UO Thursday 12/1

dubcompanion · December 2016

To kick off this festive month, let's get under each other's skin with unpopular opinions!

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dubcompanion · December 2016

I don't like Secret Santa gift exchanges, and it's more me personally having to do it - not the concept of it. I got pressured into it this year at work, and it's annoying that I have to get gifts for someone I don't really know and have one more thing to have to remember to do this month.

Spartanrd4 · December 2016

I don't like secret Santa either unless I know the person well...thankfully we do a white elephant exchange at work (just normal work appropriate gifts not gag gifts) so I can buy whatever I want.

dubcompanion · December 2016

@Spartanrd4 Knowing the person well definitely helps, bonus if it's someone you'd be apt to buy a gift for anyway. White Elephant is also nice because you only have to buy one, not a bunch of little ones! That's the other issue of it - having to spend time thinking up multiple gifts (again, for people I don't know well). They do list gift suggestions, but they're pretty general so I still have to worry about whether they'll like a certain candle fragrance or type of chocolate.

KellyT22 · December 2016

I'm okay with gift exchanges if it's voluntary and within a group of people I know well. I don't like mandated ones with people I barely know (that is happening this year).

DrillSergeantCat · December 2016

We do dirty Santa every year at work. I'm the only female where I work and the rule is you can't take back your own gift, so I usually get the shaft. The guys get things they want and would actually use. I get things they'd want and actually use.

npaulie · December 2016

My UO is that I'm getting really annoyed with hearing "ugh, the bump app doesn't work..." why not just use it on your mobile browser? Maybe I've just been lucky that I've never had a problem with it. But, maybe because I've NEVER had an issue using it on mobile, I don't understand how people having this many problems posting.

disneybaby84 · December 2016

I use the bump website, not the app. I also use the website on my ipad. The website is more effective.

kiyamurph · December 2016

Along the same note of secret santa at work, I despise work baby showers unless it's a close knit group or we all get along. I seriously can't stand most of the people I work with. They're a needy bunch and act like they can't do a damn thing for themselves. So much hand holding. Thankfully this is baby #2 and we still have pretty much everything from #1. Just need little things here and there. Made it much easier to decline a shower. I couldn't have stomached the idea of sitting with a bunch of people I don't like and having to fake my way through it. Something about pregnancy makes my bullshit meter go off the charts!

Finallyhismrs07 · December 2016

I can't stand over-the-top Christmas decorations in the office. If you have your own office do what you will, but we are in a cube-style setting and we have giant christmas trees, wreaths, fake snow, stuff hanging from the ceiling. It is way over the top and annoying. Especially when the groups putting all the effort in are the same ones that act like they are too busy to get me the information that i need in a timely manner.........

dubcompanion · December 2016

@Finallyhismrs07 Bingo with those who go all out with decorating - in my case - their classrooms. Now, there are many teachers who love decorating and make it a point to keep their classroom welcoming, bright, and fun. That's cool, and it definitely makes me look lame-o, since I never decorate! They're also good about staying on top of their normal work, to boot. (I like decorating my house but prefer to keep my room minimalistic. I teach SPED, and with my group of kiddos, I want to deter from distractions.) But then there are some teachers who spend hours cutting out snowflakes but can't fill out a 10-second form each week that is required per a student's IEP. Hmmmmm.

kiyamurph · December 2016

Finallyhismrs07 said:

I can't stand over-the-top Christmas decorations in the office. If you have your own office do what you will, but we are in a cube-style setting and we have giant christmas trees, wreaths, fake snow, stuff hanging from the ceiling. It is way over the top and annoying. Especially when the groups putting all the effort in are the same ones that act like they are too busy to get me the information that i need in a timely manner.........

This this this! So with you! A few years ago I worked in a medical office building doing registration and the women that I worked with were both the crafty type that loved decorating. We sat in a big island in the middle of the building so we were the first people you see when you came in. Every holiday, whether it be Thanksgiving, Christmas, even St. Patrick's day, they would put up decorations and it was WAY over the top! I'm so not crafty in the least and the last effing thing I wanted to spend my work day doing was decorating with those biddies. They would give me the death glare if I didn't participate. The worst was when they wanted to wrap all of these boxes for Christmas. For the record, I hate wrapping real gifts, let alone empty boxes for decorations. I wanted to stab myself in the eye. But heaven forbid I need something that actually pertained to our real jobs and they acted like I was asking them to move heaven and earth. I do not miss that job!

RunBooRun · December 2016

I have mixed feelings about the song "Baby, It's Cold Outside". It's catchy and I find myself humming it all the time. But, I hate that its message is basically "no doesn't mean no". The message really bothers me, but damn does that song get stuck in your head.

liepertsm · December 2016

dubcompanion said:

@Finallyhismrs07 Bingo with those who go all out with decorating - in my case - their classrooms. Now, there are many teachers who love decorating and make it a point to keep their classroom welcoming, bright, and fun. That's cool, and it definitely makes me look lame-o, since I never decorate! They're also good about staying on top of their normal work, to boot. (I like decorating my house but prefer to keep my room minimalistic. I teach SPED, and with my group of kiddos, I want to deter from distractions.) But then there are some teachers who spend hours cutting out snowflakes but can't fill out a 10-second form each week that is required per a student's IEP. Hmmmmm.

I'm one of those over-the-top teachers whose classroom looks like Christmas exploded inside. But 1) I don't let it distract from the things I need to get done and 2) I very rarely buy/make decorations for my classroom. I teach preschool and our room is decorated with Christmas-y projects that the kids make in class throughout the month. And the glitter that inevitably gets spilled all over the floor.

dubcompanion · December 2016

@liepertsm That is awesome and absolutely no judgment at all! I don't judge teachers that decorate their classrooms using their own crafts either; it's just annoying when they spend all their time doing that and use it as a means to neglect professional obligations. I remember a teacher once calling in sick because she'd spent most of the night hanging up garland and lights all over her room; she was too tired to work the following day. Looked cool but really?

Oh and the sub had little to no plans to go off of.

mecoats · December 2016

@Finallyhismrs07 I'm 100% with you! I have a couple co-workers who last year complained that they were SOOOOO busy (even though I do some of their work too....UGH!), yet they had time to take half a day to hang lights up and put a Christmas tree up. Now, granted, i like Christmas/holiday decorations, but seriously....stop complaining you are SOOOO busy then go and do something pointless.

gosh - I feel better getting that out.

DrillSergeantCat · December 2016

RunBooRun said:

I have mixed feelings about the song "Baby, It's Cold Outside". It's catchy and I find myself humming it all the time. But, I hate that its message is basically "no doesn't mean no". The message really bothers me, but damn does that song get stuck in your head.

I love it, but I also call it the Christmas Date Rape song. I mean really, "Say...what's in this drink?" What is in that drink???

sunshine507 · December 2016

@RunBooRun +1 to this! I wish someone would rewrite it so I could love the melody without simultaneously getting the creeps thinking about date rape & its normalization.

Happyhiker · December 2016

RunBooRun said:

I have mixed feelings about the song "Baby, It's Cold Outside". It's catchy and I find myself humming it all the time. But, I hate that its message is basically "no doesn't mean no". The message really bothers me, but damn does that song get stuck in your head.

So with you! DH now calls it the date rape song after I complained about it.

EnglishTeacherMama · December 2016

Everything has been annoying me this week (hormones? exhaustion?), so I have been developing a lot of opinions... I don't know if they're unpopular or not.

- paper clips go on the left side of the stack. That way I can sort through them when they sit in the tray on my desk. Everyone else around me clips them at the top of the stack. UGH
- Idris Elba is not that attractive. I first "met" him as an actor on The Office, where he played a jerk, so maybe that's influencing my feelings... but I can't believe so many people want him to be the next James Bond. UGH
- egg shells should go in the trash can (we don't have a yard, so no compost option). My husband always dumps them in the sink and cranks them through the garbage disposal, which I'm afraid will eventually lead to it breaking. UGH

sunshine507 · December 2016

I have zero feelings about if I'm wished a Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Holidays, or other greeting. In person or on a card. I realize this is probably partly related to not being a marginalized minority, but also... it's a happy time of year, I don't really care if you card me about what you celebrate or what I celebrate. I just like the thought and especially the kiddo and pet photos.
This post brought to you by a neighbor going off loudly about how she hates being wished "happy holidays."

Burrberrymum · December 2016

@sunshine507 I'm with you on that one. As long as intentions are good, I really don't care if someone wishes me whatever they want. It's a nice gesture and what matters is people being humble and kind.

DrillSergeantCat · December 2016

@EnglishTeacherMama egg shells absolutely should not go down the disposal. Not that it will hurt the disposal but it blocks up the lines.

dizzymom-2 · December 2016

@EnglishTeacherMama My hubby pulled that egg shell crap a couple Easters ago while we were making deviled eggs and sorely regretted it!!! We had to have my Uncle who's a plumber come out and take apart all our pipes in the basement, only to find a big section was jam packed of egg shell debris clogging the pipes and causing a leak. Egg shells grind into something similar to sand and sea shells in the disposal.

jmacd22 · December 2016

The glucose test or the drink have never been that bad to me. I don't know why people make a big deal out of it. I also pass every time so I guess that might be the reason.

wintersong · December 2016

DrillSergeantCat said:

We do dirty Santa every year at work. I'm the only female where I work and the rule is you can't take back your own gift, so I usually get the shaft. The guys get things they want and would actually use. I get things they'd want and actually use.

Literally?
Hee hee

wintersong · December 2016

mcdonald-bailey said:

The glucose test or the drink have never been that bad to me. I don't know why people make a big deal out of it. I also pass every time so I guess that might be the reason.

If it's cold I agree, nbd.

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