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I had surgery on Wednesday. They made an abdominal incision right above my pubic bone so getting around has been a bit tough. But I made lots of progress yesterday and last night so hopefully they release me as scheduled.
Oh damn! Well, sorry to hear that. Glad you're recovering and get to go home soon. Is there anyone at your house to help you if you need it??
I'll be staying at my moms for a while. Hopefully not too long because my step dad drives me up a wall.
I have a complex that everyone hates me. And I'm ok with it. There are people who annoy me, so I either just don't read their posts or just kinda skim over them if they're apart of a conversation. But really, that goes from conversation to conversation, rather than the person on a whole.. If that makes sense.
Can't we all just get along though? If you don't like someone, you can easily ignore them. This is the internet. That's the wonderful thing about people you don't know living in the interwebz. You don't have to deal with them if you don't want to.
This. There are some people who I think can be witty and hilarious at times on this board but offensive and/or annoying at other times. That doesn't mean I'm gonna put them on ignore or even call them out (usually); just move on from the annoyance, click out of the thread, whatever. I don't imagine everyone reads my posts and laughs or smiles or wants to be my internet friend haha but I also don't really expect everyone to think I'm cute & funny - although, I mean, I am (which reminds me, also I feel like my humor/sarcasm that I can successfully convey in person can be hard to relay over the internet - and thus, I know some things I write won't come off the way I intended them, and such is ~internet~ life).
Considering you've found the need to respond to my threads as if you are threatened by me I offer you some peace my confused counterpart. May you find peace in your restless soul.
I have a complex that everyone hates me. And I'm ok with it. There are people who annoy me, so I either just don't read their posts or just kinda skim over them if they're apart of a conversation. But really, that goes from conversation to conversation, rather than the person on a whole.. If that makes sense.
Can't we all just get along though? If you don't like someone, you can easily ignore them. This is the internet. That's the wonderful thing about people you don't know living in the interwebz. You don't have to deal with them if you don't want to.
This. There are some people who I think can be witty and hilarious at times on this board but offensive and/or annoying at other times. That doesn't mean I'm gonna put them on ignore or even call them out (usually); just move on from the annoyance, click out of the thread, whatever. I don't imagine everyone reads my posts and laughs or smiles or wants to be my internet friend haha but I also don't really expect everyone to think I'm cute & funny - although, I mean, I am (which reminds me, also I feel like my humor/sarcasm that I can successfully convey in person can be hard to relay over the internet - and thus, I know some things I write won't come off the way I intended them, and such is ~internet~ life).
Exactly. Sometimes I'm funny, sometimes I try too hard, and sometimes I'm just outright obnoxious (these all hold true in real life as well). I'm okay with this. "Those that mind don't matter, and those that matter don't mind."
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This. There are some people who I think can be witty and hilarious at times on this board but offensive and/or annoying at other times. That doesn't mean I'm gonna put them on ignore or even call them out (usually); just move on from the annoyance, click out of the thread, whatever. I don't imagine everyone reads my posts and laughs or smiles or wants to be my internet friend haha but I also don't really expect everyone to think I'm cute & funny - although, I mean, I am (which reminds me, also I feel like my humor/sarcasm that I can successfully convey in person can be hard to relay over the internet - and thus, I know some things I write won't come off the way I intended them, and such is ~internet~ life).
"Those that mind don't matter, and those that matter don't mind."
Considering you've found the need to respond to my threads as if you are threatened by me I offer you some peace my confused counterpart. May you find peace in your restless soul.
Post by crazykittensmile on Mar 27, 2015 12:56:30 GMT -5
The USPS is the fucking worst.
I ventured out on my lunch break Wednesday to drop off a return, carefully packaged and slapped with a pre-paid label. I waited in line to be sure it went out that day (I've heard before that they don't always empty their drop boxes at the end of the day), dropped it off to a human, and went about my life.
I checked on the tracking # today and it says the number isn't found. 48 hours after dropping off the package to a human. WTF. It's THEIR number, how could it not be found?
This is not a cheap return, either. And now I can't help but think I'm going to be out $200 for something I can't control. FML.
I ventured out on my lunch break Wednesday to drop off a return, carefully packaged and slapped with a pre-paid label. I waited in line to be sure it went out that day (I've heard before that they don't always empty their drop boxes at the end of the day), dropped it off to a human, and went about my life.
I checked on the tracking # today and it says the number isn't found. 48 hours after dropping off the package to a human. WTF. It's THEIR number, how could it not be found?
This is not a cheap return, either. And now I can't help but think I'm going to be out $200 for something I can't control. FML.
I find that when I track anything from USPS sometimes the tracking doesn't even pop up on their site until it's delivered. They are just terrible and they wonder why no one uses them anymore. It would be nice to even see a, "package accepted" but usually I get nothing. Maybe info will pop up tomorrow if you try to track it again.
I ventured out on my lunch break Wednesday to drop off a return, carefully packaged and slapped with a pre-paid label. I waited in line to be sure it went out that day (I've heard before that they don't always empty their drop boxes at the end of the day), dropped it off to a human, and went about my life.
I checked on the tracking # today and it says the number isn't found. 48 hours after dropping off the package to a human. WTF. It's THEIR number, how could it not be found?
This is not a cheap return, either. And now I can't help but think I'm going to be out $200 for something I can't control. FML.
I find that when I track anything from USPS sometimes the tracking doesn't even pop up on their site until it's delivered. They are just terrible and they wonder why no one uses them anymore. It would be nice to even see a, "package accepted" but usually I get nothing. Maybe info will pop up tomorrow if you try to track it again.
I am so over the USPS. I put out 6 packages to be picked up for work yesterday. You know the "if it fits, it ships" bullshit. The post person, didn't pick up any of the packages when dropping off the mail, then must not have liked the weight of three of the six and took the super light ones. They do this on the regular. I have tried calling to curse people out but they never even answer the phone. I know people who have been raised by post office workers and it sucks that it is a dying thing, but fuck do your goddamn job!
Sorry I went on a rant right there. It was supposed to be an agreement with both of y'all about how bad they are.
Yeah, I don't usually join in here, but since the conversation is active about USPS... I have had a lot of issues the past few weeks with them. It did start with my procrastination, but the post office made multiple mistakes. Skipping details, I visited post office(s) 4 times and made multiple phone calls to Front Gate which all culminated with this: poor Flanzo having to pick up the wristband at will call in two weeks and a filing of a lost package report here. Sigh. Even though it's mostly not my fault, I still am feeling so guilty that he is going to go through the will call hassle. :/ I feel pained.
Welcome back Bonz, but I do not find it strange that your presence being requested in the Orgy thread and then you showing up, like it was the quacking Bonzai Bat Signal.
I live in a small town, on the edge of several metro areas. So we're under-served being far-flung from the various hubs, and get stuck with USPS. Even packages that started out with FedEX or UPS get sent to a post office the next town over, and then to my specific post office.
I once had a package originally go FedEx, go to their Boston regional SmartPost hub - only to be shipped to a post office in Vermont, rather than Connecticut. It took three days to go to the right place, when I could drive to Vermont in three hours.
Sending packages, I've always used USPS and never had a problem.
Oh. And I forgot about my Grrrr. I'm supposed to be discharged today and the doctor was supposed to come around during her rounds between 5-7am. It's now 9:30 and no doctor in sight. I'm hoping they're not keeping me an extra day. Idk why they would. I'm walking and getting up on my own now. I'm eating and keeping things down. I even showered all by myself last night... I just wish this wouldn't take so long.
I remember the last time I was hospitalized a few years back due to diabetes and a really bad flu. The doctors and nurses wanted to keep me and extra day when I had been feelin' great since day two. So I just got dressed and demanded to see somebody. I also had my ride there and no insurance so...
Oh. And I forgot about my Grrrr. I'm supposed to be discharged today and the doctor was supposed to come around during her rounds between 5-7am. It's now 9:30 and no doctor in sight. I'm hoping they're not keeping me an extra day. Idk why they would. I'm walking and getting up on my own now. I'm eating and keeping things down. I even showered all by myself last night... I just wish this wouldn't take so long.
I remember the last time I was hospitalized a few years back due to diabetes and a really bad flu. The doctors and nurses wanted to keep me and extra day when I had been feelin' great since day two. So I just got dressed and demanded to see somebody. I also had my ride there and no insurance so...
I never go to the Doctor.
When I do, it will be too late and she/he will say: "You have everything."
I'll be all: "Cool,now I don't have to waste cashy money on your 'cures'.
So happy to be home from the hospital. But as the good drugs have worn off I am reminded of the probable ear infection in my right ear. And boy is it back with a vengeance. It really, really hurts. Way more than it did a week ago.... I just can't win.
Constantly fighting to be paid what you are worth (especially when you are forced by your career to make ridiculous' monetary front end investments - 3k worth of gear to 10k-20k over time) is really becoming too much for me. I am really good at what I do - but I'm not getting the clients I need to survive - and keep getting people that take production as a "on my extra time" affair. I just can't have a "2nd job" to do this job - but every day gets scarier. Every day that I get cancelled on for a whole weeks worth of works is devastating - but this producers and directors act like it should be so goddamn easy to get other work. It's such an apparent struggle against classes, and it's eating at my soul.
On top of that, to stay competitive I'm going to have to start financing 11k worth of higher end gear; so basically buying a car level of investment with no immediate sense of re-compensation for it. But I can't get a decent rental rate for my gear, nor any help getting further in my career. I have to take a huge financial dive next month even though I had the hardest 3 months of my life recently. I'm scared and kind of alone on this. And I have to just keep rising above all the time. I'm not sure if I have it in me
Constantly fighting to be paid what you are worth (especially when you are forced by your career to make ridiculous' monetary front end investments - 3k worth of gear to 10k-20k over time) is really becoming too much for me. I am really good at what I do - but I'm not getting the clients I need to survive - and keep getting people that take production as a "on my extra time" affair. I just can't have a "2nd job" to do this job - but every day gets scarier. Every day that I get cancelled on for a whole weeks worth of works is devastating - but this producers and directors act like it should be so goddamn easy to get other work. It's such an apparent struggle against classes, and it's eating at my soul.
On top of that, to stay competitive I'm going to have to start financing 11k worth of higher end gear; so basically buying a car level of investment with no immediate sense of re-compensation for it. But I can't get a decent rental rate for my gear, nor any help getting further in my career. I have to take a huge financial dive next month even though I had the hardest 3 months of my life recently. I'm scared and kind of alone on this. And I have to just keep rising above all the time. I'm not sure if I have it in me
You do man. Just keep showing up:) Be the absolute best you and fuck the bullshit
Just found out one of my parents' old time friends died by suicide earlier this week, and the news was sad enough on its own, but then I went and read the Facebook post that his son wrote about it....god, it completely broke my heart. I haven't seen the friend in years, and my parents had lost touch with him to some degree too, but I remember spending a good amount of time with him and his family while growing up. A loss like this is so entrenched in sadness but also makes you really put things in perspective. I had been feeling sad about some of my personal love life shit recently, dealing with feelings of irresolution with an ex, and then I read this kid's Facebook post and thought, god, I sure as fuck am not suffering like he is - and my emotional energy should be going towards sending him and his family well wishes, not brooding over my own comparatively trivial issues. Peace be with him & his family.
Considering you've found the need to respond to my threads as if you are threatened by me I offer you some peace my confused counterpart. May you find peace in your restless soul.
Constantly fighting to be paid what you are worth (especially when you are forced by your career to make ridiculous' monetary front end investments - 3k worth of gear to 10k-20k over time) is really becoming too much for me. I am really good at what I do - but I'm not getting the clients I need to survive - and keep getting people that take production as a "on my extra time" affair. I just can't have a "2nd job" to do this job - but every day gets scarier. Every day that I get cancelled on for a whole weeks worth of works is devastating - but this producers and directors act like it should be so goddamn easy to get other work. It's such an apparent struggle against classes, and it's eating at my soul.
On top of that, to stay competitive I'm going to have to start financing 11k worth of higher end gear; so basically buying a car level of investment with no immediate sense of re-compensation for it. But I can't get a decent rental rate for my gear, nor any help getting further in my career. I have to take a huge financial dive next month even though I had the hardest 3 months of my life recently. I'm scared and kind of alone on this. And I have to just keep rising above all the time. I'm not sure if I have it in me
Sorry your employment has you on the rocks. Havin' gotten an education in sound and music production I sometimes don't know if I can make it in that industry to support a livin'. Hell, I sure as shit don't make my livin' off it right now. At best I got some summer/fall gigs on our downtown amphitheater. But it's not steady, and anywhere else I go want someone with more experience. Yet I'm applyin' fer fuckin' entry level stuff! So again, I'm sorry to hear that, @bandeto. I really hope things come together!
Considering you've found the need to respond to my threads as if you are threatened by me I offer you some peace my confused counterpart. May you find peace in your restless soul.
I started a new serving job and have my last training shift tomorrow.... this restaurant is unique in that it has a ferris wheel and mini golf course on its patio. and you can eat/drink on the ferris wheel.
well, I was hired as a server and have been told that there's an entirely separate staff for the ferris wheel/mini golf area.... low and behold I get my schedule this week and not only am I scheduled on a day I'm not available, but I'm not even scheduled as a server - but working in the "caddy shack" AKA directing people for the wheel & golf areas. what the actual fuck. I'm totally cool with helping out in another area when it is absolutely needed (this place just opened in december, there's a big reputation behind the owner and the other restaurants/bars she owns and it's gonna be wildly busy, and the wheel/mini golf have their first official day open on the 1st - wednesday... so I can understand that there is some transition time) but either some notice or discussion about it would be nice. oh, and having some actual fucking serving shifts would be nice, too.
sorry, but if I'm regularly going to have 3-5 shifts a week here and 2-3 of them are not as a server, I'm fucking out. I hope this is very temporary, but I kind of have a bad feeling...
I started a new serving job and have my last training shift tomorrow.... this restaurant is unique in that it has a ferris wheel and mini golf course on its patio. and you can eat/drink on the ferris wheel.
well, I was hired as a server and have been told that there's an entirely separate staff for the ferris wheel/mini golf area.... low and behold I get my schedule this week and not only am I scheduled on a day I'm not available, but I'm not even scheduled as a server - but working in the "caddy shack" AKA directing people for the wheel & golf areas. what the actual fuck. I'm totally cool with helping out in another area when it is absolutely needed (this place just opened in december, there's a big reputation behind the owner and the other restaurants/bars she owns and it's gonna be wildly busy, and the wheel/mini golf have their first official day open on the 1st - wednesday... so I can understand that there is some transition time) but either some notice or discussion about it would be nice. oh, and having some actual fucking serving shifts would be nice, too.
sorry, but if I'm regularly going to have 3-5 shifts a week here and 2-3 of them are not as a server, I'm fucking out. I hope this is very temporary, but I kind of have a bad feeling...
My sleeping schedule is so fucked. At least I literally have nothing to do, but still. I don't like not having some sort of schedule. Right now I just kinda awake when I want and sleep when I want, with naps thrown in for good measure. Why the fuck am I up at 8am?! Ugh
My sleeping schedule is so fucked. At least I literally have nothing to do, but still. I don't like not having some sort of schedule. Right now I just kinda awake when I want and sleep when I want, with naps thrown in for good measure. Why the fuck am I up at 8am?! Ugh
Because 8:00 AM is the correct time to wake up I wake up at 8:00-8:30 on weekends.
Welcome back Bonz, but I do not find it strange that your presence being requested in the Orgy thread and then you showing up, like it was the quacking Bonzai Bat Signal.
My sleeping schedule is so fucked. At least I literally have nothing to do, but still. I don't like not having some sort of schedule. Right now I just kinda awake when I want and sleep when I want, with naps thrown in for good measure. Why the fuck am I up at 8am?! Ugh
Because 8:00 AM is the correct time to wake up I wake up at 8:00-8:30 on weekends.
Not for me. I am a night person. The sun scares me.
Because 8:00 AM is the correct time to wake up I wake up at 8:00-8:30 on weekends.
Not for me. I am a night person. The sun scares me.
#vampire
Also, in relation to my post from last night about annoying concert singers, THAT IS NOTHING compared to the other thing I had to suffer through last night: tweens with their phones out, held over their heads, for the entire goddamn set. I'm not talking "oh, let me take out my phone and snap a few good pics, or even do a video recording of ONE song I really like." No, it was incessant - these kids did NOT put their phones down at any point that Halsey was singing, and I could hardly see her face for the majority of the show, despite being only 20ish feet away from the stage.
On one song, she actually asked people to put their phones away, thank god. But then tons of people still didn't!!! Are you kidding me?
Considering you've found the need to respond to my threads as if you are threatened by me I offer you some peace my confused counterpart. May you find peace in your restless soul.
Not for me. I am a night person. The sun scares me.
#vampire
Also, in relation to my post from last night about annoying concert singers, THAT IS NOTHING compared to the other thing I had to suffer through last night: tweens with their phones out, held over their heads, for the entire goddamn set. I'm not talking "oh, let me take out my phone and snap a few good pics, or even do a video recording of ONE song I really like." No, it was incessant - these kids did NOT put their phones down at any point that Halsey was singing, and I could hardly see her face for the majority of the show, despite being only 20ish feet away from the stage.
On one song, she actually asked people to put their phones away, thank god. But then tons of people still didn't!!! Are you kidding me?
Oooooo. You saw Halsey?! How was it? This is the wrong thread for that, but I don't feel like searching and tagging you in the right one. I am really excited to hopefully see her at Shaky Knees.
And how long was her set? She only has like 5 songs that I can find.