What RUINED your day today?

[Katiebee]

Job hunts are soul numbing. Never take the interviews personally.

In other words, noncarborendum illegitimae. Don’t let the bastards wear you down.

[Lois]

If only I got called for an interview ....

[MintJulie]

I overheard a couple of the guys talking about the superbowl this morning.   I said, "I will be so glad when it is over on Sunday, because I can't listen to this much longer."
I was then informed the game is on Feb 4th.  Wait, WHAT?  I thought the Superbowl was this Sunday.  I still have to listen to these non-athlete-never-played-football co-workers analyze the game for another week.   OMG.   MAKE IT STOP.  You keep repeating the same blabber.  Seriously, how much more can be said.

And now they're talking about the game outside my office just to irritate me.

I am looking forward to a party we are going to though.  Friends of Mark.  Many I haven't met before.   He brought me home a gift last night.  A Patriots jersey with Brady on the back to wear to the party.   He knows I like Tom Brady.

[Jed_]

I overheard a couple of the guys talking about the superbowl this morning.   I said, "I will be so glad when it is over on Sunday, because I can't listen to this much longer."
I was then informed the game is on Feb 4th.  Wait, WHAT?  I thought the Superbowl was this Sunday.  I still have to listen to these non-athlete-never-played-football co-workers analyze the game for another week.   OMG.   MAKE IT STOP.  You keep repeating the same blabber.  Seriously, how much more can be said.

And now they're talking about the game outside my office just to irritate me.

I am looking forward to a party we are going to though.  Friends of Mark.  Many I haven't met before.   He brought me home a gift last night.  A Patriots jersey with Brady on the back to wear to the party.   He knows I like Tom Brady.

I saw you post before about it being this weekend.  I didn’t have the heart to tell you it’s always two weeks after the last playoffs.  Hopefully he won’t want to watch the Pro Bowl that is this Sunday.

[ChirpingGirl]

I overheard a couple of the guys talking about the superbowl this morning.   I said, "I will be so glad when it is over on Sunday, because I can't listen to this much longer."
I was then informed the game is on Feb 4th.  Wait, WHAT?  I thought the Superbowl was this Sunday.  I still have to listen to these non-athlete-never-played-football co-workers analyze the game for another week.   OMG.   MAKE IT STOP.  You keep repeating the same blabber.  Seriously, how much more can be said.

And now they're talking about the game outside my office just to irritate me.

I am looking forward to a party we are going to though.  Friends of Mark.  Many I haven't met before.   He brought me home a gift last night.  A Patriots jersey with Brady on the back to wear to the party.   He knows I like Tom Brady.

Ready for the big game? 

[msslave]

Here in Minneapolis we're deluged with stories about the preparations for the big game in town.  Glad we never go downtown anymore.  Many streets already closed.  Massive crowds expected (many drunk and obnoxious).

Fifteen years ago, wife and I did a couple hours work putting food in the private suites before the Vikings game.  Then came the Super Bowl and we got to work through the game incase more food was ordered.  It wasn't as crazy back then and was a lot of fun seeing all the celebs, TV crews with massive trailers packed with electronics outside and all the vendors hustling about.

It seems to get more out of control every year as each city tries to top the previous.  Millions are being spent here to get the city ready, mostly from corporate sponsors, thank God, not too much in tax dollars.  Will be staying close to home that weekend.

[MintJulie]

^
pretty much it.

He's taking me skiing this weekend to make up for the last 3 weekends that have been ruined by football.

I didn't know it was in Minnesota, MS.  I know how you feel.  When it was in Detroit, it was crazy downtown.  I had so much fun.   Not sure I'd be up for it anymore.  I was 30 then.  13 years ago.

[_priapism]

Here in Minneapolis we're deluged with stories about the preparations for the big game in town.  Glad we never go downtown anymore.  Many streets already closed.  Massive crowds expected (many drunk and obnoxious).

Fifteen years ago, wife and I did a couple hours work putting food in the private suites before the Vikings game.  Then came the Super Bowl and we got to work through the game incase more food was ordered.  It wasn't as crazy back then and was a lot of fun seeing all the celebs, TV crews with massive trailers packed with electronics outside and all the vendors hustling about.

It seems to get more out of control every year as each city tries to top the previous.  Millions are being spent here to get the city ready, mostly from corporate sponsors, thank God, not too much in tax dollars.  Will be staying close to home that weekend.

I had season Viking tickets and Twins tickets, when I lived in Minneapolis.  My office was on Park, just a short walk to the Metrodome.  Those were the days... skipping work and watching Kirby Puckett.  Mind you, I don’t have 5’ snowdrifts in my yard in Texas, but I miss my Minnesota friends.

[msslave]

Still free to visit Merv...straight up I35

[MintJulie]

Kirby Puckett.

How weird.   Never heard this name before and now I've heard it twice a few hours apart.

He played for the Tigers minor league team and his jersey was just discovered.   It was on our radio news today.  
.........http://m.mlb.com/cutfour/2018/01/22/265125916/the-kirby-puckett-uniform-mystery-was-solved

[_priapism]

My legal assistant and I were out of the office for two days.  So the minions stirred up a shit storm while we we gone, and I’m being called into a file review with the owner.  The only person who said “congratulations” on the win was our receptionist, and she’s leaving at the end of the month.

I’ve been here less than two years, and I am already the senior most employee.  Jesus, Mary, and Joseph.

[_priapism]

Put my eyeglasses by my side, as I was falling asleep last night.  Rolled over on them, and broke them, in my sleep.  Not cheap to repair or replace.  In the meantime...

[Katiebee]

You look so cute in them! I’m certain the judges will find them adorable and very professional.

 

[MintJulie]

Arrived at work to discover a key employee quit after 15 years of service.  No two week notice or anything.  Guess who will be picking up the slack. 

And first thing tomorrow I get to figure out how to generate W2's, W3's and a bunch of other tax stuff.   I need to learn Quickbooks very quickly.   

In fairness to our employee that quit, she's been going through a rough time.  Her 18 year old daughter died about 5 years ago in a car accident.  She kept at this job to help keep her busy.   She's just tired of it now.....the getting up early, the yucky commute.  She wants to spend time with her friends.  Her husband has a good job and she doesn't need to work.  I could have used a couple weeks training though.  She told me to call her anytime.

Spent the day getting software on my computer and moving a bunch of stuff from her office to mine.   

Right after lunch the bs started with everybody clamoring for her vacated office.   And one of the asshat partners suggested knocking the wall down to make his office bigger.  ugh

[_priapism]

Crazy client called at 2:30 a.m. and woke me up, to talk about his case.  He’s been adjudicated mentally incompetent, and just earned a place on the blocked callers list.

[Jed_]

Heard from a long time member on my site whose wife has been battling cancer for years, she has just gone to hospice and given about two weeks.  I lost my wife last year, so I got some idea on how it hurts.  At least my loss was sudden, and not lingering while I watched helplessly.

I heard from him today, and he’s a widower now like me.  I don’t even know what to say to him.

It’s been 8 months since my wife passed, and I still get the nightmares with one as recently as last week.  You’d think my nightmares would be about finding her like I did face down in the kitchen with her head cracked open, but no they come in two types:

Type one is she’s dying and I keep saving her just to have her dying again for different reasons over and over until I wake up and yell ‘Fuck!’

Type two nightmares are she really isn’t dead, and woke some place like the coroners.  I just didn’t know for some period of time.  I had this type last week, where I was in trouble at work because they thought I faked her death to get paid leave.  It was so damned real, when I woke I looked at the picture of her tombstone on my phone as a sanity check.  I still yell ‘Fuck’ with these nightmares, it’s just delayed.

Anyway, I know he has a long road of dealing with it ahead of him.

[Lois]

Geeze, that sounds awful. 

My mom died when I was in high school.  I still have dreams that she's not really dead and shows up at my front door, stays a couple of days and disappears again.

[Jed_]

Geeze, that sounds awful. 

My mom died when I was in high school.  I still have dreams that she's not really dead and shows up at my front door, stays a couple of days and disappears again.

Those are not the dreams (nightmares) you would anticipate are they?  But they sure fuck with you.

[_priapism]

I have a recurring nightmare where I encounter my grandfather at a cocktail party.  We begin antimatedly catching up on things, when suddenly something clicks and I say, “Wait a minute!  My granfather’s Dead!  Who are you?”  He looks at me, as his head bursts into flames, and he says:  “THE DEVIL!!!”

[Jed_]

I have a recurring nightmare where I encounter my grandfather at a cocktail party.  We begin antimatedly catching up on things, when suddenly something clicks and I say, “Wait a minute!  My granfather’s Dead!  Who are you?”  He looks at me, as his head bursts into flames, and says:  “THE DEVIL!!!”

Lucky for me, I don’t believe in the devil.