Did someone bring in their child?
No Mr. Neighbor. I'm not going to change my lifestyle or times my guests come over, because your dog barks at anything that moves in and out of your apartment and keeps you awake.
Not anger so much as just stress and nerves, but MAN job interviews and then waiting to hear back especially when you really really want it aaaaaaaaaaaaah
@Jaded said:
No Mr. Neighbor. I'm not going to change my lifestyle or times my guests come over, because your dog barks at anything that moves in and out of your apartment and keeps you awake.
That's a new one. People sometimes complain because their neighbor's dog was barking too much but I've never heard it the other way around.
Being stupid enough to fall into old habits for a legitimately short period of time.
RL getting royally fucked up from that short lapse in judgement.
Insta-karma is a bitch.
Angry at myself, and angry that I'm angry. Grr.
Bright side: actually made an appointment with a therapist for the first time?
Additional anger/peeve - that it took me this fucking long to actually make that appointment.
Eta: ...why do I not listen to my friends? =/
I had a few guests over tonight and each time one showed up the dog would sit at the bottom of the stairs to his apartment and bark at the door. The dog would do this for about 10 minutes. Then each time one went outside onto the patio to smoke, the dog would come back. This guy had the nerve to ask me to not have people over after 8pm because he works 2am to 10am and he's trying to sleep at that time.
All told, it's a NMP situation.
I can't teach children anything if they won't sit down for just 8 minutes. It's an 8 minute lesson please just sit in the damn chairs it is already February, help a lady out here.
FInding out that the AM in charge of scheduling is doing everything BUT the schedule, including micromanaging all the front end people and driving the CSM's insane with it.
@thebird said:
Being stupid enough to fall into old habits for a legitimately short period of time.
RL getting royally fucked up from that short lapse in judgement.
Insta-karma is a bitch.
Angry at myself, and angry that I'm angry. Grr.
Bright side: actually made an appointment with a therapist for the first time?
Additional anger/peeve - that it took me this fucking long to actually make that appointment.
Eta: ...why do I not listen to my friends? =/
Good on you for making the appointment. Here´s to you and your new therapist synching.
@Jaded said:
I had a few guests over tonight and each time one showed up the dog would sit at the bottom of the stairs to his apartment and bark at the door. The dog would do this for about 10 minutes. Then each time one went outside onto the patio to smoke, the dog would come back. This guy had the nerve to ask me to not have people over after 8pm because he works 2am to 10am and he's trying to sleep at that time.
People ask me why I don't want to have a dog. This is why.
I like my cat because he leaves me the fuck alone most of the time.
“It is better to live doing the things that you like. It is foolish to live within this dream of a world seeing unpleasantness and doing only things that you do not like.” -- Yamamoto Tsunetomo.
@Ganymede said:
@Jaded said:
I had a few guests over tonight and each time one showed up the dog would sit at the bottom of the stairs to his apartment and bark at the door. The dog would do this for about 10 minutes. Then each time one went outside onto the patio to smoke, the dog would come back. This guy had the nerve to ask me to not have people over after 8pm because he works 2am to 10am and he's trying to sleep at that time.
People ask me why I don't want to have a dog. This is why.
I like my cat because he leaves me the fuck alone most of the time.
I would have a cat but my roommate isn't fond of pets.
@Jaded said:
@Ganymede said:
@Jaded said:
I had a few guests over tonight and each time one showed up the dog would sit at the bottom of the stairs to his apartment and bark at the door. The dog would do this for about 10 minutes. Then each time one went outside onto the patio to smoke, the dog would come back. This guy had the nerve to ask me to not have people over after 8pm because he works 2am to 10am and he's trying to sleep at that time.
People ask me why I don't want to have a dog. This is why.
I like my cat because he leaves me the fuck alone most of the time.
I would have a cat but my roommate isn't fond of pets.
My cat is way better than my roommate.
I love dogs and I had one for years growing up. But I much prefer cats for their independence. Granted, I'm lazy and don't want to have to walk the dog 2+ times a day but the real reason is that they're the most codependent things on the face of the planet. I can't stand people who live for someone else and I don't want it in a pet either. I don't need to be worshiped that way.
Upvotes for all the cat people! I like dogs, but they're basically signing on to take care of a toddler for 15-20 years. I have actual children, and I can verify that it is the best feeling in the world when you realize your kids no longer need you to chase after them everywhere they go, constantly picking up after them. Cats make the most sense. They clean themselves, they make less noise AND mess, they require only that I refill their food/water dishes on occasion and that I clean out their box once a week. When they want attention, they'll let me know, otherwise they leave me to do my thing.
Then don't make them codependent, based on showing adolescent behaviors to you for attention and food.
Get a timed feeder.
Do not reward cute puppy/kitten behaviors.
Let them be outside most of the time.
@Roz said:
@Jaded said:
@Ganymede said:
@Jaded said:
I had a few guests over tonight and each time one showed up the dog would sit at the bottom of the stairs to his apartment and bark at the door. The dog would do this for about 10 minutes. Then each time one went outside onto the patio to smoke, the dog would come back. This guy had the nerve to ask me to not have people over after 8pm because he works 2am to 10am and he's trying to sleep at that time.
People ask me why I don't want to have a dog. This is why.
I like my cat because he leaves me the fuck alone most of the time.
I would have a cat but my roommate isn't fond of pets.
My cat is way better than my roommate.
Sometimes my roommate IS my pet, in a manner of speaking. He gets so wrapped up in World of Warships or his online ship-girl game or something else that I have to remind him to eat.
@Jaded said:
@Roz said:
@Jaded said:
@Ganymede said:
@Jaded said:
I had a few guests over tonight and each time one showed up the dog would sit at the bottom of the stairs to his apartment and bark at the door. The dog would do this for about 10 minutes. Then each time one went outside onto the patio to smoke, the dog would come back. This guy had the nerve to ask me to not have people over after 8pm because he works 2am to 10am and he's trying to sleep at that time.
People ask me why I don't want to have a dog. This is why.
I like my cat because he leaves me the fuck alone most of the time.
I would have a cat but my roommate isn't fond of pets.
My cat is way better than my roommate.
Sometimes my roommate IS my pet, in a manner of speaking. He gets so wrapped up in World of Warships or his online ship-girl game or something else that I have to remind him to eat.
Pets do not need reminders to eat. Pets remind YOU.
My bosses - whom I love - brought in a guest speaker for the staff meeting yesterday without properly vetting him, who was going to talk about self-care (when you work with at-risk teens, this is important). This was, they admitted after, a mistake. I almost stood and interrupted him a half dozen times but I didn't, out of respect for my boss.
After the first...10 minutes or so, he lost the entire room (he didn't even have me for the first 10) when he said, "You can cure cancer with the right supplements. There's a cure out there, but the pharmaceutical companies are sitting on it." Rage mode on.... My colleague's dad didn't want to do chemo and died because of supplements. "Boys are physical, but girls aren't," and "everyone can overcome shyness," I'm sure were two sentiments the introverted woman who runs the gym we have for youth was thrilled to hear.
It was a dumpster fire. It was so bad that my bosses sent out an email to those of us in attendance denouncing the presentation, and apologising for it.
@dontpanda Oh my fucking god that sounds rage-inducing
@dontpanda that sounds... yeah. Where did they fish this guy, the tinfoil hat section of the motivational speaker aisle?
Vorpal is actually Satan made MU*nifest
I had a few guests over tonight and each time one showed up the dog would sit at the bottom of the stairs to his apartment and bark at the door. The dog would do this for about 10 minutes. Then each time one went outside onto the patio to smoke, the dog would come back. This guy had the nerve to ask me to not have people over after 8pm because he works 2am to 10am and he's trying to sleep at that time.
All told, it's a NMP situation.
