OMG, this is the worst. At work, you ever come up with some fantastical idea that you know will make or save the company a bunch of money, then you explain it to your boss and he gives you this look like you're a complete idiot but then 3 days later you come in to find that the idea was implemented and your boss is strutting around like he came up with it? Uggghh, I hate that!

 

This is a regular occurrence for me since my boss is literally over twice my age. I've just learned to roll with it and accept it for what it is. It also doesn't help that I actually have a spine, unlike most of the other docile schmucks I work with. :mrgreen:

I'm tired ALL the time!  WTF?

Pregnant, yeah? :shoot:

Pregnant, yeah? :shoot:

 

Hell to the no!  That would be TERRIBLE!  LOL

OMG, this is the worst. At work, you ever come up with some fantastical idea that you know will make or save the company a bunch of money, then you explain it to your boss and he gives you this look like you're a complete idiot but then 3 days later you come in to find that the idea was implemented and your boss is strutting around like he came up with it? Uggghh, I hate that!

 

It is terrible, but it's the nature of most businesses. I've found it's best to play your great ideas close to the heart. Don't give away too much information without the money to back it up. The bottom line is it's your promotion versus his promotion. You always have to look out for yourself.

^truth. Emmie, sounds like you need more sleep. I had that problem with fatigue. Take some Valarian before bedtime. 

That's why you announce these 'big plans that save money" in meetings.  That way everyone heard it was your idea lol. 

I'm tired ALL the time!  WTF?

 

What's your sleep schedule? 

 

I need to end my go to bed at 1:30 AM up at 7:30 AM schedule.  I do just fine at work because of the coffee.  But when I get home and eat dinner, I immediately feel like passing out after.  Only time, I ever go to bed early is when I meet with a client or putting on a presentation.  I force myself to go to bed at 10:30.  Nothing is worse than looking exhausted in a presentation.

Emmie, stay aware of how hydrated you are.  If you are dehydrated, it gives the feeling of being tired.

You know'mean? You knowm'sayin?! You knowm'sayin!? You Know'mean?! Some people spend more time asking if you know what they're saying than they do explaining what they're saying in the first place. This is most prevalent with athletes being interviewed after a game. Haha!

David, you need to get with the times. yaoming.

...  Nothing is worse than looking exhausted in a presentation.

 

I can think of one thing: Falling asleep during the boss's presentation to a major client. I only nodded off for an instant, but the boss caught it. Maybe it saved my bacon that one of the client reps lost his fight with terminal boredom a few minutes later; I could tell that he was struggling before it overran him.

 

Or visibly teetering on the edge of dozing off during a job interview. The interview was mid-afternoon, always the worst time for me, and I went to it after I got off my temp job where I worked 5am to 1pm. Of course, I didn't get the job, and from what I learned later about the company that was a good thing. Management was far to the family-values right, and hired accordingly. Even if I hadn't blown the interview, my not having a wife and kids and not belonging to a fundamentalist congregation probably would have disqualified me. If I had been hired, the social situation at work would have made the job untenable for me.

^ What's funny around here is a few of our high ups nod off all the time in our meetings. Our Assitant General Counsel (who is a good guy, by all means) amazes me how he can toss in a spot on comment or question without opening hiis eyes. I think he has perfected the state of half-sleep.

I'm tired ALL the time!  WTF?

 

Emmie, remember that your 'quality' of sleep is just as important (if not more) than your 'quantity' of sleep.  Try to cut down on the caffeine and sugar (to avoid the crashes which really do take everything out of you).  Increase exercise and your energy will go up overall.

 

My biggest problem is waking up before my alarm clock.  It drives me nuts, because I can never go fully back to sleep.  As a matter of fact, I find it better to just get up and not toss and turn in the morning trying to get that extra 20 minutes. 

 

One trick I can pass along is to try some natural remedies before you go to bed, like Chamomile tea (it really does have a relaxing effect).  If you need some sweetner in it, use honey instead of sugar.  A glass of red wine never hurts either.  DO NOT use sleeping pills.  They are addictive and you will have a hard time sleeping without them once you are hooked.

 

 

You know'mean? You knowm'sayin?! You knowm'sayin!? You Know'mean?! Some people spend more time asking if you know what they're saying than they do explaining what they're saying in the first place. This is most prevalent with athletes being interviewed after a game. Haha!

 

I remember a few years back they played this soundbite from this kid from the Cleveland Metropolitan School District and nearly every other word was "know'I'mean?"  It was something like "so the teachers, know'I'mean, they terrible, know'I'mean, they grabbed my man, know'I'mean, held him down, know'I'mean...."  It went on like that for several minutes.  Hurt the ears.

That reminds me of a phrase I hate- "that's what I'm talking about".  Whenever I hear that, I translate it as, "I like to hear the sound of my own voice, even though I have nothing pertinent to add to the conversation".

^Exactly, so many people are afraid of a moment's pause in the conversation, even if it's to collect their thoughts.

You know'mean? You knowm'sayin?! You knowm'sayin!? You Know'mean?! Some people spend more time asking if you know what they're saying than they do explaining what they're saying in the first place. This is most prevalent with athletes being interviewed after a game. Haha!

 

LOL, reminds me of this David

 

NSFW btw

 

 

^lol..  I hate the highway and route signs all over Metro Columbus. They screw with your own instincts and mental compass. The sign will say North and South when your options are realistically east or west (or vice versa). Oh and in their attempt to eliminate any confusion, they give you a landmark faraway town like Reynoldsburg or something as a reference point even though its not at all linear with your destination and happens to be 20 miles away.

People from back home who "can't believe" I live in Cincinnati. I will always be a proud Nutmegger, but it disturbs me how many people in the northeast consider anything west of the Hudson as 'no man's land.' I basically got in an argument with an old friend from high school over the phone today after she essentially questioned my judgement for living in Ohio. She has never been to Cincinnati, but had the audacity to say some really negative things about the city. There are things I dislike about this city, but I'm a resident here, so I was offened. I guess me being offended shows I care about this city more than I thought or care to admit. I also wish Cincinnati was more on the national radar.

 

[i'm ranting again...]

Overall Cincinnati is a great city, man you should invite them to come check it out. I bet they would fall in love with the city.

Banks, especially my company's bank.  They stink!  I just want my money!

I think one of my biggest pet peeves is when I'm trying to talk to someone and they are on their phone or talking to someone else the entire time! That makes me soooooo frustrated!

 

Also, when people chew with their mouth's open. Ewwwwwww :/

I think one of my biggest pet peeves is when I'm trying to talk to someone and they are on their phone or talking to someone else the entire time! That makes me soooooo frustrated!

 

Also, when people chew with their mouth's open. Ewwwwwww :/

 

I've become sufficiently annoyed with a cashier who was having a personal conversation on the phone while s-l-o-o-o-w-l-y scanning/ringingup my items that I left my purchases on the counter and walked out. It's bad enough that companies understaff so badly that their cashiers have to handle business calls while trying to serve customers, but employees who let personal conversations come ahead of customers should be fired. If I ran a business, I'd require employees to leave their cell phones in their lockers while on duty.

^It's standard practice in New York supermarkets for cashiers to carry on conversations among themselves, or "text," while “working.” The store managers never seem to care because they don’t seem inclined to ever discipline them. It’s really atrocious. No wonder the lines are so long at places like Whole Foods (despite the outrageous prices) and Trader Joe’s. At least in those places customers are treated with basic courtesy.

When it comes time to pay, launch into a long phone conversation yourself, ignoring the cashier.

Wow, I don't think I've ever seen a cashier talk on their phone.  Maybe it's just that way in certain places.  I know if that happened here while a customer was waiting they'd probably be fired.  Many stores will allow their employees to step outside or go in the back if they need to send a text message or place a call, but within reason of course.

 

Reminds me of when people come into our office for meetings, they'll sometimes step out into the elevator lobbies or hallways to talk and not disturb people working at their desks....except the marble and granite surfaces just amplify it 100 X

I think some retail businesses do ban personal cell phones on the job. On a visit to the nearby Lowe's while I was making a return, an employee came to the customer service desk and asked to use the cell phone. He took it outside, and when he finished his brief call he returned the phone to the desk. It looked like they make a phone available to employees when it's necessary, and don't allow them to carry their own at work.

 

At Kroger I sometimes hear them page an employee over the PA for a phone call, so maybe they ban personal cell phones on the job, too.

John Kasich.

It looks as though CPL and Clevnet have a new website and catalog system, that allows you to have recommendations, suggestions, messaging other borrowers, etc.  It SEEMS like a cool concept, but I just have to figure out how to use it.  I hate when things change!

My pet peeve is that CPL doesn't allow you to use an iPad to check out E-books!

Toliets that automatically flush whether you're ready or not. Who's the idiot who thought that wouldn't have...consequences.

...or toilets that don't automatically flush because the little battery inside died. Now THAT's a good time.

I bet those automatic toilets waste a lot of water.

One of my Pet Peeves is when you prepay for gas, it's freezing cold outside, and the pump starts pumping slow 75 cents before it's done.  I can not stand that.  I swear they are trying to get you to hang the pump up before it's done. 

...or toilets that don't automatically flush because the little battery inside died. Now THAT's a good time.

 

Sort of on a related note of good times, one of my co-workers had the battery in their programable thermostat die while they were gone on vacation for a week this winter and came home to a freezing house, burst pipes and a freezer full of melted/spoiled food (to cool for fridge to kick on so the freezer melted)

One more thing to bitch about. Restaurants that have huge patios and don't upgrade their kitchens to support it. Really? I had to wait an hour after I ordered for a pub burger on Saturday night....

I try to make myself not mind this one, but I can't help but feel a small twinge. It always bothers me when people say they feel nauseous to describe feeling like they're going to vomit when they should say they feel nauseated.

I try to make myself not mind this one, but I can't help but feel a small twinge. It always bothers me when people say they feel nauseous to describe feeling like they're going to vomit when they should say they feel nauseated.

 

I think you've lost the battle on that one. I don't think I know anyone, myself included, that even understands the distinction between the two words (I had to do a quick google search to see what you were 'peeving' about)

One more thing to bitch about. Restaurants that have huge patios and don't upgrade their kitchens to support it. Really? I had to wait an hour after I ordered for a pub burger on Saturday night....

 

It's just that easy?  Just "upgrade the kitchen"?

One more thing to bitch about. Restaurants that have huge patios and don't upgrade their kitchens to support it. Really? I had to wait an hour after I ordered for a pub burger on Saturday night....

 

It's just that easy?  Just "upgrade the kitchen"?

 

Those were the words of the server not mine. She was very apologetic. I know it's not just that easy...Its a calculated risk on the owners part.  I was on the wrong end of it on Saturday, it was annoying so I was bitching about it here. I didn't even name the place, because I know of least 5 places that are in the same position. It's pretty common.

In a similar restaurant thread....

 

For the love of God please please please do NOT shove your used packets of sugar back into the caddy. Nobody likes finding wadded up packets either empty or with gum stuck to them. Additionally, the staff of the restaurant DOES NOT like having to completely disassemble and restack the sugars every few days because of the actions of a few tards.

 

One more thing to bitch about. Restaurants that have huge patios and don't upgrade their kitchens to support it. Really? I had to wait an hour after I ordered for a pub burger on Saturday night....

 

It's just that easy?  Just "upgrade the kitchen"?

 

Those were the words of the server not mine. She was very apologetic. I know it's not just that easy...Its a calculated risk on the owners part.  I was on the wrong end of it on Saturday, it was annoying so I was bitching about it here. I didn't even name the place, because I know of least 5 places that are in the same position. It's pretty common.

 

It's not just a calculated risk, it's often impossible to "upgrade the kitchen" to increase the capacity because of space limitations.  We're not talking a simple remodel, or a new piece of equipment, but needing an addition, if even that is possible.

Got it, back to Pet Peeves....

Retired family members that constantly watch CNBC and take the time to bitch about the economy but will never end up actually doing anything to their portfolio (don't know for sure but pretty sure none of them actually manage their own money anyway) so they're just wasting away involved in an activity that is clearly giving them no pleasure in their retirement years.

Isn't that your right as a retiree? Sit around on the front porch, sip lemonade, and complain full time about the government. Truly the golden years.

In my retirement I abstain from television, listen to NPR, and annoy my peers by ridiculing teabaggers. I'm pleased that the smartest of my neices and nephews claim me as their most interesting relative and sometimes turn to me for advice.

 

One of my pet peeves is having a total stranger from among my age/ethnicity peer group start a conversation with the assumption that because I'm an old white guy, I can't wait to get rid of that socialist in the white house who's trying to bankrupt the nation with his health care takeover, and that I deplore the liberals' attempts to ruin the institution of marriage by letting gays marry each other, which inevitably will start America on a slippery slope toward group marriages and people marrying farm animals.

^ Do you let them know you're gay, bite your tongue, or something between the two?

In my retirement I abstain from television, listen to NPR, and annoy my peers by ridiculing teabaggers. I'm pleased that the smartest of my neices and nephews claim me as their most interesting relative and sometimes turn to me for advice.

 

One of my pet peeves is having a total stranger from among my age/ethnicity peer group start a conversation with the assumption that because I'm an old white guy, I can't wait to get rid of that socialist in the white house who's trying to bankrupt the nation with his health care takeover, and that I deplore the liberals' attempts to ruin the institution of marriage by letting gays marry each other, which inevitably will start America on a slippery slope toward group marriages and people marrying farm animals.

 

Lol. You live in NE Indiana don't you? That shouldn't be a surprise. J/K But I know what you mean. I feel the same way sometimes when people from my demographic group automatically assume that since I'm black, I'm religious and socially conservative. It also irks me when the same people spew homphobic slurs and jokes and assume I share their dislike for homosexuals (which is certainly not the case btw). Even worse, I have family members who blatantly bash gays and still blame everything on "the man." *sigh*

^ Do you let them know you're gay, bite your tongue, or something between the two?

 

It depends upon the situation and the people. I've been officially "out" since I was interviewed with a few other people for a feature series in the morning paper in 1981, and I quit trying to hide my orientation about ten years prior to that. If it's someone who's well-intentioned, I'll break the news gently in private. If it's someone who's a real ass and I can knock his feet out from under him publicly, I'll not pass up the opportunity. For instance, one day at a tavern near the factory, members of our regular lunch group were swapping stories about how we scratched out a living when we were young, uneducated, and inexperienced. I related how after I moved away from home and the home town, I lived at the Y for a year and a half and paid my room rent by operating the old-fashioned manually-controlled elevator on night shift. This was a few years after the Village People's hit, YMCA. Tom, a fresh engineering graduate in a manufacturing management training program and working in our office, Commented that nowadays people would make assumptions about a person's sexual orientation if he lived at the Y.

 

That cocky, quick-mouthed arrogant little prick had been getting on my nerves a lot, ever since he came to work with us. I told him gently, without raising my voice or implying anything with my expression, "Tom, it's common knowledge that GE's published policy prohibits job discrimination based on sexual orientation, and I seriously doubt if anyone in our office hasn't known for years that I'm gay."

 

It was a big, public, shut-up-and-listen lesson for him; his face turned redder than a fresh-spanked twink's butt, and although he continued to go to lunch with us, he kept his mouth shut after that except when he could ask a relevant question. Eventually he came to my cubicle and apologized and said he had no idea. I told him no sweat, lots or people state positions based on assumptions they find out aren't accurate. So, I guess I pulled the rug out from under him, but then let him down gently.