Gripe thread

C.I.A. · Post by **C.I.A.** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 12:44 pm

And dennnn...

All my friends are in Austria or the USA, snowboarding every day, while I sit here in the first god-forsaken summer I have had in 4 years because I cracked my skull open last season. Summer sucks. Their messages to me suck. "Best. Snow. Ever."

Lizkins · Post by **Lizkins** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 12:59 pm

Not having a very good day are you C.I.A

how about you suggest to your crazy boss that you should bring in a snow-blower and create make-shift snow hills to snowboard on. you never know what he might say

C.I.A. · Post by **C.I.A.** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 1:04 pm

quick · Post by **quick** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 1:06 pm

C.I.A. wrote:And dennnn...

All my friends are in Austria or the USA, snowboarding every day, while I sit here in the first god-forsaken summer I have had in 4 years because I cracked my skull open last season. Summer sucks. Their messages to me suck. "Best. Snow. Ever."

go to the beach this sunday... thats what summer is all about

C.I.A. · Post by **C.I.A.** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 1:16 pm

True dat.

Just got to me when I heard it was going to be 41 degrees. My bedroom is upstairs and doubles as a convection oven when it is over 25.

Fuck it. I'll grab some icy cold ones, a gelati and stfu

Polecat · Post by **Polecat** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 1:17 pm

*sigh* not coping today. I was teaching a student how to do an experiment yesterday, thought she understood it all, turned my head to do something else, turned it back and she'd not saved a solution. She'd pipetted it into the bin instead. If my experiment hasn't worked today I've lost one weeks work because she threw away our DNA. If it has worked, I've lost one day checking things after her stuff up. :S

Is it time to go home yet?

Post by **breaksRbest** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 1:18 pm

esky - check
ice - check
beer - check
spliffs - check
tunes - check
beach - check

quick · Post by **quick** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 1:28 pm

breaksRbest wrote:esky - check
ice - check
beer - check
spliffs - pfft
tunes - check
beach - check

nic · Post by **nic** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 1:54 pm

The server room just got its own portable air con bought in for the week.....meanwhile im sweating buckets.

The server is nothing without people to do work to put on it. choke server choke, please gimme some air.

C.I.A. · Post by **C.I.A.** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 1:55 pm

*sigh* not coping today. I was teaching a student how to do an experiment yesterday, thought she understood it all, turned my head to do something else, turned it back and she'd not saved a solution. She'd pipetted it into the bin instead. If my experiment hasn't worked today I've lost one weeks work because she threw away our DNA. If it has worked, I've lost one day checking things after her stuff up. :S

Is it time to go home yet?

Ha ha ha. So been there. I was on a field trip, asked one of the honours students to water my ant colonies. Not too hard. She has a science degree. Mist them with this bottle 1x a day. Got back, 1 year of my PhD down the toilet. All my ants had died of dehydration. My sympathies.

C.I.A. · Post by **C.I.A.** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 1:59 pm

and I can't even work out how to quote properly. What kind of frikkin' day is this???

elysium · Post by **elysium** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 2:14 pm

C.I.A. wrote:Just got to me when I heard it was going to be 41 degrees. My bedroom is upstairs and doubles as a convection oven when it is over 25.

I have exactly the same problem

I'm going to have take a matress downstairs on Sunday I think - it's going to be suffocating in my room.

Post by **breaksRbest** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 2:17 pm

C.I.A. wrote:and I can't even work out how to quote properly. What kind of frikkin' day is this???

press the little 'quote' button at the top right corner of the persons post

mrj · Post by **mrj** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 2:17 pm

elysium wrote:
C.I.A. wrote:Just got to me when I heard it was going to be 41 degrees. My bedroom is upstairs and doubles as a convection oven when it is over 25.
I have exactly the same problem

I'm going to have take a matress downstairs on Sunday I think - it's going to be suffocating in my room.

to you both. My house is a cave, which means its cool and damp.

Of course the bears constantly coming and going gets to be a bit of a nuisance.

witty_pseudonym · Post by **witty_pseudonym** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 2:22 pm

my office = teh hotness

sweaty mcsweat

elysium · Post by **elysium** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 2:23 pm

what about bats? Do you also have a bat problem? This seems to be a common complaint of cave dwellers.

C.I.A. · Post by **C.I.A.** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 2:26 pm

If you tell me
your room is cool
or you have a swimming pool

I'm going postal right now
It makes me weep
when I know I'll get no sleep

mrj · Post by **mrj** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 2:38 pm

elysium wrote:what about bats? Do you also have a bat problem? This seems to be a common complaint of cave dwellers.

the bats aint so bad, its just like being on acid so you get used to it

Lizkins · Post by **Lizkins** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 2:42 pm

and those bears in your little cave are the cutest! but they keep hiding in dark places down that LLLLLOOOOONNNNGGGGGG hallway and tripping me up, nasty little buggars they can be sometimes

C.I.A. · Post by **C.I.A.** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 2:46 pm

Idea!!! Your sister is away. Slip and slide setup down your hallway, mrj!!

mrj · Post by **mrj** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 2:48 pm

Lizkins wrote:and those bears in your little cave are the cutest! but they keep hiding in dark places down that LLLLLOOOOONNNNGGGGGG hallway and tripping me up, nasty little buggars they can be sometimes

yeah, that hallway started talking to me the other night. nothing threatening though, just the usual, movies, sports etc.

My Gripe -

My boss and her new boss (so I guess my ultimate boss) were supposed to meet with me 45 MINUTES AGO and still have'nt turned up cos they are on a lunch junket

thanks guys.

Polecat · Post by **Polecat** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 2:50 pm

My lab has no air con so it is 35C in here. I have to cool down by standing in the corridor... which is airconditioned like the offices. Do some real work, and you're just left to sweat it out

C.I.A. · Post by **C.I.A.** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 2:54 pm

God. and in a lab coat and closed shoes, lab stylin' style.

quick · Post by **quick** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 2:58 pm

mrj wrote:
elysium wrote:
C.I.A. wrote:Just got to me when I heard it was going to be 41 degrees. My bedroom is upstairs and doubles as a convection oven when it is over 25.
I have exactly the same problem

I'm going to have take a matress downstairs on Sunday I think - it's going to be suffocating in my room.
to you both. My house is a cave, which means its cool and damp.

Of course the bears constantly coming and going gets to be a bit of a nuisance.

You live around the corner from The Peel yeah? explains the bears...

Ag3nT[]0raNg3 · Post by **Ag3nT[]0raNg3** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 3:00 pm

mrj you live very near me then!

the peel is scary. one of my old housemates made me go there once when he was newly gay. lol

Polecat · Post by **Polecat** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 3:10 pm

C.I.A. wrote:God. and in a lab coat and closed shoes, lab stylin' style.

I've ditched the lab coat in protest! The boss came through the lab before and commented on how he liked our lab coats when 3 ppl didn't have them on. He ran off before listening to the complaints though.

I've still got my closed shoes (sneakers) on. I don't want to drop a scapel on my foot

quick · Post by **quick** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 6:13 pm

Ag3nT[]0raNg3 wrote:mrj you live very near me then!

the peel is scary. one of my old housemates made me go there once when he was newly gay. lol

you loved it...

Realm Korrupt · Post by **Realm Korrupt** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 6:18 pm

quick wrote:
Ag3nT[]0raNg3 wrote:mrj you live very near me then!

the peel is scary. one of my old housemates made me go there once when he was newly gay. lol
you loved it...

Were you the 'housemate' that took Hugh??

quick · Post by **quick** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 6:20 pm

Realm Korrupt wrote:
quick wrote:
Ag3nT[]0raNg3 wrote:mrj you live very near me then!

the peel is scary. one of my old housemates made me go there once when he was newly gay. lol
you loved it...
Were you the 'housemate' that took Hugh??

why, you wanna go?

kronz · Post by **kronz** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 1:09 am

I drank too much beer now i cant go to the pankcake parlor for late night goodness. FUCK. Whay did i have to drink beer.

Then again the PP is owned by the scientologists so.............meh i still want pancakes with ice cream and chocolate topping and 100's and 1000's

ADD_Boy · Post by **ADD_Boy** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 9:41 am

I feel like shite

:needmorecoffee:

mrj · Post by **mrj** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 10:45 am

fucked my neck on Saturday night, possibly when I went completley ass over tit when I tripped over one of the couches in Bunker and landed on my head.

Sitting at the computer is not good for a sore neck. Not good at all.

Blush · Post by **Blush** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 11:10 am

Tequila on a schoolnight.... ooowwwwwww

dust · Post by **dust** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 11:13 am

Blush wrote:Tequila on a schoolnight.... ooowwwwwww

you get to work on time?

Blush · Post by **Blush** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 11:15 am

er...

Nope

no chance. But I will definately be leaving before time...it's all so difficult..

dust · Post by **dust** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 11:17 am

Bacon is the key. Best hangover cure ever.

Blush · Post by **Blush** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 11:22 am

Thanks

Hope your heads okay... then again, you wisely steered clear of the tequila!

In my world bacon is the cure for a whole heap of things, so I believe you ...*trots off downstairs to cafe

dust · Post by **dust** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 11:24 am

Yep, i'm ok. Joe however is not.

Good luck with the bacon.

Lizkins · Post by **Lizkins** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 11:50 am

mrj wrote:fucked my neck on Saturday night, possibly when I went completley ass over tit when I tripped over one of the couches in Bunker and landed on my head.

Sitting at the computer is not good for a sore neck. Not good at all.

OUCH!!! That sounded painful babe

Hope you get a massge or whatever soon to help.

Lizkins · Post by **Lizkins** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 12:12 pm

Just receiving an email from Big Day Out crew to say they would love me on the team again this weekend to work with whatever shift i want....i can't fricken do it cos i have wedding rehearsals at 3pm that day

FUCKEN!!!!!!

gnat · Post by **gnat** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 12:15 pm

Mr J.. you were defo up for some type of injury Sat night :flogged:

GOTD: Unmotivated. Fighting with secretaries at GP clinics to get client results. Not winning today. Over it completely.

flippo · Post by **flippo** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 2:32 pm

fucken Bracksy. The most exciting part of my project, that I was really looking foward to, we cant do anymore. Bracks government won't give us the permit untill after the election, just incase the results make his dredging project look bad. Fucken cunts :stab: :stab:

Polecat · Post by **Polecat** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 2:34 pm

Lost it in a meeting with my old boss today. She just said something related to careers and the flood gates burst and it was time to reach for the tissues. Walked home crying behind my sunglasses. It's all left me feeling rather shit, as the same thing happened at home on Friday night.

Ground down by the blues.

Post by **breaksRbest** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 2:56 pm

Car Insurance fuckers

AAMI can lick my ring

cha_chaos · Post by **cha_chaos** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 5:08 pm

Ag3nT[]0raNg3 wrote:
cha_chaos wrote:by the beard of zues! the security guards found it in melb central... wow... *teary eyed* im lucky

even tho its been found im going to be so much more careful and more honest if i ever come across anything thats been lost... i havnt b4 but i will definately make sure it gets back to where it came from
lucky u!

yeah... turns out $250 was missing tho... >_< too bad for me

spider bite

mecka · Post by **mecka** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 6:08 pm

gotd: ha! no gripes.

obliveus · Post by **obliveus** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 6:35 pm

So I called my professional teachers association today, because my NEW VCE book hasn't been sent to me yet. They've changed my course and book for next year. Classes begin next week and all I have to teach with is a study design without any content.

I could just send them out on fieldwork, but their SAC's for next term are based on fieldwork, not this term and I'm not allowed to teach the Unit out of order from what the person on the phone told me today.

She just said to hold tight and it might get to me by this Friday (4 days before school starts). It wouldn't be so bad, but they've changed the course so that I cant really use any of my lesson plans from last year.

ARGHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

Is this considered a valid gripe?

mrj · Post by **mrj** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 6:39 pm

obliveus wrote:So I called my professional teachers association today, because my NEW VCE book hasn't been sent to me yet. They've changed my course and book for next year. Classes begin next week and all I have to teach with is a study design without any content.

I could just send them out on fieldwork, but their SAC's for next term are based on fieldwork, not this term and I'm not allowed to teach the Unit out of order from what the person on the phone told me today.

She just said to hold tight and it might get to me by this Friday (4 days before school starts). It wouldn't be so bad, but they've changed the course so that I cant really use any of my lesson plans from last year.

ARGHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

Is this considered a valid gripe?

This is definitley a valid gripe dude. Someone else poor organisation had turned into a crisis for YOU not them.

Go postal on their asses I reckon.

killeye · Post by **killeye** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 9:14 pm

GOTD: whingers. we all know them

Will · Post by **Will** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 9:53 pm

Getting offered a cadetship.

Means I have to stay in Lismore for at least another year.