PMd you just to keep it a bit anon.
Whine like a baby, now with 500% more drama!
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I want to hug and brofist this so hard.
How about a bro-hug, my good owl?
I feel more than secure enough in my masculinity that all my hugs are bro-hugs, Mr monkey!
Dear Mr Owl,
I gladly accept your bro-hug, and wish you a good day.
Sincerely,
Mr Monkey, esq
*sigh* I hate hate hate HATE customers who call just to tell and won't let me get a word in or refuse to listen. I'm actually on the verge of crying. Fucking hell.
New policy: one warning to stop yelling or I end the call. One warning.
New policy: one warning to stop yelling or I end the call. One warning.
Dropped my phone. Significantly cracked the screen protector. Oh it still works, and the cracks are annoying, but technically I can still see all of the screen, so given that we're on a budget now that we're destitute students, I don't think I'll be looking to repair or replace it in the near future.
Speaking as someone who has worked reception and/or switchboards, you're going to get that a lot. A LOT. I've mentioned it before, at my last job, for every 4 phone calls, 3 were unbelievably rude.
Part of surviving this job is understanding 1)it's not your fault so try not to take it personally, 2) they're not in person, so much like an internet troll they think they can take all their anger/frustration on you with no consequences, and 3)you control the conversation, so set the boundries.
For the record, this guy was SCREAMING at me over $4.50.
Four fucking dollars and fifty fucking cents.
Humanity was a mistake.
Four fucking dollars and fifty fucking cents.
Humanity was a mistake.
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Why are you calling to yell at ME about your bill at 6:30 in the morning? I'm just the messenger carrying out the manager's order. I don't care if you're "on your way." Unless you're on your way with the $1015 you owe, this conversation is over before it starts.
If it helps at all, remember that the reason they are yelling is most likely because they KNOW it’s their own fault somehow, but they REFUSE to blame theselves, and so they vent on you, instead.
And this refusal to take responsibility for their own failings is why they will never become a better person, and why their customer service will always suck, and why CSRs will never go out of their way to help them.
—Patrick
And this refusal to take responsibility for their own failings is why they will never become a better person, and why their customer service will always suck, and why CSRs will never go out of their way to help them.
—Patrick
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Look, I get it. We are incredibly short staffed. I have a route in the afternoon where I essentially deliver exactly one (1) child from the northeast* side of the city to a place all the way over on the west side of the city. You have drivers to cover things MTWR, but Fridays you don't. So the game plan is "who's routes can we switch so we can get kids home?" and the guys with the fewest riders gets the short straw.
But BLEEP it all, would it hurt you to call me to let me know I'm going to be doing a different route? I still haven't lived in this damn city more than a year, and at times I need Siri to tell me where a freakin' school is located so I have half a chance at getting there before the bell rings.
(Anonymous for obvious reasons.)
But BLEEP it all, would it hurt you to call me to let me know I'm going to be doing a different route? I still haven't lived in this damn city more than a year, and at times I need Siri to tell me where a freakin' school is located so I have half a chance at getting there before the bell rings.
(Anonymous for obvious reasons.)
Cajungal
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I feel for people who truly have anxiety and have trouble leaving the house or being in social situations... but right now there seems to be this cutesy, fake-seeming "omg I'm so awkward" thing that just won't die. I don't really like to complain about it because you never know who's just being a lazy idiot who doesn't feel like making an effort and who's really suffering and hiding behind a sillier version of what they truly feel. But there are some people in my social circle for whom it's painfully obvious that they just love the attention they get by pretending to be this bundle of shyness and awkwardness for attention and "internet hugs" It kind of hits the same nerve as people who like parallel lines who say "I'm so OCD." -_-
As someone who used to suffer from pretty severe social anxiety (the medication I'm on is like magic and has turned me into a social butterfly) the one thing I never wanted to do when I was anxious was call attention to it. I'd make excuses for why I didn't want to be in social situations or just act like I want interested, because the idea of people finding out was terrifying. Everyone copes in their own way, of course, but that was my perspective.
As for my own whine... Ever since becoming less anxious and having more of a social life, I now have a whole lot less money.
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Well, when you take meds to lower your overactive inhibitions, it also lowers your regular inhibitions.
—Patrick
And we already know I'm wildly irresponsible with money
I’m sure before you were just “irresponsible” instead of “wildly irresponsible.”
There are things you can do to help counteract this, but they aren’t fun. At least you’re not experiencing any gambling side effects, right?
—Patrick
While I suppose this could be called a side effect, it's a behavioral one rather than a direct difference in brain chemistry. It was easier to not spend money when I never left the house.
whine #1: While it wasn't raining at the Maryland Renaissance Festival, it was definitely hot and muggy. It was supposed to be in the 70's 
#2: They didn't have real mead. They had Chaucer's at the wine shop I stopped at.
#3: so, I got a red wine, instead..which i spilled on my white shirt
That said, my son won prizes/tokens/certificates at:
Skittles
Blow darts
the wall climb
shuriken
At my age, you live on through the accomplishments of your kids (even if I did secretly have to help him on blow darts)
#2: They didn't have real mead. They had Chaucer's at the wine shop I stopped at.
#3: so, I got a red wine, instead..which i spilled on my white shirt
That said, my son won prizes/tokens/certificates at:
Skittles
Blow darts
the wall climb
shuriken
At my age, you live on through the accomplishments of your kids (even if I did secretly have to help him on blow darts)
I read this really quick as "James Franco", and my first thought was, "Well, Freaks & Greeks is still really good...".
What even is Philip DeFranco?
Dipshit Youtuber that recycles news while adding that bullshit fence sitting both sides nonsense in. In every one of his video images he makes a face like Tucker Carlson's idiot confused face too which just infuriates me for no reason.
I'm not normally a big early in the day eater. I eat, but it's usually muted foods that won't bother me much.
Today, I ate the biggest breakfast I've had in years (I'm aware this isn't exactly a massive meal, like I'd eat this and then some for dinner easily I just don't eat a ton early). 3 scrambled eggs, 4 slices of fat fuck bacon, a pile of home fries and some toast.
I feel like I'm going to barf even 30 minutes later.
Today, I ate the biggest breakfast I've had in years (I'm aware this isn't exactly a massive meal, like I'd eat this and then some for dinner easily I just don't eat a ton early). 3 scrambled eggs, 4 slices of fat fuck bacon, a pile of home fries and some toast.
I feel like I'm going to barf even 30 minutes later.
I feel you. I hate eating in the morning, it always makes me nauseous if I have to eat more than a piece of toast.
Geezus. And on a Sunday, too!
Turned down for the python-heavy job. I am back to square one. I have about a dozen applications out and all the ones that I had phone interviews with turned me down. I think I need to apply for only bench-work with zero bioinformatic stuff.
Dave
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It sucks getting old. I mean, I have no real health problems that I'm aware of. My heart is good, my blood pressure is on track. If I lost a few pounds again (and this time didn't go on vacation to Texas) I'd be in about as good of shape as I could be for my age.
Funny thing, though. Age sometimes gives you things that are pretty benign but still indicative of your body just giving up. I've got a few "age spots" here and there but nothing significant. The thing that annoys me is that I've been sprouting skin tags. These are little bits of skin that just appear out of nowhere, usually in places where moisture gathers (sorry for the visual). So like arm pits and the like. They don't hurt, they don't itch - they are just there.
But I have a new one that is causing me all sorts of issues. It's growing in the corner of my eye. It constantly feels like I've got something in my eye so I'm rubbing it in my sleep and I can't wear my contacts any longer. Also, eye gunk treats it like some sort of ocular barrier reef. Normally a dermatologist can just snip skin tags off but I think in this case I might have to have something a bit more involved and I do and don't want to do it. I haven't gone to the doctor yet, but I've asked a couple of physician friends and they say they don't think a dermatologist can do it and that I might have to see someone a bit more involved, although they couldn't tell me who. I can't use home remedies because most of them can't be used internally or get in your eyes.
So I guess I get to go see the doctor this week.
Funny thing, though. Age sometimes gives you things that are pretty benign but still indicative of your body just giving up. I've got a few "age spots" here and there but nothing significant. The thing that annoys me is that I've been sprouting skin tags. These are little bits of skin that just appear out of nowhere, usually in places where moisture gathers (sorry for the visual). So like arm pits and the like. They don't hurt, they don't itch - they are just there.
But I have a new one that is causing me all sorts of issues. It's growing in the corner of my eye. It constantly feels like I've got something in my eye so I'm rubbing it in my sleep and I can't wear my contacts any longer. Also, eye gunk treats it like some sort of ocular barrier reef. Normally a dermatologist can just snip skin tags off but I think in this case I might have to have something a bit more involved and I do and don't want to do it. I haven't gone to the doctor yet, but I've asked a couple of physician friends and they say they don't think a dermatologist can do it and that I might have to see someone a bit more involved, although they couldn't tell me who. I can't use home remedies because most of them can't be used internally or get in your eyes.
So I guess I get to go see the doctor this week.