grinningcat
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Post by grinningcat on Jun 7, 2016 12:09:49 GMT
Alanis Morrissette did the world such a disservice with that damn song. There is nothing ironic about your boyfriend's situation, his attitude, or even about how you view him. The only irony (and it's not the best) is that this post has an ironic flair because you used irony wrong.
OP, I have no idea why you think any of your outlandish, zany theories would help your boyfriend. They won't. If anything, they will hinder him and make him look like an idiot towards the management team. He's grounded in the real world, where people have jobs and make money. Between the two of you, it's his advice that you should be listening to, not yours. Yours isn't helpful.
It's a good thing that the other guy is gone, it means that the boyfriend is front and centre and could make an impact on the management team. DO NOT HELP HIM IN ANY WAY... you will not endear yourself to the management team with your ridiculous views.
Just stop. Wise up and smarten up. Join the real world and stop looking for stupid excuses to be "deep".
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2016 12:15:00 GMT
It's Murphys Law not irony. If anything could go wrong it will. I see Murphy's Law more like someone only being hungry when there is no food in the house and not being hungry when there is plenty of food in the house. ETA: This happened a few weeks ago: Boyfriend was trying to get the fax number for a place that didn't show it online. He called them and was on hold for close to a half hour. While he was still on hold for the first 25 minutes or so, I realized I had the company's business card. I took it out to see if the fax number was on there and it was. So I showed boyfriend and the second he looked at it, someone answered his call. Wait what? People still send faxes?
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Post by Zee on Jun 7, 2016 12:20:43 GMT
I see Murphy's Law more like someone only being hungry when there is no food in the house and not being hungry when there is plenty of food in the house. ETA: This happened a few weeks ago: Boyfriend was trying to get the fax number for a place that didn't show it online. He called them and was on hold for close to a half hour. While he was still on hold for the first 25 minutes or so, I realized I had the company's business card. I took it out to see if the fax number was on there and it was. So I showed boyfriend and the second he looked at it, someone answered his call. Wait what? People still send faxes? I work in a doctor's office and we get at least a hundred faxes a day.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2016 12:30:34 GMT
Wait what? People still send faxes? I work in a doctor's office and we get at least a hundred faxes a day. Interesting, I thought they were all but obsolete. You learn something new ( about something old) everyday!
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Post by auntkelly on Jun 7, 2016 14:54:48 GMT
My advice to your boyfriend would be to permanently get rid of the inappropriate chairs and the basketball goal in the parking lot and look for a new job where he has a more mature immediate supervisor who is not hiding childish behavior from the big boss.
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grinningcat
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Post by grinningcat on Jun 7, 2016 15:16:43 GMT
My advice to your boyfriend would be to permanently get rid of the inappropriate chairs and the basketball goal in the parking lot and look for a new job where he has a more mature immediate supervisor who is not hiding childish behavior from the big boss. I do agree with you, but I would have never thought of a basketball hoop in the parking lot as immature. It can be a good place to go think things through or just blow some steam off. I wonder what the issue is, or if management would really have a problem with it. Or if it's, as you say, an immature supervisor.
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Post by jenis40 on Jun 7, 2016 15:39:30 GMT
I commented to a friend that I had never been admitted to a hospital. Several months later I was diagnosed with Leukemia and have since spent many many days in the hospital.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2016 15:41:40 GMT
This one time I just really really needed a knife but all I could find was like ten thousand spoons, so ironic...
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Post by berty on Jun 7, 2016 20:42:26 GMT
In my opinion, I don't think reacting negatively or getting upset at a bad situation makes more bad situation happen "to you". How one reacts might make a situation worse or cause a new problem, but I don't think it necessarily makes more bad things come one's way. For example, scenario #1 - say I get a dent in my fender and I get so mad I kick the tire and break my toe. My inability to properly control my response caused the second thing (broken toe) to happen. Scenario #2 - I get a dent and get angry, but don't kick the tire. Later that day, I trip and break my toe. The broken toe has nothing to do with getting angry earlier. I don't think God or the cosmos or whatever one believes in is sending more bad luck my way because I got angry. It's just coincidence, or bad luck. I'm a little tired and not at my sharpest, so I hope I explained myself ok. I understand what your opinion is, which is why I mentioned my opinion/feeling because I know it's not logically supported and unassuming. I guess I should have stated it being my personal feeling. And yes I guess it's more 'cosmos' related. But it's what works for me. As for boyfriend, he sees it more your way than mine. It's totally cool that you and I think differently about this and have different beliefs. Sorry I couldn't be of more help. I hope things go a little easier for your boyfriend soon!
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Post by mymindseyedpea on Jun 7, 2016 21:38:13 GMT
The irony is boyfriend's co-worker coincidently goes on vacation the same time a very rare visit occurs from the big wigs. I was hoping I could possibly find some insight ( that I probably wouldn't share ) with other people's ironies because they are easier for me to observe, so maybe I could help boyfriend break this pattern. That's not irony, and how you can have any influence on his bosses, is beyond me. I never said anything about influencing his bosses. This ironic pattern or bad luck effect or whatever you want to call it, happens more than just with work situations. I remember one when we were headed to his school to pick up his books, he was asking why this pattern is happening to him. I started talking about what I personally feel happens when you resist the present moment. He wasn't resonating with that so I looked at it from another angle and came up with 'irony' . Then I kid you not, when we started talking about irony the the next song that came on the radio was Alanis's Ironic.
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Post by gar on Jun 7, 2016 21:40:49 GMT
That's coincidence. Irony is very specific.
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Post by ktdoesntscrap on Jun 7, 2016 21:47:25 GMT
It's Murphys Law not irony. If anything could go wrong it will. I see Murphy's Law more like someone only being hungry when there is no food in the house and not being hungry when there is plenty of food in the house. ETA: This happened a few weeks ago: Boyfriend was trying to get the fax number for a place that didn't show it online. He called them and was on hold for close to a half hour. While he was still on hold for the first 25 minutes or so, I realized I had the company's business card. I took it out to see if the fax number was on there and it was. So I showed boyfriend and the second he looked at it, someone answered his call. Murphy's Law is everything that can go wrong will go wrong. Which more correctly describes your BF's situation.
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Post by mymindseyedpea on Jun 7, 2016 22:58:17 GMT
I commented to a friend that I had never been admitted to a hospital. Several months later I was diagnosed with Leukemia and have since spent many many days in the hospital. I'm so sorry to hear that.
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