What's on your mind today?

[Buddy]

I hope things work out well for you and yours, Buddy! Sorry to hear about you being suddenly uprooted, but I seem to recall that that house wasn't a very nice place, anyway. I'm looking forward to hearing that you have a better place to live, once you've left the house of the nice old right-wingers. 

Thanks. I don't think it will be too hard for me to bite my tongue. 

[Velma]

Was at a Barnes & Noble bookstore today.  Due to an arthritis flare, I couldn't reach a book on the bottom shelf.  I asked a nearby clerk for help expecting a condescending look and a sigh since arthritis is pretty invisible until it distorts your joints.  I was surprised when he polite and pleasant about it.  I thanked him more than once and made sure to tell the clerk at the check out counter about it so he could pass it along to the manager. 

[Sweetdeath]

Working almost 10 days straight. boo.
hope the paycheck is worth it.

[The Magic Pudding]

Thanks. I don't think it will be too hard for me to bite my tongue. 

No need for that, have a chocolate grasshopper.

Working almost 10 days straight. boo.
hope the paycheck is worth it.

That's no good, have a chocolate grasshopper.


Here's an extra chocolate grasshopper, just in case anyone else is in need of the solace only chocolate covered insects provide.

[Sweetdeath]

Thanks. I don't think it will be too hard for me to bite my tongue. 

No need for that, have a chocolate grasshopper.

Working almost 10 days straight. boo.
hope the paycheck is worth it.

That's no good, have a chocolate grasshopper.


Here's an extra chocolate grasshopper, just in case anyone else is in need of the solace only chocolate covered insects provide.

Mm, i'd try that. only if in dark chocolate 

[Buddy]

Thanks. I don't think it will be too hard for me to bite my tongue.  

No need for that, have a chocolate grasshopper.

Working almost 10 days straight. boo.
hope the paycheck is worth it.

That's no good, have a chocolate grasshopper.


Here's an extra chocolate grasshopper, just in case anyone else is in need of the solace only chocolate covered insects provide.

It'll be my most cherished possession.

[xSilverPhinx]

Looks nice, but there seems to be a big grasshopper in the chocolate. Flies in soup and grasshoppers in chocoloate...no good.

[OldGit]

Good luck, Buddy.  Sit back and think of horses. 

SD, I hope your pay is worth it, too.  How come you draw 10 days straight?

[Tank]

I'm going to have a very hard time maintaining my sanity for a few weeks. We have to move out of our current house tomorrow. Unfortunately for us, we don't have any living arrangements set up due to the suddenness of our eviction. Luckily mom knows an elderly couple who said we can stay with them until our new house is ready. The downfall? They are your stereotypical right-wing Fox watching conservatives. They are nice, but their views are way to religious for my comfort. I want to stay with my brother but he just started a new job and his school starts up again.

Oh dear! Good luck!

[Sweetdeath]

People in my house waking me up early by slamming the door. Really piss me off.

I don't get why consideration is such a foreign thing to most people.

[The Magic Pudding]

My girls have been ill for,,, a week I suppose, (just a winter lurgy) seems longer.
I haven't been ill this winter, I don't want to be, keeping my distance.  It isn't easy though, they are rather huggable.



My UK English firefox spell check has some serious shortcomings, huggable is as near to a universally accepted word as can be.

[DeterminedJuliet]

People in my house waking me up early by slamming the door. Really piss me off.

I don't get why consideration is such a foreign thing to most people.

When we were living in the mad-house in Newfoundland last month, the other toddler that was living with us got up at 6am on his last morning, ran around, then started loudly playing the tin whistle. And his parents let him. I think my exact words were "REALLY?! Are you KIDDING ME?!"

Consideration can be a very rare commodity.

[Amicale]

Was at a Barnes & Noble bookstore today.  Due to an arthritis flare, I couldn't reach a book on the bottom shelf.  I asked a nearby clerk for help expecting a condescending look and a sigh since arthritis is pretty invisible until it distorts your joints.  I was surprised when he polite and pleasant about it.  I thanked him more than once and made sure to tell the clerk at the check out counter about it so he could pass it along to the manager. 

Velma, I'm glad you've discovered that some people who work in customer service genuinely like helping other people. It's sad that you'd feel like you had to automatically expect a look and a sigh. I'm glad you were pleasantly surprised. I've spent some of my teen and all of my adult life so far working with the public in various roles. No matter what you're doing, it REALLY helps to genuinely like other people, and to want to help them. I always get ticked off when I see customer service reps behaving disgustingly at work. If you're so burnt out or such a tough guy that you can't help someone who needs it, then quit your job and give it to someone else who needs a job badly.

[Sweetdeath]

People in my house waking me up early by slamming the door. Really piss me off.

I don't get why consideration is such a foreign thing to most people.

When we were living in the mad-house in Newfoundland last month, the other toddler that was living with us got up at 6am on his last morning, ran around, then started loudly playing the tin whistle. And his parents let him. I think my exact words were "REALLY?! Are you KIDDING ME?!"

Consideration can be a very rare commodity.

Wow, that's wtf. So rude.

[Asmodean]

...And if the kid accidentally fell out of the attic window... Well, accidents do happen.