Let's play "why do you have a cob on?" Who would win?

[ForTheLoveOfGrace]

Things that have seriously irritated me today even more than normal as sleep deprived :-

1. DD not having her listening ears on (No change there then)

1. People who post on social media wishing friends or family a happy birthday with tons pictures of themselves with that said person when all they’re doing is posting pics of them looking fab and are saying “look at me aren’t I gorgeous” get over yourselves.
2. Tailgaters (No change there then) I want to get a big flashing red sign that says ‘fuck off twat’ installed in the back of my car or better yet get out and punch the bastard!
3. Negative depressing people who have nothing but negative things to say! I have to visit this person regularly and it's sooooo draining. Even things going on with other people that don't effect them directly are a complete disaster!

Arrrggghhh! Where is the wine!! Right your turn.....

DS woke up from his nap just as I got phoned for a telephone interview. Did the whole thing with him on my hip and walking around the room. Feel I could have given much better answers!

Dentist running late waited over an hour of my appointed time, nerves were in shreds.

Two arseholes I work with

The fact that my DM can't or won't be objective when it comes to my sibling and doesn't see them for who they truly are. And that other people's lives are seriously effected by this.

Fluffykittenss the feckers seem intent on going around in ever decreasing circles forever - surely it can't be that hard to figure out how unworkable it all is.
Oh and today is just going on for too long. Am starting to think it might be better if I just call a halt to it now. Am sure teen dc won't mind a 6pm bedtime

I recently took on a role (with no extra pay) at work that the previous holder complained was far too much with her other responsibilities, she'd done it for ages, time for someone else to take a turn etc. No one wanted to do it so I, rather reluctantly, agreed on the basis of a more limited scope (which everyone involved knew about and agreed).

Since I took it on, the previous role holder has continually moaned that I'm not doing things she did (despite them having been removed from the role) and questioned (very loudly) every single change I make to improve efficiency. She has also continually sent me e-mails at all times of day and night on my personal e-mail address (knowing that I don't check work e-mail in the evenings/weekends) about it. Following my reply to an e-mail she sent on my personal e-mail (from her personal e-mail) late last night, I have just had the following message (capitals as in her message) 'PLEASE USE MY WORK E-MAIL ADDRESS FOR WORK E-MAIL AND NOTE THAT IF I AM NOT IN THE OFFICE I AM NOT WORKING. IF IT IS IMPORTANT ENOUGH TO CONTACT ME ABOUT IT IS IMPORTANT ENOUGH TO PLAN AHEAD AND SPEAK TO ME IN THE OFFICE. IF NOT IT WILL WAIT UNTIL MONDAY'

I am posting on here in an attempt to avoid typing a response to her that features the letter F more frequently than is professional. I may have to ask my DH to hide all e-mail enabled devices so I can have a glass of wine without risking sending a sweary reponse.

@BartonHollow
The fact that my DM can't or won't be objective when it comes to my sibling and doesn't see them for who they truly are. And that other people's lives are seriously effected by this

It's really frustrating isn't it. My sibling was a thoroughly horrible human (violent, manipulative, constantly cheating on his wife, telling huge lies to get others in serious trouble etc). In my parents' eyes he just made a few mistakes and everything he did wrong was really the fault of someone else.

DH and I have had a rare day off together today. We went for a lovely long walk with the dogs, had lunch. Since we've got home, he's been asleep for 3 hours in the chair......while I've done all the fucking housework, bathed the dogs and am now trying to find the energy to tackle the ironing mountain.

If I come back in another life, I'm coming back as a fucking man. Sorry about my language

My mum died six weeks ago and she's STILL dead. Despite me absent mindedly dialling her number earlier today

My mum died six weeks ago and she's STILL dead. Despite me absent mindedly dialling her number earlier today. It really sucks when you forget, only to remember again

Shins-😕

@lovelygreenjumper

Oh I know the sort. Just breathe deep, stop her emails and messages from coming to you for now - switch off the notifications and then when your'e back in work cart on as normal and wait for her to tackle you directly about whatever she's not happy about.

It'll drive her mad that you haven't taken the bait and responded to her emails and whatnot so remain calm and do nothing at all and she's unlikely to be able to help herself.

When she comes directly to you with whatever her beef and gripe may be, just say in a light, friendly tone of voice "Oh OK.. do you want this back then? I don't mind at all if you feel there's a better way and want to take it back off my hands then by all means"

Make sure you say it super nice and friendly and when the office is full / others are around.

Give her every chance to call you out and either shut up or and dig herself a hole of monolithic proportion and look a right fucking idiot as she goes :)

@lovelygreenjumper

Yeah.. the specific thing that has triggered me to post that I can't go into it but they are a superficial, manipulative, ego driven, liar who has never knowingly not had an agenda, but has my DM (and a lot of other people to be honest) entirely fooled.

Frustrating barely covers it

Sorry you have the same torture

@shins

A poem for you

Long Distance II by Tony Harrison

Though my mother was already two years dead
Dad kept her slippers warming by the gas,
put hot water bottles her side of the bed
and still went to renew her transport pass.

You couldn't just drop in. You had to phone.
He'd put you off an hour to give him time
to clear away her things and look alone
as though his still raw love were such a crime.

He couldn't risk my blight of disbelief
though sure that very soon he'd hear her key
scrape in the rusted lock and end his grief.
He knew she'd just popped out to get the tea.

I believe life ends with death, and that is all.
You haven't both gone shopping; just the same,
in my new black leather phone book there's your name
and the disconnected number I still call.

Aw thanks Bartonhollow ❤.I actually read that years ago in college, along with "Bookends" and I had to dig them out again, breaks my heart even more now.

@Parly - sage advice- thank you

@BartonHollow - I know what you mean about always having an agenda. I have completely cut all contact with mine now (mainly for the sake of my children as he is not someone I'd want them to get to know) but my parents still speak about him to my children as if he is a wonderful person that hopefully one day they will meet. I am left to field questions from the DC about why that won't happen.

@shins for you - I still phone my mum nearly ten years on from losing her!

I've had 4 appointments for root canal and they can't get me numb. Same again today. (with the endodontist, so it's not just my normal dentist I'm seeing).
After an hour of torture in the chair, and 5 hundred and 70 squillion jags, I've had a numb face most of the day, now it's worn off, my face hurts, my jaw aches, I have to go back in 2 months for more torture treatment, and I've got a cunt of a headache.
I'm not being grumpy, but I am planning to go to bed early!

@shins for you. It’s tough. 6 years on and I can’t bear to delete her number.

shins

Parly But I'm so coooooooooooooooooooooooooooooold It's the horizontal sleet that gets me.

Shins

@derxa But I'm so coooooooooooooooooooooooooooooold It's the horizontal sleet that gets me

You're posh we call it "sideways rain" here. Said with broad Northern accent -

"You know that sideways rain?"
"Oooh yeah sideways rain it's awful init that sideways rain..."

To be fair it's been shite weather and those poor lambs had about two days of sunshine and thinking everything was ace before they got blasted full-on with sideways rain.

Dh switching between an old shitty top gear episode (not even an interesting one ) and an episode of Aircrash investigation when dd and I want to watch Supervet with the delicious Noel ❤️

FUCKING DP, lying and claiming he didn't take the money I had put by for DS new trainers to put on a race at Cheltenham, then taking my bank card to lift more money to put on a race, oh and he didn't get paid today, fucking great!

Work was hard going and I feel like shit because I've had a migraine for 4 days now and keep forgetting to take tablets to keep it at bay.

DS 10 being a complete PITA over the bloody Xbox.

I always look forward to my weekends and someone dp always fucks it up and puts me in a mood at some point.

Realising that after a week away in a place where I have met up with some really good old friends I have to go back to the shitty town I live in where they hate me for being an outsider and I have no friends there