RL things I love

Auspice

Oh, I'm convinced that's because they just don't read those notes. I'm in an apartment so I give those notes to my specific building and I get those same calls.

Too Old For This

@Auspice I'm positive they don't. Because every time, I mention 'oh the directions are on the notes' they immediately go 'oh' and hang up. AND LO AND BEHOLD, my food arrives like 90 seconds later.

Auspice

@Too-Old-For-This said in RL things I love:

@Auspice I'm positive they don't. Because every time, I mention 'oh the directions are on the notes' they immediately go 'oh' and hang up. AND LO AND BEHOLD, my food arrives like 90 seconds later.

It's been a sort of experiment for quite a while. See, Google Maps will point you at the 'sister' complex to mine. So if you opt to ignore the big STREET NUMBERS at the road and just bobble along following the GPS it'll send you to the wrong one. And then if you meander around for a while, you may so happen to find an apartment with the same number.

...I direct people, in the directions, by the color of the sign. And then give the exact turns. If I talk to them by phone, I even tell them 'It's the apartment facing...' (the wrong one in the other complex faces an entirely different direction)

I had one Uber Eats guy come to my door and say: 'You gave the most useful directions anyone ever has.'

So those that DO read them find my place no problem. I've had other drivers / delivery people end up at the wrong place and then try to insist I walk over there (there's no quick/easy route to walk over; I have to walk further back in my complex, then around).

But what makes it worse, what really makes it worse (though maybe hilarious) is I've had RL friends (and unsurprisingly my father) visit me and I've told them: 'Hey, just so you know, it's a bit difficult to find. Don't trust the GPS. I'll text you the exact thing you need to do.'

They've all, to a man (woman in one case) bragged about how good they are at figuring these things out. And only two have not yet fucked it up.

So let this be a lesson to you all: if someone tells you 'don't trust your GPS and use my directions instead' it'd be a good idea to listen to them!

Auspice

Interview lined up for tomorrow and one for Friday.

I doubt either will pan out but at least it's some momentum.

Sunny

We have a diagnosis on what's going on for me. It isn't 100% for sure, we have tests to do, but the symptoms match and make sense in context. If this is the case, there is treatment. I will get better.

Wretched

@Too-Old-For-This 'I am at the main office is this right?' is coide for 'i didn't even try to read the delivery instruction s and instead of the no hassle delivery I wan'ted i now have to put on some fucking shoes and come after you like i was god damned Balto.

Wretched

@Sunny That sounds amazing to me and is something i can hopefully get myself in the coming weeks. Or at least some damned relief, or a change of.. soemthing?

Ganymede

The City of Dayton, right now.

Also, this song, which was the inspiration for one of my favorite characters.

Arkandel

Toronto.

Summer is coming and we're in the NBA Finals. The city is abuzz at the moment, people are excited about being downtown tomorrow night, bars and restaurants are packed.

And we're not even in the ethnic food festival weeks yet.

Sunny

@Wretched said in RL things I love:

@Sunny That sounds amazing to me and is something i can hopefully get myself in the coming weeks. Or at least some damned relief, or a change of.. soemthing?

At this point, I am happy to have hope. Relief is likely months away, but I have been hopeless for a really long time. I wish you the best of luck for yours. Hope is so good.

Too Old For This

@Wretched said in RL things I love:

@Too-Old-For-This 'I am at the main office is this right?' is coide for 'i didn't even try to read the delivery instruction s and instead of the no hassle delivery I wan'ted i now have to put on some fucking shoes and come after you like i was god damned Balto.

Oh no. Mama don't trek for food. If I'm paying a delivery fee PLUS tip? Your ass is coming to my HOUSE. Not the front of the park, not the main office, not three doors down on the wrong side of the street. MY HOUSE.

Pandora

I have a new pillow. It is a grey snek. The tail goes through the mouth and it basically donuts around the neck - while vibrating a soothing neck massage. It's perfect for people like me that sleep sitting up & sometimes find their head drooping to one side, as it keeps the head upright and shoulders relaxed.

Auspice

@Pandora said in RL things I love:

I have a new pillow. It is a grey snek. The tail goes through the mouth and it basically donuts around the neck - while vibrating a soothing neck massage. It's perfect for people like me that sleep sitting up & sometimes find their head drooping to one side, as it keeps the head upright and shoulders relaxed.

Where do I get this snek?

Ganymede

The past 40 days.

First, I found a house that my partner loved, and signed a contract to build it.

Then, I was elevated in the firm to partner.

Then, I had the privilege of picking up a new company car for myself on lease -- LEXUS.

And then, tonight, I just put our current house under contract.

SG

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Alamias

@Ganymede Congrats!

Ghost

Stupid RL conversations you have with a naked girl at 7:45am...

Me: "How the hell can you get up 30 minutes before work and still get there on time? That's fuckin crazy."

Her: "It's easy, you just get up, shower, brush your teeth, and go."

Me: "What about breakfast, though?"

Her: "I get a few cheese sticks at work, like...10"

Me: "You eat 10 cheese sticks for breakfast?"

Her: "No...at 10."

So sleepy today, ffs.

HorrorHound

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So, yeah.

Auspice

@Ghost

I got up an hour before my interview and arrived with 15 minutes to spare.

Ghost

@Auspice Fuckin weird.

I need no less than 1.5 hours to motivate.