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<blockquote data-quote="hearts and roses" data-source="post: 307930" data-attributes="member: 2211"><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: royalblue">A year ago this would have been a vent primarily revolving around difficult child and her antics. Thankfully for a little tool called "detachment", this is happily no longer the case.</span></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: royalblue">Oh, don't get me wrong, I could vent about difficult child's room looking like a cyclone went through it, or the fact that she sleeps at her boyfriend's house more nights than she does home, or that she only lifts a helping hand when asked, but then, hey, this isn't about difficult child...hahaha. At least she lifts a helping hand when asked, I have that don't I? And at least she's still working, and at least she's been respectful towards H and me.</span></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: royalblue">No, my primary stress vent would concern my job. Last September I had a major portion of my responsibilities taken from me - unceremoniously and without any REAL explanation, except the constant reassurance that it was not due to a lack of trust. Since then, I've witnessed countless errors by our bookkeeper...but you know, I have to bite my tongue because it only looks like I'm whining about not having my job. on the other hand, I could probably enter a BeJeweled contest and come out the Gand Poobah Winner of BeJeweled, I've gotten that good this past year, what, with nothing else to do, after all. I think I'm up over the 4 million mark on the timed game - not too shabby, eh? </span></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: royalblue">So, more about my job. I need more money. But after reading the above paragraph one would wonder why I should get more money, right? Even me. I am overdue for a review (Jan 2009) and have asked 3 times - my boss is avoiding me. Oh, did I also mention that my boss is also my brother in law who I've known since I was 12? Yah. </span></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: royalblue">Again, back to the job. My gfgnephew works there. He's collecting a nice salary for doing nothing, makes up fantastic lies to get out of the office for HOURS at a time. We're moving into a new location soon and I learned that he will no longer be in a cubicle - nope, he's getting his very own office with a closing door. So now he can hide in there playing videos and computer games (who am I to talk?) at all times without being caught. The other day I walked out of my office (I already have a door!) and noticed that he had rigged his Nintendo game up to the office projector and up on his cubible wall he was playing a Mario Brothers game of some kind. I just asked him, "Really?" and he later took it down. I mean, yeesh!</span></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: royalblue">So, yeah, about my job. I have nothing to do, what I do have to do is so NON-challenging that I get bored and then I don't do it, and I'm not getting paid enough to live. </span></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: royalblue">Another stress vent I have is that my H has STILL not made any further progress on our upper home addition. From the outside, it looks complete and beautiful, but on the inside, well, we're still living in a shoebox. I HATE when people ask, "My, it must be so nice to have all that added space, huh?" I just want to punch them. Or H. </span></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: royalblue">And lastly, I hate that I can spend 4 hours cleaning my house spotless, breaking a major sweat, making everything so clean it practically gleams and you could probably eat off the floor (well, er, except that the dogs walk all over and lick it too, ew!) and it only takes one man (H) to ruin it all in minutes. Then when I sigh, he asks me, "What?" ARGH.</span></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #4169e1">But, like Abbey, I feel pretty good today, so I will skip the vent. Hugs to everyone - we deserve it!!</span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hearts and roses, post: 307930, member: 2211"] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=4][COLOR=royalblue]A year ago this would have been a vent primarily revolving around difficult child and her antics. Thankfully for a little tool called "detachment", this is happily no longer the case.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=4][COLOR=royalblue]Oh, don't get me wrong, I could vent about difficult child's room looking like a cyclone went through it, or the fact that she sleeps at her boyfriend's house more nights than she does home, or that she only lifts a helping hand when asked, but then, hey, this isn't about difficult child...hahaha. At least she lifts a helping hand when asked, I have that don't I? And at least she's still working, and at least she's been respectful towards H and me.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=4][COLOR=royalblue]No, my primary stress vent would concern my job. Last September I had a major portion of my responsibilities taken from me - unceremoniously and without any REAL explanation, except the constant reassurance that it was not due to a lack of trust. Since then, I've witnessed countless errors by our bookkeeper...but you know, I have to bite my tongue because it only looks like I'm whining about not having my job. on the other hand, I could probably enter a BeJeweled contest and come out the Gand Poobah Winner of BeJeweled, I've gotten that good this past year, what, with nothing else to do, after all. I think I'm up over the 4 million mark on the timed game - not too shabby, eh? [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=4][COLOR=royalblue]So, more about my job. I need more money. But after reading the above paragraph one would wonder why I should get more money, right? Even me. I am overdue for a review (Jan 2009) and have asked 3 times - my boss is avoiding me. Oh, did I also mention that my boss is also my brother in law who I've known since I was 12? Yah. [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=4][COLOR=royalblue]Again, back to the job. My gfgnephew works there. He's collecting a nice salary for doing nothing, makes up fantastic lies to get out of the office for HOURS at a time. We're moving into a new location soon and I learned that he will no longer be in a cubicle - nope, he's getting his very own office with a closing door. So now he can hide in there playing videos and computer games (who am I to talk?) at all times without being caught. The other day I walked out of my office (I already have a door!) and noticed that he had rigged his Nintendo game up to the office projector and up on his cubible wall he was playing a Mario Brothers game of some kind. I just asked him, "Really?" and he later took it down. I mean, yeesh![/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=4][COLOR=royalblue]So, yeah, about my job. I have nothing to do, what I do have to do is so NON-challenging that I get bored and then I don't do it, and I'm not getting paid enough to live. [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=4][COLOR=royalblue]Another stress vent I have is that my H has STILL not made any further progress on our upper home addition. From the outside, it looks complete and beautiful, but on the inside, well, we're still living in a shoebox. I HATE when people ask, "My, it must be so nice to have all that added space, huh?" I just want to punch them. Or H. [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=4][COLOR=royalblue]And lastly, I hate that I can spend 4 hours cleaning my house spotless, breaking a major sweat, making everything so clean it practically gleams and you could probably eat off the floor (well, er, except that the dogs walk all over and lick it too, ew!) and it only takes one man (H) to ruin it all in minutes. Then when I sigh, he asks me, "What?" ARGH.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=4][COLOR=#4169e1]But, like Abbey, I feel pretty good today, so I will skip the vent. Hugs to everyone - we deserve it!![/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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