Are you pissed off? I'm pissed off. Vent Thread.

[rynne]

The balconies of my apartment building are being refurbished, so there's lots of building materials and scaffolding around the grounds and parking lot.  In light of Hurricane Irene, they've ... done absolutely nothing.

There is a fucking pile of 2x6s, rebar and miscellaneous tools about 10 feet from parking spaces.  The only protection the cars have is a single strand of caution tap strung between wooden stakes.  Elsewhere, there's an 8-foot storm fence set in unsecured concrete blocks surrounding even more loose building materials.  It's almost like they decided to stock the entire grounds with the most efficient projectiles.

I've managed to get a parking space that puts as many cars as possible between my car and these piles of crap, but I'm sure as hell gonna be taking as many pictures as I can to document this in case I need to sue the management or the contractor for damages later. 

[rynne]

Good news: because the winds were lower than feared, all the random building materials stayed put.


Bad news: we lost power and seem to be getting screwed by the power company again.


In 2010 a big storm hit our town and our apartment building was without power for 5 days, despite the surrounding neighborhood having their power returned after two days. Last weekend, our town lost power because of Irene. Like before, the whole town had their power back on by last night except for my building and a block of townhouses next door.

I called the power company first thing this morning. Good thing I did, 'cause they thought our power was already on.


The worst part? Two weeks ago, Mrs. rynne spent a whole day cooking and freezing meals for us to eat in the next couple months. If the power's not on by tonight, that's about 12 hours of work and 20 days of dinner gone.

[soul driver]

I hate feeling I have to take a step backwards...but sometimes you need to step back before you step forward...I work for the Nets (part time but love it! ) but because of the NBA lockout, I may not be working for them for...an entire year? And even THAT is uncertain as the team is moving starting next year (I hope to be full time by then... )

So I've been looking for work all summer. I haven't found anything. Either I'm over qualified, or under qualified. I even thought I had a job because I knew someone..the old "it's not about what you know but who you know" expression goes out the window. I didn't get it.

Now, times are getting tough. Had to take out money I shouldn't have touched, and that kills me, just to pay my bills for a few more months. After that? Who knows.

So I may have to take a step backwards, and go back and work at the bank I used to work at a few years ago. I didn't like it, but times are getting close to desperation. I'm hoping that my old bosses will take me back, again banking on "who you know" but that doesn't always work either.

At times, I feel like my college degree (a BA in Media Arts) is useless. I'll never regret the experience or knowledge I obtained, but so far, over 2 years removed from graduation, it has been useless in trying to obtain work. In a way, I kind of want nothing to do with that stuff anymore- I don't like working cameras, don't like sitting behind computers to edit..I just want to write. Scripts,stories, whatever. There isn't exactly a job out there for that though.

I'm trying to remain positive, it's just hard sometimes. My darkest days, I hope, are very behind me..I'll get into that some other time.

[r00]

r00: I seriously believe you could make a case for harassment, because the legal definition goes further than it used to.

I definitely would if it turned more malicious and/or frequent.  For now, just ignoring her and using the male power of selective hearing seems to work most of the time.

To be honest, nobody here really even knows what she does, so the next time the corporate scythe makes a sweep she will probably be caught in it.

[Naylzie]

Good news: because the winds were lower than feared, all the random building materials stayed put.


Bad news: we lost power and seem to be getting screwed by the power company again.


In 2010 a big storm hit our town and our apartment building was without power for 5 days, despite the surrounding neighborhood having their power returned after two days. Last weekend, our town lost power because of Irene. Like before, the whole town had their power back on by last night except for my building and a block of townhouses next door.

I called the power company first thing this morning. Good thing I did, 'cause they thought our power was already on.


The worst part? Two weeks ago, Mrs. rynne spent a whole day cooking and freezing meals for us to eat in the next couple months. If the power's not on by tonight, that's about 12 hours of work and 20 days of dinner gone.

Glad to hear the building materials didn't go on a rampage!  Catching up on everything, even knowing how hard the hurricane DIDN'T hit where I am, I was literally holding my breath through the intervening posts. 

As for the power...  I really hope it comes back soon for you guys!  Unfortunately, mostly everyone I know that lost power to begin with hasn't gotten it back   National Grid fail and a half.

[TPD]

my vent:
i'm still breathing.

LOLZ

[videodrone]

OMG ANGSTMATES! <3

drone

[TPD]

whoooooo. let's listen to bauhaus and smoke cloves!

[boom]

I find few things more infuriating than getting the car worked on without Theo there. Every goddamn thing our of their mouths is so patronizing "be sure to tell your husband this" "well make sure you give this piece of paper to your husband" Hey douchebag, I may be a chick but I know what the fuck you're saying when you tell me my alignment is off. I'm not getting it done today because I'm broke, not because I don't feel like it. 

[luna]

dinner at B's parents house tonight. boo

[r00]

this is where a flask comes in handy for when you go to the restroom.  ;-)

[luna]

so the only one of my co-workers that actually does any work is getting married next weekend, i thought it was kind of strange that we didn't plan anything for her but everyone else are fucking assholes so it wasn't really surprising. i got her a card and a small gift and gave it to her today since this is the last day we work together before the wedding. anyway i'm really glad i did that because as i find out today that that spoiled brat "office manager" bitch actually did plan something for the lunch break tomorrow but didn't feel the need to invite me and i would have looked like a huge jerk.

really don't understand, are the vast majority of people fucking douchebags or do i just have bad luck because i fucking hate pretty much everyone i meet, particularly if i have to work with them

i'm at the point where if it wasn't for one of the doctors that i get along with really well who also is the only other person that sees that no one else fucking does any work i would quit this fucking piece of shit job

[Aaron]

*hugs and a high five*

I'm pretty much the same. I hate most the people I meet, I have a few friends still. But even most the people I hang out with (that is when I leave the house or have someone come over) its more out of convenience more so then anything... I try to keep my optimism about people in that everyone is trying to do good. But I still think some would be better if they stopped breathing... And working retail doesn't help that at all. It has destroyed my happy, I used to like the holidays. Now I can't wait till they are over. (I'm sure seeing all the people that go into the vet there doesn't help any...) 

And coworkers... I to hate most everyone I work with, or I don't know them well enough to hate them yet (that is really how I look at it to...) I think its just cuz when they fuck up/don't do something you are the one left cleaning up after them/fixing it. I work with some cool people, but they are fucking morons. Some are hard workers but they are so scatter brained they get 15 different things half done.

It is nice to know that other people are like me, and that I'm not just bitter beyond my years... (not saying you are...) And I'm not really anti social, just asocial. I would rather be alone, then with most other people. (I like to do stuff with my friends, I just don't very much...) Now, I'm off to solve my cubes...

[soul driver]

friggen battery and charger are shot on this macbook..going to have to order new ones *sigh* ..that's why I've been MIA the past week or so. but I shall return!

[r00]

eally don't understand, are the vast majority of people fucking douchebags or do i just have bad luck because i fucking hate pretty much everyone i meet, particularly if i have to work with them

There are definitely good people out there, but I have to agree with the vast majority of them being d-bags.  Sorry you are having to deal with a whole ton of them in one place like that.  8(