Post by lasagnasshole on Jul 24, 2014 9:58:51 GMT -5
When my H gets a new job, can we throw a virtual party on MM the way we did when I got a new job?
His situation is so much like mine was that it's scary. OK, so his boss isn't sleeping with anyone in the office, and he does get direct deposit. But it's a toxic atomsphere, and the boss is emotionally abusive. He's in therapy and was just put on anti-anxiety meds and has acid reflux and sleep disturbance from the stress. Watching him be this miserable makes my heart hurt. And I hate, hate, HATE that we moved here to get me out of such a terrible job, only to put him into one.
He has been applying for stuff. So please, MM, cross your fingers, toes, eyes. Say a prayer. Use a voodoo doll. Whatever you got, he needs OUT.
Apparently this is a thing now. Nevermind that it was built to keep chickens and dogs out.
Lol. Can you clip their wings?
Ours have started sleeping in the tree instead of the coop. Freaked the hell out of me the first time I went out there ant night and there were 8 chickens sleeping at eye level.
MH just texted me to say that he upgraded our cable package to include, among other things, HBO. And FXX, which has recently acquired the rights to all Simpsons episodes (excluding the current season, which sucks anyway).
They're running an all-series marathon in August, and the FXX app will allow subscribers to watch any episode at will.
Apparently this is a thing now. Nevermind that it was built to keep chickens and dogs out.
Lol. Can you clip their wings?
Ours have started sleeping in the tree instead of the coop. Freaked the hell out of me the first time I went out there ant night and there were 8 chickens sleeping at eye level.
We could, although they should get fat enough soon that it won't be an issue.
I don't think I've ever been as invested in someone's search for a new job as I was for yours, lasagna. I'll keep my fingers crossed that Mr. Lasagna (much better than calling him Mr. Asshole) finds a new job soon.
My H is waiting on his offer letter for his new job. He was hoping that it would have arrived already, but we are still waiting. They talked about him starting on August 4th, so I am not sure that's going to happen. Maybe August 11th.
Another random. I convinced H to watch Downton Abbey with me, and he's hooked. I'm excited to watch Season 5 with him on ITV in September.
I have been working really hard at working out and eating healthy the last few weeks and I feel really good. I've been wearing my more form fitting dresses to work. My coworker commented yesterday that I look like I lost weight and my dress fit nicely and I should wear more dresses like that because my other ones I wear make me look pregnant. :? I have worked with her for 6 years and she knows I have struggled with my weight my entire life, WTF would she say that to me. Some people need to learn how to compliment!
I have been working really hard at working out and eating healthy the last few weeks and I feel really good. I've been wearing my more form fitting dresses to work. My coworker commented yesterday that I look like I lost weight and my dress fit nicely and I should wear more dresses like that because my other ones I wear make me look pregnant. :? I have worked with her for 6 years and she knows I have struggled with my weight my entire life, WTF would she say that to me. Some people need to learn how to compliment!
What a douche.
I don't understand why people can't just say, "You look great!" and then STFU.
Ours have started sleeping in the tree instead of the coop. Freaked the hell out of me the first time I went out there ant night and there were 8 chickens sleeping at eye level.
We could, although they should get fat enough soon that it won't be an issue.
The chickens I had growing up could get on the roof (they were bantams though).
melmo1122: well regardless of how poorly the compliment was said, don't let the poor phrasing undermine the message: you look great! Keep up the good work.
I need to get this out, so in lieu of starting another thread, I'll put it here...
I'm really struggling to not take my frustrations about work and not moving closer to our families out on my husband. He's made a variety of decisions over the last 18 months, not taking a job, telling me he wouldn't move for a job opportunity for me, looking past an interview because he thought he was a lock for two other applications he'd applied for (both of which sent him rejection letters without an interview last week), that have hampered our options.
I'm able to hold them in by remembering that he's a wonderful person who made the best decision he could with the information he had to work with at the time. And that saying something would absolutely damage our relationship. But damn, damn damn damn I'm frustrated. And sad.
mbcdefg I also made a comment to her about my dress being static-clingy to my spanx and she said oh i've never worn spanx, they dont make them small enough for me.
Get the fuck out of my office with that nonsense and your non-compliment!
mbcdefg I also made a comment to her about my dress being static-clingy to my spanx and she said oh i've never worn spanx, they dont make them small enough for me.
Get the fuck out of my office with that nonsense and your non-compliment!
Man, her life must suck if she's constantly got to put other people down like that in order to make herself feel better. Wench.
I asked E why they bother letting S and L talk crap about them/why E is even working here.
I can't figure out how to say this in any other way...what is wrong with you? Is there some kind of missing context that makes it not totally crazy that you went up to someone you do not know and told that person your mutual CW and boss say negative things about him/her?
Post by emilyinchile on Jul 24, 2014 13:03:47 GMT -5
milsaroo the boss stuff definitely sounds unprofessional and worthy of going to HR over, but what you did also was both unprofessional and probably pretty hurtful to E (assuming that E didn't know about the trash talking). I am not getting it.
I woke up with a cold and as a result all food sounds gross, but I'm also really hungry. I feel very whiny about the whole situation.
milsaroo the boss stuff definitely sounds unprofessional and worthy of going to HR over, but what you did also was both unprofessional and probably pretty hurtful to E (assuming that E didn't know about the trash talking). I am not getting it.
I woke up with a cold and as a result all food sounds gross, but I'm also really hungry. I feel very whiny about the whole situation.
I just posted that E was the one that brought it up/is very aware of the situation. And yes, I was unprofessional.
Have you eaten anything yet today? What kind of cold? Stuffy nose or sore throat (or both)?
I just saw that. I was imagining that out of the blue you dropped this bomb of boss and CW disliking E - since there are only the 4 of you, and I had wrongly thought that neither of those two would be saying this stuff to E's face! - so ok, at least it wasn't that.
I ate a small breakfast, but it's lunchtime now, and that is just tooooo haaaaaaard. Sore throat and headache and general pity party. I will probably survive though
I'm not in a great mood today, but a stranger gave me a small boost when he told me he thinks I am "very beautiful." I'll try to remember to pay it forward and verbalize the next positive thought I have about someone.
My stupid dog found a baby animal of some sort (I am guessing rabbit?) in the yard today and tried to bring it into the house. Thankfully, the last time she had that look on her face and her mouth clamped shut, she had a baby rabbit in her mouth and I recognized it today and made her spit it out outside. It was a tiny baby, I don't even know what it is because it was so tiny, and it made a bunch of horrible squeaking noises when she dropped it. It wiggled around like it was trying to figure out what to do. I didn't know what to do so I just left it there It is probably going to die, I don't know if she injured it or where it came from.
I mean we have enough pesty rabbits in my neighborhood, but I feel bad if it had to suffer. What are you supposed to do in that kind of situation? I thought about killing it to put it out of its misery but I don't even know how or if I could actually kill an animal without throwing up.
My dog looked very proud of herself when she came inside, lol.
- I dumped a LARGE cup of iced coffee in my lap about 2 hours after I got to work today. My pants are still wet. I've been to busy to swing out and buy new pants. And really, most dress pants have to be hemmed anyway, so I probably would have ventured out for nothing.
- Today has been full of drama. My brain hurts from thinking.
- I have to come into to work tomorrow to make up for a half day I took off earlier this week. This meant cancelling a doctors appointment I had scheduled for the morning, and pushing it off to August. Ugh.
I feel like a zombie because I made the mistake of having some highly caffeinated and/or sugary coffee Oreo ice cream too close to my bedtime last night and then couldn't fall asleep.
(For the Boston ladies, I made up for not having Richardson's at the last GTG by getting it after my trapeze lesson last night )
I did the exact same thing last night and I am also paying for it today. I tried J.P. Licks for the first time. Delicious!
How was the trapeze lesson?! I wish I could have come this time.
I transferred to a new group 10 months ago and was promoted. I thought I was years from the next promotion, based on how I've seen promotions to the next title with others.
I just got a voice mail saying "We have you down for an interview this afternoon but I realize we may not have informed you of this. Please call to reschedule."
1) No you never contacted me about this. 2) And now I don't think I would even be interested in an interview.