Completely Random Pet Peeve

I hate when you go to a shower and they make you address your own thank you card. Completely tacky.

Pet Peeve

So I've refrained from talking about work on here... I just don't feel like the two should be mixing...

But... there's something that really bothers me... and it has to do with paper. I cannot stand that people will not refill the supply in the copy room. If you use the last of the paper you should walk your butt downstairs and refill the paper supply in the copy room. It's just a common courtesy... What bothers me even more is if you need paper and there's none in the copy room and people just walk downstairs and grab a couple of reams instead of bringing some boxes upstairs... I bet they really appreciate it when there's paper in there and each should take our turn to refill when necessary...

So here's my question... do I tell say something to everyone or just keep my mouth shut? I never know if it's my place or not...

boo-who

Vent time!!

Have I told you about this guy from work? I've probably made alluded to him in past posts, but now his nickname will be power trip guy (PTG for short)

Well PTG is at the big conference this week with my friend. (the conference I should be at, but moving on...)

She texts me yesterday asking me "Did PTG ever make you cry?"

I responded with no, why?

Friend: "hm, he might have led us to believe that he did"

I respond with no, PTG has never made me cry, when did he say this happened?

She says, when you accidentally sent out that reminder with the wrong time on it... I remember this... what happened was I sent out a Outlook calendar invite and I converted eastern time to central wrong... oops, shit happens... easy fix... was I a bit fluttered by this, yes, was I pissed off at how PTG brought this error to my attention... hell yes... did he make me cry... hell no.

Today I was able to talk to her a little more, and she clarified this event... saying that PTG totally told everyone he made me cry... He said that my eyes welled up and everything.

I am LIVID about this... I did NOT cry (sorry PTG you don't have that effect on me)... he was no where near making me cry... and even if I did cry (or was on the verge of tears) why would you be spreading that around to our co-workers?

Rainy Night

I ab-so-freaking-lutly LOVE storms... I love listening to the rain and especially thunder (especially the loud unexpected thunder)... it's so soothing... it's not something you get to do all that often... I don't like being out in storm, but I love being home, in my pjs, and it storming... I really love Chad being home with me... I also really love waking up to a storm...

Now with that said...

I ab-so-freaking-lutly HATE local news coverage of storms... I hate the stupid scroll at the bottom, I hate the map that takes up a corner of the screen... and what I hate the most is when they cut into the show I'm watching... I'm sorry, but I.do.not.care. I wish they would do it at freaking commercial break... Tonight I was watching a repeat of ANTM and they cut in during the photo reviews... my favorite part... once when I was watching Survivor (one of my favorite shows on TV) they cut in right before tribal council... come on... seriously... this is one of my pet peeves...

Urg...

Why is it...

Why is it that when you have to get up early the next morning you can't fall asleep?

I have to be at SLU tomorrow at 6:15 am... which means I have to leave here by 5:45 at the latest... I don't spend that much time in the morning getting ready so that means I need to be up by 5:30 at the latest...

I haven't been up that early is a very long time!!

I was really hoping to be asleep by now, but atlas I am not... I am so not asleep that I went and grabbed my laptop from the other room and decided to write this very blog.

Sweet Dreams everyone I'm going to try to get some sleep... but I will probably still be awake... b/c that's so how it always goes!!

Pet Peeve (almost literally)

Yesterday/Today I noticed a new pet peeve I have... People who have something against cats... FOR NO REASON WHATSOEVER... I understand if you are allergic (like my friend Liz, I saw her face swell up fast due to cats) but if you are not allergic and just think of yourself as a "dog person" I cannot stand it.

I guess this all comes from a person having a bad experience with cats, or no experience at all... My mom has a cat that is a grumpy grumpy cat... you can't get within 5 feet of that cat without it hissing at you (unless you are my sister) I guess if this is your only experience with a cat you may be tainted... but this is not how most cats are!!

I love my two cats... Pretty and Stitch have very different personalities yet they are both extrememly loving, and are people cats... people come around and they don't hide. They are great great cats, and most cats are like this.

Cats have the some of the same benefits as dogs... they are loving, they love attention, they are adorable, they will play with you, but they have some added benefits like can be on their own, and can take care of themselves.

I can understand if you like dogs more than cats... but saying you're "not a cat person" bothers me... chances are if you went out and got a cat you would fall in love and realize that you were way wrong about cats... I've heard MANY people say this...

So in the end, I get sick of people who are closed minded about cats... so stupid.

Christmas Annoyances

I have a couple of annoyances with Christmas this year... they probably are NOT what you're expecting... Right now I have just two, but I know there's more...



(1) I listen to Christmas songs on the radio while I'm working. They make me happy and I enjoy listening to them this time of year... but can someone please explain to me why the Peanuts' theme is a Christmas song. They play it on the station once or twice a day and I just do not get why. I understand that there's the Peanuts Christmas thing (Merry Christmas Charlie Brown maybe? I don't know I really do not watch them) So to me if they are playing the Peanuts theme b/c they have a Christmas installment... couldn't you play the Simpsons' theme or Friends or any other show with a Christmas episode... am I right???

(2) I was watching CBS last night since Survivor and CSI were on... well... they were running an advertisement for Frosty the Snowman which is showing tonight. But they are transmitting Frosty the Snowman (a cartoon in case you live under a rock) in HD. Why in the world would I need to watch a cartoon in HD? Seriously. Does it make a difference? I have HD, and will tune into the HD station if I have it... but why advertise Frosty in HD... I really don't get it.

Pet Peeve

A speed bump is NOT the same thing as a stop sign... there is NO reason why people need to stop at speed bumps. A speed bump is there to make sure drivers are not speeding through, they are not meant to bring drivers to a complete stop.

Stopping before you go over a speed bump actually makes you bump more... not less... going over it at an appropriate speed will cause some bump but not nearly as much as stopping before hand.

It irritates me to no end people who stop at speed bumps... I'm dead serious... this is one of my biggest pet peeves... it's just another reason that there's bad drivers out there...

Now I have something...

...to complain about

Ever since our move at work to this lovely area we call home the phone system is majorly screwed up. For whatever reason the tax reporting section (where I work) has been linked in a group with Mutual Fund Operations… more specifically something to do with orders or something…

Well… this has been annoying for awhile… I answer my phone “tax reporting, this is Jennifer” and I get a variety of responses… mostly indicating they want Suzanne. I usually explain that the phone system is messed up and when she is on her phone the call bounces to us… even though we aren’t in the same department (going past that not even in our general area… or building for that matter.)

Well today I get a call from a frantic guy. We’ll call him Loony. He is trying to get Suzanne… I explain the situation like I normally do… and he starts to freak out. He just got a phantom wire saying his order was cancelled or something… and he needed to get this figured out before the market closed (well it’s 2:59 now, I doubt that’s going to happen…) Well… I explain to him that she is on her phone and I could try to transfer you over there but it’s probably just going to bounce right back over here. I’ll save you the exact details of our conversation… but he is freaking… He explains to me the situation over and over again (like I can help you with you problem.) I try to remain friendly… saying that I have no clue, they are way different departments and I wish I could help him, but there’s really not much I can do.

Well… I can hear the shaking in his voice, and his amounting frustration with me. I try to find another number online to no avail… (and what really annoys me is he keeps muting the phone I can tell by the utter silence on the other end, he did it for a good 30 seconds one time I was like this close to hanging up… I know he’s probably swearing up a storm during this time) I mean… what am I suppose to do? I don’t know who I can transfer you to… I wish I had a magic number, but I don’t. And me fumbling around online can just as easily be done by you. I mean… I wish I could help the guy… I really do… but this round-about conversation isn’t doing either of us any good. I mean I heard the urgency in his voice… I know it’s important but freaking out on a person who legitimately cannot help isn’t doing either of us any good… it’s actually making you and me more anxious.

I was finally able to get off the phone with him… “well I guess I’ll keep calling back but and they probably won’t let me do my order b/c it’s after market close even though I called a good 10 minutes ago…) Whatever dude, this is so NOT MY PROBLEM. It’s probably a mistake on your end that caused the order to get cancelled anyway… or they’ll make it work, I ‘m sure that’s possible.

I finally got to hang up… I immediately left me desk and started walking… to where? I had no destination… I needed to get away and calm down from this my un-needed bitch out. I feel sorry for Suzanne when Loony finally gets a hold of her… And I did NOT want to talk to him again… I know 3 other people in my section have talked to him… I didn’t answer my phone… I let it ring through… no way I was dealing with him again… I guess he finally got through… but geez…

Luckily they are finally going to look into our phone group problem…

Elevators

The elevators at my work are one of the bigger annoyances in my life right now. I become increasingly more annoyed every time I have to deal with them. I work on the 9th and top floor of my building. I not only deal with one set of them but two--the ones in the office building and the ones in the parking garage...

It's not so much the elevators themselves that annoy me but the people on the said elevators... Following is my numerous annoyances with them.

• People who are well-abled who ride the elevator up one floor--are you really that lazy that you cannot take the step up ONE floor... c'mon
• What bothers me even more is people who take the elevator up one floor is the people who take the elevator DOWN one floor... seriously are you really that lazy that you won't walk down the steps? Seriously? I mean seriously? Nothing annoys me more is having to stop one floor down of where I'm currently at b/c some lazy SOB doesn't want to take the freaking steps... Again this applies to able-bodied people... This seriously bothers me
• I hate people that hold the open doors button for no reason... the open doors button only needs to be used in like last minute situations... doors are closing and someone wants to get on or off... it does not need to be pushed and held when a steady flow of people are getting on or off the elevator... the doors will stay open b/c people keep going through them. The people that hold this button usually want a 'thank you' and why should I thank someone who is doing something that doesn't need to be done?
• At work people tend to cram onto the elevators... this especially happens at the end of the day... I understand what people do it--the elevators are hard to get at the time of day and when one comes you get on... but seriously what if that elevator broke and there's 12-15 people on it... that's tight AND no one would be able to sit down... it would seriously suck... I know this probably never happens, but someday it will!!
• I hate it when there's only a couple of people on the elevator and they stand right next to you for no reason... don't people understand that I have a personal space bubble and I'd rather you not pop my bubble?
• I hate the weirdos you meet in the elevator... the ones that launch into some big conversation with random stranger just so they can talk... it's like can't we just ride in quiet... I was perfectly fine not knowing you and I'd like to keep it that way... I've seriously avoided getting onto the elevator with people like this.
• I hate when people talk on their cell phones or use their blue tooths on the elevator... seriously, we shouldn't have to be forced to listen to your conversation... I especially hate it when they are having a convo and give you dirty looks b/c they know you're listening, I mean how can I not listen to your convo when we are sharing a 4x6 box together?
• What really bothers me about the work elevators is even at their peak usage (beginning of the work day and the end) they don't have all the elevators going... I really hate this in the parking garage where one is sitting at the 1st floor (as am I) and we have to wait for one of the working elevators...

I realized I said seriously in this post a lot... but this is getting more and more on my nerves... the elevators alone here could make me go crazy... by the time I get to my car at night I'm mad... I know that I could just take the steps, but I'm lazy... I do take the steps sometimes (more than some other lazies) but maybe I should more... I may be more happy of a person...