Post by circa1978 on Sept 14, 2023 10:23:16 GMT -5
I'm about to hit a new colleague over the head with what my name is. I'm so frustrated because he keeps calling me the wrong thing, and I've tried replying with my name above my signature, putting it in bold, putting it directly after the text of my email with a dash and he keeps responding with, Thanks, Wrong Name! My name is unconventional but not totally unheard of, yet this has been a constant struggle my entire life. I can already tell he's going to be someone who acts like it is an imposition or I'm "picky" when I inevitably have to say, "No big deal, asshole, but my name is..." 😠
Post by fluffycookie on Sept 14, 2023 10:27:30 GMT -5
I don't know how people live in tornado prone areas. I live in Massachusetts, all my life and this year alone we've had three emergency alert warnings. I had the news on last night before the alert came thru and they said the storm was following the same track as the August 18th storm so I knew it was coming and I still jumped when my phone went off.
Speaking of BTSN, I usually go while H stays home with the kids (DD1 is in 3rd so can't stay home alone, plus the 4 year old). H mentioned wanting to come, but we'd have to hire a babysitter for it and I'm being cheap and not wanting to spend $50 on it. Is that mean? I handle everything for the school anyway, but I feel kind of bad he wants to meet the teachers and stuff. We could switch but I really want to go too. I almost prefer when they did it virtually so we could both participate.
No kids allowed? I think the only thing school related kids don't go to are PTO meetings here.
Our BTSN have been parents only, it was a PITA when they were lower school.
Post by livinitup on Sept 14, 2023 10:49:11 GMT -5
Why did yesterday-me think I would want to get done ANY of the things I put off until today?? I had such confidence that I would muster some burst of energy or some zeal to get organized.
I'm about to hit a new colleague over the head with what my name is. I'm so frustrated because he keeps calling me the wrong thing, and I've tried replying with my name above my signature, putting it in bold, putting it directly after the text of my email with a dash and he keeps responding with, Thanks, Wrong Name! My name is unconventional but not totally unheard of, yet this has been a constant struggle my entire life. I can already tell he's going to be someone who acts like it is an imposition or I'm "picky" when I inevitably have to say, "No big deal, asshole, but my name is..." 😠
My company has an office in Ireland, where my name would be spelled slightly differently. I had a coworker who constantly addressed me with the Irish spelling in writing. I started deliberately making a similar change to his name and suddenly he got my name right. Can you start changing his name and see how he likes it?
Post by keyslover on Sept 14, 2023 11:00:48 GMT -5
I am on day 3 of 16 of my course of prednisone. It is starting to kick in- cranky and starving. Also, my period will be starting any day. Double Effing Whammy here. Trying to remain zen like, but it is challenging.
But but products! I need my products! Can I do 1 quart bag per item? Like one in my suitcase and 1 in my personal item? These are the things my brain goes to.
I use old contact lens cases for products, since they don't leak and I have a ton of them at any time. I throw them in the dishwasher after the trip.
@sameoldstory , I’m a sucker for bilingual guys, too. Which is a not a good distraction at the moment.
I just need to make it through today and I can sleep in tomorrow. Not even much on my calendar today. And I’m traveling next week. I’m stressed about it already. 10-ish years ago, I was a road warrior, could leave my office 2 hours before a flight, go home, pack, and make my flight with time to spare. Now it’s days before and I’m stressed over things. I’m gone less than 72 hours. I can carryon for sure, logically, but I don’t want to. On the other hand, this is my first trip in forever with a layover. So… yes, I will. But but products! I need my products! Can I do 1 quart bag per item? Like one in my suitcase and 1 in my personal item? These are the things my brain goes to.
If it's less than 72 hours, I'd skip some products. Not sure what kind you are talking about, but I usually just use the hotel toiletries for a short trip and might skip more complicated skincare - is missing a day or two of using that stuff going to make a difference? Probably not. I would just bring whatever I need to make sure my appearance looks normal.
I have reusable bottles that I put all my normal stuff in for longer trips, but for a short trip I don't bother.
My jaw has been bothering me on and off and I'm afraid it might be getting to a point where I need to do something about it. I have a dentist appt next month but I'm not sure I want to wait that long if it doesn't go away. It hurts to chew, though it seems to loosen up the more I do it. Today it's been hurting a bit even when not chewing. I have literally never had a dental problem before so it sounds stressful to figure out what to do.
We are going to a concert tonight and while it's beautiful out and I'm starting to look forward to being there, I am NOT looking forward to the traffic. I don't know who thought it was a good idea to schedule a concert on a weeknight in the DC area but the email I got today was like "expect heavy traffic!" and there really isn't a whole lot we can do to avoid that. We work until 5, doors open at 6, and the concert starts at 7:30. I am doubtful it will take 2.5 hours to get there but you never know in this area... I'm just hoping that's the case for most people and we aren't like the last to arrive since we have lawn seats.
Why did yesterday-me think I would want to get done ANY of the things I put off until today?? I had such confidence that I would muster some burst of energy or some zeal to get organized.
WHY? Why did I think that?
Yesterday me is always such an asshole, thinking tomorrow me is going to actually have my shit together, like I'm going to get some sort of magical abilities over night..
After initial insurance rejection, and a botched MRI that had to be redone, I finally got my MRI results.
No torn ligament! So that’s great.
I still have to wear the brace 24/7 for a few more weeks, and wow, people are fascinated. People I never talk to at work, random strangers, etc. everybody wants to stop and ask me what happened.
Post by pinkdutchtulips on Sept 14, 2023 11:51:01 GMT -5
Im working from home today bc I have Comcast coming to figure out why my own home network doesnt appear as option for internet access. This is incredibly problematic bc Miss R's school issued chromebook won't work unless its connected to the internet from a secure at home network/school issued hotspot.
She started HHI instruction this week and bc of the internet issues, its been a huge headache. She had to go to a friend's house yesterday for wifi access.
My back and shoulders have been super tight this week bc of R issues, school issues, tech issues, hearings all week for work, and an extra long church council meeting (state of the congregation due to shrinking membership/funds). I need a massage.
I'm about to hit a new colleague over the head with what my name is. I'm so frustrated because he keeps calling me the wrong thing, and I've tried replying with my name above my signature, putting it in bold, putting it directly after the text of my email with a dash and he keeps responding with, Thanks, Wrong Name! My name is unconventional but not totally unheard of, yet this has been a constant struggle my entire life. I can already tell he's going to be someone who acts like it is an imposition or I'm "picky" when I inevitably have to say, "No big deal, asshole, but my name is..." 😠
My company has an office in Ireland, where my name would be spelled slightly differently. I had a coworker who constantly addressed me with the Irish spelling in writing. I started deliberately making a similar change to his name and suddenly he got my name right. Can you start changing his name and see how he likes it?
This. If Mike the jerk continues to call you the wrong name, just start replying with "Thanks, Matt!" or something similar.
There are these two men at work I can not kept straight. Both started about the same time (same month), straight from college, tall, thin. One blond, one red head. I met them in person at the same time, and since then 99.9% of my interactions have been in online meetings with no camera. Their voices have the same quality. And I am usually spot on with identifying people by voice (likely because I do so much by conference call, even before the pandemic). I know Z is the one on project X. But, if I’m on a call with A, I get turned around and can’t remember if I am talking to A or Z.
@sameoldstory , I’m a sucker for bilingual guys, too. Which is a not a good distraction at the moment.
I just need to make it through today and I can sleep in tomorrow. Not even much on my calendar today. And I’m traveling next week. I’m stressed about it already. 10-ish years ago, I was a road warrior, could leave my office 2 hours before a flight, go home, pack, and make my flight with time to spare. Now it’s days before and I’m stressed over things. I’m gone less than 72 hours. I can carryon for sure, logically, but I don’t want to. On the other hand, this is my first trip in forever with a layover. So… yes, I will. But but products! I need my products! Can I do 1 quart bag per item? Like one in my suitcase and 1 in my personal item? These are the things my brain goes to.
If it's less than 72 hours, I'd skip some products. Not sure what kind you are talking about, but I usually just use the hotel toiletries for a short trip and might skip more complicated skincare - is missing a day or two of using that stuff going to make a difference? Probably not. I would just bring whatever I need to make sure my appearance looks normal.
I have reusable bottles that I put all my normal stuff in for longer trips, but for a short trip I don't bother.
I stayed one night with a friend a few months back, and forgot my night cream. I woke up with flaky skin. But, I love the contact case idea! I only need a smear.
Speaking of BTSN, I usually go while H stays home with the kids (DD1 is in 3rd so can't stay home alone, plus the 4 year old). H mentioned wanting to come, but we'd have to hire a babysitter for it and I'm being cheap and not wanting to spend $50 on it. Is that mean? I handle everything for the school anyway, but I feel kind of bad he wants to meet the teachers and stuff. We could switch but I really want to go too. I almost prefer when they did it virtually so we could both participate.
I rememeber when R was elementary aged, she came w me to BTSN bc I couldn' t get a babysitter. Ditto for parent/teacher conferences. The teachers were slightly annoyed w me like why can't she have her kid's dad or grandparents watch the kid ?!?
She was pissed that I went to BTSN this year but its HS and her teachers need to know what they're dealing with and meet me in person so they feel more comfortable emailing/contacting me over her behavior. Also by going to BTSN and seeing that in her respource math class is the son of an attorney I used to work for made me feel not so much of a failure.
Sometimes I think my neighbors are quietly bugging my house and waiting for me to say things like “I think I will go outside after lunch” and then run to get their woodchippers and mowers out.
It’s the middle of the workday. It was quiet all morning. Now I am grabbing my stuff to do a project outside and he’s out there mowing next to my sitting area.
Open house, back to school night, curriculum night are 3 different things in my district. Yay me lol.
Open house is for elementary kids before school. Kids go to meet teachers and bring supplies. Curriculum night is for MS and HS. Kids can come but don’t have. You walk their schedule and quickly meet teachers. Back to school night is like curriculum night but for the younger grades. Kids aren’t invited to this one.
I’ve been to all 3 for my 3 kids and I’m exhausted.
After initial insurance rejection, and a botched MRI that had to be redone, I finally got my MRI results.
No torn ligament! So that’s great.
I still have to wear the brace 24/7 for a few more weeks, and wow, people are fascinated. People I never talk to at work, random strangers, etc. everybody wants to stop and ask me what happened.
I've had a chronic wrist issue since college and every time I wrap my wrist the same people ask me what happened like it's brand new. When I was in the office it was especially annoying because the story of how I originally injured it is not something I can tell in a work sitting (TLDR it's a sex injury that's plaguing me 20 years later).
I am going on day 3 of a migraine. It started Tuesday almost immediately after lunch and took me out for the rest of the day. I felt so nauseous all evening Tuesday, but never threw up. I took sumatriptan and slept for almost 12 hours. Came to work yesterday, felt fine-ish until about 3:00, then the nausea hit again. I took another sumatriptan and slept for 10 hours. Now sitting at my desk again I've felt pretty ok but still have a nagging ache behind my right eye and into my neck that feels like it can turn into a migraine at any moment. I've got my blue-light glasses on to help with looking at the computer, and my office lights are low, but damn.
After initial insurance rejection, and a botched MRI that had to be redone, I finally got my MRI results.
No torn ligament! So that’s great.
I still have to wear the brace 24/7 for a few more weeks, and wow, people are fascinated. People I never talk to at work, random strangers, etc. everybody wants to stop and ask me what happened.
I've had a chronic wrist issue since college and every time I wrap my wrist the same people ask me what happened like it's brand new. When I was in the office it was especially annoying because the story of how I originally injured it is not something I can tell in a work sitting (TLDR it's a sex injury that's plaguing me 20 years later).
😂 I would make up some fantastical alternate origin stories.
Post by lilypad1126 on Sept 14, 2023 12:27:33 GMT -5
Y'all. My boss just called (very out of the blue) to tell me that I'm getting a (small) promotion. Currently there are 2 different levels of my job, like "assistant director" and "associate director". My "promotion" will take me from assistant to senior assistant. He had no idea why that is, they've never done that before, but I'm getting a 6% raise plus a fairly large bonus as well.
Obviously I'm going to take it, but I have a thousand questions that my boss doesn't have answers to. And I have an interview late this afternoon for my dream/unicorn job. I hope this is a good sign that tonight will go well - b/c honestly, the new "promotion" just sounds like a bunch of bullshit is about to be thrown my way.
I'm about to hit a new colleague over the head with what my name is. I'm so frustrated because he keeps calling me the wrong thing, and I've tried replying with my name above my signature, putting it in bold, putting it directly after the text of my email with a dash and he keeps responding with, Thanks, Wrong Name! My name is unconventional but not totally unheard of, yet this has been a constant struggle my entire life. I can already tell he's going to be someone who acts like it is an imposition or I'm "picky" when I inevitably have to say, "No big deal, asshole, but my name is..." 😠
A coworker was telling a story today about how a professor in college wouldn't pronounce her name correctly so she responded by calling him by his first name rather than Dr. So and So.
H had asked me to pick him up some sunflower seeds for his roadtrip before he left and I saw pumpkin seeds next to them so I grabbed those for me because I remember loving roasted pumpkin seeds as a kid. I'm obsessed with them. They're so good!
I'm about to hit a new colleague over the head with what my name is. I'm so frustrated because he keeps calling me the wrong thing, and I've tried replying with my name above my signature, putting it in bold, putting it directly after the text of my email with a dash and he keeps responding with, Thanks, Wrong Name! My name is unconventional but not totally unheard of, yet this has been a constant struggle my entire life. I can already tell he's going to be someone who acts like it is an imposition or I'm "picky" when I inevitably have to say, "No big deal, asshole, but my name is..." 😠
wait is he getting it totally wrong or just pronouncing or spelling it wrong? Neither are ok, I just want to understand if he is calling you sara instead of sarah or is he calling you susan instead of sarah?
When I started my job about 2 years ago, my secretary called me shannon. I did not want to correct her and figured she would see my signature and name sign on my door and realize her mistake. But then months went by and she still didn't get it and I had never corrected her and I was like "um, well, I guess I am shannon now." lol. I referred to myself as toby with my friend group ala chandler bing.
**she did finally get it because my boss was like "who is shannon?!?!"
My company has an office in Ireland, where my name would be spelled slightly differently. I had a coworker who constantly addressed me with the Irish spelling in writing. I started deliberately making a similar change to his name and suddenly he got my name right. Can you start changing his name and see how he likes it?
This. If Mike the jerk continues to call you the wrong name, just start replying with "Thanks, Matt!" or something similar.
I third this. My FIL's name is keith but the neighbor for YEARS called him Kevin, despite being corrected. The neighbor, named Nick, figured it out really quickly when FIL started calling him Dick instead of Nick, lol.
The home screen of my smart TV is advertising the Barbie movie.
The accompanying picture is... Ken.
And, on reflection, SO MUCH of the press I've seen around this movie focuses on Ryan Gosling.
Like, isn't this the exact bullshit that the movie tried to address?
I am irrationally pissed off by this. I'm not even mad at Ryan Gosling, who was great in it. Just... if a movie that is entirely focused on women empowerment and skewering the patriarchy focuses their own advertising on the male supporting cast member instead of the female character WHOSE NAME IS THE TITLE, what are we even doing here?
I've had a chronic wrist issue since college and every time I wrap my wrist the same people ask me what happened like it's brand new. When I was in the office it was especially annoying because the story of how I originally injured it is not something I can tell in a work sitting (TLDR it's a sex injury that's plaguing me 20 years later).
😂 I would make up some fantastical alternate origin stories.
“Well I was wrestling a tiger and…”
I would give this advice to anyone else. Why am I not following it myself?
Related... I know a woman who was born with an arm deformity. She told me she got in trouble in elementary school after telling the other kids that the lion at the local zoo bit off part of her arm. Apparently parents complained! I thought it was a great story.
H had asked me to pick him up some sunflower seeds for his roadtrip before he left and I saw pumpkin seeds next to them so I grabbed those for me because I remember loving roasted pumpkin seeds as a kid. I'm obsessed with them. They're so good!
Roasted pumpkin seeds are suuuuuuuper easy to make too. Toss with a little salt and sugar and roast in the oven until they start to get color.