kelly8875
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Post by kelly8875 on May 3, 2016 3:49:02 GMT
I know I'm going to open a can of big ole worms here, but I need to vent.
Yes, teaching is hard work. Yes, 7 year olds are sometimes a PITA. But please please please can you not make it sound like you're the only one with a stressful, time consuming job? Wow...you have to work 2 days after school is out for students? Yep, me too...everyday throughout the summer! And over all your holiday breaks. So please don't ask me for sympathy, because I will remind you I don't have the summer off.
My job/position is bad sometimes too. It's been a doozy of a tax season/1st quarter in my financial reporting world. I also bring work home, answer work emails, and think about work all the damn time. I'm going on vacation in a couple days, and I'll be answering work questions in the evenings I'm sure.
Why does this always have to be a contest? I couldn't get out of this conversation quick enough tonight, and I bit my tongue for a long time before I said anything.
Sorry...I'm done.
What's your vent for the day?
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GiantsFan
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Post by GiantsFan on May 3, 2016 4:09:09 GMT
Dear work people, Mondays is my day off and has been for almost eight years. Please stop texting me with work issues on my day off. You texted at 9.46 am this morning and I was out of the house until about 2pm. Sorry it took me so long to respond but IT'S MY DAY OFF! And your issue is something that can wait until tomorrow. It's not crucial to running the company, nor is it life or death. That is all.
For all those in Peadom who say it's my own fault for responding, you are right. I brought this on myself from day 1. Only one more year....
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luvnlifelady
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Post by luvnlifelady on May 3, 2016 4:13:50 GMT
Dear Boss of new job: Can you please answer my text and now my phone call? You asked me to claim days of work on the calendar, but I have some questions about it. I texted last night (her main way of communicating) and called today and still no answer. Ugh.
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Post by Delta Dawn on May 3, 2016 4:19:38 GMT
It was really nice outside today. I mean perfect weather. I walked up to the top of the street because I couldn't walk a step further. My legs were aching and I started to panic. Yeah so I walked all of 300 feet.
I also found that the gym I belong to charged me twice for May's dues. Yeah. Have to wait for them to sort that one out.
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Post by Deleted on May 3, 2016 11:27:38 GMT
I know I'm going to open a can of big ole worms here, but I need to vent. Yes, teaching is hard work. Yes, 7 year olds are sometimes a PITA. But please please please can you not make it sound like you're the only one with a stressful, time consuming job? Wow...you have to work 2 days after school is out for students? Yep, me too...everyday throughout the summer! And over all your holiday breaks. So please don't ask me for sympathy, because I will remind you I don't have the summer off. My job/position is bad sometimes too. It's been a doozy of a tax season/1st quarter in my financial reporting world. I also bring work home, answer work emails, and think about work all the damn time. I'm going on vacation in a couple days, and I'll be answering work questions in the evenings I'm sure. Why does this always have to be a contest? I couldn't get out of this conversation quick enough tonight, and I bit my tongue for a long time before I said anything. Sorry...I'm done. What's your vent for the day? I have never met an educator that did not complain....constantly. All I know, the job simply must be way, way, way worse than it seems. It LOOKS like a fun job with above average pay but I have learned a lot here from pea teachers....and would never want to teach.
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Post by Deleted on May 3, 2016 12:16:25 GMT
I know I'm going to open a can of big ole worms here, but I need to vent. Yes, teaching is hard work. Yes, 7 year olds are sometimes a PITA. But please please please can you not make it sound like you're the only one with a stressful, time consuming job? Wow...you have to work 2 days after school is out for students? Yep, me too...everyday throughout the summer! And over all your holiday breaks. So please don't ask me for sympathy, because I will remind you I don't have the summer off. My job/position is bad sometimes too. It's been a doozy of a tax season/1st quarter in my financial reporting world. I also bring work home, answer work emails, and think about work all the damn time. I'm going on vacation in a couple days, and I'll be answering work questions in the evenings I'm sure. Why does this always have to be a contest? I couldn't get out of this conversation quick enough tonight, and I bit my tongue for a long time before I said anything. Sorry...I'm done. What's your vent for the day? I've often wondered about such complaining teachers, or maybe it's just a vent like we all need time to time. One of my best friends is a middle school teacher and she loves her job. I've never heard her complain about the job -- sometimes about a specific situation or some annoyance, but never generally. We had dinner a few days ago and were talking about retirement, and she said she'd only retire when it stopped being so much fun. I don't really have a vent right now. I'm enjoying my coffee with a cat in my lap and GMA on the tv. I'm sure something will come up later --
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Post by debmast on May 3, 2016 12:21:26 GMT
I am not a teacher, but I do work for our school district. I do believe teaching USED to be a fun job. However, standardized testing has taken much of that away for the most part. And "above average pay" Guess that depends on your "average". Also, I don't know a single teacher who isn't spending at least part of the summer in continuing education to prepare for the coming year. And many work jobs or do tutoring over the summer to supplement their pay. I am fortunate to work with some pretty amazing folks at my school. And while there are a few complainers, most really teach because they enjoy working with the kids and do their best to make the most of it, despite the testing looming over them.
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Post by Minty118 on May 3, 2016 12:55:46 GMT
Our application for a payment plan with the hospital has been sent back for the 8th time in six months! I can't tell if they are just incredibly picky (they wanted copies of all the blank pages of our bank statement), or are trying to wear us down so that we give up and they can send this bill to collections. I don't understand why we are having so much trouble getting a PAYMENT plan. We aren't asking them to dismiss the bill; we will pay it. We just can't pay it in one lump sum like they prefer. I've applied for much bigger things before and never had to jump through so many hoops!
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scrappington
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Post by scrappington on May 3, 2016 13:10:35 GMT
Just because your friend of a friend who's cousins wife's mothers aunts room mate from college once saw it or became one or knows someone else who has did, saw or is one does not make it true, or reliable or not hearsay. Seriously I'm reading the info off an official government site. I'm going to take that as a more accurate source.
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Post by myboysnme on May 3, 2016 13:43:09 GMT
Oh how I need this thread!
Vent 1: Why is health care the only business I patronize where I have no idea of the cost of what I am buying? I had breast surgery last year, and the doctor orders an MRI at 6 months and a 3D mammagram at 1 year. I got a bill for my share of the MRI - $750! I call the insurance company because I pay a lot for Blue Cross Blue Shield and find out my share is 15% which is $750. No one told me I was having a $5000 test! It just comes in the mail as a bill - oh you spent nearly $1000 but we never told you but please pay within 30 days.
I call the insurance company, found out the test scheduled for today isn't covered at all. So of course I don't go. I have good insurance and I find myself as a person who can't afford my own medical care.
Vent 2: Even though I pluck them, under my chin grows these wirey hairs that I can't stand. Then I see little dark hairs creeping in like a mustache. Hey, biology, I'm a woman! I don't need lip and chin hair, OK?
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Post by myboysnme on May 3, 2016 13:45:51 GMT
I am not a teacher, but I do work for our school district. I do believe teaching USED to be a fun job. However, standardized testing has taken much of that away for the most part. And "above average pay" Guess that depends on your "average". Also, I don't know a single teacher who isn't spending at least part of the summer in continuing education to prepare for the coming year. And many work jobs or do tutoring over the summer to supplement their pay. I am fortunate to work with some pretty amazing folks at my school. And while there are a few complainers, most really teach because they enjoy working with the kids and do their best to make the most of it, despite the testing looming over them. I agree. My DH has a masters degree and ha been teaching middle school with budding teenagers for 18 years. He makes a whopping $42K. Above average pay compared to what? Minimum wage? He has summers off which I would LOVE, but he is only paid for 10 months. They just divide by 12 so he has a check in the summer. No wonder teachers have to work in the summer when you only get a salary for 10 months of work. Except he also has to get his continuing education classes in as well.
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Post by mrssmith on May 3, 2016 14:26:08 GMT
Oh how I need this thread! Vent 1: Why is health care the only business I patronize where I have no idea of the cost of what I am buying? I had breast surgery last year, and the doctor orders an MRI at 6 months and a 3D mammagram at 1 year. I got a bill for my share of the MRI - $750! I call the insurance company because I pay a lot for Blue Cross Blue Shield and find out my share is 15% which is $750. No one told me I was having a $5000 test! It just comes in the mail as a bill - oh you spent nearly $1000 but we never told you but please pay within 30 days. I call the insurance company, found out the test scheduled for today isn't covered at all. So of course I don't go. I have good insurance and I find myself as a person who can't afford my own medical care. Sad, but yes this is what healthcare has come to. I always see the tip that you should call around for pricing because costs can vary greatly. I've never done it though, but I can't imagine that the information is given up easily. But, you could call around and see if you can find a more reasonably priced 3D mammogram, or maybe they can substitute a different test?
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freebird
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Post by freebird on May 3, 2016 14:27:35 GMT
Why does this always have to be a contest? I couldn't get out of this conversation quick enough tonight, and I bit my tongue for a long time before I said anything. Sorry...I'm done. What's your vent for the day? My vent is about the bolded line! Hey lady I've only met a few times at art/antique shows. your stuff is nice albeit overpriced. Why do you ask me questions about myself and then turn them into a way you can brag about how great your life is to make me feel like shit? The thing I have to keep telling myself is this, if you're so great and fan-fucking-tastic at what you do (artist, photographer, blah blah blah), why are you sitting here stamping words in old spoons all day?
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smartypants71
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Post by smartypants71 on May 3, 2016 14:46:02 GMT
Dear Kitchen Sink,
Thanks for making a mess of my kitchen, dining room, and living room and grossing me out in the process!
--Me
Last night, i was cleaning out my fridge, and I washed leftover salad (just lettuce and some croutons) down the drain. Turned on the disposal and everything went down fine. I turned around for a second, and I notice my sink was filling up, so I turned on the disposal again. All of a sudden, water and food starting shooting up like a geyser from the other side of my sink. Food and water went everywhere! Up the walls, sprayed into my dining room and living room. The worst is that it got on a painting that SO gave me which was one of the first gifts he ever got me. I was able to clean it up, but Im hoping there's no permanent damage to it.
I plunged the sink for about 30 minutes, and it still won't drain, so the plumber has to come out.
So disgusted.
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SweetieBsMom
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Post by SweetieBsMom on May 3, 2016 14:59:32 GMT
Dear DH, I know you have "chemo brain", you remind me of it constantly. But it is really that difficult to remember to have a glass of OJ with your coffee every day? You're potassium is low and now we will be at treatment for an extra 1-2 hours today so they can address it. You've made an already long day LONGER. And, yes dear, you will be taking potassium pills daily going forward. You can take them with your anti-depressant and your anti-biotic. SO ANNOYED!!!!!!
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Post by mikklynn on May 3, 2016 15:46:17 GMT
Dear work people, Mondays is my day off and has been for almost eight years. Please stop texting me with work issues on my day off. You texted at 9.46 am this morning and I was out of the house until about 2pm. Sorry it took me so long to respond but IT'S MY DAY OFF! And your issue is something that can wait until tomorrow. It's not crucial to running the company, nor is it life or death. That is all. For all those in Peadom who say it's my own fault for responding, you are right. I brought this on myself from day 1. Only one more year.... I keep saying "only one more year", too! It's saving my sanity. I hope to retire in 16 months.
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Post by mikklynn on May 3, 2016 15:49:44 GMT
Dear Kitchen Sink, Thanks for making a mess of my kitchen, dining room, and living room and grossing me out in the process! --Me Last night, i was cleaning out my fridge, and I washed leftover salad (just lettuce and some croutons) down the drain. Turned on the disposal and everything went down fine. I turned around for a second, and I notice my sink was filling up, so I turned on the disposal again. All of a sudden, water and food starting shooting up like a geyser from the other side of my sink. Food and water went everywhere! Up the walls, sprayed into my dining room and living room. The worst is that it got on a painting that SO gave me which was one of the first gifts he ever got me. I was able to clean it up, but Im hoping there's no permanent damage to it. I plunged the sink for about 30 minutes, and it still won't drain, so the plumber has to come out. So disgusted. Please, have the plumber snake out your drain to the street. I had the same issue with my disposal and a day later my floor drain in my basement backed up with lettuce bits, tiny, tiny, lettuce bits.
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Post by mikklynn on May 3, 2016 15:50:46 GMT
Our application for a payment plan with the hospital has been sent back for the 8th time in six months! I can't tell if they are just incredibly picky (they wanted copies of all the blank pages of our bank statement), or are trying to wear us down so that we give up and they can send this bill to collections. I don't understand why we are having so much trouble getting a PAYMENT plan. We aren't asking them to dismiss the bill; we will pay it. We just can't pay it in one lump sum like they prefer. I've applied for much bigger things before and never had to jump through so many hoops! I'm sorry they are being so ridiculous, instead of being happy you will pay your bill. How frustrating.
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luvnlifelady
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Post by luvnlifelady on May 3, 2016 16:16:17 GMT
I need to add another one.
I got called last week about coming in today for a job interview at the nearby grocery store. Planned my day around the 11:30 interview. Well, they called a bit ago to tell me they don't have any open positions. That translates to me that they interviewed someone else and filled it. I asked about that and he denied it but really, why else did you call me last week and tell me you had a spot open? He said it was due to "staffing issues." Whatever. I only was interested because it was close enough to walk. Need to figure out the car issues here with DD coming back permanently in less than 2 weeks and DS getting his license then too.
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luvnlifelady
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Post by luvnlifelady on May 3, 2016 16:20:54 GMT
I am not a teacher, but I do work for our school district. I do believe teaching USED to be a fun job. However, standardized testing has taken much of that away for the most part. And "above average pay" Guess that depends on your "average". Also, I don't know a single teacher who isn't spending at least part of the summer in continuing education to prepare for the coming year. And many work jobs or do tutoring over the summer to supplement their pay. I am fortunate to work with some pretty amazing folks at my school. And while there are a few complainers, most really teach because they enjoy working with the kids and do their best to make the most of it, despite the testing looming over them. I try to remind DH about teachers using their summers to supplement their pay or take CE units whenever he says he should've been a teacher because "they get 3 months off!" Little does he realize how much extra time they put in. I'm not a teacher but know enough about it to know it's not an easy job at all (although few jobs are).
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luvnlifelady
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Post by luvnlifelady on May 3, 2016 16:24:44 GMT
Oh how I need this thread! Vent 1: Why is health care the only business I patronize where I have no idea of the cost of what I am buying? I had breast surgery last year, and the doctor orders an MRI at 6 months and a 3D mammagram at 1 year. I got a bill for my share of the MRI - $750! I call the insurance company because I pay a lot for Blue Cross Blue Shield and find out my share is 15% which is $750. No one told me I was having a $5000 test! It just comes in the mail as a bill - oh you spent nearly $1000 but we never told you but please pay within 30 days. I call the insurance company, found out the test scheduled for today isn't covered at all. So of course I don't go. I have good insurance and I find myself as a person who can't afford my own medical care. Sad, but yes this is what healthcare has come to. I always see the tip that you should call around for pricing because costs can vary greatly. I've never done it though, but I can't imagine that the information is given up easily. But, you could call around and see if you can find a more reasonably priced 3D mammogram, or maybe they can substitute a different test? I decided to use an independent place for my MRI. It was cheaper than going through my own insurance company. I just paid cash and saved over $100. Lovely. Now you have the stress of not only being injured/sick but the hassle of finding your own "affordable" care.
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Kerri W
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Post by Kerri W on May 3, 2016 16:34:05 GMT
I know I'm going to open a can of big ole worms here, but I need to vent. Yes, teaching is hard work. Yes, 7 year olds are sometimes a PITA. But please please please can you not make it sound like you're the only one with a stressful, time consuming job? Wow...you have to work 2 days after school is out for students? Yep, me too...everyday throughout the summer! And over all your holiday breaks. So please don't ask me for sympathy, because I will remind you I don't have the summer off. My job/position is bad sometimes too. It's been a doozy of a tax season/1st quarter in my financial reporting world. I also bring work home, answer work emails, and think about work all the damn time. I'm going on vacation in a couple days, and I'll be answering work questions in the evenings I'm sure. Why does this always have to be a contest? I couldn't get out of this conversation quick enough tonight, and I bit my tongue for a long time before I said anything. I agree with you. I can't name a person I know with a career who doesn't work outside of normal hours. It's part of having a career vs a job in my opinion. And I really don't get *why* teachers seem to be so very vocal about it? My DD is a teacher. I have several friends who are teachers. I don't hear this in real life. I hear an occasional "only 14 days until the end of school" or how worn out they are because it's been a bad week or whatever but I don't hear it to the same degree I hear it here. It makes me wonder if you're (general) so very unhappy, why don't you make a change? My vent for the day....asshole agents who refuse to deal with women. Well, one in particular. He simply WILL NOT take my calls, answer my texts, respond to my emails. He'll send the info I request to one of the men in my office. And this is a young, maybe 35-40 yo, male. He was forced to face me in a closing last week and I had to correct a couple things he said. I'm not in any way a right fighter and wouldn't normally have this reaction but I loved every single second of it!
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Post by freecharlie on May 3, 2016 16:50:54 GMT
I know I'm going to open a can of big ole worms here, but I need to vent. Yes, teaching is hard work. Yes, 7 year olds are sometimes a PITA. But please please please can you not make it sound like you're the only one with a stressful, time consuming job? Wow...you have to work 2 days after school is out for students? Yep, me too...everyday throughout the summer! And over all your holiday breaks. So please don't ask me for sympathy, because I will remind you I don't have the summer off. My job/position is bad sometimes too. It's been a doozy of a tax season/1st quarter in my financial reporting world. I also bring work home, answer work emails, and think about work all the damn time. I'm going on vacation in a couple days, and I'll be answering work questions in the evenings I'm sure. Why does this always have to be a contest? I couldn't get out of this conversation quick enough tonight, and I bit my tongue for a long time before I said anything. Sorry...I'm done. What's your vent for the day? I have never met an educator that did not complain....constantly. All I know, the job simply must be way, way, way worse than it seems. It LOOKS like a fun job with above average pay but I have learned a lot here from pea teachers....and would never want to teach. youve met me. I love my job. I understand that part of the low pay is the fact that I work 182 days a year. I wouldn't change my job. Ftr, I am waiting on a meeting to start, so I am not neglecting my class, just annoyed that the other parties can't be on time so I came to pea.
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Post by ktdoesntscrap on May 3, 2016 17:01:39 GMT
Sorry Teachers... I know this is an exception not the rule.
Dear Science Teacher, You send emails complaining about the kids not caring about their grades, not turning assignments in on time, not getting parent support.
But you don't reply to emails.
I send you an email on Sunday.. and again on Thursday asking if you received first email, you say you didn't respond on Sunday due to religious reasons. FIne I have no issue with that.. but you also did not respond, on Monday, or Tuesday, or Wednesday.. which prompted me to write again on Thursday... as there was no school for students on Friday.
Now it is Tuesday and still no response to the questions I asked 10 days ago.
I have a student who cares about her grades, works really hard, spends hours studying, works with a tutor and is still Failing and you won't provide her the accommodations on her 504 or take time to meet with her or now me after school.
It is a two-way street, you want parent support... perhaps you might want to RESPOND to the parents, and help the kids who actually want to learn what you are teaching.
And while I am at it. I appreciate that you like to be known as the "hardest" teacher in the school, and you have high expectations of your students, and feel they can be stretched to achieve at a really high standard. But when the average on your tests and projects is around the 65% you are testing and assessing at a high level.. you are NOT teaching at a high level.
You might want to reflect on THAT!!!
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AmandaA
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Post by AmandaA on May 3, 2016 17:01:47 GMT
I would love it if someone would explain to my DH that when one of the kids (or me getting up to go tend to one of said kids) "wakes" you up, it is not the same as "getting up" with them... And having to leave your bed and take care of whatever it is that needs taken care of for 5..10..30...minutes in the middle of the night before you get to return to bed to try and fall back asleep. You were barely conscious for a millisecond and got to go right back to sleep without ever leaving the comfort of our bed! So not the same thing
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quiltz
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Post by quiltz on May 3, 2016 17:10:45 GMT
I would love it if someone would explain to my DH that when one of the kids (or me getting up to go tend to one of said kids) "wakes" you up, it is not the same as "getting up" with them... And having to leave youhugs r bed and take care of whatever it is that needs taken care of for 5..10..30...minutes in the middle of the night before you get to return to bed to try and fall back asleep. You were barely conscious for a millisecond and got to go right back to sleep without ever leaving the comfort of our bed! So not the same thing I have tried so hard to explain to my son that his wife, my DDIL, needs more help from him. I send him texts to remind him, I bring over dinners to help out. I take the older one overnight on a Friday night so that they can have some time together. ( ( ( hugs) ) )
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Post by papercrafteradvocate on May 3, 2016 17:14:12 GMT
Our application for a payment plan with the hospital has been sent back for the 8th time in six months! I can't tell if they are just incredibly picky (they wanted copies of all the blank pages of our bank statement), or are trying to wear us down so that we give up and they can send this bill to collections. I don't understand why we are having so much trouble getting a PAYMENT plan. We aren't asking them to dismiss the bill; we will pay it. We just can't pay it in one lump sum like they prefer. I've applied for much bigger things before and never had to jump through so many hoops! Even if you are on a payment plan, they CAN still report it on your credit history--it just has to be true. They can state that your bill is 6 months past due, and legally be within their rights even if you are in a payment plan
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perumbula
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Post by perumbula on May 3, 2016 17:17:06 GMT
Dear friend, you have now treated me the same way you have been complaining about being treated for the last year. Yup. You are now officially a hypocrite. Congratulations.
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Post by Deleted on May 3, 2016 17:20:42 GMT
Why are you complaining that we're not as close as we used to be but yet you're the one who didn't call or text me for months? Where were you when my grandma passed away? You said it was last year that we last saw each other. Nope, the last time I saw you was BEFORE my grandma passed away. We didn't see each other at all during 2015. I figured I wasn't that important of a friend and let it go. And now you're sad I don't sound more excited about having lunch with you? Sorry. Maybe if you had contacted me or even came to the memorial service, I wouldn't feel so indifferent about seeing you. I said I wouldn't mind having lunch with you soon and.... *crickets* Yeah. You contacted me. If you wanted to do something, why didn't you respond with a date? Face it, the friendship is dead. We're simply two people who went to school together now.
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quiltz
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Post by quiltz on May 3, 2016 17:33:25 GMT
I don't like Mother's Day. It is a Hallmark 'holiday' that causes a lot of drama.
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