DiFazette omg. Why. Just why people *face palm*

ALM2016 · August 2016

Wow...lots of props to everyone in general for not slapping the bejeezuz out of everyone.

@sourlemon ...WT actual F? If you reach the point of needing to engage in standard issue office pen-stabbing, I will find a way to lawyer for you since that's frowned upon for some reason. ;-)

@DiFazette ...good for you for not punching her in the nose. I always thought there was some unwritten rule that you could certainly ask a pregnant woman how far along she was, but that you should never make uneducated guesses. Clealry I am wrong and people are stupid.

@slartybartfast ... I might have to borrow "existential workplace hero" from you so I can put it on a t-shirt and wear it to work.

My WTF this week was my first inappropriate and unwanted belly touch from a stranger in the elevator yesterday. For the life of me, I don't know why people think this is acceptable.

phoenix870509 · August 2016

WTF Walmart! There's no signage saying which line is site to store, so I stand in the line that has the giant PICKUP behind it. Stood there 5 minutes when I'm called up and say I have a pickup and she tells me I have to go to the other line, which hasn't moved and has grown since I got here. I tell her where is the signage that says that's the line for site to store and she says it's there. I look over AND IT'S ON THE DESK BEING HIDDEN BY THE 2 GUYS STANDING THERE! I tell her there is no proper signage and how is someone to know that's the correct line? She just shrugged. So I go to the other line still not moving and a worker comes up to the counter I was just at asking people in my line if they're there for pickup. WHAT THE ACTUAL F!? I am livid, the two guys are STILL at the one counter and I'm next. I just want my fricking support band.

penelope4612 · August 2016

@sourlemon - that is incredibly rude. I can't even.

@DiFazette - idk if this will make you feel better but I've definitely gotten some comments about my size (today was "wow you're not due until DECEMBER, you're going to be huge") and I'm NOT pregnant with twins. Blah.

My WTF is to pregnancy in general. I'm tired of being pregnant. I've had friends who loved every second of being pregnant and that's just not me. I'm also ready for my maternity leave to start in Oct. - why do I have to wait until Dec?

dmontgo · August 2016

WTF to DH and I. Our lives are a comedy of errors and shenanigans.

We go for a couples massage, and we are ready to relax. I'm on my side facing him (prenatal massage) with my eyes closed. About 5 minutes into the massage, DH farts. Loudly. My eyes shot open. The masseuse was working on his lower back and top of the butt cheeks, and I guess he was so relaxed that he farted. Don't get me wrong, it was hilarious. I was just mortified. The masseuse had a weird look on her face but said nothing.

So the massage continues, and my masseuse asks me to roll over to my other side. She moves the body pillow and tells me to roll over slowly. Well, I can't go slowly, and flop over like a walrus. I rolled so hard that I pulled the sheets to the point my bare ass was hanging out. I try to pull the sheets down before the lady sees, but it's not working. She notices what happened and whispers, "Whoops!" And pulls on the sheets til I'm all covered. Again....mortified.

This starts an inner dialogue of being self-conscious about how I showed this stranger my ass, but it's ok because soon everyone will see my vagina push out a baby...what if my ass is the worst ass she's ever seen? Maybe I need more squats...

To make matters worse, Ashton wakes up (probably sensed something hilarious happened) and proceeds to do flips on my bladder. I still have 30 minutes left. I had to wait til it was over to pee like a horse. I smell like abject eucalyptus terror and anxiety.

Needless to say, I'm very relaxed and 10/10 would recommend the experience to all.

swhiddon33 · August 2016

@dmontgo I GUFFAWED all the way through reading that.

My WTF is that on Monday and Tuesday of this week my coworker brought her sick child to the office with her. She was said to have a sinus infection and tonsillitis but was "not contagious" ...except that school wouldn't let her come in SOOOOO what am I missing? It just seemed horribly inappropriate.

sheshae · August 2016

@dmontgoI read you WTF at my desk at work and literally laughed out loud at your flop over comment. I feel the same way when I need to switch sides while sleeping.

brittnic86 · August 2016

@dmontgo hahahahahahahahahaha that's amazing

dmontgo · August 2016

Just another day in the life of me...

Well, I didn't piss myself @brittnic86 so that's a plus.

penelope4612 · August 2016

@dmontgo - that's hilarious. Did you mention the fart to your DH after? Once I was in a massage and apparently kept silently farting (but somehow wasn't aware that the smell was coming from me). I was so grossed out at the masseuse. Then I went home and the smell appeared again - and I realized it was me, not him. So embarrassing. I never went back. Don't eat cabbage before a massage, guys.

dmontgo · August 2016

@penelope4612 Oh yes. We paid and as we were walking to the car, he says, "Man! I feel so relaxed! That was awesome." I mention the colossal fart, and he explains to me that he had been trying to hold it in, but because she was working on his lower back and upper butt cheeks, it loosened his muscles so much that there was just *no way* he could have held in the fart any longer. But damn, he feels good.

I had to laugh because it was so absurd and things like this happen so much that I shouldn't even be surprised anymore. I am good friends with the people that own the massage parlor, so I'm sure I will hear stories about us being "The Ass Couple." Sigh.

aframe77 · August 2016

I could use a fart inducing massage!

My WTF is not really with anyone, just an unfortunate mistake. I was in for another check up today and the doctor accidentally let it slipped that we're having a boy. We were suppose to be team green. She tried to backpedal but I could see it on her face. She's a family friend and to her credit I had referred to him as "he" because I was trying to prepare myself for a boy but would have loved a girl as I am thinking this will be our last baby and we already have DS.

Now im angry at myself for gender disappointment when we have so much to be thankful for. I'm also wondering if I should tell my husband (he's currently out of town) or at least let one of us be surprised at delivery.

Austenista · August 2016

@aframe77 oh suck, I hate that your plans to be surprised were foiled!

I would at least tell DH what happened and that you know and let him decide if he still wants to be surprised.

I read somewhere that regardless of the gender there's a little disappointment because ultimately something is ruled out so there's a little death to dream. The night before we found out I had a dream that we were having a girl and in the dream I was SO disappointed that I woke up mad at myself for it. Then I found out we were having a boy and I was a little sad too because now no girl. In other words, let yourself be a little bummed, you received a GR you didn't want, and it ruled out your girl hopes. I bet you get right back to being excited about having a brother for your son in no time.

slartybartfast · August 2016

@caeyewhitaker - the either way disappointment was true for me. it's weird. but totally true. Thanks for explaining!

gowenc · August 2016

WTF is with the stabbing pain in my nipples? Feels like a hot iron and all I want to do is hold them...not exactly appropriate for the office.

leksiL · August 2016

So my late WTF is DH's job. He has been away for work for three days. Today he is back in the office and he is still there - it is 9 p.m. He has a lot of bids due (he works in construction) and will have to go in on Sunday and work late every night this week. He doesn't make enough money to be worked like this. His company has lost five project managers in the last year and has only hired one to replace the ones that left and is not planning to hire any more. Probably because DH will just work for 2-3 people. I want him to find a new job before the baby comes but I'm frustrated because he hasn't even looked.

Thanks for listening to my rant

@aframe77 that stinks that the Dr. blew your surprise! I think we all imagine our babies both sexes and are both disappointed and excited when we learn the sex - don't feel bad! We called this baby "RJ" R, Jr. after DH for the first 16 weeks! When we found out it was a girl we were excited but had to mourn RJ. Since we are supposedly one and done RJ will never be real!

@dmontgo - it could have been worse, DH could have accidentally gotten a hard on! My DH is so anxious about that he hates massages. I'm sure the masseuse is used to it, i'm sure I've farted before - you are so relaxed! Now I want a prenatal massage.

dmontgo · August 2016

@aframe77 I'm sorry the doctor ruined it for you!

Don't beat yourself up too much. I think because gender disappointment is considered taboo, people don't talk about their experiences with it. I had thought very early we were having a boy--no reason, just intuition. DH really, really wanted a girl. In truth, so did I. A lot of people told me based on my symptoms they thought I was having a girl, and I honestly started doubting my intuition because I wanted a girl (nothing against boys, of course!).

When we found out we were having a little boy, I didn't jump out of excitement at first. I was shocked despite my intuition. DH was kind of disappointed. But as drove home and we're talking about it, we got excited for our little guy! I'm not very prissy, so wow, being a boy mom sounded awesome with mud and bugs and dinosaurs! DH started talking about sharing his models with him and teaching him how to build with Legos. Now that he has a name, we are pumped!

So, it's ok. @caseyewhitaker is right--the shock and uncertainty passes quickly--and you're not a bad person for having very normal feelings.

Christinaruth74 · August 2016

@aframe77 ugh I'm sorry the team green plan was foiled, but don't beat yourself up over any disappointed feelings. I struggled with worrying if I would be disappointed with the sex of this baby... It's a very real emotion and it feels so shallow and completely selfish at the time.

@dmontgo your H sounds a lot like mine, except he will unapologetically fart anywhere. On our first date he breaks up the conversation with, "By the way, I totally fart in my sleep."

princesslockness · August 2016

@swhiddon33 Schools and Daycares get to be weird about things. L wasn't allowed to go to Daycare with a yeast infection/diaper rash. The only way it was contagious is if someone had their hand under his onesie and down his diaper. The workers use disposable gloves at every change, and L had 4-5 different onesies in his box. YET he still wasn't allowed to go 'just in case' the doc was wrong. Same thing when he GOT HFMD from Daycare. By the time is physically showed he was no longer contagious, but they couldn't have a 'sick looking' child around the others.

@aframe77 About a month ago on a daily thread, *I think* FFFC several of us confessed that we were disappointed for a day when we found out the sex of our LO's. I know I am still a bit miffed as I really don't want all the pink/flower/headbands bigger than baby to show up at my house.

yellingbanana · August 2016

sourlemon said:

My WTF award goes to a coworker: coworker (knows I have a 2 year old) asked how the baby was doing. I asked which one, inside baby or outside baby. Coworker was shocked I am pregnant. She thought (and said) I was just getting really fat because I stopped working out all the time. Coworker went to hallway, yelled down it to the guy 4 cubes down (so everyone heard) "you are right? Sourlemon isn't just getting fat, she's pregnant! Can you imagine how much it's gonna suck with a baby and a toddler at her age!".

First off, yay they were taking bets on my "fattness". Second....I'm 28, married, own a house, and am stable. WTF. DH even works in the same office so they know him too.

Gosh if it was acceptable (aka not illegal) to stab someone with a standard issue office pen, I'd totally have done it.

Holy goodness, that must have taken some serious restraint to not completely lose it. Clearly, your ability to handle those childish adults shows that your have what it takes to have 2 kiddos. I'd take your kids any day over crappy adults!

yellingbanana · August 2016

Kate08Young said:

@sourlemon I think you should get a couple free b!tchslaps for that. Stupid socially awkward people.

My WTF goes to my district. They just changed district policy so that I can't be facebook friends with any k-12 student in the area. Yes, I understand why they did that, but now I can't use facebook to get ahold of my babysitters.
So instead of having a record of the conversations on FB, I get to make unrecorded phone calls and texts to students. Its just opening it up to inappropriate things. I would never do that, but still.

Don't you love how districts enforce these rules that actually end up making things less safe? Oh, district rules...

and Re the pink girly headbands, just tell people you don't want your infant to be over feminized. I was like this with DD 1, and people were pretty understanding. She still is pretty tomboyish, didn't play with 'girl' toys by choice until she was 4.
I gave up with DD 2, she was girly from day 1 and still is.

princesslockness · August 2016

@yellingbanana The really idiotic thing is we had a State Association Lawyer there and his recommendation was to cc/group message a parent anytime I did that. Doesn't matter if its a 9th grader I had last year, or an 18 almost graduating senior. I'm supposed to friend or get mom's cell to add them in.

brittnic86 · August 2016

@aframe77 I was disappointed lol. I was so sure they were boys...at least one boy....both girls lol. Over it now

brittnic86 · August 2016

Gah!!!! My beside table! Nope nope nope. Screaming, flailing, giant bowl, and a cookie sheet...got it caught and back outside. And I thought I was going to sleep soon

cjm1994 · August 2016

Wtf to the greeter at CostCo who thought I was due! "No baby today?" umm I sure hope not! I still have 3 months to go lady! Sheesh...

cjm1994 · August 2016

Also WTF Is with this heartburn!? ALL DAY LONG! So annoying! So uncomfortable! Gahh

tinattt23 · August 2016

@brittnic86 Aw, he looks kind of adorable actually

I'd still probably flip if he was in my house though. Glad you were able to get him back outside where he belongs.

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