KiDisaster Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 Another phone ruined by getting caught outside in another ridiculous thunderstorm. Rain is fucking expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiDisaster Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 Employee self evaluations. "What specific gifts do you have that enrich your department?" I just do my damn job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Chatywin et al. Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 Just got news that one of my step-brothers is being redeployed to Afghanistan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ummester Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 On 02/08/2016 at 4:48 AM, HK-47 said: Answer: As always organic meatbags are annoying me. So transcend. On 03/08/2016 at 10:11 PM, HelenaExMachina said: People at work who do fuck all when they are there getting more shifts than I do. (None of us are contracted for a certain amount of hours). I work hard when I'm there, always keep myself busy and help out others if they need help. But there are people who just stand about twiddling their thumbs and talking to each other when there is stuff to do. And they have a lot of shifts this week, while I have three. Grrr. You need to suck up more to the right people, or just accept that being proud isn't financially beneficial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bironic Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 On 3.8.2016 at 10:42 AM, scotcat said: The lousy weather. Looking out the window, the only way you can tell it's early August & not November is by how green and leafy it is outside. It's been a terrible summer here in Scotland this year. The same in Switzerland... I have winter depression symptomes in August... On 28.7.2016 at 4:16 PM, KiDisaster said: Insomnia got really bad for the first time in a long while last night and I didn't sleep at all. I've just found out all of the free tea bags that are in our office break room are decaf. What kind of madness is this? Wow that's horrible! I can empathize with you, didn't sleep this night as well, but at least in our office there's free coffee and tea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Of House Hill Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 This. When they erect statues of oath breakers and thieves, I shudder to imagine what is next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HexMachina Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 On 9 August 2016 at 0:40 PM, ummester said: So transcend. You need to suck up more to the right people, or just accept that being proud isn't financially beneficial. What the hell does being proud have to do with not being given hours at work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ummester Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 4 hours ago, HelenaExMachina said: What the hell does being proud have to do with not being given hours at work? reading between the lines in your post, it's obvious that the others are getting more work because they suck up to the right people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HexMachina Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 14 minutes ago, ummester said: reading between the lines in your post, it's obvious that the others are getting more work because they suck up to the right people. Well maybe just read my post as is in future. You are wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ummester Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 Just now, HelenaExMachina said: Well maybe just read my post as is in future. You are wrong. So why would any boss logically give slackers more work? The only reason they do is friendship - nepotism or cronyism - there is no business sense in doing it otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch-MaesterPhilip Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 People need to learn how to drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
all swedes are racist Posted August 12, 2016 Share Posted August 12, 2016 Motherfuck has it gotten hotter since the sun went down? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkhangel Posted August 12, 2016 Author Share Posted August 12, 2016 The feminist in me is cringing to have to say this, but boy do I wish there was a man in the house to help me open this goddamn bottle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizard Queen Posted August 12, 2016 Share Posted August 12, 2016 "Fuck you" is all I feel like saying to anyone, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkhangel Posted August 16, 2016 Author Share Posted August 16, 2016 My upstairs neighbour has got to be one of the only women on earth who comes home and doesn't immediately kick her heels off, instead choosing to clomp around on my ceiling like some kind of stabby-footed elephant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theda Baratheon Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 sometimes i get frustrated and wonder will i ever find another person that enjoys having a proper dance to 90s synth pop in the early hours of the morning as much as i do ??? i mean i usually do it alone but it would be nice to also find a friend to furiously dances to beautiful 80s synths like i do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maarsen Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 Theda I have issues with dancing also. Sometime in the 60's couples went from dancing in contact with their partners to no contact. There is no more a delightful feeling than contact dancing with a partner. A tango may look sensual but waltzing is sensual. I have been doing my best to make it a trend but with little success. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A wilding Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 A first world problem, but I am currently riled up about how often professions, in this case the financial industry, are conspiracies against the layman. The UK personal financial industry has a bad track record. The government, to do it justice, has been trying to tighten things up, but of course their legislation has been heavily influenced by the industry. So Mrs W has decided to make some changes to her pensions, changes that she is confident are entirely reasonable (as am I). However she is now legally required to consult a financial advisor before she can do so! Cue us researching and phoning a whole bunch of advisors, with depressingly similar results. First you get the hard sell for them to provide general advice on your investments, for about 3% of their value up front plus 1% per annum ever afterwards. When you turn that down, half of them have no further interest in you. For the specific advice Mrs W must get, the minority actually prepared to give an up front quote typically make it 3% - 5% of the value of her pensions. Daylight bloody robbery. I realise that they would argue that they must take care that their advice is sound, as they face the risk she might sue them later, but frankly that would cut a little more ice if they had not lobbied furiously to make consulting them compulsory in the first place. And don't get me started about the privacy and security issues of some fly by night advisor having so much information about you and your finances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HairBearHero Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 Currently, the Edinburgh rental market. It moves ridiculously fast - properties can be listed one day and gone the next - and is pretty restrictive. Agencies also make it incredibly awkward if you don't already have a job, demanding 6 months' rent up front. 6 MONTHS! So we're in the Catch 22 situation of it being difficult to get a job before moving there (we live a flight away, so are trickier to interview than your average candidate) but also being incredibly difficult to move there before getting a job. Harumph. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkhangel Posted August 19, 2016 Author Share Posted August 19, 2016 17 hours ago, maarsen said: Theda I have issues with dancing also. Sometime in the 60's couples went from dancing in contact with their partners to no contact. There is no more a delightful feeling than contact dancing with a partner. A tango may look sensual but waltzing is sensual. I have been doing my best to make it a trend but with little success. I'm so with you there. Nightclub 'dancing' is pretty much just bobbing up and down on the spot, more or less in time with the music and with occasional spasmodic arm movements, or if things are getting really adventurous, some graceless grinding. Bring back real dancing, I say! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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