Thursday Randoms (aka DTE foot in mouth)...

[downtoearth]

After a meeting just now, I had to squeeze around some guys walking down the sidewalk with tools.  I almost ran into a 4-foot long caulk gun that one of the guys was carrying and said, without thinking, "Whoa, that's an impressive caulk gun."  Then I proceeded to turn bright red as all 4 guys laughed and the guy carrying it said, "Yes, it is!  Yes, it is!" 

I just stammered, "Uh, I didn't think that through."  and laughed with my bright red face as I proceeded to my car.  

[pixy0stix]

*snerk* You sexually harassed yourself.

[cattledogkisses]

I wish I could get a glimpse at H's thought processes, because sometimes they are hilariously nonsensical.

He's been on leave since he got back, so he's been getting things done around the house while I'm at work. Last week we had people coming over for dinner, so I asked him if he could tidy up the house, to which he said of course. I came home and the bedrooms upstairs were immaculate. Like, perfect. Which is fantastic! But... dinner guests are not going to be upstairs in the bedrooms. (We ended up hastily picking up the kitchen, dining room, and living room together.)

This week we're getting ready to have houseguests next week. So yesterday he cleaned the garage (logical, right?). It's spotless; you could probably eat off the floor in there.  Which again, great!  But no one is going to be staying in the garage. Lol.

Today I learned my lesson and asked for more specific tasks. Oh, H... 

[downtoearth]

Jul 24, 2014 13:15:10 GMT -5 cattledogkisses said:

I wish I could get a glimpse at H's thought processes, because sometimes they are hilariously nonsensical.

He's been on leave since he got back, so he's been getting things done around the house while I'm at work. Last week we had people coming over for dinner, so I asked him if he could tidy up the house, to which he said of course. I came home and the bedrooms upstairs were immaculate. Like, perfect. Which is fantastic! But... dinner guests are not going to be upstairs in the bedrooms. (We ended up hastily picking up the kitchen, dining room, and living room together.)

This week we're getting ready to have houseguests next week. So yesterday he cleaned the garage (logical, right?). It's spotless; you could probably eat off the floor in there.  Which again, great!  But no one is going to be staying in the garage. Lol.

Today I learned my lesson and asked for more specific tasks. Oh, H... 

LOL - Every time I talk about the house being a mess and start cleaning it, my DH retreats our attached garage (which holds only bikes and his tools to make frames) and starts cleaning.

[heyjude]

My coworker, who sits in an office next to me, has always had a smell. Not bad just unique.

Within the past two months the smell has intensified greatly and has turned into if urine, rotten maple syrup, and somesort of elderly cream were mixed together. Some days are worse than others. Today is bad. The whole hall next to our doors smells and he leaves a trail where he goes. Somedays it makes me feel nauseous. I'm sure people walk past our doors and think "WTF is that smell!!" And they may think it's me. He usually keeps his door shut which I think compounds the problem.

He's a nice man but I don't know what to do. It's really foul. There's probably nothing I can do right? Maybe hang some fragrent sachet from my door? No? I cannot possibly say anything to him.

Could it be a sign of a health problem?

It's just getting worse.



Do you have any advice? If I was pregnant I wouldn't be able to handle but even now it's getting harder and harder to ignore/tolerate. Help?

[heyjude]

Jul 24, 2014 13:45:08 GMT -5 @dyermaker said:

Jul 24, 2014 13:40:26 GMT -5 heyjude said:

My coworker, who sits in an office next to me, has always had a smell. Not bad just unique.

Within the past two months the smell has intensified greatly and has turned into if urine, rotten maple syrup, and somesort of elderly cream were mixed together. Some days are worse than others. Today is bad. The whole hall next to our doors smells and he leaves a trail where he goes. Somedays it makes me feel nauseous. I'm sure people walk past our doors and think "WTF is that smell!!" And they may think it's me. He usually keeps his door shut which I think compounds the problem.

He's a nice man but I don't know what to do. It's really foul. There's probably nothing I can do right? Maybe hang some fragrent sachet from my door? No? I cannot possibly say anything to him.

Could it be a sign of a health problem?

It's just getting worse.



Do you have any advice? If I was pregnant I wouldn't be able to handle but even now it's getting harder and harder to ignore/tolerate. Help?

HR. Luckily for you, this shouldn't be your problem to handle.

What do I say? I feel really awful thinking about having that conversation with HR and then HR having a convo with him?

[2curlydogs]

cattledogkisses - that cracks me up! My H would do the same sort of thing.

Today I came out in the garage to find H had only half-assed taken down our 3 bins of recycling. He left one of them, plus a stack of boxes that needed to be broken down, in the garage. So there I am in my pencil skirt, blouse, cardigan and 3" heels hauling recycle bins and boxes to the end of the drive, then breaking them all down so they don't end up being rejected.


My co-workers are slowly learning about my freakishly accurate recall and memory. The A/V guys were watching their usual movie over lunch and people were like "What the hell are they watching?" cause all you could here was muffled crowd noises, trying to peer in the frosted glass window, and I could answer "Gladiator" because of the soundtrack. I got some weird looks when I explained it. *shrug*

[NewOrleans]

My husband does house things like build one of those little stone garden walls. His work looks like SHIT and he thinks he is so good at it. It drives me fucking crazy. I want wainscoting and he was like, "I'll do it. That guy wants 1400$ for it." Suddenly I don't want wainscoting anymore. So my house looks like shit in order to save it from him making it look like more shit.

[pixy0stix]

My gpa couldn't stop talking about ZB today. He's old, and he gets caught in these things, but I really could have not spent lunch crying. He'd say something, stop, and change the subject. Then say something else. I know it was just on his mind today, so I couldn't really get mad at him. I'm just glad that I faced the wall so people couldn't really see.

[secretlyevil]

My house is in a perpetual state of a project. I hate it. H is good at home renovation, improvements whatnot but dude I have had a hole around my pool skimmer since July 4th. It's really annoying.

[pescalita]

My office is on Cox Ave. Yeah.

[msmerymac]

The good - I'm randomly making a trip to see my parents and go to my niece's 4th birthday party this weekend, just overnight. It's really because I need to pick up my BM dress for my brother's wedding from a place 45 minutes from my mom's house (and 4 hours from my house).

The neutral - some guy at Jiffy Lube who was in the waiting room looked at my purse and said, "Oh, the bright green Michael Kors! I see those at Macys all the time. My wife loves them, but she just gets, like, silver and brown. I ask why she doesn't get the bright colors and she said they're just a little too much for her. They also have that nice baby blue color!"

The bad - I left my glasses at the eye doctor because I'm getting new lenses put in my 1 year old frames and now I don't have glasses for a week and a half! My contacts always start to get scratchy at some point, and I like to take them out in the evening and read in bed with my glasses on. I also wear glasses instead of contacts 2-3 days a week, since I work from home. I NEVER sleep in my contacts. So this is a huge adjustment for me! 

[heyjude]

Jul 24, 2014 14:12:40 GMT -5 @soudesafinado said:

Jul 24, 2014 13:40:26 GMT -5 heyjude said:

My coworker, who sits in an office next to me, has always had a smell. Not bad just unique.

Within the past two months the smell has intensified greatly and has turned into if urine, rotten maple syrup, and somesort of elderly cream were mixed together. Some days are worse than others. Today is bad. The whole hall next to our doors smells and he leaves a trail where he goes. Somedays it makes me feel nauseous. I'm sure people walk past our doors and think "WTF is that smell!!" And they may think it's me. He usually keeps his door shut which I think compounds the problem.

He's a nice man but I don't know what to do. It's really foul. There's probably nothing I can do right? Maybe hang some fragrent sachet from my door? No? I cannot possibly say anything to him.

Could it be a sign of a health problem?

It's just getting worse.



Do you have any advice? If I was pregnant I wouldn't be able to handle but even now it's getting harder and harder to ignore/tolerate. Help?

I'm laughing at this but here's some advice: www.npr.org/blogs/health/2014/07/16/331798973/coping-with-a-co-workers-body-odor-takes-tact

Well that sure as hell was on point!!

[laurenpetro]

i think i've mentioned here that my father is selling a house that was always promised to my sister (deeeeeeep sentimental history attached)? well, it's now not being sold to my sister because they're getting a better price from a stranger. my father called me this morning and said "i feel terrible about this." i almost answered "well, you probably feel that way for a reason." but instead i said "you've made your bed on this one. i'm out." it's amounting to $30K. meanwhile he's crying the blues from a $2M beach house with 6 digits in his bank account.

i feel no pity.

[taratru]

My dad, who didn't call me on my 40th birthday, showed up here yesterday with a dozen of my favorite donuts in all the world. While he is not forgiven, it certainly made it a little easier to give him the welcome half hug.

Yes, I can be bought with donuts.

[orangeblossom]

Did I really just see people smoking an e-cigarette in the Aquarium. What is wrong with people.

[downtoearth]

taratru - Glad he brought donuts. 
Happy belated birthday! 

[downtoearth]

Jul 24, 2014 14:40:10 GMT -5 orangeblossom said:

Did I really just see people smoking an e-cigarette in the Aquarium. What is wrong with people.

Yes, someone tried to pull one out during a meeting about a month back.  An office meeting!!!

[2curlydogs]

Jul 24, 2014 14:40:10 GMT -5 orangeblossom said:

Did I really just see people smoking an e-cigarette in the Aquarium. What is wrong with people.

I posted this in yesterday's randoms, but I had a co-worker pull one out in a meeting yesterday.

[debatethis]

Jul 24, 2014 13:01:10 GMT -5 @majorwife said:

its like the plot of a bad fanfic porn. lolololol

you could have gotten some sex out of that, i bet

FTFY.

[orangeblossom]

Jul 24, 2014 14:43:11 GMT -5 downtoearth said:

Jul 24, 2014 14:40:10 GMT -5 orangeblossom said:

Did I really just see people smoking an e-cigarette in the Aquarium. What is wrong with people.

Yes, someone tried to pull one out during a meeting about a month back.  An office meeting!!!

Why do people think this is okay? I don't understand.

[orangeblossom]

Jul 24, 2014 14:54:54 GMT -5 2curlydogs said:

Jul 24, 2014 14:40:10 GMT -5 orangeblossom said:

Did I really just see people smoking an e-cigarette in the Aquarium. What is wrong with people.

I posted this in yesterday's randoms, but I had a co-worker pull one out in a meeting yesterday.

That is crazy. I don't get it

[secretlyevil]

I have given myself a headache beating my head against the brick wall known as corporate.

[elleblue]

Jul 24, 2014 13:40:26 GMT -5 heyjude said:

My coworker, who sits in an office next to me, has always had a smell. Not bad just unique.

Within the past two months the smell has intensified greatly and has turned into if urine, rotten maple syrup, and somesort of elderly cream were mixed together. Some days are worse than others. Today is bad. The whole hall next to our doors smells and he leaves a trail where he goes. Somedays it makes me feel nauseous. I'm sure people walk past our doors and think "WTF is that smell!!" And they may think it's me. He usually keeps his door shut which I think compounds the problem.

He's a nice man but I don't know what to do. It's really foul. There's probably nothing I can do right? Maybe hang some fragrent sachet from my door? No? I cannot possibly say anything to him.

Could it be a sign of a health problem?

It's just getting worse.



Do you have any advice? If I was pregnant I wouldn't be able to handle but even now it's getting harder and harder to ignore/tolerate. Help?

Is he an oldz? link

[omgzombies]

My plans this evening have evolved from:

1) watching some tv
2) playing around on the computer,
and 3) going to bed

to

1) reading some smut
2) having a glass of wine or two
and 3) having DH

Thank you 50 Shades of Grey thread; 50 shades may be awful, but there's plenty of good smut out there to enjoy!

[gpw]

@soudesafinado I do that ALL the time.  Something sounds super fun at the time, but when the time comes, I just want my sofa. 

If I make it out of this week alive or without committing homicide, it will be a miracle. 

[cattledogkisses]

I am having Concord grape wine (AKA "Jelly Juice") from a local winery with peanut butter and crackers, and it's flippin' amazing.

[oliverboliverbutt]

I'm hoping that I find a leaf blower/vacuum at Costco on my next trip there, because if I drop $75 at Costco DH won't bat an eye, but $75 at the hardware store or amazon will need to be explained. Not that DH would necessarily argue against, but not explaining is easier. I think that might make me a bad spouse.

[pixy0stix]

Jul 24, 2014 16:16:07 GMT -5 @soudesafinado said:

And now one of my friends is bringing another friend who I like well enough but I'm not in the mood for this evening because her personality is too big and I am not feeling all that tonight. Goddammit! Why did I suggest this when I KNOW I hate people?!

You'll be fine! Just drink extra booze.

[Deleted]

Jul 24, 2014 13:40:26 GMT -5 heyjude said:

My coworker, who sits in an office next to me, has always had a smell. Not bad just unique.

Within the past two months the smell has intensified greatly and has turned into if urine, rotten maple syrup, and somesort of elderly cream were mixed together. Some days are worse than others. Today is bad. The whole hall next to our doors smells and he leaves a trail where he goes. Somedays it makes me feel nauseous. I'm sure people walk past our doors and think "WTF is that smell!!" And they may think it's me. He usually keeps his door shut which I think compounds the problem.

He's a nice man but I don't know what to do. It's really foul. There's probably nothing I can do right? Maybe hang some fragrent sachet from my door? No? I cannot possibly say anything to him.

Could it be a sign of a health problem?

It's just getting worse.



Do you have any advice? If I was pregnant I wouldn't be able to handle but even now it's getting harder and harder to ignore/tolerate. Help?

Eat a lot of citrus in your office? You'll get your vitamin C and it will smell wonderful!