The Daily Peeve / Rant

[treehugger]

Fleas. Argh. Never had a problem with them before in a lifetime of living with pets.

Kara

[lucy]

I'm on a committee that is having a potluck this Sunday at my house. The chair offered to organize the food, and I've been waiting all week to hear from her. I got a text from her this morning, saying "it would be so much easier for you to organize the food, since it's at your house." I think she's embarrassed that she has waited so long, so if I call people, it looks like I'm the procrastinator! I said I would phone a couple of people but that she could phone the rest!! I wouldn't have minded doing it earlier in the week, but not two days before!!

[treehugger]

Just found our our health insurance premiums are going up 60% for 2012, so now $5058 total. Ugh. This actually goes beyond a mere peeve, but there's nothing we can do about it, so I may as well bitch about it some and then just do what needs to be done (cut back the budget...from where??).

Kara

[frugalone]

People who go to class and are obviously too ill to be there. Coughing all over the place, blowing their noses...one student even brought his daughter--for the 2nd week in a row. And she's sick, too.

[Jemima]

People who go to class and are obviously too ill to be there. Coughing all over the place, blowing their noses...one student even brought his daughter--for the 2nd week in a row. And she's sick, too.

One of the joys of being retired is never having to put up with coworkers who come in sick, as if we couldn't get along for a few days without them. I once caught walking pneumonia from a coworker who was too macho to go home and go to bed. Infuriating! He was the boss's #1 pet at the time and I'm sure he could have taken all the sick leave he wanted without getting into trouble.

I, on the hand, had to call in sick for nearly two weeks after that. Pneumonia is just exhausting.

[Mrs-M]

My latest pet-peeve (ongoing), a new Pampers diaper commercial that boasts of 12 hour wetness/leakage protection. Call me old-fashioned, but I do not understand (for the life of me) the benefit of such. Imagine the message this is sending to young new moms. Shame on Procter and Gamble.

[Mrs-M]

Jemima. Pneumonia is also permanently crippling. Each bout with pneumonia reduces lung function by 25%.

[SiouzQ.]

My hours at my job have just been cut back to four days a week...I have often wanted to write about what is going on at my work place but it is way too convoluted, long and exhausting to go into detail. It is hard to watch and be part of a small, 50 year old independent business being run by an 80 year old (who possibly has some increasing dementia) go down the tubes. We who work there have seen it coming for some time now, so I am not at all surprised. I am looking at it as an opportunity to move on with my life. Thank goodness I am very frugal and have been saving like crazy for this scenario.

[early morning]

BAH to people who plead poverty and do really stupid stuff with their money. Case in point - DBIL is in the process of divorce, messy situation and not my business... but he calls Wed morning and talks to DH. Now DH calls this brother once a month or so to check in, and brother never answers phone or bothers to call back. DH was glad to hear from brother, who was bemoaning his financial situation and lack of money or place to spend the Thanksgiving holiday. We were all going to cook at my elderly mother's - inviting him and 3 kids was a no-go there- so DH invited them up for a cookout Wed night. I was working, but DD was home to help clean up, and we had plenty of food in the house, not a problem. We cook, we all have a good time, DH gives brother money (I don't know how much, it was his personal money and whatever he does with it is up to him, but I know it was at least 100$). And then, as he calls his live-in nanny (on his unlimited time/text/data plan phone, of which the 14yr old has one of also), he mentions that he bought her - the nanny - a THREE HUNDRED DOLLAR SIAMESE CAT as a "thank you" gift, because she has always wanted one. I don't want to know what he was thanking her for - they are both adults - but that really ticked me off. He takes money from his older brother, who honestly gave up several things he wanted to do with the cash, but spends on stupid stuff - grr. Oh - they were all also rather chilly, because they keep their heat set on 72. Ours is only above 65-68 when someone is ill or my 93 yr old mother is visiting. The girls all had on short sleeve Tshirts, although it was in the 40s. At least if they come up for Christmas, they will know to bring sweaters!!

[Mrs-M]

Originally posted by Early Morning.
He takes money from his older brother, who honestly gave up several things he wanted to do with the cash

This made me sad. Sad AND mad.