I declare today Happy Venting Day! Vent away!

[budbeerlady]

I am in a bad mood, its raining and cold. People are irritating me. I am venting today. Vent away! What do you want to vent about?

 

[kydisneyfans]

Gas prices are too high-nearly 30.00 to fill up my puny little Saturn. How can inflation be in check when the costs of education, energy, housing, medical, and so on are rising at 10% plus per year? Someone's fudging some numbers somewhere-we have a problem here. Anyone know of any major expense that has dropped in price over the last few years?

 

[monarchsfan16]

My allergies are driving me crazy. I have wayyy too much work to do. My mom's going to try to fatten me up this weekend when I go home. I still don't have a job for this summer, so I'll hear all about that when I go home. My neighbor who was like my second mom when I was little had a stroke last week and is paralyzed on the left side of her body and her family has been through so much with her health already that that was the last thing that they needed

 

[Tantor]

My hubby snores and it's waking me up at night! I am now wearing earplugsbut I can still hear a little bit of snoring. Hopefully I won't go

 

[OhMari]

My allergies are driving me crazy. I have wayyy too much work to do. My mom's going to try to fatten me up this weekend when I go home. I still don't have a job for this summer, so I'll hear all about that when I go home. My neighbor who was like my second mom when I was little had a stroke last week and is paralyzed on the left side of her body and her family has been through so much with her health already that that was the last thing that they needed

Good to hear from you Monarch. Here is a group hug for you. I don't have anything to vent. You almost made it through your first year of college. At home is there any Home Depot or gardening places, they always look for extra people in the summer.

 

[Mom21]

My vent. Why is it that when hubby is home he doesn't care to talk to me, rarely listens to anything I have to say, actually walks out of the room when I am speaking and swears he didn't hear me talking? But then when he has to go out of town for a union meeting (maybe every 6-12 months--not often) he has to call me every 2 minutes. Actually wants me to watch the live streaming video for 10 hours today and the next 2 days of the meeting. Have you ever been to a union meeting . Then he calls constantly and wants to discuss it. When he is in the meeting he emails me on his Blackberry all day long. So if anybody is in Boston this week and sees a 5'7" man about 150lbs, bald with a Blackberry glued to his ear, could you do me a favor and steal it from him.........

Kinda like when I send he and dd somewhere so I can get a few minutes of peace and quiet. Honestly, the phone doesn't stop ringing. It's like a conspiracy to keep me from having any time to myself.

Oh yeah and don't anybody say "how sweet. he misses you" because that isn't true. He just lives his life to annoy me..... OK vent over. Thanks for this opportunity before I screech at him next time he calls.

 

[Piglet843]

My DH and my 80lb lab puppy both snore at night. Earplugs don't help - trust me I have tried.

My office mate is 40 years older than me and HAS NO FREAKIN CLUE about life in this Millinium. He irritates me to no end everyday.

I think Chris on American Idol is So Hot and Such a good Singer/Entertainer (in a LIVE kinda way) - but he did horrible last night - I think people are just afraid to say the truth.

I hate when people take something out on you that is not your fault - or that you cannot help. Its sooo 4 years old!!

Love this thread...

Thanks for the vent!

 

[T1130]

DD needed Dunkin Donut muchkins for her Easter party at school today. Every day my father gets up and goes to Dunkin Donuts for coffee. I asked my father two weeks to pick them up for me for today.. It would be just easier for me if he did it. I reminded him every day. I talked to my mother last night and reminded her.
This morning 10 minutes before we had to leave for school I call my father and ask him where the muchkins are. Guess what he forgot to get them.
He tells me he will go get them and meet me at school.
He shows up empty handed because there were no more muchkins left at Dunkin Donuts by the time he got there. That is why two weeks ago I told him to get them when he gets his coffee at 6:00 because I knew they would be sold out by 8:45.
Moral of my story: If you want somrthing to be done right do it yourself.

 

[Poohgirl]

Im tired of being sick with strange ailments! Like having every gland infront of, behind and under my right ear and upper jaw so swollen that they are about to burst, which is so painful and makes me feel completely lousy, I have a mild fever BUT I do not have a cold, stuffy nose, sore throat, tooth problem, sinus trouble, bug bite, NOTHING!!!! What the heck????

 

[TheOtherVillainess]

Oh god wh ere should I start?

Let's see...

Yesterday I was fired, because my employer set me up to fail. Her idea of how to properly train a new employee is just totally whacked and because of that, I was improperly equipped to handle some of the situations my job thrust me into. I was told that there were too many 'incidents' (whatever that means) and that because of that, it just 'wasn't working out'. She gave me no real explanation as to why I was fired, not that she was required to (this being an at will state). But it's kind of hard to succeed when you're not given the proper tools to do so by your employer.

TOV

 

[budbeerlady]

Oh god wh ere should I start?

Let's see...

Yesterday I was fired, because my employer set me up to fail. Her idea of how to properly train a new employee is just totally whacked and because of that, I was improperly equipped to handle some of the situations my job thrust me into. I was told that there were too many 'incidents' (whatever that means) and that because of that, it just 'wasn't working out'. She gave me no real explanation as to why I was fired, not that she was required to (this being an at will state). But it's kind of hard to succeed when you're not given the proper tools to do so by your employer.

TOV

Ouch Hugs to you!

 

[Free4Life11]

Why can't people return calls? I left a message with someone and then called them TWICE yesterday to remind them to check their messages and get back to me. "Oh sure I'll be sure to give you a call tonight." Nope, never came. Did end up calling me back but by now its too late.

Now on a different note, why is it so difficult for people to make plans in advance? I'm not even talking about weeks, I'm talking a few days! Not too happy right now!

 

[Grammyof2]

OK I would love to join in.
First to those who need them.

Mine is minor - If you are going to be at my house from sun up to sun down on Easter and you have no where else to go all day, why do you have to know now what time dinner is. You are eating 3 meals here. You will get them all. Thank you for that minor vent.

 

[LindsayDunn228]

*sigh*

This thread popped up just in time

My dad just left my house. My dad has NEVER just dropped by, let alone during the middle of the day. He comes over to tell me he and my stepmother are getting divorced.

 

[TheOtherVillainess]

Thanks,budbeerlady. Think I'll share a glass with you.

The place I was working (a daycare/preschool) was an absolute nightmare. The director's idea of training new employees was to sit them in an unused classroom, with nothing to sit on. Well, not properly anyway. You could sit on a wooden child-sized chair if you had a small butt or if you turned it sideways. Anyway..after sitting in this room, you were given a notebook as thick as a dictionary and told to read all of it, as well as answer about a hundred different questions based on the notebook. And you only had like 2 hrs to do so.

I suppose a smart person would've taken notes and been able to study them later. But I was unprepared for that when I went in for 'training'. I was also placed in an infant room the first few days I was there, which led me to believe I'd be there permanently. Lo and behold, the next time I go into to work, the 'educational coordinator' tells me I've been moved to *Classroom A* which has kids age 24-36 mos. Which is a heck of a lot different than being with infants. Let me tell ya. I was totally unprepared, but willing to deal with it because I felt I had little choice.

The VERY first day I was in *Classroom A* they left me for close to 2 hrs with 4 or 5 kids BY MYSELF. I was totally blindsided and had no idea what to do. At the end of the day, I drove home crying my eyes out because I felt so overwhelmed.

And it only got worse as I continued to work there.

Let me preface what I'm about to say with something that will be of importance later on. There were no child-proof latches on anything. Not the cabinets, not the drawers and certainely not on the door leading to the fenced playground outside.

In the class, we had a couple of kids who were brilliant escape artists. And escape they did..a couple of different times. Both of which I was penalized for, understandably. When I spoke to the director about this, her suggestion was to put a table in front of the door. Yeah..like THAT'S not a fire hazard.

During one instance, there were 4 kids in the room when *S* escapes. I holler at the next door teacher *E* to watch my kids while I fetch *S*. *E* tells me that no, she will go get him and takes it upon herself to not only bring S back but to put him in timeout in her room. Later, she complains to the director about it, who in turn yells at me and more or less implies that if E quits, it will be all my fault.

Then yesterday, the director calls me into her office (along with the 'educational coordinator') and tells me that despite her best efforts to place me in a classroom that would 'work out', it just 'didn't work out'. I was also given the impression I am no longer welcome in the building, because I asked about my final paycheck and was informed it would be mailed to my house.

TOV

 

[MaryPA]

My dog has gas!

 

[Miss Jasmine]

It just figured that TODAY would be venting day. I have NOTHING to vent about.

 

[Barb D]

I'm supposed to be at WDW this week, and I'm not.

So then we were supposed to leave for the Outer Banks today and we didn't.

We're still supposed to leave for the Outer Banks tomorrow, but my computer is totally messed up and I've spent all day today working on it (including backing everything up and reloading the OS) and it's still not working right. And I still have to pack and grocery shop. And the kids have been cleaning and doing laundry and trying to find the MS Word key so I can reload MS Word, and everybody is grumpy and snappy.

And I have a migraine. (Fortunately a mild one.) I have to wait another week and a half before I find out what the doctors are going to do about a medical issue they discovered while they were trying to figure out what is causing all my migraines. Ironically, the medical issue has nothing to do with the migraines, so even if/when they fix that I'll probably still have the migraines.

At least I got the internet working. And DD6 is napping.

 

[budbeerlady]

Thanks,budbeerlady. Think I'll share a glass with you.

The place I was working (a daycare/preschool) was an absolute nightmare. The director's idea of training new employees was to sit them in an unused classroom, with nothing to sit on. Well, not properly anyway. You could sit on a wooden child-sized chair if you had a small butt or if you turned it sideways. Anyway..after sitting in this room, you were given a notebook as thick as a dictionary and told to read all of it, as well as answer about a hundred different questions based on the notebook. And you only had like 2 hrs to do so.

I suppose a smart person would've taken notes and been able to study them later. But I was unprepared for that when I went in for 'training'. I was also placed in an infant room the first few days I was there, which led me to believe I'd be there permanently. Lo and behold, the next time I go into to work, the 'educational coordinator' tells me I've been moved to *Classroom A* which has kids age 24-36 mos. Which is a heck of a lot different than being with infants. Let me tell ya. I was totally unprepared, but willing to deal with it because I felt I had little choice.

The VERY first day I was in *Classroom A* they left me for close to 2 hrs with 4 or 5 kids BY MYSELF. I was totally blindsided and had no idea what to do. At the end of the day, I drove home crying my eyes out because I felt so overwhelmed.

And it only got worse as I continued to work there.

Let me preface what I'm about to say with something that will be of importance later on. There were no child-proof latches on anything. Not the cabinets, not the drawers and certainely not on the door leading to the fenced playground outside.

In the class, we had a couple of kids who were brilliant escape artists. And escape they did..a couple of different times. Both of which I was penalized for, understandably. When I spoke to the director about this, her suggestion was to put a table in front of the door. Yeah..like THAT'S not a fire hazard.

During one instance, there were 4 kids in the room when *S* escapes. I holler at the next door teacher *E* to watch my kids while I fetch *S*. *E* tells me that no, she will go get him and takes it upon herself to not only bring S back but to put him in timeout in her room. Later, she complains to the director about it, who in turn yells at me and more or less implies that if E quits, it will be all my fault.

Then yesterday, the director calls me into her office (along with the 'educational coordinator') and tells me that despite her best efforts to place me in a classroom that would 'work out', it just 'didn't work out'. I was also given the impression I am no longer welcome in the building, because I asked about my final paycheck and was informed it would be mailed to my house.

TOV

You deserve two or three drinks for that one! I am so glad DD's daycare wasnt anything like this. I would report it to the state, it is unsafe for kids to be there. I am so glad DD was at a great daycare. It was 3 kids to 1 from ages 2-6. And 2 kids to 1 adult in the newborn to 2 age.

 

[luvmydogs]

In November, I tore my left Achilles tendon running, and wore a cast for three months.

Three weeks ago, I broke my right ankle, and am in another cast.

I'm sick of heavy, itchy casts that smell.