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| knockmesilly |
Posted - 03/08/2008 : 02:07:01
i like to have coffee at work.
we have a coffee-maker there.
i gave my two weeks notice, and, a few days later, the carafe disappears.
when i inquired about it, my boss said she took it home bc it was sooo gross that she wanted to give it a good scrub.
a week later and it's still gone.
fact: each nite before closing i empty and wash the carafe. it's not gross at all; in fact, it's rather clean.
but i don't let it stop me. i just steep a cup of coffee and keep it on my desk for her to see. a few days later she brings the carafe back. it looks exactly the same as when it left--there's the faint coffee stain on the lid. she says she couldn't get the stain off.
had she scrubbed it like she said she was gonna, that stain would have been gone, seeing that a wipe w a damp paper towel usually does the trick.
although she says she did, she didn't clean it.
she's not one to do anything requiring extra work and lugging a glass carafe around isn't her style. it's probably been in her car all this time. plus, she doesn't even drink coffee and never concerns herself with it.
this whole "i'm gonna scrub it" thing is a first for her, and i've been there 3 yrs.
but that's my boss. always playing games.
it's her way of punishing me for leaving a dead-end job.
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| ChocolateLady |
Posted - 03/13/2008 : 07:26:51
See, now... I was hoping that this thread would be for people to put up their favourite and/or most recent "this ticks me off" stories. Oh well... |
| Montgomery |
Posted - 03/12/2008 : 19:12:15
quote:
Originally posted by Rovark
quote:
Originally posted by knockmesilly
i heard it put like this once:
life's a $hit sandwich and every day u gotta take a bite.
different days, different size bites.
... And the more bread you got, the less $hit you gota eat
Wow! I thought this thread would be fun. But honestly, I'm really depressed now. 
By the way. You don't have to take a bite of the shit sandwich. Just wave it off and say, "No thanks. I'm on a diet." 
EM :) |
| Rovark |
Posted - 03/10/2008 : 13:32:30
quote:
Originally posted by knockmesilly
i heard it put like this once:
life's a $hit sandwich and every day u gotta take a bite.
different days, different size bites.
... And the more bread you got, the less $hit you gota eat |
| Sean |
Posted - 03/10/2008 : 00:30:43
Life = birth, school, work, death. |
| w22dheartlivie |
Posted - 03/09/2008 : 22:28:50
"Why?"
"Because."
"Because why?"
"Because I can." |
| knockmesilly |
Posted - 03/09/2008 : 17:19:01
i heard it put like this once:
life's a $hit sandwich and every day u gotta take a bite.
different days, different size bites.
the never-ending sandwich.
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entering the highway this morning, the two entrance lanes become one and merge, and this guy on his cell in his little convertible bmw just has to zoom up and fill the left lane next to me right when the two lanes become one, and instead of zooming past--slows. our cars inches apart. i brake. he goes past. then on the highway, he drives slow enough, i have to go around him. why dude?
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| Whippersnapper. |
Posted - 03/09/2008 : 15:24:31
quote:
Originally posted by duh
Life's a bitch and then you die. 
Life's a sexually transmitted condition with a 100% fatality rate.
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| Koli |
Posted - 03/09/2008 : 13:51:01
quote:
Originally posted by Whippersnapper
Possible solutions:
1. Get rid of your dishes.
2. Get rid of the dishwasher.
3. Get rid of the sink.
4. Get rid of your family.
I'm trying option 1. The cardboard plates seem okay but I dislike the cups - and the bowls seem bad for the carpet.
I try to ensure that one of our two strapping teenagers empties and refills the dishwasher each day, but it can be a struggle to achieve compliance, and we have to wait for hours when the 18-year-old youth (no longer a boy, you see) lies in bed until the afternoon.
But I've just had a rewarding session descaling the coffee machine. It started as a chore but now I can visualise the improvement next time I use it and can't wait to reinstall the bits that are currently awaiting a dishwasher experience.
Incidentally, the 18 year old bought his first car yesterday. Just like his dad did 33 years ago, he washed it as soon as he got it home. (In fact I think I washed mine twice on the first day.) This in stark contrast to his aversion to tidying up his room or cleaning the bathroom. Odd, that. |
| ChocolateLady |
Posted - 03/09/2008 : 09:09:47
quote:
Originally posted by duh
I think there is something wrong with me. I'm female but would much rather clean a barn or a garage than clean a house. I have very little difficulty just not seeing housework that needs to be done. Why do housework? There are so many far more interesting, CREATIVE things to do! I'll do housework when I'm dead, ha-ha, cause then it won't drive me completely stir-crazy with boredom.
As a very young child, I observed how hard my mother worked on her house and I remember thinking, "That's not for me."
However, I like the results of housecleaning even if I don't care to engage in the activity. Bummer.
Yes, I have the same problem, except that my mother was an even worse housekeeper than I am. From what I can see, my kids will probably have cleaner homes than mine - at least they all seem to keep their rooms mostly tidy (well, cleaner than I used to keep my room at their ages). My daughter will actually clean the rest of the house, if I pay her. My oldest son was complaining about it the other day said it was my fault, to which I replied "yes, it is my fault for not teaching my children to help around the house or at least clean up after themselves instead of trash it". That shut him up pretty quicly.
quote:
I 'lost' the past week. Had the flu. Damn I was sick. Missed work all week and finally started feeling better today.
Glad you're on the road to recovery!
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| duh |
Posted - 03/09/2008 : 08:25:48
quote:
Originally posted by Whippersnapper
Possible solutions:
1. Get rid of your dishes.
2. Get rid of the dishwasher.
3. Get rid of the sink.
4. Get rid of your family.
LOL!!!!!!!!
I think there is something wrong with me. I'm female but would much rather clean a barn or a garage than clean a house. I have very little difficulty just not seeing housework that needs to be done. Why do housework? There are so many far more interesting, CREATIVE things to do! I'll do housework when I'm dead, ha-ha, cause then it won't drive me completely stir-crazy with boredom.
As a very young child, I observed how hard my mother worked on her house and I remember thinking, "That's not for me."
However, I like the results of housecleaning even if I don't care to engage in the activity. Bummer.
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I 'lost' the past week. Had the flu. Damn I was sick. Missed work all week and finally started feeling better today.
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Life's a bitch and then you die. |
| w22dheartlivie |
Posted - 03/09/2008 : 01:30:54
Although I could, and maybe should, go on endlessly about the problem of my sister, I'll just mention this one. She lived in this house for over 20 years before moving. The house is 100 years old, with a metal roof over the kitchen area. Well.
Apparently there was a minor leak in the metal roof and either my sister or one of her many very handy friends "fixed" it by nailing a piece of rubber over the hole. Now there are 4 minor leaks in the roof, which left the drywall on the ceiling open to leaks, with the logical results.
Needless to say, I've been able to address the leaks from the inside of the exposed corner temporarily. I got some of those thin aluminum pie pans, cut out circular patches and applied them to the cleaned up nail holes with a wonderful little product called JB Weld, which is used to seal holes in metallic things (such as automobile radiators).
My sister's response to all of this? "Oh, I didn't think about that."
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| knockmesilly |
Posted - 03/08/2008 : 21:18:11
make this the house rule:
whoever prepares dinner does not do dishes.
if you didn't cook, you clean.
period.
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| Whippersnapper. |
Posted - 03/08/2008 : 19:33:00
Possible solutions:
1. Get rid of your dishes.
2. Get rid of the dishwasher.
3. Get rid of the sink.
4. Get rid of your family.
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| Montgomery |
Posted - 03/08/2008 : 17:39:09
quote:
Originally posted by ChocolateLady
Yeah, sure. I've got one.
Can anyone tell me how I can get my family to put their dirty dishes into the empty dishwasher? Seriously, I even leave the damned door open so they can get the hint. But oh, no... I have to come home to an empty dishwasher and a sink full of dirty dishes.
(My gripe for today. But I got a million of them!)
I have that same gripe. My husband, for some reason, doesn't like to put the dishes into the dishwasher -- which is just an arm's reach away.
And what really irks me, is when I have just spent time putting all the dishes that were in the sink into the dishwasher and then a second later, he has put another dish into the sink again. I can't stand when someone doesn't respect a clean area.
EM :)
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| BaftaBaby |
Posted - 03/08/2008 : 08:16:22
quote:
Originally posted by ChocolateLady
Yeah, sure. I've got one.
Can anyone tell me how I can get my family to put their dirty dishes into the empty dishwasher? Seriously, I even leave the damned door open so they can get the hint. But oh, no... I have to come home to an empty dishwasher and a sink full of dirty dishes.
(My gripe for today. But I got a million of them!)
Leave the dirty dishes in the sink. Only wash up your own dish, dry it and keep it in your handbag. If they complain, just say: You know what to do.
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