Monday randoms

[bex1973]

Oct 14, 2024 11:01:04 GMT -5 lavenderblue said:

I'm wfh today and so far two different people have knocked on my door. I've been in back to back meetings for the last 3 hrs so it's a total disruption. The first one was a salesperson and I said "I wfh and I'm in a meeting" and his response was "this will just take a moment of your time" so I responded "no. leave now" Like, seriously?

Why answer the door if you're not available?

[lust2hart]

I really love thin spaghetti / angel hair pasta!

[lavenderblue]

Oct 14, 2024 11:54:41 GMT -5 bex1973 said:

Oct 14, 2024 11:01:04 GMT -5 lavenderblue said:

I'm wfh today and so far two different people have knocked on my door. I've been in back to back meetings for the last 3 hrs so it's a total disruption. The first one was a salesperson and I said "I wfh and I'm in a meeting" and his response was "this will just take a moment of your time" so I responded "no. leave now" Like, seriously?

Why answer the door if you're not available?

Because I have three dogs who won't stop barking until the person goes away, so it's better for me to just answer and send them on their way than to have them stand there for who knows how long otherwise. 

[bex1973]

Oct 14, 2024 12:04:17 GMT -5 lavenderblue said:

Oct 14, 2024 11:54:41 GMT -5 bex1973 said:

Why answer the door if you're not available?

Because I have three dogs who won't stop barking until the person goes away, so it's better for me to just answer and send them on their way than to have them stand there for who knows how long otherwise. 

Ahh ok, got it!

[maudefindlay]

Fall Break here this week. DD and I had a blast at Pink and Sheryl Crow Saturday. A fun mother and daughter were in front of us. The daughter got married last month ad they showed us her wedding photos (DD asked me later why they did that) and just danced their asses off.
We stayed downtown overnight and got a great breakfast n and did some shopping. DD got 5 shirts and I got two sweaters and 2 skirts. I just need tights and black boots.

[bsp36]

I voted today! My H last week. I think we need to get a blue dot 🔵 yard sign bc the neighbor has a red dot with trump hair.

Meaning behind the blue dot.
https://www.tiktok.com/@cbseveningnews/video/7423880748693867807

[EvieEthelGarland]

PDQ

An old boyfriend sent me an inappropriate message on facebook this weekend, starting with "I know you're happily married, but..." I have not seen, nor talked, to this man in 24 years but we've been FB friends since 2008, when everyone added everyone they ever knew and we barely interacted.
And now I'm pissed. It was so disrespectful. To me and to his wife. I will be blocking but can't decide if I should say something first? Part of me wants to send a screenshot to his wife, but I'm not about to get messed up in anything. That poor woman.

[maudefindlay]

Like he suggested meeting up for sex? So gross. I'd share it with my husband and then likely delete and move on, but I get the urge to tell the wife. I don't think you would be wrong to do that.

[EvieEthelGarland]

Not that we meet, that all his fantasies involve me. Which feels ickier. We're on opposite ends of the the country, thank goodness.

The girls girl in me wants to tell her, but the Dateline watcher in me will not.

[followyourarrow]

EvieEthelGarland, that's definitely gross. I'd just block him.

[starburst604]

EvieEthelGarland I was just talking about something very similar with one of the friends on my trip. She has both an ex bf who is newly married but sliding in her DMs and an old hookup, also married, saying very similar things as your ex via DM. The absolute audacity of these men is mind blowing. She’s in the same boat as you with not wanting to get involved by telling their wives but she’s saving screenshots JUST in case these dudes edit on their side and the wives see something and contact her. She wants to have receipts of the REAL convo.

[fluffycookie]

jinkies, I am so sorry! I feel like social media sucks with this type of stuff. My husband commented a recently about friends out together and I asked him not to tell me because it would just bum me out.

MH and DS are off today. DS worked this morning and he has a goalie lesson tonight. I kind of regret not taking the day off, but it's actually very quiet at work so I was able to get thru a spreadsheet that I needed to update quickly since I didn't have a million distractions. And bonus I updated it from the couch.

[beerlover]

I'm still listening to various speakers in this symposium, so I decided to continue being productive while listening instead of sitting at my desk. I made some pumpkin oatmeal cups from Skinnytaste for breakfast the rest of this week, and also pre-roasted the squash for the stuffed squash I'm making for dinner tonight. Go me, lol.

[dreamcrisp1]

I am on sick/burnout leave from work and it’s been 4 weeks now. And I still can’t even think about work without having a panic attack. How will I ever return there? 🥲 I wish I could afford to be jobless but we can’t. But this market is also soooo horrible for finding a new job. Ugh. I keep hoping something changes or turns to fix allll of this.

[cville]

I just remembered that last week I bought a bag of peanut M&Ms and only ate half of it. Present me is very grateful to past me for the afternoon treat.

[TR]

PDQ

One of my friends has been unemployed for over a year now. She's picked up a few gigs and she doesn't really NEED to work, just for context. One of these gigs is being a travel agent. To be supportive, I've had her work on two trips for me, one with the in-laws and one is an Alaskan cruise with my mom. Guys. She's not a good travel agent lol. She's just not consistent with follow-up, she only knows about places she's been or likes, struggles with planning beyond the initial steps, etc. H and I had given her our cc for the deposit for the in-law trip for time's sake, but she knows that the in-laws are paying for the accommodations. This past weekend, we had $11k in credit card charges and H was like, "I guess K charged the rest of the Bahamas trip?" But no warning or anything. Oh man. I don't think I'll be asking her for help with future trips.

[heygrey]

EvieEthelGarland, I had a similar situation a few years ago, but a little more mild in his initial message. I definitely think he was testing the water to see what my response would be. I left him on read for a day before blocking him without responding. I thought about sending a screen shot to his wife since she and I were acquaintances in university, but decided against it. Who knows how she would have responded and I didn't want any part of his messy life or their potential drama. Colour me shocked when ~2 years later a mutual friend told me they had split up.

[sofamonkey]

TR holy shit to an 11K charge with no warning. Omgggggg! Even if I could afford to sneeze that out and not miss it, that’s a LOT!!! I’d probably have to say something about that. Yikes.

[sofamonkey]

Job update.

New place is higher pay but less hours, that’s going to be a wash. It would be 32-35 hours, and I currently work 40-44 depending on the semester.

I’d be losing out on some benefits, like education reimbursement, ESOP, 401k match.

Commute would be 10 min each way, and I’m currently at 30-45 each way.

New place is kinda messy. One doc, she works 2 days and does paperwork 2 days. The hygienist is there 4 days, so there are patients. But they only have temps because they haven’t been able to get a permanent for over a year.

I’m worried I’d be bored. After I clean things up, which will take 2 months, it’ll be so quiet. I’m used to 18-36 patients a day, teaching, questions, helping a lot.

Also, I am concerned about the financial well being of such a slow, non growing place. The doc is waiting for her daughter to graduate dental school in a few years.

However, I could have less stress and more time at home.

Please help me decide what I want to do. I may have missed many important details, so I apologize in advance, and look forward to any questions you have. But please help. Lol

[TR]

sofamonkey - Unless you were specifically looking for breathing room or more time at home, I'd probably pass. It doesn't sound like you were looking so I'd need a pretty big upgrade all around to change jobs in that situation.

[Saudade]

Oct 14, 2024 15:39:24 GMT -5 sofamonkey said:

Job update.

Idk that I would choose it. I’m risk-adverse and while the pay increase and commute decrease would be amazing, it sounds like it’s a little unstable. I have a very long and undesirable commute but have the most amazing job. It would take so much to get me to leave even though I’m underpaid.

[erbear]

After I ordered it last December, my new car came today!! I love it