Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.

Auspice · Mar 22, 2019, 2:34 AM

I did not get the job. I mean, the up side is it came down to me and one other person, so... They liked me enough for that. Just not enough to... give me the job. I don't know if that means I'm closer to finding one or not.

Well, a good one at least.

I have an offer for one that... doesn't pay enough. It'll put me into couch surfing within the next few weeks, but paying enough to store the important things in a storage unit and pay my car payments. And not have any benefits. So off all my meds. Some of which are... vitally important. So I'm torn between 'grateful to have a job' and... upset that I'll be too busy to really dedicate time to hunting for a job that provides the money and benefits I actually need to survive.

But I'd be employed, so would I really even be allowed to be upset?

silverfox · Mar 22, 2019, 2:26 AM

@Auspice

Absolutely yes and without question you are allowed to be upset.

Accepting a job that will not cover your basic necessities (with medicine being included in that) makes it a billion times harder to find a job that will cover them because now you have to try to be a good employee.

Job hunting is the absolute worst.

Tinuviel · Mar 22, 2019, 2:27 AM

@silverfox said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

a job that will not cover your basic necessities

The fact that such things exist befuddles and infuriates me beyond measure.

TNP · Mar 22, 2019, 2:34 AM

@Auspice If you were in NY, I'd say 'Medicaid and food stamps'. But you're in Texas and I've heard stories. Still, I 'd suggest you look into it. I suspect you'd qualify and that'll give you a chance to hunt for a decent job.

Auspice · Mar 22, 2019, 2:54 AM

@TNP said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

@Auspice If you were in NY, I'd say 'Medicaid and food stamps'. But you're in Texas and I've heard stories. Still, I 'd suggest you look into it. I suspect you'd qualify and that'll give you a chance to hunt for a decent job.

I've applied, but I haven't heard back yet.
Just like my unemployment payouts are caught up in 'we're reviewing to make sure that we can pay you' limbo.

TNP · Mar 22, 2019, 3:08 AM

Texas sucks. When I applied for SNAP assistance after I was let go, it was 'Here's some money to tide you over while we process your application. Once it's done, we'll add the extra.'

Pandora · Mar 22, 2019, 12:39 PM

Pretty sure sneezing is my body being mind-controlled by this virus to allow it to breed in someone else's upper respiratory system. My nose is being sexually assaulted by an unseen assailant. Can I call the police on a cold?

TiredEwok · Mar 22, 2019, 5:09 PM

This really falls under the category of 'first world problem', as much as I hate to use that phrase, but I need to vent, so here it is.

I really hate being on a tight budget. It really wouldn't be a bad thing, many people are on tight budgets and do just fine, but it seems like when we really have to tighten the purse strings is when everything just fucking starts breaking. Right now it's my computer which is making doing all but the simplest of things impossible. It wouldn't be an issue, nothing more than something of a minor inconvenience, but considering 99% of what I do is computer-reliant and need a reliable CPU, and I'm still trying to get my streaming off the ground... yeah, this couldn't happen at a worst time.

TiredEwok · Mar 22, 2019, 5:10 PM

@Tinuviel said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

@silverfox said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

a job that will not cover your basic necessities

The fact that such things exist befuddles and infuriates me beyond measure.

They are a thing, and more of a thing than people realize, unfortunately. We're kind of in that situation.

Ghost · Mar 22, 2019, 5:38 PM

Corporate management often boasts the need for ethics...unless it involves decisions that might result in people brushing up their resumes.

Didn't get laid off, but one of my major peeves in life are people who require ethics from you that they're not providing in return.

Tinuviel · Mar 22, 2019, 5:41 PM

@Ghost said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

Corporate management

Now see, that's where your problem is. You should do what I did and work for... uh... the government.
Nevermind.

Tinuviel · Mar 22, 2019, 5:49 PM

Oh hey! I have an actual peeve, that also amounts to a serious case of the First World Problems (is Australia even in the First World anymore?)

No, Spotify. Just because two artists have the same name doesn't mean they're the same artist. Stop it.

Saulot · Mar 24, 2019, 1:50 PM

I shaved my head, and the temperature took another heavy dip back down. I hate going outside now, and all I know is regret.

@Tinuviel said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

Oh hey! I have an actual peeve, that also amounts to a serious case of the First World Problems (is Australia even in the First World anymore?)

No, Spotify. Just because two artists have the same name doesn't mean they're the same artist. Stop it.

That's kinda common, and very fucking annoying.

Ghost · Mar 24, 2019, 3:22 PM

My SO is a snooze commander.

(Have to be somewhere at 9am)
740: Could you hit snooze?
745: Could you hit snooze?
750: Could you hit snooze?
755: Could you hit snooze?
800: Could you hit snooze?
805: Could you hit snooze?"

"Baby, we're gonna be late"
"Just one more time..."

810: Could you hit snooze?

surreality · Mar 24, 2019, 3:43 PM

@Ghost This is also me and my husband. We can't normally sleep at the same times and this is one of the reasons.

Though in his case he will smack it himself. Or just let the alarm blare away for another 20 minutes.

I often work through the night, he has days he has to get up in the morning, so he needs to get up around when I need to sleep. Normally, there's minimal overlap. Normally.

The rare times we have been trying to sleep at the same time, things like the following are heard:

"No, really, there are knives stashed on this side of the bed, too."
"Tess, Daddy's face is made of tuna." (This is the only English flurfcat understands. SNURFLE SNURFLE SNURFLE.)
"IF THAT BEEPS ONE MORE TIME-" (I never get to the threat. Apparently the tone is enough that it doesn't beep again. This is good because I'm usually too addled to come up with one.)

Pandora · Mar 24, 2019, 4:36 PM

People that joyfully, proudly proclaim their disdain and loathing for all of mankind - while trying to be friends/curry favor with everyone. Don't rep that life if you aren't about that life, you might cut yourself on your own edginess.

Ganymede · Mar 24, 2019, 4:50 PM

@Pandora said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

People that joyfully, proudly proclaim their disdain and loathing for all of mankind - while trying to be friends/curry favor with everyone. Don't rep that life if you aren't about that life, you might cut yourself on your own edginess.

Disdaining and loathing all of mankind makes you as interesting as a pond rock.

TNP · Mar 24, 2019, 5:23 PM

@surreality said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

"IF THAT BEEPS ONE MORE TIME-" (I never get to the threat. Apparently the tone is enough that it doesn't beep again. This is good because I'm usually too addled to come up with one.)

And it did. So I took the shotgun off the wall and I fired two warning shots. Into his head.

surreality · Mar 24, 2019, 6:15 PM

@TNP I would just blow the clock to bits.

Someone still needs to be able to reach the light bulbs in this house.

TiredEwok · Mar 24, 2019, 6:43 PM

I am glad we didn't ever use the snooze button. When the alarm went off we were pretty much 100% go as the hubby had to be at work by 7 and the kids had to be ready for the bus. Then alarms stopped being a part of my life entirely when the youngest was in his senior year. I told him 'look, I love you a lot, but I am done with this morning bs, you're old enough to know what to do to get ready and when you need to be out the door, you can do it on your own'. I wasn't winning any mother of the year awards for that, but I didn't care.