My iPad battery power is sucked down like crazy with the new OS. It's driving me nuts. It's probably increasing my productivity, though. :)
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My iPad battery power is sucked down like crazy with the new OS. It's driving me nuts. It's probably increasing my productivity, though. :)
When you agreed in writing in August to speak at an event in November, and I've now contacted you 3x this past week to confirm and finalize details and you have not responded to anything, I'm wondering: did you fall off a roof? or is this the new etiquette of "I'll actually only do it if I feel like at that moment"??
Now I have to take time off to go this person's workplace and hunt them down. Extremely unprofessional on their part.
errk - am editing my post because after a personal visit, all was resolved and event is going forward. Still wish I had been kept apprised of the situation, but now All is Well.
A coworker who sits directly opposite me coughs and hacks every minute or so all day long. I don't know if she's gone to the doctor or has any meds. This has been going on for about two months. It's annoying as hell. Many people I talk to on the phone comment on the coughs they can hear. I'm looking forward to my trip and three days off simply so I don't have to listen.to the cougher.
I noticed an extreme battery suck on my iPhone after upgrading to OS7, but didn't notice it on my iPad post upgrade.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stella
It turns out that while I was playing around with the phone's new features, I also installed a couple of new apps which were the real culprit. After removing them, battery life improved greatly.
Trying to keep my dollars in the local community, I go to the local sign/banner/printing shop instead of ordering it online. I place the order on Monday, Tuesday spent tweaking it, said it'd be ready Thursday. Called Thursday, said pick it up Friday. Ok, no sweat, made it in time for the Saturday event.
Go in today to pick up the second banner, uhm, they might get to it tomorrow. What??? You've had the order for nearly 2 weeks.
Ask about the quote for the cards and post cards. Haven't gotten to it yet. What??
Told them to never mind the paper order, and that I'd pick up the second banner tomorrow. Want to bet they stay late tonight working on it?
Crappy service. Seriously.
New to the South. I see the native is brown now. The subdivision lots have green grass, a non local planted grass. Goodness changing the grass. Why would they want to mow more, fertilize, water....
I wash, I rinse, I sort, I put plastic bags all together in one, paper, plastic, food clamshells (no food bits), cartons--the egg cartons are separate, in the yard waste toter--glass, tin (flattened when possible)...I just re-read the flyer and they want me to "bundle" cardboard...I have a plastic bag full of refuse lying in my kitchen. I confess I throw most of my food scraps in the garbage. It's just too much. My recycling rant for the year.
I probably just need to vent on this. I was in the local health food type store today, and as I've seen happen occasionally, there is this well dressed lady going from one bulk bin to another taking a few nuts or what ever from the bins and munching them while she shops. Not a very good practice from a sanitary standpoint, but in my opinion it is gross, rude, and above all, poor manners. On this occasion it was so blatant I almost said something and then caught myself.
Am I over focused on this? Should I say something next time or just breath deeply and let it go?
Is this lady doing it on other visits? Does she use the scoop? I'm assuming she doesn't. I saw a woman in Whole Foods once who was piling up on freebies. I think she was homeless.
I think I would say something to the woman who is just taking them out of the bin and eating them. Or maybe you could point out the scoop and the plastic bags to her??
I had not seen this person before. She was picking bits of food out of the scoop, but I still do not like the idea that a strangers fingers are in the scoop that me or some one else is going to use next. This person was not dressed like she was needy, just taking her shopping as an opportunity to graze.
I ran across a guy in our co-op doing something like that and I said to him, "You're supposed to use the scoops." And got a dirty look for it. Who knows what happens when we're not there to see it. So I suppose it's either don't buy bulk or take protective measures....
Boo, more of a daily whine, I got stuck at home with sick pooping dogs. :( I have missed most of a daylong event with a speaker I really wanted to see. The bright spot is that if they seem to have settled down in the next hour or so, I'll go for the second half of the speaker. And if not, well, I guess I get lots of quiet time this weekend. At least it's just some poopies.
Wish I didn't feel so let down. When you are looking forward to houseguests you haven't seen in a long time, spend a lot of $$/time making it cozy and clean, and it turns out they just intend to use our house as a sort of "home base" to visit with the people they like more.....well, it feels a little heavy in my throat.
But the sun is shining, the dogs need to be hiked, and life goes on! At least we'll have some nice bedding and furniture to enjoy after they're gone.
Cold. Cold sheets, cold tiles, cold doors and cold floors. No winter jacket, heater broken, and end of semester homework piled high.
Looks like I might be having to stay up all night once weekly for work now. I am P-ed off. There have already been nights I have had to wake in the middle of the night for work, but it's the regularity of it that's coming that makes it a new low.
I mean when there's a good chance of having to stay up past midnight till 1 or 2 for work AND THEN having to get up at 4:30am or something that same night, yes you can sneak some sleep in here and there, but my sleep is not actually that adaptible, and then I'm expected to go to work persumably at something resembling a normal time the next day as well! Such BS jobs. Tell me again how wonderful work is ... much much more wonderful than bodily needs like sleep, why who needs sleep when the fulfillment of one's soul is at hand ...
Puglogic, that is terrible. In addition to the free hotel thing, are they expecting free meals, too? Fuzzyratsnots.
Jilly, you're so funny :D Not truly terrible as much as just wishing things were different. I doubt they'll even eat here much, probably eat out a lot. And they're not bad people, just have different preferences than I'd hoped. Oh well! It was a great day here, they arrive tomorrow, all will be well.
It could be worse -- I could have to stay up all night like ANM.....sorry ANM :(
I saw the guy in the car behind me texting while driving. I got so mad at him. I kept looking at him and being mad, and almost rear-ended the car in front of me!! See!...........passive texting is dangerous too! :~)
Pug.........you have every right to be p.o.'d/disappointed with those people. Can you short-sheet their bed? :D
Yeah, short sheet them!!!!
Cathy, I think you were a victim of second-hand texting.
I am definitely NOT putting the cushy flannel sheets on. And the Manchego cheese? Mine, all mine.
You go girl!Quote:
Originally Posted by puglogic
Grumpy pants co-worker. Get to work Monday morning. Say to co-worker How was your weekend? All friendly like Reply - eh, it was a weekend that's all. Sounds innocuous I know but it was the tone. But then 2nd co-worker comes in and ms. grumpy pants says How was your weekend, Br****? all nice like. Today it was just the usual snippy voice.
Last week I got back from vacation and as we're getting our stuff together to start work and I asked her "what's the scoop on black Friday?" And she said didn't you read your schedule? Would it have killed her to say we're opening at 8 pm. That's all I wanted to know. I will check my schedule later. It wasn't there when I punched in, thank you.
Later it was just ms grumpy pants and me working. Now the work we are doing involves 4 clothing racks back to back and side to side so it looks like one long 2-sided rack. She was already working on 1 rack so I started doing the 2nd rack and she jumped all over me. "It's just easier if I do all of this side and you do that side." No we don't "ALWAYS" do it that way. And sometimes we're even nice when we talk about it.
She is the one who once told me and once told my boss while I was standing right there that I, or to the boss "she", needs to step it up. But then she couldn't tell me what I was doing wrong. Well excuse me I have been there 1 year not the 20 years she has been. And BTW, when I got my 1st evaluation my boss said I was doing a lot better than most people were doing after only 1 year.
Whew! I feel better now LOL
Just really looking forward to the solstice. Dark at 4:45? Pthhh
I hate firing clients, especially clients who are trying to do something good in the world. But if you ignore my invoices I will quit you, and turn my skills to helping someone ELSE doing something good in the world. Peeved at disrespect in general this morning. Must take out my frustrations shoveling snow.......
Driving...how did this happen to a lady who was biking everywhere for everything just a short time ago. 3,500 miles a month now and 5 states.
I am mad at myself and that is my peeve!
Made arrangements for new handyman to meet at my home at 8 am. Had discussed this by phone, then confirmed it, so two telephone discussions total.
This morning he was a no-show, and when I called, he clearly sounded like I'd woken him up. He apologized so I'm giving him another chance tomorrow morning. Last chance, plus he better be really good.
This reminds me--we had our house tuckpointed. The tuckpointer took a long time, yakked on the phone for hours, yakked at me when I would greet him, and seldom worked full days. But the quality of his work was ok.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lainey
Long story short, he finished the job in early December before the cold and snow hit. He finished a few days before our neighborhood house tour, and two houses on our block were on the tour. I was relieved that our scaffolding would down by the time of the tour. But nope--he has never come to take it down. We should have withheld $500 from his payment, but I would have hated to do that (had I thought about it) because he's a family guy, Christmas was coming up, I'm sure he doesn't have a ton of money, etc.
So now we are looking at scaffolding for several more weeks. I plan to called him on March 1 and say "On March 15 I'm putting up a "free" notice on Craigslist for this scaffolding. If you want it come and get it before that."
Fortunatley, we really are NOT very picky and besides, there are people in this neighborhood who have scaffolding up for years. I do not exaggerate when I say that the neighborhood record is 25+ years.
That I have been told I am to optimistic. Both my sons, this week told me that. They are tired of hearing my Optimsitc Annie as they call me, responses to everything.
okay, now I have to retrieve my peeve! Handyman Bill was excellent, and even fixed my wobbly side gate that I hadn't even asked him about because "it bothered him" ha ha. Lesson learned is always give a new person a chance to redeem themselves.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lainey
I am peeved at myself!!!!! Today I went to the local grocery store to stock up before the polar vortex again puts us in the deep freeze. Just before checkout I see this older, stooped over gentlemen with a cart of Campbells soups and Swanson tv dinners. Why didn't I talk to him and ask if I could help him (either make/or show him how to make a few pots of soup) or at least see if he lives close to me so I could check on him. He was totally eating JUNK!!! I would wish someone would do that for my DH if something happened to me. I feel totally bummed!
I am peeved at myself. I didn't do something that I should have done in order to do something someone else wanted me to do and ended up wasting the whole day.aaarrrggghhh!!
I wouldn't be so hard on myself. You had a chance almost-encounter with someone and a lot of the details are missing.Quote:
Originally Posted by frugal-one
Maybe the guy doesn't give a whit about eating; soup and frozen dinners are a quick easy way to get some variety into a menu. So they're not optimal nutritionally -- it's not like anyone will be able to count how many more years he'd live if he made bone broths and vegetable stews instead of frozen dinners. Maybe he was buying the food for someone else -- maybe even a food shelf so that people working two and three jobs had something better than fast food or nothing to put on their tables.
And I know from dealing with my 80-year-old mother that old age absolutely does not diminish the desire for independence and self-reliance, even if the body or economics betrays that. I could see my mom accepting some help with heavy grocery bags, but I cannot see her accepting a stranger's offer to cook for her or to watch over her during the cold.
Maybe you're right and this guy needs a guardian angel like you think you could be. But maybe he's doing just fine for himself. So don't be too hard on yourself.
Yesterday in the beautiful warm weather, our tuckpointer came to get his scaffolding. We are laughing because it's now set up half a block away. He set it up for his next job, just as DH predicted: we stored it until he needed it.
People using expensive Post-it sticky notes instead of little pieces of scrap paper. If you're not sticking it to something, use scrap. grrrr.
Walmart. At least in our area, they run ads comparing their grocery prices to the competition -- they take a "typical" other-store shopper and duplicate her (I've yet to see a guy) grocery list at WM and "surprising" the shopper with the "lower" total. The shopper almost always proclaims how important it is for her family to save money. But then the ad (quickly) scrolls the list of items purchased and they're either items people don't buy that often (Brita water filters?) or heavily-processed packaged goods (among others this week, Tyson frozen breaded chicken fingers). I have yet to see anything as generic as "chicken thighs" or cucumbers or house-brand canned tomatoes (though the list does roll very quickly).
Seems to me if a shopper really wanted to save money, (s)he wouldn't be buying Tyson frozen breaded chicken fingers; (s)he'd buy (even factory-bird) chicken breasts and cut them up and be miles ahead financially and at least a little ahead nutritionally.
When I have a service worker in my home, I'm always surprised at those that seem to freely comment on my things.
Like, hey I see you have a poster from that exhibit, I went to that too, when did you go? or I notice you have woodworking tools all set up - what project are you working on? oh, that lamp is so cute, I used to have one like that.
My preference is for service workers like my plumber - he arrives on time, sets up, gets to work, then finishes it. We are both polite, but I'm paying him to do a job, not to become my new friend. He then can get to his next job, and I can get on with my day. He's never made a single comment on the color of my walls, or a picture frame, or what type of cereal box is on my counter, or anything.
Is this being too peevish to expect not to have to explain about things I happen to have sitting out around my home?
Not if that’s your preference. But I don't think that preference is universal.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lainey
I've had several enjoyable conversations with service people while they were working because they commented on something they saw in the house. I like the idea of putting a genuine human face on an abstract like a plumbing company or window company. Sometimes I've learned something useful -- or they have.
I'd say if that's the way you feel, you need to redirect the conversation politely as soon as it comes up. No tradesperson will come into your house (at least the first time) knowing that you don't care for that level of familiarity.
[ETA]Many companies try hard to "personalize" their service in the belief that having a positive friendly relationship with a customer will help retain that customer. I certainly find genuine enthusiasm based on questions about a hobby, etc.,moreless ingratiating than the forced, "I'm Jason and I'll be your waiter this evening." or "Thank you for calling ______. We really appreciate your business. What is that 17-digit account number you punched into your phone 15 minutes ago?"
I like to do business with someone who shows a bit of personality and is a real human rather than just doing another job for another check. Showing an interest in something we might have in common or things around the house is one way that could happen, but a little bit goes a long way with me. Unless we are soul mates or something I'd just as soon get through a couple of short friendly exchanges and get to work.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lainey
I've had a couple of service folks get into their relationship problems with family, friends, wives, or girlfriends. That is ground I really have NO desire to visit. Also, per Steve's remarks, I had several places come out to give an estimate to install air conditioning upgrade my electric a few years ago. They got into that comment or complement on certain aspects of my home so often I started to wonder it was part of their training or method of operation to win business.
Rogar,
I've had this too lately. One commented on their financial problems, another said they wished they could retire because this work is too physically demanding. My last one blurted out she has a major health issue she's battling. They all have my sympathies, truly, but I'm not their friend or even acquaintance. I'm a customer. These are things they need to be discussing with close friends and family. I don't want our interactions to be robotic, but I think the etiquette calls for casual, superficial conversation.
Maybe it's because I'm a middle-aged woman living alone that I'm sensitive to strangers, especially males, being nosy about my home environment. I've had more than one say, "do you live here alone"? or "is this where you keep all your tools"? geez.
I am a middle aged woman living alone and when the service guys come by to fix something I kind of feel like it's my duty to entertain them by talking to them about their lives. How many other calls today? How long have you worked for ___? What else do you fix? Is this a problem you see often? Etc.
I got this characteristic from my mother. She was very gregarious with total strangers. I don't feel like I'm pushy or nosy, just interested. Not that I really am interested. I'm just trying to be nice. I don't know if they like me and try harder. But usually they're really friendly in return.