The rant thread.

Don't mind me, Ashley. I just get silly over the holidays!

Ok, now I have a major rant. :evil:

We've been stuck in the house all day because it was nasty, cold and rainy outside all day. My older son sometimes rides his bike down to the gas station to get a pop or something like that. Well, he wanted to get out of the house for a bit, so I asked him to grab me a cappuccino this time as a little treat to myself. They had a flavor I really like and they only have it at Christmas, so I thought I'd treat myself one more time before it's gone.

He rode his bike down there, only to find there were no lids for the coffee cups. He asked the cashier, who he said was new there, and she looked in the cabinet under the coffeemaker. She told him they didn't have any more - that he'd "just have to be careful riding home" with the hot coffee in his hand. Needless to say, about 8 oz. of the coffee ended up on him, as he was riding his bike with a cup of coffee with no lid.

I know things happen, and sometimes supplies don't get ordered when they should, or there's a shortage. But did she have to be snotty about it? She never looked in the back room to see if there were lids back there - and I know that's where they keep them - I use this particular gas station a lot, and know the manager and most of the cashiers on a first name basis. I'm calling the manager on Tuesday when she comes back in to let her know I don't appreciate the way my son was treated this afternoon. Perhaps I'm being a little over-sensitive, but I thought she was rude.

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR :evil:

There is no such thing as being overly-sensitive when it comes to our kids. We are their protectors and often have to be pariahs to champion for them. I have a son and daughter who are ADD. My daughter pretty much outgrew it, but my son is now 25, has a genius IQ and is still suffering from ADD. It affects every aspect of his life and I am still there looking after him.

Sue, that's horrible! Especially since she knew he was riding his bike home, she should have made every effort to try to find a lid or do something make-shift, at least. Definitely let the manager know. Is your son alright? How badly did he get burned?

He's fine, but his clothes aren't. His brand new blaze orange Winchester hunting hoodie I bought him for Christmas is splattered with cappuccino as are his jeans and shoes. I can wash that, no problem. I'm just glad he didn't get burned.

I told him if that ever happens again and there's no lids, don't get the coffee - not to risk burning himself just to get that for me. But he was trying to do what I asked him to, the sweetie.

Aww, he sounds like a sweetie. I'm glad he didn't get hurt.

thanks, dbaker, I am too!

You're welcome, Sue.

ok, I have a mild rant here..

Why are the New Year's eve shows so STUPID?? I mean, really..Every year they have the worst performers in the world. They build it up and build it up like it's this cooooool thing, like it's gonna ROCK. and it's always lame..I don't care about the people screaming in Time's square 3 hours before the ball drops, I'm not there, so why do I want to see a bunch of people with stupid hats on? And they keep showing them, in between the off-key music performances.

Am I just a spoilsport here, or is it as dumb as I think it is?

I liked all the people calling priceline yesterday wanting a hotel in Times Square...Then getting all po'd when the Super 8 is $350 a night...lol

And Ashley...My cat puked on our carpet this morning...And I just steam cleaned them on Thursday. I could have killed him..lol

Puke is nasty. No other word for it. And how's this for a dumb man..

My dog puked last week, and my husband cleaned up the big chunks with a nice bath towel. He threw it in the washer with the other towels..And when I took them out, there were big clean chunks of Howie puke all over the towels.

EWWWWWWWWWW ew ew ew!!!

I can't even bear to think of that.

Yeah, it was pretty rough.

Since this is the RANT thead...and I've already had TWO rants today....I guess I'll make it three....dbaker said earlier bad things happen in threes...

I just went down in the basement to do laundry...I had set some on the floor after sorting it earlier today. It has been raining all day...hard at times. I just went down to find all the laundry on the floor wet and about 2 inches of water under my dryer. :evil: :evil: :evil:

Sorry, Sue, I didn't mean that as an omen!

NICE!!!! You want to use my wet vac?

a few months ago I used it to clean out the water in the garage, and I never emptied it...Now it smells really bad.

Okay my rant for the day:

I fell at the restaurant once again. This is the second time in 6 weeks. The first time I fell against a ladder that was in the kitchen (the boss doesn't want it stolen) this time I fell on my butt. The assistant manager said "If you had non-slip shoes) I yelled at hime "Don't put this off on me" Anyhow aren't they supposed to have those black honeycomb type mats in the kitchens to prevent slips in water like this. I am so fed up with these people cutting corners. They were robbed yesterday morning someone crowbared the front door. 45 second delay on the alarm so they grabbed the cash drawer and ran. $300 out the door. These people are idiots they won't spend the money on a safe and leave $300 opening money in a drawer. We have a Cheddars (any comments on this restaurant?) opening up here probably in the next 6 weeks, guess where I will be heading or at least applying.

Thanks for allowing me to vent or rant, whatever

Sorry to hear about your fall, Ashley! Hope you feel better soon. I'd definitely look for another job if your employers don't think enough of their employees to have non-slip mats in a tiled floor area of the kitchen. Especially in the dishroom or any area where water/grease is a hazard.

Oh, and my basement finally dried out. LOL It's a hazard of living in Michigan - most homes here do not have "finished basements" - they have "Michigan basements" - which means cinderblock walls, concrete floor, sump pump, and water that leaks in from the corners....it's fixable, but not terribly cheap.

I have eaten at Cheddars (there is one not to far from my house). It's like Applebees, TGIFridays, Bennigan's....you get the idea.

Hey Ashley,
That's a workman's comp claim!! They tried to put it off on you, because they don't want to deal with it!!

But I am not really hurt, my backside is bruised, my knee and wrist also but I can still function. I have to work.

It's only 7:45 in the morning....can I go home?

You have my permission LOL!

Slowly getting worse....

Hang in there, Jeff.

I wonder why my work hasn't gone for this idea of mine. It's only 5 simple words:

"beer and nacho vending machines"

How fun, I have a rant too!!

Someone wrote "f**k you" and today's date on the men's bathroom wall today..In poop. They also smeared it on the front of the sink and the paper towel dispenser. The janitor got a lovely treat, this isn't the first time it's happened.

Anyway, it had to be documented.So I had to go down and take a picture of it. Isn't that nice?

Oh man.

YOU MUST POST THAT! :)

fins, we have the same issue here occasionally - I've been out to the factory and used one of the restrooms out there - there's a sign posted by our HR department addressing the same thing.

EWWWW--Where do you guys WORK? They don't even pull that (pardon me) CRAP here and its a SCHOOL :roll:

Fins, did you break your new year's resolution? You made a face, didn't you? Okay, I guess we can let it slide this time, considering the circumstances!

It brings to mind the old book titles "Brown Spots on the Wall" by Who...

Okay, here's my rant for today. As I've been going through the want ads, you guys would not believe the amount of store front lenders who are hiring in my neck of the woods. There is even an ad for a new one coming to the area. Is it ever going to stop? I'm not that desparte for a job. I'd rather scrub toilets for a living :-)

Fins,

That is so gross...... LOL! I have to admit that it did give me a chuckle though.

Mishele-just don't scrub toilets where Fins works :lol: ..Karen

Ok...since we're on the topic anyway...I have a huge rant inovolving....poo. :evil:

My daughter's dog, who happens to be mine at the moment, has finally reached the milestone of being able to stay out of his kennel all day without an accident. Unfortunately, he finds something new to shred every day - a decorative basket, a country cow that sat on the back of my couch, newspapers, etc. Today, he shredded a full bag of trash that my son forgot to put out for the trash pickup this morning. In that bag was the remains of some vegetables from dinner a few days ago....including corn.

I came home to find the trash spread from one end of the house to the other, eggshells finely crushed all over the living room floor, plastic baggies and wrap chewed up and shredded all over, cereal box shredded, and....

I also found out that corn affects the canine digestive system the same way it does some humans.

He's back in his kennel tomorrow morning. :evil:

LOL Karen, that is so true! I just can't imagine an adult doing that but one never knows.

Mishele--

By chance, is the new storefront coming to your area called "Fast Payday Loans of Ohio?" Just wondering b/c they just opened one in my area, and I noticed the last couple of times I've been in Columbus, I've seen a couple of these stores there.

I don't think so Brownsugar. I think it was called Cash Connection or something like that. There are plenty of them popping up everywhere though. If I ever get that desparate for a job, guys, please just shoot me :-)

Mishele-I think we should just start our own business on how to make money...We can charge $50 a person to come to our seminar on how to charge people $50 to come to a seminar. If we just got 20 people in the door, we'd make $1,000.

Hey Irish..I know who wrote the book you're talking about! It's by the award-winning author, Who Flung Poo.

You win the golden ring! It just goes to show you where my mind has been today - when I read about the mess on the wall in the rest room that was all I could think about!

Mishele - you wouldn't want to work at one of the pdls anyway - they pay just above the minimum wage - about $8.00 an hour - you would make more cleaning toilets!

No wonder they have such grouchy employees and managers. Starvation wages!

Here is my RANT and it is A RANT! I am BEYOND ANGRY!!!!!!!!!!!! :twisted:

I was in a store a few minutes ago, my son was in the aisle, and a co-worker said excuse me to him and he didn't hear her, she then motioned a SMAKING motion towards his head and said " I SAID EXCUSE ME, WHAT ARE YOU DEAF!"

YES MY SON IS DEAF YOU DUMB A$$ BIT......!!!!!!! :twisted: And do NOT think I did NOT intervene!!!!!!!!! I shouted at her, she looked surprised, and I said, "This is my SON, AND YES AS A MATTER OF FACT HE IS DEAF! DO YOU STILL WANT TO SMACK HIM BECAUSE I WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOU TRY!"


I AM STILLL FUMING!!!!!!!!!!!!WORDS CAN NOT DESCRIBE THE ANGER I AM FEELING AT THIS MOMENT.

PEOPLE SHOULD NOT BE SO STUPID AND TO ASSUME CRAP! IN THIS CASE THIS LADY REALLY MADE AN A$$ OUT OF HERSELF, AND SHE HAS TO FACE ME AT WORK TOMORROW WHERE I AM GOING TO TELL ALL THE CO-WORKERS WHAT SHE DID TO MY DEAF SON!!!

It's what I always say after another hair-raising commute to work: God must love a**-ho**s, because he made SO MANY OF THEM!!!!!!

Trust me, she is a whole lotta a$$h**e!

Steelers--I think that yesterday was be a total jerk day....

I went to pick up my prescript at the pharmacy at Giant Eagle..I get them there for the fuel perks...

Well they're supposed to be open at 8...SO I dropped my stuff off on Weds. night and went to pick them up yesterday morning. I got there at 8:03...They weren't open yet...The girl didn't get there until 8:10. Then she looked at me and said, "Can I help you?" I said, "I need to pick up a prescription."

She then in the snottiest tone said, "I KNOW!"

I said, "Well I didn't know you were psychic! Don't ask me what I need if you already KNOW!" I could have reached across the counter and smacked her in her snotty little face! I'm tired and cranky this week, and I'm not in the mood for anyone's crap.

Jessi,

You know that not a half bad idea. It's getting to be slim pickings around here. I'm trying not to get discouraged but I am. I went to a different employment agency in town yesterday to register. I did the tests, scored very well. Then I was told I would be hurt because I don't have a degree. Bite me, I have the experience :x