Whining Thread #2
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It wouldn't be so bad if the well-done thing in question was interesing or even remotely intellectually stimulating. But no such luck. And now it's stuck on my permanent record. *sigh*
Time for me to start looking for a new job. :car:
Peaches
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No time soon. Too many people are too stupid or ignorant, and too many others are exploiting that for their own gain, for recovery to happen any time soon. We have made a conscious choice to be like crabs on a bucket. Personally, I don't care anymore. I have a good job and good bennies, so if stupid people want to screw themselves into poverty, fine by me. And I will be there saying "I told you so", loud and clear and often.
I wish you were wrong, but fear you may be right.
I suspect that the unemployment numbers may be related to how the unemployment figure is calculated. If signs of recovery make lots of people flock back into the job market, then unemployment numbers go up. I suspect that a lot of "discouraged workers" may be choosing to take another shot at getting a job after long term unemployment. The numbers make sense. They're just disappointing.
I suspect that the unemployment numbers may be related to how the unemployment figure is calculated. If signs of recovery make lots of people flock back into the job market, then unemployment numbers go up. I suspect that a lot of "discouraged workers" may be choosing to take another shot at getting a job after long term unemployment. The numbers make sense. They're just disappointing.
Lioness
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Work yesterday was interesting...subtle currents of "I'm trying to prove I'm better at deli than you" running between me and the other girl I work with. Try to avoid them...fail dismally...motivated to work just that little bit harder to show that I'm more competent...end up allocating her to one side of the department, while I managed the other side. No more estrogen wars.
Yay for estrogen wars!!!! (As long as I win. *grin*)
Random whine. DS's year end major science project: Build a popsicle stick and elmer's glue bridge that supports a minimum of 33 pounds.
Really?!?! Why do I have the feeling that I'm going to be covered in school glue before the deal is done? And why in the world did I make him sign up for AP science? *grumble*
Random whine. DS's year end major science project: Build a popsicle stick and elmer's glue bridge that supports a minimum of 33 pounds.
Really?!?! Why do I have the feeling that I'm going to be covered in school glue before the deal is done? And why in the world did I make him sign up for AP science? *grumble*
Peaches
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Pooh, we had a project like that in seventh grade shop, but with balsa wood sticks and wood glue. So much fun. Small triangles for the win!
DrDoug
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ftfy.
wonderwoman
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pygmalion, I bet you can google that and get lots of tricks and tips. Is that cheating?
Not that isn't technically cheating to have parents help on anything. I have turned in projects that were made single-handedly by my mother. A diorama from 5th grade comes to mind. It was really good.
If I ever had to do anything in school that required creativity or artistic ability, I refused to do it. I was supposed to design a t-shirt having to do with a theme from Hamlet or whatever it was, and I said, this is English class, not art class, I did not take a single art elective in high school, for a reason!! Heh heh. I got excellent grades and my teachers loved me /sarcasm
Not that isn't technically cheating to have parents help on anything. I have turned in projects that were made single-handedly by my mother. A diorama from 5th grade comes to mind. It was really good.
If I ever had to do anything in school that required creativity or artistic ability, I refused to do it. I was supposed to design a t-shirt having to do with a theme from Hamlet or whatever it was, and I said, this is English class, not art class, I did not take a single art elective in high school, for a reason!! Heh heh. I got excellent grades and my teachers loved me /sarcasm
wonderwoman
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Futile whine.....
I will never understand people. I need anti-anxietals just to drive down the street and buy milk, because psychotic people are ever where and I can't seem to avoid them. And I can't handle people like this.
I go to drive down a narrow side street. Cars are parked on either side of it. On one side a man is washing his car and has the bucket in the street. On the other side a car is parked crooked with the back end hanging out in the street. I mumbled to myself something like wow I can not get through. I proceed carefully and as I'm passing the crooked car the kid driving it looks at me and says "Just watch your ***ing mouth before I get out this car and" something something, I didn't catch the end.
Why. I didn't give him a dirty look. I didn't say anything to them. They saw my lips move and assumed I was saying what?
I will never understand people. I need anti-anxietals just to drive down the street and buy milk, because psychotic people are ever where and I can't seem to avoid them. And I can't handle people like this.
I go to drive down a narrow side street. Cars are parked on either side of it. On one side a man is washing his car and has the bucket in the street. On the other side a car is parked crooked with the back end hanging out in the street. I mumbled to myself something like wow I can not get through. I proceed carefully and as I'm passing the crooked car the kid driving it looks at me and says "Just watch your ***ing mouth before I get out this car and" something something, I didn't catch the end.
Why. I didn't give him a dirty look. I didn't say anything to them. They saw my lips move and assumed I was saying what?
TangoRocks
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Hahaha, that's hilarious. I once had a "split-management" job (my "legal" manager was in Canada but my "real" manager, i.e., the guy who gave me the work, paid for the work, and knew what I did day to day was in the US.) So when our "performance evals" were done by the "legal" manager, she tells me "____ (US manager) thinks you walk on water" and I got "Meets Expectations" overall for the eval--which means my job required Jesus-like qualities about defying gravity and conventional physics... The sad part is, she actually copy/pasted an email from US manager in the perf eval with those words in it--so it IS part of the official record at my former company that I am expected to walk on water... Try putting that in a recruiting poster, lol...
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