What Pisses You Off?

[terri]

I'm a planner.

I am generally prepared for all sorts of unforeseen circumstances.

As such, I have quite a stash of meds, breath mints, assorted grab and go snacks, tissues, ibuprofen, feminine hygiene products, throat lozenges, cough drops, disinfecting wipes, hand sanitizer, spare change and a few single bills all stashed in my desk. My job is pretty unpredictable and it involves working with people and uncertain hours, so I like to have things at the ready, "just in case." Happy Harry's got NOTHING on my desk, tyvm.

The problem is... my coworkers know this. And they rely on me to have this stuff for them, too. Which I typically don't mind. I think it's the nurturing mom part of my personality or something. Whatever.

What pisses me off?

I dragged myself in to work today, when all I wanted to do was curl up in my feetie pajamas with a jar of VapoRub and watch Lifetime and Dr Oz. I feel like death is imminent. But - I couldn't call out. Well, I could have -- but I have things to do. Things I don't want to let slide because I have a bad cold. So I came in, knowing that I'm loaded for bear with whatever I might need to get through the day.

Except... my supplies have been almost fully depleted. And I just grabbed my last anti-viral Kleenex from a box of tissues I haven't, personally, needed to use in months. So, now, when I am actually feeling ill, I am going to have to drag myself out of my office at lunch time to go buy more supplies to get through the day. This is exactly the scenario I was trying to avoid by having all of my supplies at the ready.

(sigh)

[Chase]

Lock them up!

[daveindelaware]

Yeah, time to keep your supplies to yourself and tell everyone else to get their own and stop mooching.

[motherof3]

Awww Terri that sucks!! Hope you feel better soon!!

[Beau Stockard]

terri,

So, now, when I am actually feeling ill, I am going to have to drag myself out of my office at lunch time to go buy more supplies to get through the day.

I don't have much office worker environment experience , but I always believed that office workers are a pretty cooperative, tight-knit group(maybe I got this impression from watching too many episodes of 'The Office') Isn't there a petty cash pool that you can draw on to resupply your 'stash' ? Is the 'Girl Friday' who was the quintessential 'go-fer ' for the office a thing of the past?

[Bellicose]

I would do exactly what Chase said, I'd put all those things under lock and key from now on.

[Grin]

Feel better Terri

[terri]

terri, I don't have much office worker environment experience , but I always believed that office workers are a pretty cooperative, tight-knit group(maybe I got this impression from watching too many episodes of 'The Office') Isn't there a petty cash pool that you can draw on to resupply your 'stash' ? Is the 'Girl Friday' who was the quintessential 'go-fer ' for the office a thing of the past?

I work for the state. I don't think the taxpayers really want to buy us expensive tissues, cold medicine and feminine hygiene products for our personal use.



The next thing that pisses me off?

Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act of 2005

All I wanted was Mucinex Max D (guaifenesin and pseudophedrine) and a box of plain pseudophedrine, along with a bottle of Nyquil (no pseudophedrine anymore ). I only wanted both because I'm pretty sure my cough will go away if I can get this decongestant to kick in -- and then I'd switch over to the pseudophedrine. (sigh)

I am quite visibly ill - so much so that the cashier was offering me tissues, etc and asking me if I was ok. She warned me that she didn't know if I could buy both, but she consulted a supervisor who took one look at me and told her to try it as two separate transactions, cuz "This looks like someone saying, "My sinuses are killing me and I want to go to sleep'." No dice.

Now I'm just wondering if my license is flagged and if the DEA will be paying me a visit. I hope they don't break my door down while I'm in my Nyquil coma.

And by the way... the fact that phenylephrine is in everything and doesn't do JACK SHIT as a decongestant pisses me off, too.

Anyway - time for footie pajamas, VapoRub and a shot or two of Jose. Alcohol kills germs, I hear.

[max1]

Jose. Alcohol kills germs, I hear.

Sweetheart there's nothing that alcohol wont cure, and if ya run out let ol' uncle cousin daddy Max bring ya a bottle...

[Bellicose]

Should of just asked the person behind you for their license.

[terri]

Should of just asked the person behind you for their license.

Wouldn't that make me look a little desperate and junkie-like? I was trying to avoid that. lol

Besides - there was no one behind me, anyway.

[Bellicose]

Wouldn't that make me look a little desperate and junkie-like? I was trying to avoid that. lol

Besides - there was no one behind me, anyway.

Perhaps, but you would of gotten what you wanted......lol

I was going to say they should of used theirs, but they may have lost their job if they did. Heck they may even have lost their job, if you did ask someone behind you, and they used the license.

[longnecker]

Perhaps, but you would of gotten what you wanted......lol

I was going to say they should of used theirs, but they may have lost their job if they did. Heck they may even have lost their job, if you did ask someone behind you, and they used the license.

Under the circumstances it would have been pretty innocent. Just trying to get what she wanted/needed. But had the wrong person caught wind of her using a false ID it could have been blown way out of proportion.

[Beau Stockard]

terri,

I don't think the taxpayers really want to buy us expensive tissues, cold medicine and feminine hygiene products for our personal use.

Who said anything about taxpayers? Do you work with fellow employees ? Does anyone talk to each other ? If we can share football pools for intra-office betting pleasure, then why can't a few workers chip in for a snack& hygiene doo-dad fund?

[max1]

terri, Who said anything about taxpayers? Do you work with fellow employees ? Does anyone talk to each other ? If we can share football pools for intra-office betting pleasure, then why can't a few workers chip in for a snack& hygiene doo-dad fund?

Because some dickhead will abuse the whole thing and piss everyone else off causing a argument which in turn will case the boss to start writing memos and making us read them and we all know how effin much I hate memos.....

[Bellicose]

Under the circumstances it would have been pretty innocent. Just trying to get what she wanted/needed. But had the wrong person caught wind of her using a false ID it could have been blown way out of proportion.

very true

[Beau Stockard]

max,

Because some dickhead will abuse the whole thing and piss everyone else off

Vote the one abuser guy out. Isn't that how participatory democracy is supposed to work around the office water cooler, or in the neighborhood? ;-)

[motherof3]

You know what really pisses me off?? Getting on my favorite forum site and within the first 5 minutes of reading some innocuous comment is turned into an issue of voting or politics. This is now me.....head....desk...head...desk.....head...desk. ......see a trend here? Cause I sure as hell do!!! I CAN. NOT. WAIT. FOR. NOVEMBER!!!!! Please, please tell me it will all stop then.......please???

[max1]

It wont stop, if 0bamma wins we have to listen to beau stockard shout about how much of a god he is and if he loses I garan-damn -tee this guy will be crying the romney somehow stole it. At first when he came here I tried to debate him but he uses so many lies and then just overloads the whole site its impossible to call him on every lie and he knows it.
Every day however he is exposing himself as the hateful little worm he is I bet he doesnt argue like this with people in person

[Beau Stockard]

It wont stop, if 0bamma wins we have to listen to beau stockard shout about how much of a god he is and if he loses I garan-damn -tee this guy will be crying the romney somehow stole it. At first when he came here I tried to debate him but he uses so many lies and then just overloads the whole site its impossible to call him on every lie and he knows it.
Every day however he is exposing himself as the hateful little worm he is I bet he doesnt argue like this with people in person

You know what really pisses me off?? Getting on my favorite forum site and within the first 5 minutes of reading some innocuous comment is turned into an issue of voting or politics.

Yeah, max, can't you cool it and keep your political comments to the appropriate 'political' threads? lol