Random Thoughts XI (Eleven Pipers Piping)

[BCClone]

@BCClone this is for you..........

Huh????? What am I missing here?

 

[harimad]

Huh????? What am I missing here?

Blank Space.

He's quoting T-Swifty at you.

 

[BCClone]

If I remember correctly, hubby-to-be (at the time) was there. I may have been in a bikini. It was 20 years ago, when I could actually wear a bikini.

Don't worry I've never been able to wear one.

 

[GTO]

When did putting ice in drinks become a thing? Isn't it pretty much an American thing? Doesn't Europe still usually drink things without ice?

Savages!

 

[CloneLawman]

Savages!

Homo indomitus!

 

[SCyclone]

The best bartending tip I ever got was this: nothing ruined more parties than running out of ice.

 

[SCyclone]

Huh????? What am I missing here?

Well, I tried to post a really nice picture of three girls in bikinis, but apparently the mods squashed it.

 

[Cybirdy]

Don't worry I've never been able to wear one.

Eh, I still wear one. Except I no longer have the body I did when I was 22. When you mainly go to the public pool all summer, you quickly learn you may not be in the best shape, but there are plenty others who definitely should not be wearing a bikini that do.

 

[GTO]

Crazy, bitchy client contact emails me 5 times in a row while I was at lunch. I respond to every single one of her emails and explained why certain orders did not ship on a specific date (standard process). She responds with: "You could have just said that the delay was your fault; it would have been easier." I wanted to throw my computer against a wall. A co-worker next to me did hear me say under my breath "oh, go **** yourself!"

I know she is just trying to pick a fight at this point, so I basically just ignored her last email. There are days when this job just doesn't pay enough...

 

[jcyclonee]

That's kind of how they served it in Costa Rica. Slightly warmer than lukewarm, but definitely not hot.

I guess I should move to Costa Rica because that's how I like my coffee.

 

[SCyclone]

Crazy, bitchy client contact emails me 5 times in a row while I was at lunch. I respond to every single one of her emails and explained why certain orders did not ship on a specific date (standard process). She responds with: "You could have just said that the delay was your fault; it would have been easier." I wanted to throw my computer against a wall. A co-worker next to me did hear me say under my breath "oh, go **** yourself!"

I know she is just trying to pick a fight at this point, so I basically just ignored her last email. There are days when this job just doesn't pay enough...

See, I get like this more often, too.....and it's making me realize that after 35+ years in the service industry, I'm starting to get just a little burned out.

 

[BoxsterCy]

Retired guy is "working" harder than you employed people who spend you days on CF.

Much shopping (internet and in person browsing) for vanity, vanity light, mirror, toilet, towel rack, grab bars, towel bars, tp holder, tile, grout..............

I wish CG lived in the Twins, would hire her to do this. Biggest problem I have is I like contemporary and it's just not most peoples thing. I thought every single piece at the Tile Shop sucked. Found some cool stuff at a independent tile place that contractor will not like, but my choice. Also, finding a contemporary vanity that is not a an overpriced Chinese internet piece of junk is almost impossible.

 

[cowgirl836]

Checking in. I think I posted on page 1 also. Dang this new job, I actually have to work at it, and can't browse CF all day. I get paid better, so that's a plus, I guess.

Cleavage, distracted drivers, and acronyms, eh?

congrats on the new job! I too, have gotten a new role since the start of the thread. Started to actually feel like it today. Official announcement went out and did some things related to my new role.

Is your job with the same company or elsewhere?

 

[harimad]

Eh, I still wear one. Except I no longer have the body I did when I was 22. When you mainly go to the public pool all summer, you quickly learn you may not be in the best shape, but there are plenty others who definitely should not be wearing a bikini that do.

I know, right? How crazy is that? I hate my body. But I've learned that there are women out there who are jealous of mine, such as it is. Lol.

About six more months of keto, and we'll hopefully get a lot more jealousy out there.

 

[cowgirl836]

Crazy, bitchy client contact emails me 5 times in a row while I was at lunch. I respond to every single one of her emails and explained why certain orders did not ship on a specific date (standard process). She responds with: "You could have just said that the delay was your fault; it would have been easier." I wanted to throw my computer against a wall. A co-worker next to me did hear me say under my breath "oh, go **** yourself!"

I know she is just trying to pick a fight at this point, so I basically just ignored her last email. There are days when this job just doesn't pay enough...

do you need a super passive aggressive reply? Cause I'm great at those for these situations.

 

[cowgirl836]

Birdy, I did 15 push ups this morning. Been trying to do 10 or so a day when I've missed/skipped gym like yesterday. With the amount it sounds like you work out, you darn well should wear a suit that shows it off!

 

[NWICY]

I also wanted to report I am now fully 100% in favor of the row of response icons on each post. People who are so incensed that I posted about the new basketball recruits hometown in the recruitment thread that they just had to respond with a :dislke: to it are quite easy to add to my ignore list. I just watch the alerts, click the name, and tap ignore. Boom!

I didn't really understand what Trevman was so wound about disliking in that thread but I just ignored it. I thought it was kind of interesting to read about areas that I've never been to.

 

[harimad]

congrats on the new job! I too, have gotten a new role since the start of the thread. Started to actually feel like it today. Official announcement went out and did some things related to my new role.

Is your job with the same company or elsewhere?

Congrats to you too! Um. Elsewhere. (I actually started it in May, sorry I don't update more often!)

Elsewhere entirely because old company didn't want to reward me for the most productive year of my career. Between zero salary increase, and the rise in healthcare benefits expenses, I got a nice pay cut out of the deal.

Best part was the honest, one on one, discussion my unit leader had with me about why. Uncertainty over my transition. But oh boy, you should have seen the can of worms that was opened when I mentioned that to HR rep. I didn't even want to do anything legally about it, I just wanted someone besides me to know what was said, and why I wasn't getting what I deserved. Apparently I "misunderstood" what was said. But, no I didn't. I heard him just fine the first time.

New job came with a 9% base salary increase, and I get paid overtime for after-hours work on top of that. I've been averaging 57 hours/week for the last month and a half, so it's been really lucrative!

 

[coolerifyoudid]

Crazy, bitchy client contact emails me 5 times in a row while I was at lunch. I respond to every single one of her emails and explained why certain orders did not ship on a specific date (standard process). She responds with: "You could have just said that the delay was your fault; it would have been easier." I wanted to throw my computer against a wall. A co-worker next to me did hear me say under my breath "oh, go **** yourself!"

I know she is just trying to pick a fight at this point, so I basically just ignored her last email. There are days when this job just doesn't pay enough...

I have a customer that is EXACTLY like her. She did something damn-near identical (except during a conference call) to me once. I legitimately thought she was messing around with me and started cracking up. Then she got pissed off that I was laughing at her and not taking it seriously.

I'm still amazed that someone talks like that to another person in real life.

 

[GTO]

I have a customer that is EXACTLY like her. She did something damn-near identical (except during a conference call) to me once. I legitimately thought she was messing around with me and started cracking up. Then she got pissed off that I was laughing at her and not taking it seriously.

I'm still amazed that someone talks like that to another person in real life.

Agree. She is the only one of all my client contacts who I do not talk to on the phone by myself. She can be downright aggressive and rude, borderline abusive. My boss has had to talk to her boss a few times about her behavior. She derails every meeting and makes us waste all kinds of time on pointless blame-finding expeditions. Anyway, she calmed down after a couple other emails. Her boss probably reeled her in a bit.