Thursday Randoms

[lavenderblue]

Jealous of those of you getting new tattoos. My next one isn't scheduled until November 27 and it's killing me waiting this long. DD has asked for a tattoo for her 18th birthday and she wanted me to get one done as well, so we have to wait until after her actual birthday to get them done.

[mala]

mrsukyankee , ProfessorArtNerd , I got my first one last week and i looooove it. It's on my lower leg/calf and oh boy did I twitch which was unexpected.

FOR A LIMITED TIME .... (image removed)

[wildrice]

I did not have time for coffee this morning, so I'm drinking it now - at 3:20. I hope that it perks me up, but also doesn't keep me up at night! I don't feel like I'm that sensitive to caffeine, but I also feel more sluggish than normal today so I assume it's related. Today has been kind of a funny day - I had to drop my dog at the groomer, drive into work for a meeting, then pick up my dog and go home. I have a dentist appt in an hour to pick up my new bite guard, then I'm back to the city to meet a friend for dinner tonight. So it feels like a day off work with all of these non-work things going on, lol. I ordinarily wouldn't plan so much on a single day, but my next couple of weeks are pretty busy with OOT visitors so I wanted to do all of these things before then.

My work meeting was really just playing a game and eating lunch with my team, so at least that was a pleasant interlude to the day! I am grateful that I genuinely really like the people I work with. I also found out that since one of them is leaving, we are going to be posting a new position that is probably a small step up from my current role and I will probably apply for it. It's a broader role than what I have right now, which would probably be good for career development. I also think I might like it more, TBH.

[HRH Queen Dick I]

If you're that co-worker who says perfect all the time please stop it.

[sproctopus]

OMG I'm tearing my hair out.

2:48 p.m. (class starts at 430)

"Girl! I've been down bad all week and finally got back to school i started the lab work and I'm stuck on a question. Can I stay back and you help me please"



mcscuse me?!

I have to teach these doofuses until 955pm tonight 😭😭

[sadlebred]

Sept 26, 2024 9:32:37 GMT -5 midwestmama said:

I've watched some Reels on FB/Instagram regarding excuses Gen Z uses to get out of work. (I'm sure most of them are made up, but based on behavioral trends.) One was that the employee was calling in because their roommate's emotional support rat was sick, and the employee needed to "be there" for their roommate. Thankfully I have not experienced crazy call-ins/excuses from my Gen Z employee (yet, at least).

There is a woman who runs on the shoulder of a busy road each morning (I see her on my way to take DD to school). It's around 7 am, so now dark. She wears dark-colored clothes, without any reflective clothing or lights. (Although she did appear to have a super-bright headlamp one morning, which was so bright it seemed like it could blind on-coming drivers.) I'm always surprised that people who exercise on busy roads when it's dark and don't wear anything that makes them more visible. I hope she buys some bright-colored and/or reflective clothes, or lighted vest, so that drivers can actually see her.

We used to have a lady runner around here that would run down the middle of the busy road at 6:45 am wearing all black. I nearly hit her several times over the years. I don't know why she was running down the yellow line? Any runners care to give us some insight?

mala I love it!!! I love horseshoe crabs!

[sproctopus]

Sept 26, 2024 14:26:34 GMT -5 HRH Queen Dick I said:

If you're that co-worker who says perfect all the time please stop it.

I have one that says, "LOL I'm dead". Trade you?

[wanderingback]

Sept 26, 2024 14:07:13 GMT -5 7costanza said:

I think these kinds of wild excuses/behaviors have been around forever, I remember a friend in HS, who was scraping together enough credits to graduate, told a teacher she couldn’t turn in her final paper because a bouncy ball got stuck in her printer, lol.

I ended up keeping DS2 home from preschool today and tomorrow due to rampant COVID (he is fine) and vacation next week. He’s doing a pretty good job entertaining himself while I work! It’s kind of bittersweet that the days of constant supervision seem to be coming to an end.

I think the big difference is that we didn’t really have email in middle, high school or even all of college. So in order to talk to a teacher you had to go face to face. So that did cut down on the "hey bro! Whatz da hw? Nm not gonna have time 2 do it" that people have to deal with these days.

I always get a thrill when my patients (mostly teens to 20 something’s) send me a message.

So yes maybe the excuses were always there but I think less likely to tell your teacher you were late cause you were having sex all night in person vs email these days. People are more bold behind a screen haha.

[deadwing]

Add me to the jealous of the new tattoo crowd! I know I want a tattoo of my dog. I have a preferred location for the tattoo. What I don't have is a reference photo that is ~the one~.

[mrsukyankee]

mala, that's lovely!

[TR]

Sept 26, 2024 14:29:59 GMT -5 sadlebred said:

Sept 26, 2024 9:32:37 GMT -5 midwestmama said:

I've watched some Reels on FB/Instagram regarding excuses Gen Z uses to get out of work. (I'm sure most of them are made up, but based on behavioral trends.) One was that the employee was calling in because their roommate's emotional support rat was sick, and the employee needed to "be there" for their roommate. Thankfully I have not experienced crazy call-ins/excuses from my Gen Z employee (yet, at least).

There is a woman who runs on the shoulder of a busy road each morning (I see her on my way to take DD to school). It's around 7 am, so now dark. She wears dark-colored clothes, without any reflective clothing or lights. (Although she did appear to have a super-bright headlamp one morning, which was so bright it seemed like it could blind on-coming drivers.) I'm always surprised that people who exercise on busy roads when it's dark and don't wear anything that makes them more visible. I hope she buys some bright-colored and/or reflective clothes, or lighted vest, so that drivers can actually see her.

We used to have a lady runner around here that would run down the middle of the busy road at 6:45 am wearing all black. I nearly hit her several times over the years. I don't know why she was running down the yellow line? Any runners care to give us some insight?

mala I love it!!! I love horseshoe crabs!

Not a runner (if you see me running, you should also run because something bad is happening) but I think some runners do it to avoid the camber of the road. But the smarter thing would be to just switch up what side of the road you run on to avoid injury.

[eb777888]

The early morning running in the middle of the street in all black is nuts! David runs when it's a little dark, in the burbs, on the sidewalk and I make him wear a neon yellow t-shirt. I drive to Pilates in the dark and you cannot see people dressed all in black until you are right up on them. Luckily, the people around here all run on the sidewalks.

I lost a big ass box of tampons that I just bought. It's like, economy size and I know I brought them home because I used two of them. We have a small, clean house. Like, how? I just had to go to the store AGAIN and buy another big ass box.

[scm1011]

I met up with my bestie at 4 for happy hour and now I’m in an Uber home at 7:45 toasty as fuck. I love old people drinking hours.

[ssmjlm]

DH took E to horseback riding and there is a neighborhood behind the barn he will walk the dog around.

This woman apparently stopped and got out of her car to see our dog. I’m like “did you get a picture of her plate? Was she hitting on you? If you leave me I will hire the best divorce attorney in the area and I’m keeping the dog!”

Apparently “Valerie” has 3 Aussies at home and just couldn’t help herself.

Don’t worry, I’ll check his phone when he’s in the shower later. 😉

[Scout'sHonor]

Sept 26, 2024 18:56:02 GMT -5 ssmjlm said:

DH took E to horseback riding and there is a neighborhood behind the barn he will walk the dog around.

This woman apparently stopped and got out of her car to see our dog. I’m like “did you get a picture of her plate? Was she hitting on you? If you leave me I will hire the best divorce attorney in the area and I’m keeping the dog!”

Apparently “Valerie” has 3 Aussies at home and just couldn’t help herself.

Don’t worry, I’ll check his phone when he’s in the shower later. 😉

I'm a lot like Valerie, say hi to every aussie I see and show them a pic of mine. 

[AdaraMarie]

I am in teacher conference hell standing in a looong line in the MS gym to try to talk to my kids English teacher.
While my ither kid is wanting to be picked up and little children are rolling around my feet with toys and coloring supplies. 😥

[marie]

I am laughing at Diddy’s attorney… trying to make it seem like having 1,000 bottles of baby oil is normal…


He has a big house, he buys in bulk," Agnifilo claimed. "I think they have Costcos in every place where he has a home”

[emilyinchile]

Sept 26, 2024 19:57:48 GMT -5 marie said:

I am laughing at Diddy’s attorney… trying to make it seem like having 1,000 bottles of baby oil is normal…


He has a big house, he buys in bulk," Agnifilo claimed. "I think they have Costcos in every place where he has a home”

I know the lawyer's response is ridiculous, but I'm a little grossed out by finding any of it funny given the context of how this was used.

[marie]

Sept 26, 2024 20:09:51 GMT -5 emilyinchile said:

Sept 26, 2024 19:57:48 GMT -5 marie said:

I am laughing at Diddy’s attorney… trying to make it seem like having 1,000 bottles of baby oil is normal…


He has a big house, he buys in bulk," Agnifilo claimed. "I think they have Costcos in every place where he has a home”

I know the lawyer's response is ridiculous, but I'm a little grossed out by finding any of it funny given the context of how this was used.

Good point, I didn’t word that well.

[keyslover]

Sept 26, 2024 9:41:16 GMT -5 maudefindlay said:

keyslover oh my goodness! Was he evenly toasted?

HA!  Thankfully the toaster was in toast mode!  I still have nightmares about that.  It was like a cartoon.