DEX
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Aug 9, 2014 23:13:22 GMT
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Post by DEX on Feb 7, 2023 21:36:18 GMT
I don't know if this would qualify as petty, because it is so traumatizing to me. I HAVE TO WASH MY DISHES BY HAND!!!!! My dishwasher needs repair. I had the repair guy out last week and he told me that he would order the part, call me with the cost, and set up a return to fix the dishwasher. Crickets...I am getting tired of washing dishes by hand. Woe is me!!
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Post by snow4197 on Feb 7, 2023 23:18:00 GMT
Grown women who “baby talk.” Not just baby talk when talking to a baby but talking that way all the time. Ugh. There is a lady I see all the time on Instagram who does this and I cringe every time she comes up on my feed.
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Post by ScrapbookMyLife on Feb 7, 2023 23:42:24 GMT
Mine is silly and minor. I am hungry for something, but I don't know what. None of the meals, snacks or beverages I've consumed in the last couple of weeks..... have fulfilled the "want". Nothing is satisfying me.
The proverbial..... it's hard to figure out what to eat, when I don't know what I want.
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Post by belgravia on Feb 7, 2023 23:44:08 GMT
Today mine is the rampant, incorrect usage of the word aesthetic on social media. As in…I want my living room to look aesthetic. No. No, you don’t. I see this all the time and it makes me insane.
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Post by refugeepea on Feb 8, 2023 0:15:43 GMT
You're asked a yes or no question. If the answer is yes, why must you respond "100%!, ABSOLUTELY!, For sure! Definitely! "
Say yes, just freaking say yes!
I've been listening to too many podcasts with interviews. Petty vent indeed. I'm sure my use of quotations in my response is wrong, so feel free to complain about grammar.
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Post by maryland on Feb 8, 2023 0:16:23 GMT
I agree! I found that the cheap sauve shampoo works just as well as the expensive ones I have used. And the $18 kenra hairspray always gets plugged up and I end up returning it. My cheap drugstore spray never has that issue. I am trying to stop buying all the recommended instagram stuff and use what actually works best. Those influencers are getting the products for free and getting paid to say how wonderful they are. I need to keep reminding myself of that, haha! Oh, I feel your pain with that effing Kenra Hairspray. WTF? It clogs and I end up getting a big old jet of it right in my eye! Oh no, thanks for the warning! I try to be so careful spraying things because that has happened to me before. But I could always use a reminder. When I returned the kenra, the cashier says they get lots of returns on the kenra hairspray.
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Post by refugeepea on Feb 8, 2023 0:25:52 GMT
No, they won’t just wear them. I’d bet my last dollar, they’ll be “rocking” them. I HAVE TO WASH MY DISHES BY HAND!!!!! I understand. If my dishwasher is full and there's still more in the sink, I wait. It can be a huge a$$ bowl that takes up a lot of space, pots, pans, cookie sheets...it goes in the dishwasher. It helps that I don't own nice things to begin with.
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Post by Merge on Feb 8, 2023 0:50:17 GMT
Someone sent their sick kid to school and now the music teacher has a nasty cold. Or Covid. Who even knows these days.
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Post by Bobomommy on Feb 8, 2023 1:20:31 GMT
Our district hired a guy to come in and give feedback on how we teach. So now we have monthly visits from the “learning coaches” to evaluate our teaching, regular observations from the principal or assistant principals, and now this “expert”. He just popped in my room unannounced today, sat unsmiling in the back, and wrote notes. Ooh, I can’t wait to see what his feedback is! <sarcasm>
How many other professions have constant unannounced critiques of every word that comes out of their mouth? The way their office is arranged? How many seconds they wait after asking a question? Grrrr
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Post by Merge on Feb 8, 2023 1:28:24 GMT
Our district hired a guy to come in and give feedback on how we teach. So now we have monthly visits from the “learning coaches” to evaluate our teaching, regular observations from the principal or assistant principals, and now this “expert”. He just popped in my room unannounced today, sat unsmiling in the back, and wrote notes. Ooh, I can’t wait to see what his feedback is! <sarcasm> How many other professions have constant unannounced critiques of every word that comes out of their mouth? The way their office is arranged? How many seconds they wait after asking a question? Grrrr Oh good lord. Ten to one that guy hasn’t led a classroom in the last ten years, if ever.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Feb 8, 2023 2:00:23 GMT
I have multiple vents today. First, DH went away for a long weekend with friends to go snowmobiling and brought home Covid. Thank you very little, to all of them. Second, he chose the freaking livingroom as the place where he wants to quarantine. Never mind that it’s not a closed off room that the rest of us have to pass by multiple times a day. Yes, we’re all masking and yes, that sucks too. Third, I was spending my day down in my basement studio/ office decluttering and organizing my mess since I wanted to attempt to stay away from him. So today he decided to go ahead and put in the hot and cold lawn faucets in our heated garage he’s been meaning to do, which meant multiple trips back and forth right through the area where I was working. Dude, seriously? I’m trying to stay the hell away from you! On a totally unrelated note, I had to run a couple errands today for the sick one, and every time I needed to get on the freeway, the asshats already on the road wouldn’t freaking let me in. What the ever loving hell? I speed up, they speed up. I slow down, they slow down to match my speed and practically run me into the ditch. Move over? Hell no! The most annoying part is that the roads weren’t even busy so there was no reason for any of those people to be a dick. Must be a full moon. And finally, just because I’m in an unloading kind of mood, I’m annoyed that the lady who was begging for a ton of various free stuff on the buy nothing group and was supposed to come by today to pick up a big box of girl’s clothes for one of her kids was a no show. No message either. Grrr. Makes me just want to drop it all off at the charity place where I had originally planned to donate it and she can get it from there if there’s anything left when she decides to get around to it. It’s a big box of practically new clothes that is easily worth $150 or more, bought for my kid the fall before Covid, and then school was shut down so my kid wore pajamas every day for a year. Half of this stuff was never even worn once. I get it things happen and plans get messed up, but then at least have the courtesy to send a message to let me know you’re not coming when you said you would, especially since I saw she was on Facebook every time I checked to see if she had replied yet to my message. (She didn’t.) 🙄
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Post by katlaw on Feb 8, 2023 2:04:02 GMT
People who want to have a discussion about something but don't believe they have anything to learn, only to tell. This is my co-worker. 100% of the time. And then they shut down the discussion by saying "Forget it. You don't understand." I am the supervisor and have worked as the supervisor's supervisor. I do understand, they just don't like what I have to say.
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scrappinwithoutpeas
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Aug 7, 2014 22:09:44 GMT
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Post by scrappinwithoutpeas on Feb 8, 2023 2:46:25 GMT
Mine is silly and minor. I am hungry for something, but I don't know what. None of the meals, snacks or beverages I've consumed in the last couple of weeks..... have fulfilled the "want". Nothing is satisfying me. The proverbial..... it's hard to figure out what to eat, when I don't know what I want. Ugh, I hate that! This was me the last couple of weeks. I had a cold that went immediately into my chest, spawning bronchitis, chest tightness & congestion, lots of coughing, etc. Multiple COVID tests were negative, but I was feeling awful. I had very little appetite yet knew I wanted that elusive **something** to eat. DH made me French toast for dinner twice and waffles once (he's a gem! ) but most of the time I'd be staring into the void (a.k.a. the fridge ) hoping something would jump out at me that would hit the spot. And I knew I needed to eat something because cold meds on an empty stomach are not a good idea.
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Post by callmenutz on Feb 8, 2023 3:58:09 GMT
And finally, just because I’m in an unloading kind of mood, I’m annoyed that the lady who was begging for a ton of various free stuff on the buy nothing group and was supposed to come by today to pick up a big box of girl’s clothes for one of her kids was a no show. No message either. Grrr. Makes me just want to drop it all off at the charity place where I had originally planned to donate it and she can get it from there if there’s anything left when she decides to get around to it. It’s a big box of practically new clothes that is easily worth $150 or more, bought for my kid the fall before Covid, and then school was shut down so my kid wore pajamas every day for a year. Half of this stuff was never even worn once. I get it things happen and plans get messed up, but then at least have the courtesy to send a message to let me know you’re not coming when you said you would, especially since I saw she was on Facebook every time I checked to see if she had replied yet to my message. (She didn’t.) 🙄 My daughter and I held free furniture for a gal for three weeks…until the end of the month. I contacted her and asked for a date and time for pick up. She read my message and didn’t respond so I told her that it was obvious she didn’t want the stuff and I was moving on. I would just donate the clothes to someone more deserving at the charity place. Dang, people are rude and ignorant!
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Post by boys5times on Feb 8, 2023 4:52:54 GMT
I know people are just being nice but please stop asking what happened to my knee. It’s annoying AF and happens way too often. Yesterday a new person started at my job. I see her for the first time and she says “awwwww what happened”. I looked at her and said knee injury. I’m sure it was with a bit of an edge and she looked crestfallen. To make peace I gave her a brand new container of wipes since she was cleaning her office. My whole thing is: if you have NEVER seen me before I guarantee you don’t know me like that to ask. Mind your business. I was minding mine. And now I’m down a whole canister of Clorox wipes. I worked at the courthouse and after shoulder surgery EVERYONE that came to the counter asked what happened. After 3 days of it I started telling them I fell off a barstool and then immediately asked how I could help them. My boss was not happy with me but I was over it.
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Post by FuzzyMutt on Feb 8, 2023 5:09:15 GMT
I’ve spent a lot of time (and money) investing in my relationships with my nieces and nephews. I don’t regret it at all, I absolutely adore them. But my son has gotten hardly anything in return from his aunts and uncles. I get it, their kids are older and have lots of activities and places to be but I can’t help but feel like he’s missing out on such special bonds. It hasn’t deterred me from buying Girl Scout cookies and Boy Scout popcorn, going to their games and plays and such, I’ll never punish them for their parents decisions. I’m just bummed. I have literally zero insight into your sibling/progeny relationships… But.. with my family… I’ve put sooooo much effort, time and money into my niece and nephew (and the other nephews- who are a whole other story.) Anyway, they are phenomenal. And I’m glad I’m the one my nephew knows has his back (either with just my ears or with a voice in the rest of the family.) My niece knows beyond a doubt I adore her. My one sibling is less involved than the way my son sees the guy down the street 4 doors down ( my son doesn’t know them- just knows the guy figured out the weather stripping in our townhomes, and he has a sweet truck.) Serious. My sister. She’s made some real efforts and my kids see it. We never talked specifically about how different SE worlds frame decision's when they were much younger. But my kids figured it out. My son was mind blown my sister bought him a (used) video game… knowing her job meant it was likely a stretch. I am proud of him to realize some of the effort she’s always put into him. She’s a thoughtful and thrifty gift giver, who always always went out of her way to give every kid she could an amazing Christmas. Op- I don’t know the specifics of your situation. But please consider that mental and emotional bandwidth is literally a commodity.. as is money, and credit. Maybe you/and/or your kids aren’t seeing the effort? Or maybe they are takers that only take. Either way—- I hope the kids (even if they are combo kids/adults….) value relationships, time and effort beyond anything else.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Feb 8, 2023 5:18:41 GMT
And finally, just because I’m in an unloading kind of mood, I’m annoyed that the lady who was begging for a ton of various free stuff on the buy nothing group and was supposed to come by today to pick up a big box of girl’s clothes for one of her kids was a no show. No message either. Grrr. Makes me just want to drop it all off at the charity place where I had originally planned to donate it and she can get it from there if there’s anything left when she decides to get around to it. It’s a big box of practically new clothes that is easily worth $150 or more, bought for my kid the fall before Covid, and then school was shut down so my kid wore pajamas every day for a year. Half of this stuff was never even worn once. I get it things happen and plans get messed up, but then at least have the courtesy to send a message to let me know you’re not coming when you said you would, especially since I saw she was on Facebook every time I checked to see if she had replied yet to my message. (She didn’t.) 🙄 My daughter and I held free furniture for a gal for three weeks…until the end of the month. I contacted her and asked for a date and time for pick up. She read my message and didn’t respond so I told her that it was obvious she didn’t want the stuff and I was moving on. I would just donate the clothes to someone more deserving at the charity place. Dang, people are rude and ignorant! I have about three more huge boxes of other sizes I need to take to that place anyway, so I’m very tempted. VERY tempted. She could still go and get clothes for her kid for free from this charity I donate to and I wouldn’t be stuck in the middle. The worst part is that after all these people in our buy nothing group stepped up to offer her everything from grocery store gift cards, winter clothing for multiple kids, diapers and wipes, and even free babysitting and rides to drive around to pick up all of her free goodies, I saw that this same person was posting looking for free stuff on NextDoor too. 😳 How much stuff does one family need? Kinda makes me feel like it’s all a scam.
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hannahruth
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Location: Adelaide, Australia
Aug 29, 2014 18:57:20 GMT
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Post by hannahruth on Feb 8, 2023 7:25:26 GMT
I don't know if this would qualify as petty, because it is so traumatizing to me. I HAVE TO WASH MY DISHES BY HAND!!!!! My dishwasher needs repair. I had the repair guy out last week and he told me that he would order the part, call me with the cost, and set up a return to fix the dishwasher. Crickets...I am getting tired of washing dishes by hand. Woe is me!! Such a first world problem but I totally agree with you.
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Post by leannec on Feb 8, 2023 8:33:31 GMT
Our district hired a guy to come in and give feedback on how we teach. So now we have monthly visits from the “learning coaches” to evaluate our teaching, regular observations from the principal or assistant principals, and now this “expert”. He just popped in my room unannounced today, sat unsmiling in the back, and wrote notes. Ooh, I can’t wait to see what his feedback is! <sarcasm> How many other professions have constant unannounced critiques of every word that comes out of their mouth? The way their office is arranged? How many seconds they wait after asking a question? Grrrr WT everloving F? I am a teacher and that goes against everything I believe in! I would be contacting my union ... not OK to be critiqued for no apparent reason. Like teaching isn't stressful enough with this added to the mix! I'm sorry this is happening to you!
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Post by peasapie on Feb 8, 2023 12:39:03 GMT
Same for me...especially my arms. It just sucks doesn’t it? Not severe just enough to irritate you. I will get some exercise later and hope it gets better. COQ10 is so good for aching muscles.
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Post by whipea on Feb 8, 2023 13:17:05 GMT
Our district hired a guy to come in and give feedback on how we teach. So now we have monthly visits from the “learning coaches” to evaluate our teaching, regular observations from the principal or assistant principals, and now this “expert”. He just popped in my room unannounced today, sat unsmiling in the back, and wrote notes. Ooh, I can’t wait to see what his feedback is! <sarcasm> How many other professions have constant unannounced critiques of every word that comes out of their mouth? The way their office is arranged? How many seconds they wait after asking a question? Grrrr Please do not hate me and I really understand, but I am the "guy" that arrives unannounced and sits in the back of the room conducting faculty observations. I work at a university and as part of our accreditation faculty observations are required every semester. At my institution, it is not a negative process. We keep it as a positive experience and offer support to those who may by struggling. It also provides a means of documenting the excellence of most faculty.
On another note, we keep observations unannounced to help faculty since some will go out of their way to develop a lesson plan outside of their normal teaching behavior just for the observation, creating more work for themselves.
I was K-12 and university faculty and can relate to being observed.
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Post by janet on Feb 8, 2023 15:56:00 GMT
My vent is the new fad of ending questions with a period. "Can I come in late today."
There is one person on my team who does this constantly and I'm about to tell her to start punctuating her emails correctly. I see it a lot on Facebook also.
Signed, the Grumpy Punctuation Lady
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Post by finsup on Feb 8, 2023 17:18:05 GMT
My vent is the new fad of ending questions with a period. "Can I come in late today." There is one person on my team who does this constantly and I'm about to tell her to start punctuating her emails correctly. I see it a lot on Facebook also. Signed, the Grumpy Punctuation Lady You should answer her, “Yes? You can come in late today?” But it would probably go right over her head.
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Post by gar on Feb 8, 2023 17:46:54 GMT
Today, mine is definitely the usage of “style.” As in, “I can’t wait to style my new earrings!” Girl, you’re just going to wear them. And probably with your white mom clothes, because 99.99% of us in the world are basic and boring. 🤷🏼♀️😂 No, they won’t just wear them. I’d bet my last dollar, they’ll be “rocking” them. While living her best life no doubt! I don't know if that's a thing in the US but this phrase is used in so many social media posts, adverts on tv etc and it drives me nuts. Living your best life? You're not travelling the world with millions in the bank or whatever, you're just buying a new sofa or having a takeaway and watching the telly!
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bethany102399
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Oct 11, 2014 3:17:29 GMT
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Post by bethany102399 on Feb 8, 2023 18:15:03 GMT
The carrots on the salad bar were cut in chunks as opposed to shredded today. I suspect they couldn't get the shredded carrot from their supplier and had to make due with what they had. Problem is I make the base of my "salad" with the carrots and I don't like them chunky. I had to go with peppers which will now come back up all afternoon. Truly a first world problem.
My other issue today? I've given my office more than a month's notice that I need to take FML for knee surgery. What I do is a branch of a larger group, and pretty specialized. I deliberately set up surgery for a time that I'm not usually as busy as other times of the year yet NO ONE seems to be interested in coming up with a plan for the parts of my job that will require training to complete. Some of my clients are asking questions as I've been very transparent about my being gone, crickets from the people over my head. I really don't want to come back to a mess because no one can do the work and they didn't prepare enough for me to be gone.
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Post by Delta Dawn on Feb 8, 2023 18:58:31 GMT
I need to get contacts to be able to get glasses Rx filled because I plan to re-use my frames for another time. They couldn’t just do this seeing how I was just in the office.
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cynthia1218
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Post by cynthia1218 on Feb 8, 2023 19:33:59 GMT
I don't know if this would qualify as petty, because it is so traumatizing to me. I HAVE TO WASH MY DISHES BY HAND!!!!! My dishwasher needs repair. I had the repair guy out last week and he told me that he would order the part, call me with the cost, and set up a return to fix the dishwasher. Crickets...I am getting tired of washing dishes by hand. Woe is me!! paper plates i would be using. i don't use them pretty much ever but a broken dishwasher would be reason for me.
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