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End of day summary: no check. The entire payroll dept was at a conference in the Smokey Mtns (really? AYFKM?) so they were unable to cut an emergency check and NOT ONE PERSON on the entire campus could help until tomorrow. My poor assistant loaned me cash to cover my overdraft fees, bless her kind little heart. I left early and am now home & ready to drown my Irish luck in a bottle (or two) of Argentinian Malbec.
People handle stress differently: some chain smoke, some bite their nails or eat. Me? I've started cutting my hair. I probably lopped off about 2" today alone. If the stress isn't alleviated soon, this is how I'll look by Thursday:
PS: mc, dude...I hope things get better for you ASAP!
You should ask the HR department to cover your overdrafts. I would. A while back, when I was working for a small and not so stable company, one of my paychecks bounced. I didn't realize it until I was trying to pay for lunch (which I had already eaten), and my card got declined. I have $180 in overdraft fees before the problem got fixed (when I was making 10 bucks an hour), but my employer covered all the overdraft fees for me.
As for a GRRRR of my own. I had to spend all my savings + about $300 that I borrowed from my parents to get my truck fixed today. After paying the speeding ticket, I will have to stretch things awfully thin to get to nashville next friday.
^ They won't; I asked when they screwed up the last time. (This is a gov't institution after all; they don't admit mistakes, much less make amends for said actions.) It's a love/hate relationship: I love everything about my job except the boss and the lousy pay. It's time to get out of education...
Post by popsicle sarah on Oct 3, 2012 0:52:09 GMT -5
Fuck 2012. This has been, hands down, THE WORST year if my entire life, especially the last 3-4 months. I've experienced some of my biggest challenges... all in a short amount of time. I've seen the people I love most in this world go through terrible physical and emotional pain. If I wasn't a resilient person I think I might already've crawled into a hole (or deep depression). Can I get just one positive thing to happen? Can one thing go my way? I'm not asking for much... hell I'll just take not being shit on by the world as a positive at this point.
Thank goodness I have friends like you guys. I don't think I could make it without the special "family" I have here.
On a side note: please send Mike D some positive vibes right now. He might get mad at me for putting a spotlight on him, but he needs to know how loved he is by our Infofamily. He is one amazingly special dude.
Holls, Iamthewhore and Dave, thanks for the advice. I was seeing red yesterday, but will be investigating further tomorrow after I finish up my tests for the week. Thank you Inforoo for keeping me sane :-)
02/08 Tool 02/11 Jeff Mangum 02/17 of Montreal 02/29 Blind Pilot 03/31 The Naked & The Famous 05/14 M83 and I Break Horses 05/19 Flaming Lips, Young the Giant, Dawes and AWOLNATION 06/07 Bonnaroo 2012!!! 06/13 Roger Waters 07/28 Toadies
Sarah, you and MikeD are loved around here. I don't know either of you that well, but you both seem like great people to me. So I hope things get better for you there.
And Holls, why wreck yourself like that? Sure its a shitty and stressful situation, but the chain smoking and hair cutting ain't worth it. *hugs for you too*
Post by mizvalentine on Oct 3, 2012 11:31:50 GMT -5
Hey holls, have you called the department of labor? Because withholding a paycheck is illegal. I only know this because a former employer tried to withhold my last paycheck when he shut down my division...I called the Department of Labor and the very nice folks there had me my paycheck, a severance, and a year of unemployment sorted out in a week. If you work for a university, the LAST thing they want to deal with is the DOL. So, I would stop asking nicely!
So, my electric company showed up today. Turns out I owed them 11 dollars from my past bill. So what do they do? SHUT OFF MY ELECTRICITY
No notice (although they claim they've sent me 3), no call, no nothing. So, to get it turned back on WITHIN THE NEXT 72 HOURS, I had to pay them the 11 dollars PLUS a 90 dollar "deposit" PLUS a 75 dollar "reconnection fee," and I still currently have no electricity. Now I'm stuck at home while I have tons of work to do JUST IN CASE the dude comes by to turn it back on, even though I'm sure they wont show up to my house till at least tomorrow.
11 dollars! 11!
ACK! Horrible!! In April, I switched roommates. The electric was under my old roommates name. She called and asked for her name to be removed from the bill on Saturday, April 30th. Friday rolls around, I get home from work.. and no power. "Because there is no name on the account, the account cannot exist." The worst part of the story??? THEY COULDN'T TURN IT BACK ON UNTIL MONDAY. I begged and pleaded with no avail. Everything in my fridge/ freezer spoiled. My old roommate couldn't vacuum or anything in preparation for the new one. And the poor new roommate had no power during her first night at her new place!
Welcome back Bonz, but I do not find it strange that your presence being requested in the Orgy thread and then you showing up, like it was the quacking Bonzai Bat Signal.
Hospitals are a huge target for criminals. So many transients coming and going, and the visitors lot usually is far away since Doctors need good parking.
My boss sets this quota that we have to reach. all summer we have failed miserably and been in the 60% range. Finally We hit 97% which is amazing. My boss takes us into an office and says we arent selling enough. We hit 97%!!!! thats a vast improvement over the past few months! I understand being pushed but I feel like nothing is good enough for these people!!!! End Rant.
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We're all a mess of paradoxes. Believing in things we know can't be true. We walk around carrying feelings too complicated and contradictory to express. But when it all becomes too big, and words aren't enough to help get it all out, there's always music.
It seems so silly in light of those of you with real problems. So thanks, you guys, for being so sweet. On the agenda today is getting Moz tickets, and then discuss other fests. ...after I feel like sufficient mope is achieved.
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It seems so silly in light of those of you with real problems. So thanks, you guys, for being so sweet. On the agenda today is getting Moz tickets, and then discuss other fests. ...after I feel like sufficient mope is achieved.
Moz is totally worth it. I took a lot of sh*t for going to see him, but it was awesome.
Druid, you aren't a failure!!! that damn system effed us. NO ONE ELSE was trying for our tickets when you were, so that damn thing is what locked us out. the whole "timing out" process is baffling. Just like Roo this year, you can't expect someone to type in eight 12-digit codes and 8 zip codes in 2 minutes. such horsepoop. utter horsepoop. and meghan had the grass LITerally all night, never got in. I think I got the grass like, 2 times. and what the quack with assholes in EU getting tix at 8:30am?! I'll blame anything and everything at this point, I think that IP addresses in EU got preference over US IPs. It's just shite. and APRIL for the second sale?! how can ANYONE plan a trip to europe in 2 months. it's just ridiculous. Im still BAFFLED by the fact that "about half" of the tix sold in 1.5 hours, then the OTHER HALF sold in 20 minutes????? that's a quacking EXPONENTIAL speed up in the process, no?! wtf. im so angry.
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