Random Grrr For the Day

Peledreamsofrain · March 2013

This is unapologetically random; you've been warned!

My coworker who shares my half cubicle is a really nice lady who brings candy to work for everyone, which is sweet. Unfortunately that means my cubicle is visited A LOT during the day. She recently got this electric dispenser that does not itself drive me crazy, but rather how it's used drives me batty.

It has a sensitive hands free dispenser that should be easy to use, but if your hand isn't still, spew candy everywhere. Every. Person. Who. Uses. It. Spews candy everywhere, giggles about it and makes a big deal, then looks to me to share the apparent fun. It's friggin candy on the floor, we aren't 4, you've had 3 months to learn how to use it, and I'm here to work, not share the apparent joy over something so assinine and incompetant.

I've put up with it for months, figuring people would learn how to use it. No dice. I want to bring a hammer in and destroy it in front of the next moron xho can't handle a candy dispenser.

That's about all I got. Sorry about posting on mobile, can't use office computer for obvious reasons.

misshart00 · March 2013

Can you accidentally knock it off and break it?

AddieCake · March 2013

That would drive me insane. I hope they clean the candy up.

Peledreamsofrain · March 2013

You know, at this point I honestly can't knock it over without maniacally laughing and crying afterwards. That might come off as crazy

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Peledreamsofrain · March 2013

That is pretty annoying Liatris. I'd have been in a snit. I like this idea of sharing Grrrs! Any more out there in Chit chat land?

egeurts · March 2013

My random Grrrr is that I have a very expensive medication that I'm on (like, several hundred dollars a month expensive) and since I'm under 26 I'm still on my dad's insurance. Thankfully, my dad has agreed to pay for it until our deductible is met. I have a credit card that is linked to his account, but we live in two different states. EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. I go to the pharmacy, it refuses to ring up my meds because it thinks its fraud, despite the fact that my dad and I have called the credit card company 4 times now. Instead, we go to the pharmacy, try to pay for it, it doesn't work, I leave in tears, we call the credit card company again, and I have to go back later. Every. Single. Time. GRRRRRR.

rsanna · March 2013

If I had to deal with that Pele I think I would start throwing the candy at people. Not really, but I would think about it, or perfect my stink eye.

And the cable company and egeurts credit card company. Rage. Mine is actually similar. I have a credit card with chase and their online system will not load the freaking account activity page or let me pay off my bill which is just the topping of their stupid system which is constantly incorrect in my balance/available/credit/pending charges. Every time I tell them it is wrong, I get treated like a 5 year old because it magically gets fixed between when I contact them and they respond so they think I'm dumb.

Peledreamsofrain · March 2013

In Response to Re:Random Grrr For the Day:[QUOTE]If I had to deal with that Pele I think I would start throwing the candy at people.nbsp; Not really, but I would think about it, or perfect my stink eye. And the cable company and egeurts credit card company.nbsp; Rage.nbsp; Mine is actually similar. I have a credit card with chase and their online system will not load the freaking account activity page or let me pay off my bill which is just the topping of their stupid system which is constantly incorrect in my balance/available/credit/pending charges. Every time I tell them it is wrong, I get treated like a 5 year old because it magically gets fixed between when I contact them and they respond so they think I'm dumb. Posted by rsanna[/QUOTE]

Ooo i hate credit card call lines. Definite grrs guys!

beardownbchs · March 2013

I work in a very small office and most of the employees are overweight. I'm not stick-thin, but I'm healthy. They ordered pizza for lunch and we all sat and ate together. Today, just like EVERY SINGLE OTHER TIME WE EAT, thye keep telling me, "You're so thin - keep eating! Eat more! Blah blah!".

Why is it socially okay for people to tell me than I'm too thin and need to eat more, but it's not okay for me to tell them they're too fat and to eat less?

End grr.

PrettyGirlLost · March 2013

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_chit-chat_random-grrr-for-the-day?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:14Discussion:962c5f8c-30ba-4322-9cd9-094d7e4edbcbPost:0615cd7b-7d2d-4ed2-b199-9a7c6ed1337c">Random Grrr For the Day</a>:
[QUOTE]This is unapologetically random; you've been warned! *snip!*
Posted by Peledreamsofrain[/QUOTE]

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Peledreamsofrain · March 2013

In Response to Re:Random Grrr For the Day:[QUOTE]In Response to Random Grrr For the Day:This is unapologetically random; you've been warned! snip!Posted by PeledreamsofrainMay I suggest this: <a href="http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/8a0f/" rel="nofollow">http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/8a0f/</a> Posted by cmsciulli[/QUOTE]

Ahaha! I totally have a coworker who is deadly with rubber bands. I should escalate with this!

misshart00 · March 2013

In Response to Re:Random Grrr For the Day:[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Random Grrr For the Day:I work in a very small office and most of the employees are overweight. I'm not stickthin, but I'm healthy. They ordered pizza for lunch and we all sat and ate together. Today, just like EVERY SINGLE OTHER TIME WE EAT, thye keep telling me, "You're so thinnbsp; keep eating! Eat more! Blah blah!". Why is it sociallynbsp;okay for people to tell me than I'm too thin and need to eat more, but it's not okay for me to tell them they're too fat and to eat less? End grr.Posted by beardownbchsThis is a pet peeve of mine. And of course if you reply with, "You're so fat, eat less." you're the bad guy. Posted by Liatris2010[/QUOTE]

I completely agree. When I was younger, I had a high metabolism so always stayed very thin. People always accused me of having an eating disorder.

Peledreamsofrain · March 2013

In Response to Re:Random Grrr For the Day:[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Random Grrr For the Day:I work in a very small office and most of the employees are overweight. I'm not stickthin, but I'm healthy. They ordered pizza for lunch and we all sat and ate together. Today, just like EVERY SINGLE OTHER TIME WE EAT, thye keep telling me, "You're so thinnbsp; keep eating! Eat more! Blah blah!". Why is it sociallynbsp;okay for people to tell me than I'm too thin and need to eat more, but it's not okay for me to tell them they're too fat and to eat less? End grr.Posted by beardownbchsThis is a pet peeve of mine. And of course if you reply with, "You're so fat, eat less." you're the bad guy. Posted by Liatris2010[/QUOTE]

I have the same problem, but with height. It's so embarrassing when people treat me like a circus freak because I'm tall. But screw me if I call them short. Makes me want to smack them.

misshart00 · March 2013

In Response to Re:Random Grrr For the Day:[QUOTE]In Response to Re:Random Grrr For the Day:In Response to Re: Random Grrr For the Day:I work in a very small office and most of the employees are overweight. I'm not stickthin, but I'm healthy. They ordered pizza for lunch and we all sat and ate together. Today, just like EVERY SINGLE OTHER TIME WE EAT, thye keep telling me, "You're so thinnbsp; keep eating! Eat more! Blah blah!". Why is it sociallynbsp;okay for people to tell me than I'm too thin and need to eat more, but it's not okay for me to tell them they're too fat and to eat less? End grr.Posted by beardownbchsThis is a pet peeve of mine. And of course if you reply with, "You're so fat, eat less." you're the bad guy. Posted by Liatris2010

I have the same problem, but with height. It's so embarrassing when people treat me like a circus freak because I'm tall. But screw me if I call them short. Makes me want to smack them. Posted by Peledreamsofrain[/QUOTE]

I have a friend who's 6 foot 8. People ask him all the time if he's good at basketball. He asks them if they're good at being jockeys. It usually shuts them up pretty fast.

Peledreamsofrain · March 2013

In Response to Re:Random Grrr For the Day:[QUOTE]In Response to Re:Random Grrr For the Day:In Response to Re:Random Grrr For the Day:In Response to Re: Random Grrr For the Day:I work in a very small office and most of the employees are overweight. I'm not stickthin, but I'm healthy. They ordered pizza for lunch and we all sat and ate together. Today, just like EVERY SINGLE OTHER TIME WE EAT, thye keep telling me, "You're so thinnbsp; keep eating! Eat more! Blah blah!". Why is it sociallynbsp;okay for people to tell me than I'm too thin and need to eat more, but it's not okay for me to tell them they're too fat and to eat less? End grr.Posted by beardownbchsThis is a pet peeve of mine. And of course if you reply with, "You're so fat, eat less." you're the bad guy. Posted by Liatris2010

I have the same problem, but with height. It's so embarrassing when people treat me like a circus freak because I'm tall. But screw me if I call them short. Makes me want to smack them. Posted by Peledreamsofrain

I have a friend who's 6 foot 8. People ask him all the time if he's good at basketball. He asks them if they're good at being jockeys. It usually shuts them up pretty fast. Posted by misshart00[/QUOTE]

I actually used that once! The lady was grabbing my clothes and nattering on and on about how lucky I was to be tall and how I should pkay basketball. Boy did she give me a dirty look. At least she went away and stopped touching me.

AJuliaNJ · March 2013

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_chit-chat_random-grrr-for-the-day?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:14Discussion:962c5f8c-30ba-4322-9cd9-094d7e4edbcbPost:b6c68238-abfc-47bf-a92d-c543f4146976">Re: Random Grrr For the Day</a>:
[QUOTE]I shared a bigger GRRRR with you yesterday, but I have another general one. So, I'm a consultant and am "on the bench", meaning I'm not working on a project and am available to do training, internal projects, or surf TK. So, I got a call on Tuesday saying there was a project they might want to staff me on. The client interviewed someone else who was technical and wanted someone who is more functional and can interact wtih the non-techy business people. The guy who is in charge of talking to hte client to see what they want & trying to find a consultant that matches talked to her and took notes. He asked me the questions she asked and he said I was a perfect match. Next day, he sends her my resume and she basicaly says "well, she doesn't have experience doing x, y, z" (which is what the first person could do). Make up your mind, woman!!!!!
Posted by TXKristan[/QUOTE]<div>
</div><div>Way to get your hopes up! That sucks. </div><div>
</div><div>This reminds me of an old GRRR. I was contacted by a recruiter in my field about a really exciting opportunity. I had to do a pretty involved project before even talking to anyone at the company. The recruiter got back to me and said the company wanted to interview me and have me present my project via Webex. She set up an inconvenient time for a phone call for someone who already works (think 2:30 or another time that doesn't easily match up with a lunch, late start, or early departure). I took a half day at work, went home, signed into the Webex with my presentation ready to go. Five minutes into our appointment time, the interviewer hadn't shown up, and my phone starts to ring. It was the recruiter saying the company wanted to review other resumes first. To this day, I ignore any contact from her and would never consider that company (thank goodness they are a small startup and easy to avoid). WTH?

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rsanna · March 2013

FI has the same problem and he's never played basketball in his life. I'm short, however, so usually I get stupid comments involving not being tall enough to do something *eyeroll*. We haven't, however, dealt with comments about our height differences though. So I have some faith.

Re the weight and eating: When I was younger, a friend's mom said I wasn't allowed to come over and play with them because I was too skinny and looked sickly. -__-"

Knottie_22382452 · March 2013

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_chit-chat_random-grrr-for-the-day?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding BoardsForum:14Discussion:962c5f8c-30ba-4322-9cd9-094d7e4edbcbPost:0615cd7b-7d2d-4ed2-b199-9a7c6ed1337c">Random Grrr For the Day</a>:
[QUOTE]This is unapologetically random; you've been warned! My coworker who shares my half cubicle is a really nice lady who brings candy to work for everyone, which is sweet. Unfortunately that means my cubicle is visited A LOT during the day. She recently got this electric dispenser that does not itself drive me crazy, but rather how it's used drives me batty. It has a sensitive hands free dispenser that should be easy to use, but if your hand isn't still, spew candy everywhere. Every. Person. Who. Uses. It. Spews candy everywhere, giggles about it and makes a big deal, then looks to me to share the apparent fun. It's friggin candy on the floor, we aren't 4, you've had 3 months to learn how to use it, and I'm here to work, not share the apparent joy over something so assinine and incompetant. I've put up with it for months, figuring people would learn how to use it. No dice. I want to bring a hammer in and destroy it in front of the next moron xho can't handle a candy dispenser. That's about all I got. Sorry about posting on mobile, can't use office computer for obvious reasons.
Posted by Peledreamsofrain[/QUOTE]

Whatever happened to just having a nicely decorated candy dish that has a sign stating "help yourself to a sweet treat". It would drive me batty as well.

allychase · March 2013

In Response to Re:Random Grrr For the Day:[QUOTE]I work in a very small office and most of the employees are overweight. I'm not stickthin, but I'm healthy. They ordered pizza for lunch and we all sat and ate together. Today, just like EVERY SINGLE OTHER TIME WE EAT, thye keep telling me, "You're so thinnbsp; keep eating! Eat more! Blah blah!".Why is it sociallynbsp;okay for people to tell me than I'm too thin and need to eat more, but it's not okay for me to tell them they're too fat and to eat less?End grr. Posted by beardownbchs[/QUOTE]

Omg this

winelover123 · March 2013

My grr of the day - I'm fairly certain all my work from today and yesterday is lost. I'm hoping my boss can recover it. It's a lot of work I don't want to redo.....

Peledreamsofrain · March 2013

I just don't understand why society doesn't just accept that discussing a stranger's or acquaintance's physical features at all is unwelcome and creepers.

libby2483 · March 2013

This is completely random, but I hate when people say sister-in-laws or brother-in-laws. It is sisters-in-law or brothers-in-law. My coworker said this incorrectly at least 5 times in a conversation we had today. I realize that this is a completely irrational thing to be annoyed about, but it is a pet peeve of mine.

MoonlightSilver · March 2013

My Grrr of the day:

Back in the early winter (think, November) I applied for a job. I got a call back to go in for, what I thought was an interview. I drove an hour to their location, only to have the lady ask me to fill out application paperwork. Once I filled it all out (another hour) she asked me where my experience was with X- I don't have any business experience, but I do have lots of personal and volunteer experience. Well then she asked me to go home and write up about that experience, since I guess all that paperwork I filled out was not important/needed/good enough.

So I wrote her more about me, and she sent my info onto the next guy up. He called me, asked me for a meeting, but I couldn't when he asked because I was working. He said he'd call back with another time / day.

Of course, he never did. Now I get a call from the woman again two weeks ago. She left a voicemail, so I called her back. No answer. Called her again a few days later, no answer. She hasn't called me back. I get the odd feeling she'll finally call me back next week when I'm out of state.

That was long. But now I feel better.

ravenray · March 2013

That would drive me crazy Pele. Can you throw candy at them?

My Grrr of the day: (school related of course)

In my Theory class our final paper was supposed to be due tonight. The teacher emails us on Tuesday pushing it back to Monday (when I'm camping). He is supposed to be editing our rough drafts. So I emailed letting him know that I have no other time than this evening and I need to turn it in by tonight so if he could please send it back to me today. Paper should be due in 4 hours. Not a single email from him.

Should I just edit it and send it in to him this evening? I can't really afford to do it later.

Knottie_22382452 · March 2013

In Response to Re:Random Grrr For the Day:That would drive me crazy Pele.nbsp; Can you throw candy at them? My Grrr of the day: school related of course nbsp; In my Theory class our final paper was supposed to be due tonight. nbsp;The teacher emails us on Tuesday pushing it back to Monday when I'm camping. nbsp;He is supposed to be editing our rough drafts. nbsp;So I emailed letting him know that I have no other time than this evening and I need to turn it in by tonight so if he could please send it back to me today. nbsp;Paper should be due in 4 hours. nbsp;Not a single email from him. nbsp; nbsp; Should I just edit it and send it in to him this evening? nbsp;I can't really afford to do it later. Posted by ravenray I actually had that happen to me once in college as well. I never received anything back and waited 6 hours. I finally just sent in my final with an apology attached that I wasn't going to have time and couldn't wait for the edit. He apologized the following week and he gave me an extra extension day for the final draft/provided me with my edit. I would recommend sending it in now. If he tries to refute it later, you have the proof that you attempted contact. I hope you have an awesome camping trip.

Peledreamsofrain · March 2013

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_chit-chat_random-grrr-for-the-day?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:14Discussion:962c5f8c-30ba-4322-9cd9-094d7e4edbcbPost:3c905864-7673-470f-81ad-ac25a959e436">Re: Random Grrr For the Day</a>:
[QUOTE]My Grrr of the day: Back in the early winter (think, November) I applied for a job. I got a call back to go in for, what I thought was an interview. I drove an hour to their location, only to have the lady ask me to fill out application paperwork. Once I filled it all out (another hour) she asked me where my experience was with X- I don't have any business experience, but I do have lots of personal and volunteer experience. Well then she asked me to go home and write up about that experience, since I guess all that paperwork I filled out was not important/needed/good enough. So I wrote her more about me, and she sent my info onto the next guy up. He called me, asked me for a meeting, but I couldn't when he asked because I was working. He said he'd call back with another time / day. Of course, he never did. Now I get a call from the woman again two weeks ago. She left a voicemail, so I called her back. No answer. Called her again a few days later, no answer. She hasn't called me back. I get the odd feeling she'll finally call me back next week when I'm out of state. That was long. But now I feel better. =)
Posted by MoonlightSilver[/QUOTE]

<div>haha, good, that's the point of Grring :p</div>

PrettyGirlLost · March 2013

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_chit-chat_random-grrr-for-the-day?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:14Discussion:962c5f8c-30ba-4322-9cd9-094d7e4edbcbPost:6a76fcce-b7cb-49c2-9298-993b658fd4d6">Re: Random Grrr For the Day</a>:
[QUOTE]I walked out of a bridal shop during my first wedding because the consultant pinched my arm and made a crack about how skinny (I HATE THAT WORD!) I was. I threw the gown down and asked her if she pinched the arms of her overweight customers and told them how fat they are. I hate comments about my weight and height. (I'm five-eight, too.) I don't think any woman likes to hear remarks about her weight, fat or thin, unless she's been on a radical diet and has lost 200 pounds after much struggle.
Posted by RetreadBride[/QUOTE]

5'8", I hate you! I'm 5'4" bah!

I'm with you all on the weight/apperance comments from strangers, ugh.

Peledreamsofrain · March 2013

Good for you Retread! I bet that lady never mentioned weight to another bride again, since that lost her a sale.

Funny weight related story: My family is a bunch of vikings. If you need a large boulder moved, we're probably your go-to. Line-backer shoulders, large bones, thick skull are the norm.

Of course this means that whenever I'm weighed, it's more accurate to use the calipurs for bodyfat %, because otherwise I always always come out to 'obese' on the BMI.

Before my wedding, my insurance company held a health and wellness fair, where they measured baseline stuff, and in return, you get some money back on your insurance plan. Good deal! So I went, and let myself get poked, prodded, and measured.

Then came the poor poor shell of a man who had to talk to me about my results. He took one look at my BMI, and told me that I was obese, and should lose weight. I SNAPPED. I told him "Look! Right now I'm dieting for my wedding, and eat less than 1,000 calories a day, and run 3 miles every other day. Yet here you sit and tell me that I'm the posterchild for Fattycamp?!?! What else do you want me to do!?!?!?!"

Yeah... I got shuffled out of there quick.

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