Gripe thread

mixtress · Post by **mixtress** » Tue May 20, 2008 10:53 am

I feel bad breaking the Gripe drought but I've got a good one. I have Pitryiasia Rosea

It's not meant to be itchy but mine's mutated a little thanks to eczema and thus it's blazing itchy. All my clothes seems to be made of itchiness. I went to work this morning and told my boss - showed him my belly with all it's splotches. All of a sudden, 14 people come over to diagnose me. They sent me home in case it's chicken pox (which I've already had) and now I have to get a second opinion. Yay for the day off work, boo for being itchy and feeling frightfully ugg.

ADD_Boy · Post by **ADD_Boy** » Tue May 20, 2008 11:10 am

Fents wrote:anyone check coreys acca's on big bro the other night when carson was doing him over?

i threw up a little.

wrong.town

gnat · Post by **gnat** » Tue May 20, 2008 11:11 am

getting hell sick for my entire weekend seems like a crap pat on the head for giving up smoking

ghetto kitty · Post by **ghetto kitty** » Tue May 20, 2008 1:16 pm

serious downs to three of our staff's house burning down and them losing everything, and one of them being in intensive care with third degree burns

life is short and you never know what is around the corner so fight less and be happy.

also to the guy who let his dog attack yoshi today and didnt even apologise to either whimpering puppy or crying kitty

Post by **huge** » Tue May 20, 2008 1:33 pm

fark who was it!?

Fents · Post by **Fents** » Tue May 20, 2008 1:36 pm

Yea cobes was pretty upset sat night. Speedy recovery to those involved.

deviant · Post by **deviant** » Tue May 20, 2008 1:48 pm

A lounge staff memeber stayed at mine on Sunday and told us the whole story......

fucking bad

I hope he's alright

kitty: sux about your dog..... people are fucked

ghetto kitty · Post by **ghetto kitty** » Tue May 20, 2008 1:49 pm

monty our chef, shane our handyman and tim our downstairs manager

all well loved guys.

tim is gonig to be okay tho, bad smoke inhalation the worst part apparently.

deviant · Post by **deviant** » Tue May 20, 2008 1:54 pm

ghetto kitty wrote:smoke inhalation.

something you'd think he'd be used to

witty_pseudonym · Post by **witty_pseudonym** » Tue May 20, 2008 2:03 pm

jeez. that's farked.

and poor yosha. extra cuddles tonight.

Lizkins · Post by **Lizkins** » Tue May 20, 2008 3:17 pm

man sorry to hear about the fire, hope all get through okay

farkin what re yoshi? you can't hurt cute dogs!!!! i think its a law or something, or should be.

kronz · Post by **kronz** » Tue May 20, 2008 3:46 pm

^ Thats fucked.

I guess that makes my gripe about writers block sound pretty lame.

mrj · Post by **mrj** » Tue May 20, 2008 3:52 pm

oh dear, thats horrible GK. much love to the lounge crew.

and ur dog too.

Post by **huge** » Tue May 20, 2008 3:53 pm

i just sat on myself

Lil MiSbreaks · Post by **Lil MiSbreaks** » Tue May 20, 2008 4:08 pm

ghetto kitty wrote:
life is short and you never know what is around the corner so fight less and be happy.

It is isnt it Kitty.

One day you might wake up and someone that might have pissed you off is not there anymore.

Make today repair day.

Charlie73 · Post by **Charlie73** » Tue May 20, 2008 6:25 pm

Kitty - oh man that is terrible news, hope said peeps are OK... And how is little puppy wuppy? Is he OK hurt at all? Do you know said cock head whos dog attacked Yoshi?

ghetto kitty · Post by **ghetto kitty** » Tue May 20, 2008 6:33 pm

yeah its pretty gloomy around work at the moment...

thanks for all of your well wishes....

im going to organise a benefit gig soon on a sunday and will let yall know if you were friends with those guys to come down....

the dog who attacked yoshi is on our morning walk route.
yoshi is okay, jsut a bit shaken up, he never had any dog attack him like that before. im tempted to leave a note in his letter box saying 'please make sure your vicious dog is securely chained up so we can walk past your house aruond nine thirty each morning' thanks'

oh > great.
as im typing this, got a rejection call from a VOLUNTEER position i thought i was way over qualified for.

its really my week this week.

Charlie73 · Post by **Charlie73** » Tue May 20, 2008 6:38 pm

Poppet - you may have not got he job BECAUSE you were over qualified.... This has happened to me a fair bit, drives you mad, but they just think you will get bored......

ALSO - I would be putting a note in the letter box so that they are aware, cause poor Yoshi has to walk past each day...

ghetto kitty · Post by **ghetto kitty** » Tue May 20, 2008 6:42 pm

yeah, not the case this time.
i have been donig crazy logistics for ten years in many art/music areas but apparently they found some band's tour manager better suited to the job.

ive just been applying for jobs for six months.
the rejections are starting to get to me.

ill write a letter to the dog owner.
it will make me feel like im speaking for my bubby, if nothnig else.

fuckin GRR @ today.

Charlie73 · Post by **Charlie73** » Tue May 20, 2008 7:06 pm

ghetto kitty wrote:yeah, not the case this time.
i have been donig crazy logistics for ten years in many art/music areas but apparently they found some band's tour manager better suited to the job.

ive just been applying for jobs for six months.
the rejections are starting to get to me.

ill write a letter to the dog owner.
it will make me feel like im speaking for my bubby, if nothnig else.

fuckin GRR @ today.

Oh honey chin up.........

On a lighter note we had Mark Moran start at our company last week....

retzie · Post by **retzie** » Tue May 20, 2008 7:10 pm

Jeez Kitty, that's rough

With the fire - speediest of recoveries to those hurt. Of all the places in the world to get burnt, Oz ain't bad (top burns research). As long as everyone's okay, everything else is 'just' material. With accidents, you can play "if only" all day, but if you changed one thing, you might not come out with everyone alive.

Was this the writing festival job? You never know what connections the successful person had, so try not to let it get you down. Around now is prolly the time the Melbourne Writers' Festival is sorting out staffing. In fact, a quick look reveals they need a volunteer coordinator and box office manager. I'd also follow up volunteer opportunities too - having done that before, I can confirm you make a lot of contacts that way.

Poor Yoshi. They is just jealous of his bling

spiral · Post by **spiral** » Tue May 20, 2008 7:15 pm

Direktor wrote:
spiral wrote:no worries man
$2k mic's aint quick or easy to replace here
and finding a room with no aircon that aint always being used to set up portable studio is almost as impossible
but something will come up
What are you using? Neuman, Rode?

Rode mic n pre i think

Post by **breaksRbest** » Tue May 20, 2008 7:19 pm

Charlie73 wrote:On a lighter note we had Mark Moran start at our company last week....

did he go to Mooroolbark High?

cha_chaos · Post by **cha_chaos** » Tue May 20, 2008 10:23 pm

People assuming who I am before they actually know... then getting carried away into their own little world and apparently I'm in it? Grown people too. WTF I've only conversed with this person, in person, about 3 times. I'm too young for this shit

mixtress · Post by **mixtress** » Wed May 21, 2008 12:35 pm

I have to get a third opinion for this rash I've got. First was Pitryiasia Rosea, second was an allergic reaction...I'm taking bets for the third

Doctor's don't know shit

deviant · Post by **deviant** » Wed May 21, 2008 12:45 pm

go to a proper dermatologist.... GPs only know how to prescribe pain-killers n antibiotics.

Charlie73 · Post by **Charlie73** » Wed May 21, 2008 1:17 pm

GOTD: The role i joined this current company for is not hapening so now i am stuck on reception desk hell, i am learning and gaining absolutley NOTHING from this job and all the skills i brought to the company have not been used ONCE, i am not motivated, bored to farking death and my mind is not being stretched at all...
I am so uninspired....

Must find night course on something getting more depressed with each passing day, just want to go home to bed everynight as soon as i get home

mrj · Post by **mrj** » Wed May 21, 2008 1:18 pm

huge wrote:i just sat on myself

ooooh dang

that hurts bad.

deviant · Post by **deviant** » Wed May 21, 2008 1:27 pm

Charlie73 wrote:GOTD: The role i joined this current company for is not hapening so now i am stuck on reception desk hell, i am learning and gaining absolutley NOTHING from this job and all the skills i brought to the company have not been used ONCE, i am not motivated, bored to farking death and my mind is not being stretched at all...
I am so uninspired....

Must find night course on something getting more depressed with each passing day, just want to go home to bed everynight as soon as i get home

I feeling similar to this...

meh

Polecat · Post by **Polecat** » Wed May 21, 2008 1:28 pm

Dreams! Damn them. It is pretty hard to ignore thoughts when they bubble up in your subconscience while you're fast asleep and can't bat them away.

ghetto kitty · Post by **ghetto kitty** » Wed May 21, 2008 1:34 pm

retzie wrote: Was this the writing festival job? You never know what connections the successful person had, so try not to let it get you down. Around now is prolly the time the Melbourne Writers' Festival is sorting out staffing. In fact, a quick look reveals they need a volunteer coordinator and box office manager. I'd also follow up volunteer opportunities too - having done that before, I can confirm you make a lot of contacts that way.

Poor Yoshi. They is just jealous of his bling

thanks for the tips retzie....
im not sure what im doing really, im jsut feeling like charlie and deviant even tho im in a semi creative job, ive pushed the boundaries as far as i can be fucked and now mostly feel my brain atrophy as i go through the motions.

i said id do lounge for two years and i have, there jsut doesnt seem to be any ladder to climb, or any jobs for someone like me with ten years of industry experience and no degree. im not giving up yet tho. but sometimes i want to.

mixxy > how bout going to someone wholistic instead? as far as my own expernice goes skin things are usually ALWAYS to do with diet or stress, or both. steriod creams and shit suck, as dan said, and are the first thing any GP will give you...

Post by **system** » Wed May 21, 2008 1:39 pm

jack can has work work work.

kronz · Post by **kronz** » Wed May 21, 2008 1:46 pm

Small downs to Chartered Accounting course starting today.

For the next months it's all going to be about Financial Accounting and Reporting, not drinking or going out (well maybe just a little). w00t w00t.

Charlie73 · Post by **Charlie73** » Wed May 21, 2008 2:03 pm

deviant wrote:
Charlie73 wrote:GOTD: The role i joined this current company for is not hapening so now i am stuck on reception desk hell, i am learning and gaining absolutley NOTHING from this job and all the skills i brought to the company have not been used ONCE, i am not motivated, bored to farking death and my mind is not being stretched at all...
I am so uninspired....

Must find night course on something getting more depressed with each passing day, just want to go home to bed everynight as soon as i get home
I feeling similar to this...

meh

It is really shit hey.. i mean you think you are going to be doing one thing, and it never happens.... I get total disrespect from so many here and it is the role, they just think i am an idiot.....

deviant · Post by **deviant** » Wed May 21, 2008 2:37 pm

I am doing the job I was employed to do.... good pay (main reason I took the job). Mega boring.

got 'til sept on contract.... going to stick it out.

retzie · Post by **retzie** » Wed May 21, 2008 3:34 pm

^^ So you've only got yourself to blame then really

. Surely in the next three months you can find something more interesting? If all else fails, I know a personal trainer who needs an assistant

Charlie, that sounds shithouse. What are you really meant to be doing? Are you looking elsewhere?

Kitty, I'm guessing your industry works a lot on personal contacts, which is a recipe for really depressing stretches of feeling like you can't get a hold anywhere. I'm sure something fab will turn up eventually. Following up your interest in writing could open up some doors?

Ha, having said all that, yes I'm miserable about work too. Money here runs out at the end of July, no prospect of work I actually want until Aug/Sept next year. Back-up plan (teaching) involves poverty line. No idea who else'd employ me in the intervening year. All these fucking degrees are just a liability

ghetto kitty · Post by **ghetto kitty** » Wed May 21, 2008 3:41 pm

begin rant >
fuck this.

i know all of you guys personally, and yall are highly intelligent, and multi talented, good communicators, well written, well spoken, with lots of energy and ideas in your various industries.

its BULLSHIT that we cant find jobs, that we like, let alone love.
its CRAP that we are over qualified for ANYTHING.
its a TRAVESTY that MOST people feel like this in their jobs.

what the fuck society? universe?

somethin has to change.

FoundationStepper · Post by **FoundationStepper** » Wed May 21, 2008 3:42 pm

i love my job

ghetto kitty · Post by **ghetto kitty** » Wed May 21, 2008 3:46 pm

what do you do FS?

FoundationStepper · Post by **FoundationStepper** » Wed May 21, 2008 3:50 pm

policy work ...

ghetto kitty · Post by **ghetto kitty** » Wed May 21, 2008 3:56 pm

well im really glad you love your job, and it does sound an interesting job.

but thats not a common job, and i also wonder how you ended up there.

i just know so many talented people who are not utilised or paid for what they are good at, and it shits me.

FoundationStepper · Post by **FoundationStepper** » Wed May 21, 2008 3:57 pm

experince and fortune, and presenting well... i've just built on specialist skills over time and had a lucky break or two.

diode · Post by **diode** » Wed May 21, 2008 3:57 pm

Sounds boring

Post by **huge** » Wed May 21, 2008 3:59 pm

lol, what do you do now btw?

Charlie73 · Post by **Charlie73** » Wed May 21, 2008 4:00 pm

retzie - I was supposed to be a Business Services Manager - in that i run teh serviced offices, but it is not working out, now i am on overpaif receptionist, i mean YAY i am on a good wage for waht i do - but i bored shitless! I come in 30mins early in the am to clean teh kitchen, i spend my 30mins lunch cleaning the kitchen and then i spend anoth 30-45 mins at the end of the day cleaning the kitchen, so my hours are supposed to be 9am till 5:30pm i work 8am-8:30am start till usuall 6pm or 6:30pm, with a 30 minute break that i spend cleaning up after other people.....

Inbetween answer phones and email messages, with post in and out and then if i am lucky i need to bail some twit that can't use word out at the 11th hour cause they are a fuckwit..

that is all i do all day, i USED to do end to end accounts of a retail company, plus manage a warehouse, work on shop floors and merchandise...

now .......

Kitty - I hear you baby, there are so many people that could be better used, but alas.....

if i had the money i would start my own business in a snap

ghetto kitty · Post by **ghetto kitty** » Wed May 21, 2008 4:08 pm

FoundationStepper wrote:and had a lucky break or two.

key ingredient to getting a job you love imho.

and charlie > what kind of buisness babe???

Post by **JAMESSSS** » Wed May 21, 2008 4:16 pm

I love my job.

Interesting and I get taken care of.

Zing!

Post by **huge** » Wed May 21, 2008 4:22 pm

i quite like my job. its no longer terribly challenging however, but we got a lot of rad tech and the office is a great place to work. people, although incredibly technologically illiterate are not bad either.

Charlie73 · Post by **Charlie73** » Wed May 21, 2008 4:38 pm

Kitty - something hands on... I tried to go back to school to do Horticulture, but thanks to being farked over by a boss with hours i had to choose, educate myself in what i like or eat....
I chose to eat.

So i would have a little garden business or Nursery.

Or like a million other peeps esp in Melbourne a coffee shop/wine bar, but that market is well and truly flooded.

If i was to keep doing this stuff at least in an industry that i am interested in, see i could do all this for a Tattoo Shop, i would love to be shop manager of a Tatt Shop....

FoundationStepper · Post by **FoundationStepper** » Wed May 21, 2008 4:40 pm

i like how im paid to use my brain, doing lots of in depth analysis and legal work, and consultation - distilling peoples ideas into something workable.

its stressy though sometimes