The whine and moan thread [Archive]

protege

10-05-2006, 12:38 PM

This week is my old high school's homecoming and I live on the parade route which means people will be clogging my front yard. :cry: How I hate homecoming week and that parade.

I'm glad I live on a dead-end street. Well, at least my block is anyway...the street turns back on itself. Usually, there's very little traffic down there :p

Right now, certain relatives are getting on my nerves about calling/stopping by my house every damn night trying to tell me how to arrange the place. Er, last time I checked, this was *my* house. As if that wasn't enough, up until recently, the kitty was getting on my nerves by pissing on things.

Greenday

10-05-2006, 03:47 PM

My ex-girlfriend calling me every day and wracking up the minutes AND not using Verizon, my friend's boyfriend, calc teacher, Philidelphia teams' fans, Yankees game being post-poned, roommate being a slob, one of my neighbors thinks Tom Brady rocks...

Jpurple

10-05-2006, 04:04 PM

The new international airport close to us opened last week and there's a plane taking off every two minutes on average- some of those things are REALLY loud! I know I'll get used to it eventaully but its really annoying right now

Sunsetsky

10-05-2006, 05:08 PM

I hate school. I just want to graduate and never come back. Even worse...I don't think I'm on the right course and I'm probably going to change my degree...again.

thegiraffe

10-05-2006, 05:17 PM

We have VERY loud idjits who live down the hall from us. Two whole apartments full of them. We're about to take care of them :devil:

Ringtail Z28

10-05-2006, 05:36 PM

I had to call in today because my back and neck are killing me. I would take the pills my doctor gave me but I left them in my car, which I let my mom borrow while hers is getting worked on.

Phoenix79

10-05-2006, 06:21 PM

My hubby's truck is a piece of crap. Problem is, he loves the damn thing. We put a new fuel pump in it less than a month ago. The truck broke down again earlier this week . . . guess what part we had to buy again? FUEL PUMP!!

Plus, it sucks so much gas, and my hubby works so far from home, that the damn thing costs us $60 a week in gas alone. My car only takes $15 a week and I work about ten minutes from his work. :cry: WAAAAAHHHHH, I HATE BIG UGLY STUPID GAS-GUZZLING 1985 DODGE RAMS!!!

Phoenix - feeling much better now!!

Irving Patrick Freleigh

10-05-2006, 07:13 PM

We have VERY loud idjits who live down the hall from us. Two whole apartments full of them. We're about to take care of them :devil:

Will a woodchipper be involved?

:chipper:

Kiwi

10-05-2006, 07:44 PM

I love my boyfriend but I WISH he would get a full time job and build up some freaking capital before he tries to become self employed.....

Working 20 hours a week is fine, but for an entrupenour (sp) hes pretty freaking lazy. When I started teaching dancing I put every waking moment into building up clientel.... the mere mention of him working more than 40 hours a week turns him green

you either want to start up your own company or you dont!

thegiraffe

10-05-2006, 09:55 PM

I wish. The RA said we can't do anything illegal, but there's nothing illegal of instilling the fear of God (or the other 19 of us that live on this floor) in them :)

Luna

10-05-2006, 10:21 PM

Irving Patrick Freleigh

10-05-2006, 10:21 PM

I wish. The RA said we can't do anything illegal, but there's nothing illegal of instilling the fear of God (or the other 19 of us that live on this floor) in them :)

I have a feeling this is going to be a good story. Let us know what happens.

DGoddessChardonnay

10-06-2006, 12:36 AM

Where do I start w/the whine and moaning (pass the cheese, please:)

Work still sucks and I'm still only getting 30 hours/week. Nothing's changed there. Invetory is TOMORROW and I absolutely find that one day every 6 months totally nervewracking.

Besides that, I'm getting rather tired of turning on the news and hearing more people coming out of the woodwork putting in their 2 cents for that fifteen minutes worth of fame over the latest scandal.

I'm experiencing some "female" issues (I won't go into detail, lest it be TMI) but suffice to say it's warranted my having to go to the doctor. Still can't find out the cause of it. Pap smear was normal, I don't have any pelvic infection and I'm now awaiting results from an endrometrial biopsy that was done a week ago Monday. If I can just find out what's causing what I'm experiencing and get it straightened out, maybe then I can move on and finally get my eyes rechecked and get new lenses.

And I get so tired of having to constantly repeat myself at work or having to ask coworkers to repeat themselves because I just CANNOT HEAR what they are saying, especially if there's a lot of noise around. If there's a lot of noise, it drowns out whomever is speaking to me unless they are close to me and I can see them.

And I'm dealing with a laundry room floor covered with laundry that needs to go into the washer (both washer and dryer are going as I'm online) and to top that off, Monkey-Monk has a touch of diarrhea.

Anyone want anything to whine about, come to my house. It's always something.:(

thegiraffe

10-06-2006, 12:53 AM

I have a feeling this is going to be a good story. Let us know what happens.

'Tis Thursday night. The interesting stuff generally happens Thurs, Fri, and Sat nights. We'll see. I have to work 830-615 tomorrow with 1-year olds and infants, so I WILL sleep tonight. If they wake me up, I have no problem kicking their butts from here to Timbuktu.

I posted about my first run-in with them here (http://www.customerssuck.com/board/showthread.php?t=2947)

If anything goes down, y'all will be the first to know (Ok...second. Gotta tell the RA/cops - if it comes to that - first.)

Morrigan

10-06-2006, 01:11 AM

I decided that this was the week I would get out on the road and start my running program. I have to remind myself daily why this was a good idea. Every muscle in my body is hollering and I'm exhausted.

It will get better...I'm sure it will, or no one would do it...but right now I feel slow and out of shape and just plain cranky.

thegiraffe

10-06-2006, 01:21 AM

I decided that this was the week I would get out on the road and start my running program. I have to remind myself daily why this was a good idea. Every muscle in my body is hollering and I'm exhausted.

Thank you SO much for reminding me why I haven't run since I was in high school haha. It's good for me, yeah, but...at what cost? lol

Broomjockey

10-06-2006, 02:17 AM

I need to get my wisdom teeth out, as well as some extra teeth for when I get my braces. Due to certain factors, they can't schedule this until early next year. The wait, plus the insane cost is driving me batty.
There's also my perennial complaint of no adequate and compassionate female companionship in my vincinity. :)

LadyMage

10-06-2006, 05:19 AM

THANK GOD this thread's here.

I hate the simple fact that I have to threaten (mildly) some people into taking my shifts. I've spent the past three weeks putting in every available waking hour in order to replace the iPod that was snatched from my hands last month. AND, while I will be able to cover it, I WANNA GET SOME REST!!!

I hate whiny residents who get pissed because we won't let in their drunken asses into the dorm.

I HATE HATE HATE my weight for not coming off fast enough even though I'm about 180-something pounds.

I hate feeling like crap after leaving my ex, even though I know in my bones it was the right decision.

I love my roommate but could she pleeeeeeeeeease turn off the alarm when it rings? I work NIGHT SHIFT. That means I get upstairs at 4-something am. I DO NOT want to be woken at 9 am!!!! EVER!

And while I love my IUD, I would do very well without it poking me in a most undignified fashion. *shouts at uterus* SHADDUP IN THERE!!! I GET THE MESSAGE!

AFpheonix

10-06-2006, 07:01 AM

Found out yesterday that my co-pay for prescription drugs went from $20 to $40. Apparently, they changed it on 9/30. So if I had refilled it last week - I'd have only paid $60. GAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!

So the prescription that I was going to fill cost me $60 a few months ago and now it costs $120!!! :eek:

Crap, is that for a brand name something or another? Check with your pharmacy if you're willing to change to something else, sometimes there's other drugs in the same class that have a generic or a preferred brand that can net a better copay. (Like say, Lipitor. Mevacor and Zocor are also in the same class, but have generics available)
Oh, and check with them about mail order. You may be able to get 3 months' worth for a whole lot cheaper. The only bummer with that is if it doesn't get mailed in time, you might be up poop creek without a paddle, so I usually advise that people have an emergency script on file with a retail store so they can get enough to get by in the event of an emergency. Heck, some plans can even get a copay override for you if mail order's late.

morgana

10-06-2006, 06:06 PM

I've got a whine. I get to go have my nose broken on Thursday. I've had sinus problems for 30 years and *now* they discover I have a deviated septum? I'm so not looking forward to this.

Tanasi

10-06-2006, 06:18 PM

We have VERY loud idjits who live down the hall from us. Two whole apartments full of them. We're about to take care of them :devil:

After remembering the water fight and the shaving cream fight, why does pot and kettle come to mind?

My whine:
I supposed to take the youngest son archery hunting tomorrow and I have the gout in my right foot. It freaking hurts and has been hurting for 5 days.

Broomjockey

10-06-2006, 06:25 PM

After remembering the water fight and the shaving cream fight, why does pot and kettle come to mind?

Those weren't during quiet hours though. Seriously, there's nothing more annoying in a residence then someone not respecting the quiet hours, especially when you need to get up for an 8:00 class.

I just wanna whine about the internet my place has. It's random at best with its connection speed, and has a fun habit of dropping out randomly for a few minutes at a time. And it's the entire building, not just me that has this problem.

thegiraffe

10-06-2006, 10:42 PM

There's also a huge difference between something contained to a single apartment (us), and letting the entire floor share in the 'fun' by running up and down the hallway (them). We're a very quiet apartment during quiet hours (10p-10a during the week, midnight-noon on the weekends), and this wasn't during them. Also, we have a very convenient location that even IF we were loud in the apartment, no one would be able to hear us unless we set some dynamite off or whatever.

And yes, I agree Broomjockey.

Der Cute

10-06-2006, 11:18 PM

I"m moving into an apartment:

The wood trim is DARK BROWN
The counter tops are DARK BROWN
the water heater is INSIDE MY APARTMENT (I pay to heat my water :( )
The heat is electric INSIDE..

ARRRGH

Cute

thegiraffe

10-06-2006, 11:27 PM

*confused* why is it bad for the heat and water heater to be inside?

--> Florida girl...we call it AC, not heat haha

Kiwi

10-07-2006, 12:54 AM

ok 2 grumbles for today

how about when ive just come home from working 8 hours a day, you actually have dinner started instead of sitting their like a stunned mullet playing computer games..... because thats where you were when I left for work.... 9 hours ago. So your tired and cranky girlfriend DOESNT get angry with you.

and to my boss.... how about you check the ORIGINAL SCHEDULE when you photo copy if for everyone instead of randomly inserting me onto days where ever you feel like it..... because god forbid you make a mistake! or much less admit it to your minons!.... Dont leave that job to me or EVERYONE will know about it, you can count on that.

and a thrid one I just thought of

to the homeless bundle that keeps treating us like a bank, 1. wash your freaking hands once in a while and 2. as of tomorrow im going to start turning you away, getting cheeky and coming in 4 times in one day steps over the mark.... youve overstayed your welcome and im not dealing with that crap anymore.

sigh... I had a crappy day

ArenaBoy

10-07-2006, 04:18 AM

I am meeting up with a friend tomorrow and we're meeting up in the late evening in a different town. The problem? The route I take is near my old high school where the homecoming dance is held and getting through that road which is a 10 minute chore will take 50 minutes. I wish I remembered that when I planned my night with said friend a few weeks ago.

Broomjockey

10-07-2006, 04:37 AM

*confused* why is it bad for the heat and water heater to be inside?

--> Florida girl...we call it AC, not heat haha

The only thing I can think of is this means the electricity to run them is coming from Cute's apartment, and that's gonna throw the bill into the stratosphere

Der Cute

10-07-2006, 05:01 AM

Bingo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1We got a Winna!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

My last apt in alaska.....water was heated in boiler room, we had infinite hot water, and the heat itself was paid for by owners, because of hot water baseboard heaters.

Hopefully I'll not have to use the heaters much, and wear lots of socks in winter, I guess.

Grr.

cutenoob

thegiraffe

10-07-2006, 01:17 PM

Ah gotcha. I don't even know what a boiler room is haha. Well, I know what its purpose is, but...yeah - wouldn't know it if it hit me in the forehead.

"not have to use the heaters much" - in Alaska? Ha.

Misanthropical

10-07-2006, 03:54 PM

I'm sick of the teenagers in our neighborhood tagging everything and destroying property.

I'm really sick of the property manager insisting these are "good kids". I'm sorry, but "good kids" do not spray paint everything in sight, destroy property and smear feces all over a playground.

I'm a bit miffed that there aren't more haunting programs on TV right now, considering it's near Halloween.

It really irritated me to go to the grocery store last week and the first thing I see when I walk in is a bunch of decorated Christmas trees up and for sale.

Ree

10-07-2006, 04:22 PM

I'm tired of being tired.
Not sleeping because of tendonitis in my shoulder, so no matter which way I lie, I wake up in pain every few hours and spend ages trying to find a comfortable position.

It's getting better, especially during daytime, but I still can't seem to get any relief at night. :(

Tanasi

10-08-2006, 12:58 AM

There's also a huge difference between something contained to a single apartment (us), and letting the entire floor share in the 'fun' by running up and down the hallway (them).

Granted it wasn't during quite hours but couldn't a floor mate(s) been studying? Noise it noise and did not a RA quite your apartment during the water fight? And damn me for this memory wasn't the pictures you posted of your shaving cream fight not taken in the hall? I guess it's the Dad/ex-dorm director in me, I didn't tollerate excessive noise at any time quite or not. So please forgive me I guess my foggyism is coming out. BTW I have a daughter that is just a few years younger than you, she's a sophmore at the local university and this is her first year out of the house. She isn't having very good luck with two of her roommates.

thegiraffe

10-08-2006, 01:09 AM

I guess it's hard to understand for not being here.

(1) As far as the water fight goes, if you walk past the front door of the apartment, you can hear a normal-level conversation inside the apartment. It's just because there was a door there. He came by to see what on earth was going on. Not because of the quantity of the noise, but because of the quality. We were laughing and all - not disturbing anyone.

(2). There's a difference between WALKING in the hallway and RUNNING lol. There's also a big difference between heavy-footed walking/running and light-footed walking/running. Yes, there were pictures taken in the hallway, but we couldn't even hear our footsteps. No one else would be able to either.

I guess the whole idea behind it is - yes, it's college. Yes, we're going to have fun. The difference is, however, we realize that we have neighbors and that people may be studying/sleeping/etc. We're able to have fun and be respectful of our neighbors, while others tend to be...challenged in that area.

XCashier

10-11-2006, 02:57 AM

We're selling our house so we can move to Oregon.

I'm very much looking forward to moving. I've been here since I was born, and that's way too long. I look forward to living someplace that has lots of trees, clean air and drinkable water. I want to do more outdoor activities, and Oregon is just made for outdoor activities! :)

That said, the house here sold very quickly. We have until the end of this month to get packed up and moved out, and we don't have a place there yet. Worse, we promised to stay at our jobs until the end of December. Which means we have to find an apartment here that will let us stay for three months, and let us have our cats there.

I will miss this house, as well. It was rather ugly when we moved in; the exterior was beige, the interior walls were beige, the ceiling was beige, the stained carpet was beige (I hate the color beige! Beige is the color for people who have no imagination!). It also had the original kitchen cabinetry; metal cabinets from 1957, rusted, bent, warped, and required a crowbar to open the silverware drawer.

We redecorated completely; it now has wood laminate floors, cool white interior walls, and sky-blue exterior with navy trim. The kitchen now has beautiful maple cabinets with marble-colored countertop and similar floor vinyl. Add a block fence replacing the termite-riddled wood fence, new exterior doors replacing cracked old ones and a new heat pump to replace the antiquated heater/air conditioner, and we put a lot of time, money and love into this place. So I am feeling a little melancholy about having to leave it. :(

The next three months are going to be very tricky. I can't wait until we are finally in Oregon!

PuckishOne

10-11-2006, 03:04 PM

Because, generally speaking, I'm not much for whining, I'd just been reading the posts here with a series of sympathetic nods and quiet understanding. However...

The Puck has become annoyed.

To make a long story short, the new computers my fiance and I put together last month (and spent another 10 days ironing glitches out of and replacing defective hardware) are once again in pieces in the office. Now we have either bad video cards (these :censored: cost more than the :censored: processors!!), bad RAM (again???!!!), bad motherboards (again???!!!), bad processors, or bad monitors...or some combination of this. We've spent a lot of money on these and put in a lot of time already, and now it looks like more of the same is ahead. :no:

Everything was fine until last night - what the hell happened?? Solar flare? Venus in transit? Black cat crossed the parking lot??

(sigh)

Seanette

10-12-2006, 01:18 AM

Based on my week so far, I'm thinking calling in "hiding under the bed" on Friday (the 13th) is a good plan.

Current temp assignment is with a shipping company I'm not much liking. Aside from shaky professionalism (when most of the people there spend most of the working day on the phone, you'd think adults might grasp the notion that it's not a wonderful concept to stand next to a co-worker's desk and yell a conversation with someone across the room), I'm not terribly happy in a work environment with that much profanity, frequently used as punctuation and/or delivered at very high volume.

Monday, I forgot my transit pass, had to double back for it, missed usual train, wound up being five minutes late, and I *hate* being late (supervisor, thankfully, is VERY relaxed about the matter). Yesterday, the train broke down, resulting in arriving about fifteen minutes late (at least I was on time today, as I had been the three days I worked there last week). On the way in, I tripped on something on the sidewalk, wound up full-length on my front on the sidewalk. My right knee is bruised and a bit scraped and I'm generally achy, but otherwise OK. Yesterday and today, it seemed that a large percentage of the people I had to call about their freight were dry pool dive team members, brain donors, or both.

Got home today, got dinner zapped (leftover Chinese takeout), got settled with computer and music. Heard those oh-so-delightful noises from the cat. He had barfed in his water dish, so I had to clean and refill that, and now the bird is busily taunting the cat, who is showing unusually predatory inclinations today (this while the bird isn't trying to make off with anything that might possibly be nesting material).

Sigh.

XCashier

10-12-2006, 02:08 AM

Current temp assignment is with a shipping company I'm not much liking. Aside from shaky professionalism (when most of the people there spend most of the working day on the phone, you'd think adults might grasp the notion that it's not a wonderful concept to stand next to a co-worker's desk and yell a conversation with someone across the room), I'm not terribly happy in a work environment with that much profanity, frequently used as punctuation and/or delivered at very high volume.
That sounds like a place I once temped at! Is the company named after a Greek god, perchance?

Sorry about that spill on the sidewalk. That sucks. :(

Greenday

10-12-2006, 02:19 AM

Ok, I'm making a new one. New week, new crap to whine about.

Got a 60 on a Calc quiz...

We had a fire drill at 11:30 at NIGHT!!!

A really good friend of mine told me something I definately did not want to hear. We had liked eachother but we knew that we'd never be able to go out for some very big reasons. Still we liked eachother. I'd hesitate to even call it love, but it just wasn't meant to be. Then when I went out with my previous girlfriend and I told her, she flipped out. Later on, she claimed that she forgave me but I know she will never truly forgive me. She used to be a really shy person in public. Now she's made out with guys and gone slightly farther than that with guys she just normally hangs out with. I hate that kind of crap as it is but I really don't want to see her doing that. Then just the other night, about ten minutes before that damn fire drill, she told me she lost her virginity, the other night with some guy she's known for a few years, while they were watching hockey. Oh yes, very romantic. They had only been going out for less than a week. Besides the fact that I'm pretty sure she's going to regret that being the way she lost her virginity, she had always told me she wanted to wait until she was married to have sex. Did I mention she's still only 15? Alright, I know my girlfriend was 15 when she lost her's, but she's a lot more mature for her age. My friend is mature but just not in the same way. It feels so much more wrong to hear she's had sex. As soon as she told me, she just said she thought I might like to know then she signed off. Does anyone else get the feeling she said that just to piss me off/hurt me?

A friend of mine thought it'd be funny if she and her boyfriend changed their statuses on facebook to engaged. I think the joke sucked when I found out it was just a joke but I didn't tell her that. Now apparently a lot of people are pissed at her and she's pissed at them. I just think it was a really crappy joke.

I have a rough draft due midnight tomorrow and I have to meet with that teacher to talk about that paper at 8:30 in the morning.

I have a Stats test tomorrow, a Calc quiz on Friday, and a Chem quiz on Friday.

Some moron wrote on my whiteboard on my door about how the Jets suck. Yes they suck, no I don't care that people write that on my door as I diss the Eagles on their boards. But someone thought it'd be funny to write that over other stuff people wrote so I had to erase the entire board.

And I guess, the Jets lost, the Steelers lost, the Rangers lost, and the Yankees are out of the playoffs.

Seanette

10-12-2006, 03:45 AM

That sounds like a place I once temped at! Is the company named after a Greek god, perchance?

Sorry about that spill on the sidewalk. That sucks. :(
I'm sure the knee will get well and other aches will go away. Thankfully, no one saw me, so no damage to what dignity I have. :p

No, it's not named after any deities of any variety.

ArenaBoy

10-12-2006, 03:46 AM

Ouch Greenday, that sucks big time. The facebook thing is the exact reason as to why I deleted mine, too many idiots. Your friend, I am at a loss for words and she will regret her choices from here on out.

My new problem: I've had a hard time getting to sleep and there have been moments where I'll be up all night tossing and turning. It's driving me nuts.

Kiwi

10-12-2006, 07:06 AM

I have another one for today

I wish my boyfriends parents would stop encouraging their children to BREAK THE LAW. Im so angry I could breathe fire, I dont know how many weeks it will be until I can look at them again and not fly off the handle.

I am so angry.

Jpurple

10-12-2006, 11:42 AM

I'm beyond tired now- I'm utterly exhausted, and cranky, and stayed at school until 5-freakin' 30 tonight, and I'm STILL not caught up! I have way, way waaaay too much to do, and it just keeps getting worse! EVERY TIME I turn around, there's another bunch of things to do, or a meeting, or something! I had THREE meetings today after school.

And to top it all off, next Friday we have Parent-Teacher conferences. I hate trying to find ways to say things like 'your son won't listen and has the attention span of a flea' in a positive way.

I need chocolate. Lots and lots of chocolate. But I'm supposed to be on a diet! :cry:

(8 more days til break...8 more days til break....)