Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.

faraday · Mar 22, 2020, 1:43 AM

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

Presuming you have no issues personally, despite being diabetic,

Being diabetic is also considered a "high-risk" category for covid in and of itself.

Ganymede · Mar 22, 2020, 2:32 AM

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

Being diabetic is also considered a "high-risk" category for covid in and of itself.

Then there doesn't seem to be much of a choice.

Auspice · Mar 22, 2020, 7:55 PM

Having to have a 'I need you to make wills' talk with my parents.

They're boomers and both high risk besides. But they have always, always refused to acknowledge their age. Hell, I'm in my 30s and they only began hinting that they wish I had kids a year ago. Before that it was 'we're too young to be grandparents' (I'm sorry, once all FIVE of your children are over the age of 18, you are by far not too young).

But mostly I reminded my mother of what she went through when her mom died. The will had 'disappeared' (we're still p certain her brother destroyed it while my grandmother was in care) and she and her sister had to fight their brother in court for months because he tried to take the entire estate just for himself.

While I'm more world/legal-savvy than my siblings, I have one brother who has literally wanted me dead. Sadly the threats of 'If you don't write a will, I'll ensure he gets nothing' in the past haven't worked. I'm hoping with coronavirus being a thing they'll actually do this, but they're both your typical old white boomer Republicans who if Trump says it's 'not a big deal' they'll believe him. Only upside (sort of) is that my mom never leaves the house anyway if she can help it and my father works from home.

Wretched · Mar 22, 2020, 8:07 PM

@Ganymede There was a choice, and I made it today. Cashing in sick time and taking a leave of absence. Likely to be unpaid, but part time job vs health of self and wife and family.

The good news is is that my boss is awesome, pushed me towards the decision and says my job is secure. And if i wanna do some 'once a week in the back' we can look into that too.

Tinuviel · Mar 23, 2020, 2:41 AM

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

once a week in the back

That's how I keep my marriage afloat.

Ganymede · Mar 23, 2020, 3:18 AM

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

That's how I keep my marriage afloat.

Auspice · Mar 23, 2020, 7:58 AM

So, Texas unemployment issues your unemployment per-year. So since my contract ended before my previous year's app was up, I was able to go right back in with minimal fuss.

Then it ended and I reapplied (as soon as it ended).
This made me wait a week before requesting benefits. (So, 1 week of income lost.)
And then when I requested it, finally, this week....... They're taking out the 'waiting week' (that you get back once you have a job).
2 weeks of income lost.

I can't pay my rent.

Here's hoping the leasing office will be kind to me in current circumstances.

RightMeow · Mar 23, 2020, 3:16 PM

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

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

once a week in the back

That's how I keep my marriage afloat.

Take your upvote and move on.

Macha · Mar 23, 2020, 7:45 PM

So the boss has been trying to set me up to work from home. I'm ready to go, other than needing a code for an app that generates our RSA tokens every day.

Today, the staffing company I went through (the job wants to hire me on permanently, but clearly that's not happening just at the moment), calls me about my site being closed. I explain yes, but I'm being set up for WFH. They ask me if the company gave me any equipment to WFH with. I say no, I volunteered to use my own, to save hassle and time.

Well, apparently the staffing agency thinks I'm basically laid off until the office reopens. My boss at the company itself? Has NO IDEA wtf they are talking about.

Yay.

Derp · Mar 24, 2020, 1:19 AM

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

side note, do not visit GameStop, as anonymous employees report these claims of sanitized stores are lies

I visit my local gamestop because the manager is hot af and I enjoy chatting him up. I also buy games. <.< But mostly the former.

Rinel · Mar 24, 2020, 2:16 PM

Work casually telling everyone to check out an hour later than I normally do, so now I get to casually ask my bosses whether that expectation applies to me as well.

Since working that extra hour will put me under minimum wage.

Ganymede · Mar 24, 2020, 4:08 PM

Act I, Scene I

Patient: Oh! You have twins?
Partner: Yes. (shows pictures)
Patient: (stares at pictures for a few seconds)
Partner: They are bi-racial.
Patient: Oh.
Partner: My partner is Chinese.
Patient: Chinese?
Partner: Yes.
Patient: (pause) Are you taking any special precautions?
Partner: What do you mean?
Patient: I mean, you could just move out for a while so that they can be together and not have to worry about getting sick.

(End scene as Partner chokes Patient with stethoscope.)

Act I, Scene II

Partner: So, let me get the test results —
Patient 1: What do you think of the coronavirus?
Partner: Well, I think it is something we should all be aware of and take steps to —
Patient 2: You know, I don’t know what the deal is.
Patient 1: Yes, I agree.
Patient 2: I mean, if it’s from China, we should just round them up and put them in internment camps.
Partner: (stunned silence) I’m sorry, internment camps?
Patient 2: Yup.
Partner: Like what we did to the Japanese in World War 2?
Patient 2: Mm-hmm.
Partner: That is the most racist thing I have ever heard.
Patient 1: Really?
Patient 2: Well, if it works —

(End scene as Partner shoots both patients in the face.)

Aside from the endings, these events actually happened to my partner over the past three work days.

Aria · Mar 24, 2020, 4:18 PM

@Ganymede JFC. I feel like I just need to start walking around in a shirt that says "I apologize on behalf of white people everywhere. No, really. Sorry."

Rinel · Mar 24, 2020, 4:40 PM

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

@Ganymede JFC. I feel like I just need to start walking around in a shirt that says "I apologize on behalf of white people everywhere. No, really. Sorry."

Better thing to do is just call our fellow white people out on their bullshit.

ZekeTheG33k · Mar 24, 2020, 4:44 PM

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

Act I, Scene I

Patient: Oh! You have twins?
Partner: Yes. (shows pictures)
Patient: (stares at pictures for a few seconds)
Partner: They are bi-racial.
Patient: Oh.
Partner: My partner is Chinese.
Patient: Chinese?
Partner: Yes.
Patient: (pause) Are you taking any special precautions?
Partner: What do you mean?
Patient: I mean, you could just move out for a while so that they can be together and not have to worry about getting sick.

(End scene as Partner chokes Patient with stethoscope.)

Act I, Scene II

Partner: So, let me get the test results —
Patient 1: What do you think of the coronavirus?
Partner: Well, I think it is something we should all be aware of and take steps to —
Patient 2: You know, I don’t know what the deal is.
Patient 1: Yes, I agree.
Patient 2: I mean, if it’s from China, we should just round them up and put them in internment camps.
Partner: (stunned silence) I’m sorry, internment camps?
Patient 2: Yup.
Partner: Like what we did to the Japanese in World War 2?
Patient 2: Mm-hmm.
Partner: That is the most racist thing I have ever heard.
Patient 1: Really?
Patient 2: Well, if it works —

(End scene as Partner shoots both patients in the face.)

Aside from the endings, these events actually happened to my partner over the past three work days.

Sadly, today alone i have talked to two doctor offices that are actively refusing to provide services to Asian Patients, by saying there are no open appointments, simply due to the fact that their other patients are uncomfortable with them being in the office at the same time.

I swear... Situations like these, bring the stupid out in people in gloriously horrible ways.

silverfox · Mar 24, 2020, 4:55 PM

TNP · Mar 24, 2020, 5:58 PM

@silverfox When the President calls it the 'Chinese virus', it's got to be true right? Of course, it's all a Democratic hoax too.

ZekeTheG33k · Mar 24, 2020, 6:08 PM

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

@silverfox When the President calls it the 'Chinese virus', it's got to be true right? Of course, it's all a Democratic hoax too.

#fakenews

silverfox · Mar 24, 2020, 6:33 PM

@TNP

To which I reply again

If you haven't seen it by the way, I highly recommend Samantha Bee's "The Crononavirus Is Not An Excuse To Be Racist."

https://youtu.be/Oq-06inhB3U

Sunny · Mar 25, 2020, 5:53 PM

Trying unsuccessfully to explain that it is less stressful for me to just do the work that needs doing even if it means a breakneck pace on occasion, in comparison to the stress levels I would be under if I simply

left.

work.

undone.

ETA: NO. It is not that easy. I'm side-eyeing anyone who's thinking it. One does not just NOT DO work.