Monday Bitchfest 10/03

Dilynne · October 2016

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SaphireSweetie88 · October 2016

I am the counter manager (CM) at work and 1 of my employees has moved from complaining / whining about her schedule to full on bitching at me about it. I get working weekends suck balls but there hasn't been a weekend she's worked where I haven't. She knew what she was getting into when she took a FT position. FT has to work at least 2 weekends a month.

It doesn't help that I am understaffed. I am supposed to have a minimum of 5 people for my department (CM, FT, PT and at least 2 SH) and I currently have 3 (and 1/2). I have myself, my FT and my PT. I have 1 SH (who I am counting as 1/2) but she's refusing to work more than 1 or 2 days a month when a SH is supposed to be available up to 10 hours / week. My PT is working close to FT hours because of it.

I told my FT that I understand the frustration but that I can't do anything other that what I have been doing (which is talking to HR every week about how it's going to hire someone). My FT did not like that answer and said I need to ride HR like the ride us to get credit. And now she's telling me she's considering other options because she's over worked. Ugh.

This is what I think when she starts talking:

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And I just want to look at her like:

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P.S. I may be addicted to GIFs

lund · October 2016

-All of the bugs are still invading my office. I don't mind the boxelder bugs because they're harmless, but the wasps need to GTFU.

-I really need to get back into my healthy eating and working out routine. I was doing SO well, but it's been hard to get back into good habits after my FL vacation. My motivation is zero.

-We moved into our master suite yesterday, but it's a loft space. After our first night sleeping up there, I'm honestly not sure how I feel about our master being an open-air loft. Might have to look at some sort of privacy screen or curtain option...but we spent so much money on the master closet this weekend that I don't think we'll want to spend any money on a privacy solution for a while.

-My coworker is gone for the next 1.5 days (she's the convention and visitor's bureau director) . I don't mind having the office to myself, but I have to answer her phone while she's gone. It's a lot of old, confused people who don't know how to use the internet and don't have email accounts.

All in all, nothing too bad to bitch about, but I like participating in this stuff as much as possible

SaphireSweetie88 · October 2016

@LuND

I would be freaking out at work if that (bugs) happened here. I am allergic to bee / wasps stings. I'd be tempted to not go in but unfortunately we're short staffed.

Good luck getting motivated. I know it's hard. Took me a while to get motivated as well with my weight loss.

Edited to add: I am glad you participate. I'd miss ya if you didn't

NYTino24 · October 2016

I'm gonna bitch for my twin. She has terrible PCOS / low progesterone and did several IUIs to get pregnant with her second. She ovulated for the first time in forever after stopping BF. Unfortunately, her scarring has made it impossible for AF to come. She's in so much pain with the contractions. Now she is minutes away from having to get a hysterectomy and I'm sad for her. She was here yesterday and now she's back home 3.5 hours away.

SaphireSweetie88 · October 2016

@NYTino24 - Hugs to you and your sister. That's hard

KristoKekerooni · October 2016

First day back from vacation and it's a Monday. hellloooo 500+ emails. I'm super close to quitting...

Dilynne · October 2016

@NYTino24 Holy hell. Hugs to you both!

TW: Car accidents/kids/minor injury

My MBF is the fact that people dismiss me when I need them to listen. For example, on Friday H and I witnessed a really bad car accident where a van hit a small SUV and caused the SUV to roll 6 times. The woman starts screaming about her son and to get him out of the car and I'm yelling at them to leave him in the car in the car seat because he could have a neck injury and everyone told me to shut up and literally pushed me out of the way. The car wasn't on fire, he wasn't in any danger being in the car. Traffic was blocked, everything would have been fine.

The fire trucks and ambulances arrive: "How'd he get out of the car seat?" "We took him out." "Why? He could have a neck injury!" Cue this little 2 and a half year old getting strapped onto a backboard and his poor mama freaking out.

I'm only using the gif and making light of it now because the Mom texted me last night and told me they were both okay, just a couple of scrapes and bruises. But like... I'm literally trained in this. As a Guide Leader, I have specific training in this.

mrlight · October 2016

@NYTino24 I'm sorry your sister is having to go through that.
@SaphireSweetie88 I would be so annoyed having to deal with an employee like that!

PolarBear517 · October 2016

I couldn't respond to the 13dpo Drive by thread because I am feeling snarky and easily annoyed today and would like to avoid being banned. Idk what's with me because we have had so many worse threads

In other news I'm in the computer lab at my university trying to work on the literature review for my masters project and a woman who is, apparently, the world record holder for "loudest tortilla chip eater" is sitting 3 seats down from me, so now most of my energy is being used for non homework purposes like trying really hard not to glare at her or look visibly exasperated in general.

lulu1180 · October 2016

@PolarBear517 My cubicle neighbor is a mouth breather and seems to be breathing especially loud today....it is taking a considerable amount of control not to throw something at her over our shared wall!

ladystinson · October 2016

Work. This new system sucks. Everyone is losing their minds because of it. None of us can remember anything...... ugh.......

Happy freaking monday to all lol

littlebug2010 · October 2016

I just found out today that my team is being moved to a new manager. Not normally a huge deal, but my team was an acquisition to the company, which meant that nothing really changed for us. the company I work for doesn't have the best engineering team, and me and 2 others are being moved over to engineering and my boss is going to head up a larger team. Meaning I am getting a new boss. Im just really worried that I am not going to like this situation, and dont know if I should start looking for a new job now because of it, especially because I am in the middle of TTC and dont really want to deal with having to tell every one I interview with im KU if I do get KU. ugh!!!!!

Nelbetron · October 2016

Wtf to myself... get to the grocery store, go to check out and realize I don't have my wallet. Now I'm waiting for Dh to go home 20+ minutes away aND get it and come back (so I'm sitting in the corner of shame with my cart of groceries.) Not embarrassing at all... lol.

hartmich · October 2016

@nelbetron don't worry I've seen people at the grocery store do that! I leave my wallet places all the time so it can happen to anyone.

So I'm trying Blue Apron for the first time this week and my first delivery is today. Or is supposed to be. They said by 9 pm but they only have 40 more minutes. I stupidly assumed it wouldn't really be that late and didn't have anything planned for dinner, so I ate tortilla chips. Thanks, blue apron.

ETA: I also want to throat punch people who use Facebook as their Dear Diary for pregnancy. Yes I realize I'm probably a little biased, but I'm fully prepared to see pregnancy announcements and birth announcements, etc. I DO NOT need to see "felt kicking today and it was amazing!" God. I'm so tempted to reply "did you know October is infertility and pregnancy loss awareness month?"

eggplantface · October 2016

@hartmich Re: dear diary on FB--I had to hide a humble bragger. "I was on my feet all day and look how swollen my feet are" (like anyone needed to see her nasty feet) "ok, baby, I'll take it easy haha." Shut. Up. One of my other friends was like "I'm not pregnant, my feet swell after standing all day, no one cares."

BertieMeetsGertie · October 2016

@hartmich, we've been doing blue apron for a few months now. We always get our delivery before 12:00pm. I wonder why yours is so late. If you continue doing it, you can always adjust the delivery day to another day of the week (so if you got it on Sunday night, you could cook on Monday).

hartmich · October 2016

@BertieMeetsGertie it arrived at 8:45! I'm definitely not into that. I wanted Sunday but they didn't offer it, at least for my zip code. My mom lives in the middle of nowhere (I do not) and she got hers in the afternoon. This is going to be a deal breaker for me!

laurad75 · October 2016

@hartmich We do blue apron and love it. 9/10 it arrives in the afternoon but if the delivery truck is running late it will come at night. I don't think Blue Apron can control that. You should give it another chance.

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