Aaargh! Just let it all out...

[BPI]

Just need to vent folks, please bear with me A tricky couple of days at work, plenty to do & my team-mate is away. Not unmanageable but tiring. Get home tonight, open post, Landlord's contractor is coming round next Thursday PM to measure up for a new front door & needs access to the property. First I've heard about it.

Next Thursday!?! So now I get to go to work on Monday & have to ask to book a day off with such little notice. Swines. They did it last year with the new kitchen & assured me that there was supposed to be a minimum of a fortnight warning. I know a girl who works in a bank who has to book ALL of her holiday at the start of the year, I guess that's a job for people with mortgages only? No mention as to when between midday & midnight they might show up. No clarification as to why each door needs to be measured in a scheme of identical flats (though I'm no joiner, surely there is one. It can't be yet another scam to suck more money out of the HA by making up work). No indication as to even the month that the door will actually be replaced.

That's not the bit that's really got me though More tiresome, typical crap is the order of the day, frustrating, upsetting, disapointing but manageable. No, what's got me is that I broke my self-imposed rule, "Thou shalt not ring anyone when they've bugged you, minimum 24 hour pause required", and rang to ask why this has happened yet again. Why do they treat their tenants with such contempt, we're not all workshy scum with our backsides planted on the sofa 7 days a week, sucking the benfits system dry. I'm proud that I slog through a working week so that I can pay my own way & make a contribution to society through paying my taxes. I'm fed up of being treated like crap for not being clever enough to get a job that pays any better. My annual wage rise just hasn't kept up with real inflation (not the crap figures based on the price drops of Plasma TVs that are so far beyond my budget they may as well be imaginary but real how much is a pint of milk & a loaf of bread inflation) let alone the gods forsaken housing market. I just feel trapped in this little flat as I try to save up to move & the goalposts shift ever further away from me.

So now I'm going to be rung on Monday so that I can have it explained to me that I should be thankful to have a roof over my head and I'll have to be as nice & polite as possible so as not to risk providing an excuse to present me with an eviction notice. Aaaarrgh, stupid telephone. Stupider ME!

Anyway, I could blether away but I was really looking forward to relaxing with some painting tonight & now I just want to go out & get lashed (I won't but the urge is strong).

Regardless as to whether you've ploughed through the above, anyone else had a cruddy end to the week? You have my sympathy in advance Just don't make me feel guilty for complaining while you're busy dying

Cheers all, B.

 

[PegaZus]

Nope, I've had a good week. Got the new computer showing up today which should be able to run Star Trek Online. Work's been steady, and kept me busy. Had to come in early yesterday, but no big deal. Going home in about an hour and a half to start the weekend.

Hope next week is better for you. And remember, something worse than dying is dying young.

 

[exilesjjb]

Sorry for crapp day B but my week is not over my shift pattern has change and I do not finnish till 06:00 Sat morning now. Not as bad as it sound though cos I get Monday to do some painting as start at 22:00 mon.

 

[BPI]

@PegaZus - New computer, exciting stuff, I've had to give up on modern games as my rig ages I haven't played any of the mmorpg games at all though. I think I let myself be a little too easily put off by a couple of friends who were thrilled about WoW & wanted to share. I went round for the evening, created a character & spent 3 hours chasing them about while they said "we'll just blast through this beginning bit. We'll just blast through this beginning bit...". I think I'd have been better off just playing alone, but then what's the point of the multi-player aspect? If I ever get a 24/7 internet connection I think I ought to try again. Have you played the Trek one before or do you just know it by reputation? Or does it not matter, it's Star Trek

@Exiles - Oh. I haven't worked nights for many years, Mon-Fri 6-6 fortnightly day-night rotation for 18 months. Wouldn't want to go back to it if I get the choice :fingers-firmly-crossed: Sounds like a good wodge of time to paint feathers in though. Are you running that FoW table this weekend?

Cheers for distracting me guys B.

 

[IdofEntity]

Okay, mine isn't nearly as bad as yours.

My boss is becoming passive aggressive towards anything anyone says around here and that has a lot to do with the stressful situation he placed himself in when he began an emotional affair with one of my coworkers. As the Sys Admin/Sys Engineer my boss has been tasking me with more and more nonsense that is altogether someone elses job because that someone else has treated his wife so badly in the past she finally decided to divorce him. That coworker is now depressed and has taken two weeks off to work out his issues at home. That's more work, but altogether fine. I work better on my own anyways.

USPS has misplaced the front bumper facia that I ordered to replace the damaged one on my Cobra. It's presumably still on earth, and possibly the North American continent, but beyond that no one really seems to know. That thing cost me $220, and now I'm driving around with a front bumper that looks like a drunken Scotsman had a family grudge against it. Or perhaps a love trist. Anyways, the insurance company won't pay all that much since I have a $500 premium on my policy and the total damage amounts to $656. Damn those old ladies and their need to merge into my lane with impeccably bad timing.

On a positive note, my girlfriend is at home and we're going out for Sushi tonight. That and my cat has finally learned to stop drinking out of the water bowl I use to rinse brushes.

Have a great weekend!

 

[BPI]

Hi Id. I started at a small company once that was just recovering from an inter-office affair. It took months for the atmosphere to clear (after all involved had left too). Not pleasant. Keep your head down & good luck :good:

QUOTE: "It's presumably still on earth..." lol

Enjoy the sushi cheers, B.

 

[PegaZus]

@PegaZus - New computer, exciting stuff, I've had to give up on modern games as my rig ages I haven't played any of the mmorpg games at all though. ... If I ever get a 24/7 internet connection I think I ought to try again. Have you played the Trek one before or do you just know it by reputation? Or does it not matter, it's Star Trek

I know about the aging rig thing. The computer it's replacing is 6 years old. The HD died in November, but was able to be resurrected, but I can't help but wonder when the power supply was going to go. So, one good reason to buy something more modern. The ability to do STO is another.

I've actually never done any MMO, not counting MUDs and MUSEs, and that's was a decade and a half ago (as an aside, realized that House of Pain's Jump Around can almost be considered an oldie song :excruciating: ). And I'd still be steering away from that whole genre of gaming... but I'm going to fly around in a starship tonight. :hypnotized: :dance: Just writing that runs a thrill all through me. No way I can avoid a game such as that.

 

[Tagamoga]

Hello BPI.

My new job (lasts for a half year) is mostly made at home (programming) and in the locations of our customers. so it is very important, that I can have a good internet conection. It is VITAL. For more than 2 months it was crap! I complainted several time, because I could not upload my solutions or look via remote on the desktops of my customers. I was furios as I missed a closing date for work. But instead of shouting at the innocent men and women at the hotline, I have called them VERY Politly and very cold.
After the mandatory question if I am agree, that my phone call may be recorded, I answerd: Sure, but only if you agree, that I record it too.
Afterward I asked the Name, the position and the work location of this little schocked man and introduced myself as lawyer of my firm. A employee of this firm has problems with this expensive and instable internet connection. Her datas are...
Please fix it, or we will claim reparation for missed closing dates and not payed paids from the customer. This connection is a fundation of her work. A notice to quit would be under public law an issue of his (the hotline-men) personal responsibility, because, when the connection dont work fine, he did not passed it to the technican or did not make sure, that this issue will be fixed. Then I asked for the complaintID (each todo task has such thing) and did not get an answer. This poor man was so schocked in this moment, that he forget to generate a new complaint at his computer.
After some stuttered sensless words, he could tell me this number and promissed, that my "employee" will not have any problems further. Well... after one week even my boss recognized that I have suddenly a real good connection. (BTW: He was not really angry, because of the missed closing date, but spoke with me very seriuos, that I have to manage my connection) But he notices the change and asked, how I did managed it? After I have told him the story, he laughed for several minutes and said, that he never want to make me so upset, like the firm, who is hosting my internet connection.

Well, I become VERY nasty, when somebody "pissed on my feet" (dont know the right english Phrase for this)

Well, I tell you this, because I know exactly how you feel. Perhaps it cheers you up a little bit, because somebody could kick them with great power in their... hm... eggs(right word?)

Greetings Taggi.

 

[BPI]

Nice one Taggi :good: That'll learn 'em!

Pissed me off = made me angry --- probably closest without being stronger

Eggs? excellent :good: not everybody's phrasing but we all know what you mean

Cheers, B.

 

[IdofEntity]

Well, I become VERY nasty, when somebody "pissed on my feet" (dont know the right english Phrase for this)

Greetings Taggi.

A popular way to phrase it where I'm from is when someone is "pissing on your lawn". Maybe that helps? Good story, Tagamoga.

 

[funnymouth]

yeh, the day has been pretty crappy so far. i was hoping id get some b-day luck, but no dice. the "must work"experiment i set up yesterday was a bust. damn construct killed the cells. now i have to work sunday and set up the luciferase assay all over again (with different specs, of corse), AND use the last of my precious plasmid. damn it.

 

[Master of fact]

I was teaching children to swim from 15:00 to 18:30 today. Not that bad you think. It's usualy great, however temperature of the pool was like 25 degree's, 70 celsius ish. And i didnt have a wet suit. And it was snowing on the fibre glass roof. So im sitting with a baby on my chest to warm me up (no really!!). And i get to do it all day tomorrow from 12:00 to 17:30. Yay. At least the check i get is good.

 

[Chrome]

I was teaching children to swim from 15:00 to 18:30 today. Not that bad you think. It's usualy great, however temperature of the pool was like 25 degree's, 70 celsius ish.

70 celsius ish is close to the boiling point. XD

 

[No Such Agency]

I think I'm going to use "pissed on my feet" NIW. Great saying, LOL

My latest gripe: the Epson inkjet printer at work has stopped printing black because the colour cartridges are empty! Yes, that's right, someone at Epson thought it would generate a lot of money if customers had to constantly keep new ink cartridges in the printer, even if they don't print colour! What a sleazy move for Epson to pull

 

[boristfrog]

had a shitty week too. I sympathise.
I was caught sticking up two fingers to my monitor earlier today and telling my email to "shut up". (Restrained myself from FO in the office).
TFIF

 

[Master of fact]

@Chrome: Come on lay off a fella, i meant farenheight!!!

 

[Dedwrekka]

3 bad weeks straight of a boss on a different shift giving me all sorts of hell because he doesn't understand what the paint system on an aircraft is supposed to be for, and thinks that a nick in the paint means I have to completely redo it while his larger crew sits on their bums and just turns everything over to my shift.

I got my revenge notice though. I can show that he's been doing a crappy job painting and has been letting a lot more slide from his people.

 

[BPI]

@Funnymouth, I don't understand the experiment but losing a Sunday is definitely a bummer Commiserations.

@BorisTFrog - Heavens, if I was going to get into trouble for frustrated outbursts I'd have been kicked out from my current place long ago I'm running at roughly a keyboard &/or a mouse a year at the mo! Must try to cease that streak But then, I shout at the radio too, Blair was particularly infuriating today in the bits I had time to hear :angry-wave:

Cheers all, B.

 

[Farin]

@ funny mouth: Luciferase ? Your work is about bioluminescence then, right? sounds interresdting, sorry to hear it didn work out , i know how you feel


@No Such Agency: My Epson printer always does the same c§""p to me: color cartridge is empty , suddenly it can´t print black. Trust me, that was the last time i buy a printer fron that company

well, letś see what you think about my week:

At wednesday i had a power point presentation for my philosophy class ( the decline of the west in case you wanna know ). Unfortunately one week ago, my laptop stopped worki8ng due to a virus/malware attack. So i call my brother and talk him into borrowing me his laptop. Only condition is that i have to come to his place at night, since he works all day. So tuesday night i take the train through the town - during one of the coldest nights i ve ever seen, it was about -20 degree celcius. I get the laptop, my brother gets yelled at by his landlord for having someone over that late ( apparently he was lurking behind the door ), and after nearly freezing to death i got home.

I had the laptop , my presentation was finished, all i had to do was copying the file on the laptop - Unfortunately that was the exact moment , when my PC decided to stop working. Windows xp didnt boot, all my data was apparently lost and i was banging my head against the desk.

next morning on the way to my university , i was pooped at by the last suriviving bird in the town - i swear every damn bird in that town has either flown south or is frozen to death due to that extremely cold winter we have right now, but somehow the LAST DAMNED PIGEON pooped at my shoulder. Did i mention that the jacket was a brand new one ?

So i got to my class, i did the presentation without any visual aid, my professor was impressed. and i went home to fix my PC

Now itś friday, i installed a new operating system (Ubuntu ) , that looks pretty cool and seems faster than XP , i was even able to save my data - my entire musci collection, stuff for the university and so on - unfortunately, my speakers don work and i tried fixing them for the last 2 hours.

 

[BPI]

@Dedwrekka - do you work on a production line, or is it repair shop work? Are they little single engine four-seaters or gigantic airliners? I'm intrigued

@Farin - become a linux penguin eh? Nice move. I get the impression the learning curve isn't quite as severe nowadays although I haven't played myself. I'm sure the sound'll be up & running before too long. Congrats on a well received presentation :good:

Cheers, B.