Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.

Kay · Jan 19, 2019, 6:07 PM

@thenomain You nailed it. I don't know why but sometimes the upvotes thing (on any website) does make me hesitate when it's about a situation where someone is hurt etc, because it feels like throwing in a thumbs up gif. "I APPROVE OF AND REJOICE IN YOUR MISERY MWAHAHA mustache twirl MMMYES" I know that's not how it actually comes across of course.

Ganymede · Jan 19, 2019, 6:53 PM

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

No, just kidding, I hit the up button because it’s rare that the lawyerbot reminds us that she’s human.

Lawyerbots now come equipped with a chip that assists them in fraudulent representations.

Still, I sang a couple of nice songs last night.

I think I'm a bit better.

Also, I just got a new computer.

Saulot · Jan 20, 2019, 6:54 AM

I finally got a call back from a second job I needed a month ago, new glasses should be here in a week or so, and apparently I received an inheritance from my grandfather. While these should be good things it's a little too late, and doesn't really help matters now. Hooray.

Deleted · Jan 20, 2019, 4:48 PM

On top of the flu and dog blood...

Roommate hired a schizophrenic homeless woman as a pet sitter. I am not speaking in hyperbole. The woman's speech patterns and actions are textbook schizophrenia and she literally showed me the car she sleeps in and said 'This is where I live.' She harassed me for two hours about how she is writing six books and used to be a CEO and tried to explain her life philosophy with dice rolls and claimed she was clairvoyant and has a photographic memory. She also stole my soup.

Also I had to sleep on the floor last night to avoid getting blood on my bed because the dog was panicking and crying so much after dealing with that pet sitter and her person being gone. The poor pup was shaking and trying to get in my bed so I upended my bed against the wall and slept on a cheap, thin rollout mattress.

A cheap thin rollout mattress that got several blood splotches on it that I hope I managed to clean. I feel sick. I feel gross. I feel harassed. Fucking. Fuckerty. Fuck.

Tinuviel · Jan 20, 2019, 5:11 PM

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

She also stole my soup.

Deleted · Jan 20, 2019, 7:27 PM

This weekend is surreal. I just watched a man on video at my workplace pooplegging. He was walking. Stopped. Shook his leg and freed a poop log onto the floor. Then continued walking. He was not homeless. He wore a professional uniform. Fuck people.

Ganymede · Jan 20, 2019, 7:29 PM

@admiral

Yo, if this by how Austin is, y'ain't selling it on me.

Tinuviel · Jan 20, 2019, 7:30 PM

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

pooplegging

Why is this common enough to need a word for it?

insomniac7809 · Jan 20, 2019, 8:51 PM

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

@admiral

Yo, if this by how Austin is, y'ain't selling it on me.

"Keep Austin A Surreal Nightmare-Land?"

Auspice · Jan 20, 2019, 9:42 PM

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

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

pooplegging

Why is this common enough to need a word for it?

I only know of it because of It's Always Sunny.

Deleted · Jan 20, 2019, 9:51 PM

Austin is great. Just my job has me dealing with this specific kind of person. I am sure this happens where you are too but people who work in security or janitorial are the ones who deal with it

silverfox · Jan 22, 2019, 3:17 AM

I complain about Helicopter parents who blame all of their child's problems on me. Because they suck.

But the opposite parents are just as bad. The ones that blame their nine-year-old for having poor time management and trying to get out of work. They disgust me to no end. How hard is it to say to your child, 'We will work on this together and I'll help you get there'? I'm taking 24 hours and getting my admin input before I respond because I fucking just can't right now.

Aria · Jan 22, 2019, 3:30 AM

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

But the opposite parents are just as bad. The ones that blame their nine-year-old for having poor time management and trying to get out of work.

I'm pretty sure that's just called "being nine years old".

silverfox · Jan 22, 2019, 3:52 AM

@aria EXACTLY.

wahoo · Jan 22, 2019, 6:58 AM

@silverfox +1

I also hate it when parents NEED NEED NEED NEED NEEEEEEED the extra attention & last minute tutoring but then zip off on a vacation and let's skip our last planned session, mkaybai!!!!!!

SECOND PEEVE:

this forking shut down.

Paris · Jan 22, 2019, 7:13 AM

The shutdown is a serious pain. We're now having to do without a phone plan, and I'm hoping we don't lose anything else.

Ganymede · Jan 22, 2019, 1:40 PM

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

The ones that blame their nine-year-old for having poor time management and trying to get out of work.

But it is their fault.

I'm not kidding when I say that.

My five-year old is the same way. He sucks at time management. He sometimes complains about being sick to stay at home. That's all him, because he's a clever, sneaksy little 'obbit.

But that's okay.

It's my job to convince him to understand time. It's also my job to convince him that school is awesome. For the most part, I succeed, and he can do tasks on his own. He just slips sometimes.

Kids are annoying assholes, but they are just kids, so we don't cite them for -- oh, I don't know -- pooplegging.

It's still their fault, though. I mean, no one's coercing my kid to poopleg -- that's all him.

I'm at fault for giggling at his antics.

Tinuviel · Jan 22, 2019, 3:03 PM

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

I'm pretty sure that's just called "being nine years old".

Then I have been nine years old for a very, very long time.

silverfox · Jan 22, 2019, 7:59 PM

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

It's my job to convince him to understand time. It's also my job to convince him that school is awesome. For the most part, I succeed, and he can do tasks on his own. He just slips sometimes.

I totally get where you're coming from. This line totally saved it though and made your point beautifully.

It's the parent's job to teach them, cajole them, and when they fall on their asses, support them back up again (with more instruction, praise, consequences, etc.) to get better. This parent had just given up. Since their nine-year-old hadn't learned how to manage their time then obviously they'd just failed as a parent and it was all their kid's fault. Totally pushed off any responsibility for helping.

#grump.

Upside though, I was able to give the kiddo a hug when she came in and tell her how amazing I think she was. And she lit up. Tiny things.

Ortallus · Jan 22, 2019, 8:02 PM

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

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

I'm pretty sure that's just called "being nine years old".

Then I have been nine years old for a very, very long time.

Your words.