Thread: Rant and Rave, Cry and Complain

Haven't been on DV much lately, life has been busy. Been stressing over the length of my working contract (based on available funding) and I might be done at the end of August, even though I was expecting end of September. Should know in a few weeks where that stands. I'm not worried about finding another job, but I was hoping to make an extra grand or so to put into savings. Skyrim is incredibly consuming. I think I've put in roughly 25 hours into it since I bought my PS3 two weeks ago. Haha. Also got NCAA 2013 (Football) -- pretty fun. I just want the next six weeks to fly by. Time to start figuring some personal shit out. Growing up can be tough.

Originally Posted by tommo

People are so accustomed to drinking cow milk that they'll change it so much it's not even milk anymore instead of just switching to soy milk, rice milk etc.
Baffles me.

Soy milk and almond milk are far tastier, in my opinion. Plus I don't gag thinking about where they come from.

In depressing news, they all said I'd lose contact with really close friends after college started. I didn't believe them, but it definitely happened. I tried to keep in contact but being ignored makes you give up easily. Life goes on.

This thread is a like magnet
1. Post. 2. Get likes. 3. ???. 4. Profit!
Anyway, no, believe it or not, I have something to post. *Gasp*
So I was at work today, slowly losing my soul, when one of the big bags busted open, when a customer attempted to lift it. (we use big bags, and small bags to be conservative, and save money) so she requested that I double bag the broken bag, and she'd be cool. I was out of large bags however, so I said the best I could do was to remove all the contents from the big bag, then proceed to put the items into two or so small bags. She declined, and said she'd wait till I received more big bags. (I found this reasonable, whatever.)
I finished all her things, she paid for it, she asked if I had bags yet, and I apologised and explained that I didn't have any yet, and there was nothing I could do. I once again offered to place the items in the small bags, but she refused, then walked off. Two minutes later, my manager rocks up, and starts yelling at me for my interaction with the customer..
She asked why I hadn't gave her a big bag, and I explained that it just simply wasn't possible to supply her with the bags, and I'd provided the only other reasonable alternative I could do. (I was tempted to mention the fact that if Woolworth capable of being able to give operators bags in the time span of ten fucking minutes whilst I served her, we wouldn't be in this situation, but I bit my tongue) She shook her head and said "You need to do whatever makes the customer happy"
Then I kind of lost my shit and I was like "What do you expect me to do? I've just explained to you exactly what situation I was in? What would you have done?!" She then just said "whatever" and turned around, only to be impaled by a customer's $2.99 discounted pointy stick. (that didn't actually happen, but I wish it did)
It's really shocking when you realise that people in the woolworths chain, who are in charge of several people, are really, really stupid. Do you know what happened today in addition to my bag ordeal? The same manager, who I dealt with about the bag thing, asked me what 3 X 8 was. I shit you not. I actually thought she was joking at first, and started laughing. Nope, the thirty year old woman does not know basic maths. So yeah, that's it.
By the way, I feel like this rant came off a bit cocky. But yeah, just a retelling of what happened. I just like to vent about what happens at work, it actually makes me feel so much better. I normally tell friends about it, but it's Sunday, so yeah ;C
Thanks guys!

Originally Posted by tommo

aha, yeah. It's basically white water. Seriously my sister gets that lactose free, low fat milk. It's literally white water, that tastes like shit.
I don't get why it's even made. People are so accustomed to drinking cow milk that they'll change it so much it's not even milk anymore instead of just switching to soy milk, rice milk etc.
Baffles me.

Then you just have crap products there. The lactose free milk we have here tastes very close to normal milk. And why shouldn't it, it's just normal milk with lactase in it.

Fucking Of course had to have another stupid dream about things I'd rather leave behind.

My bosses are ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffUCKERS!!!!!

Originally Posted by dutchraptor

Ticks are easy to remove

Yeah, but Lyme Disease isn't. Whether you remove it yourself or not, it's a good idea to see a doctor.

Originally Posted by OpheliaBlue

My bosses are ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffUCKERS!!!!!

How come?

Originally Posted by mooseantlers

Yeah, but Lyme Disease isn't. Whether you remove it yourself or not, it's a good idea to see a doctor.

Also, bits of the tick may remain in the wound, or the tick may have thrown up inside you, so you are also at risk from a local infection as well as Lyme disease.

There are so many threads to check and I've got no energy to check them. >.< Last night... blech. It was great, but... too much brandy, Merlot, Goldschläger, and beer.... Must rest....

I'm just gonna... gonna... gonna lie down right here....

Originally Posted by ThePreserver

In depressing news, they all said I'd lose contact with really close friends after college started. I didn't believe them, but it definitely happened. I tried to keep in contact but being ignored makes you give up easily. Life goes on.

It's uncanny, isn't it? :T I still talk to a few, basically the couple who went to the same college as me and one or two other friends who I did manage to keep up with, but compared to how many people I used to see (considering that my graduating class was ~1400 people), that's not exactly a lot. As you say, life goes on....

Just came back from a camping with tonnes of people at around 8:00, I thought it was already 5 for some reason. Then I fell asleep for 8 hours and I woke up thinking it was the morning. My mind is truly screwed up right now.

lol Yuppie. Loved your retelling (especially the "impaling" ) Sorry your boss is such an idiot though!

My rant is that I forgot my dreams as soon as I woke up. All I can recall is walking past a bunch of beds filled with sleeping kids and shining my pen light on them. Someone was with me and I was VERY angry at him.
I went to sleep at 6:30AM and I woke several times, but then I shifted position and fell right back to sleep. The last time, the puppy was sleeping at me feet so I switched positions entirely lol and went back to sleep with her near my head
I didn't actually GET UP until 1:30PM.

I did sleep fairly well for a change though

I can't think of somethin' to rant about.

I can; But it wouldn't be a pretty sight, if you set me off!!

Think since 1996, with the same mobile (cell) carrier, relatively happy(ish), but now with the 'itchy feet' of dissatisfaction in the last 6 months of this current contract term!!

I think that would be pretty rant worthy!!

My headphone jack's broken, now I can't watch porn >:(

Originally Posted by mooseantlers

Yeah, but Lyme Disease isn't. Whether you remove it yourself or not, it's a good idea to see a doctor.

Only like 20 % of ticks carry Lyme Disease, though, so it's not that likely you'll catch it. And like 70 - 80 % of the time Lyme Disease presents with a rash around where the tick bit, so it's just to keep an eye on the location for a while. And if you should be so unlucky that you're infected but don't get a rash, just remember to tell your doctor you had a tick bite if you get sick, and you can expect a full recovery. It's really nothing to be so worried about.

Originally Posted by Pensive Patrick

Also, bits of the tick may remain in the wound, or the tick may have thrown up inside you, so you are also at risk from a local infection as well as Lyme disease.

That's actually just a myth.

Ticks also carry AIDS now.

Ticks are literally the most nasty thing on the planet. Or any type of parasite, for that matter. Any time I go to a lake/woodsy area/etc I basically freak out, use a ton of bugspray and constantly check myself for them. Once at my school there was an outbreak of lice, so fucking disgusting ew. (Luckily I didn't get them =D)

Mysterious bug bites have been appearing all around the back of my legs, about halfway down. They itch and they definitely aren't mosquito bites. And more are appearing. Already changed my sheets. Dunno what to do now.

EDIT: oh yea, and banned from IRC again for "spamming" the lyrics to "Happy Days are here Again"

Originally Posted by Warheit

Ticks also carry AIDS now.

Please tell me this isn't true... uuugh. And ticks didn't die out this winter; it didn't freeze long enough.

FFFUUUUUUUU

Originally Posted by MindGames

My headphone jack's broken, now I can't watch porn >

You must never have had to have "Quite Sex" Sound isn't necessary.

Originally Posted by DaveTheJoker

Mysterious bug bites have been appearing all around the back of my legs, about halfway down. They itch and they definitely aren't mosquito bites. And more are appearing. Already changed my sheets. Dunno what to do now.

The Only Thing I can Really think of are Scabes, My Sister had them over this past winter, they blow, but there are probably so many things that they could be that I Never heard of.

Originally Posted by khh

That's actually just a myth.

Ah, it may well be. A doctor who was removing a tick from my leg told me that, though.

Originally Posted by MindGames

My headphone jack's broken, now I can't watch porn >

The whole, one bud in, to listen, and one bud out to hear if anyone is walking down the hall? Hahahahahha

Originally Posted by ThePreserver

Please tell me this isn't true... uuugh. And ticks didn't die out this winter; it didn't freeze long enough.

FFFUUUUUUUU

ugH I know it's so bad D: I love winter :c I'm already ready for it.
I'm mostly worried about my dog, but he has white hair :3 and in the summer we usually have it cut shorter, which is good because of the heat and we can see ticks easier. He's only had about, 2 to 5 through in his life though (that we know of) xD.

I confronted one of my bosses about a big no-no he did to me. Turned out it came from the other fucker boss (which I believe, because it has happened before he ever got hired there). Turns out we have a common enemy. I feel better after confronting him though. A chic in today''s society? We gotta set boundaries. And we gotta set em hard.