Inconvenient Annoyances

The Republicans took the House of Representatives. Boehner wants to overturn health care reform. Prop 19 was defeated. No one that I can speak with can discuss the 14th amendment without thinly veiled racism.

I'm not proud of you right now, USA.

The Republicans took the House of Representatives. Boehner wants to overturn health care reform. Prop 19 was defeated. No one that I can speak with can discuss the 14th amendment without thinly veiled racism.

I'm not proud of you right now, USA.

This.  Completely.

The Republicans took the House of Representatives. Boehner wants to overturn health care reform. Prop 19 was defeated. No one that I can speak with can discuss the 14th amendment without thinly veiled racism.

I'm not proud of you right now, USA.

Word.

On a more minor note, I asked about the possibility of bringing my dog in to work with me, and the building has a policy against animals. I figured it was a long-shot, but meh.

dear west midlands travel:

heartfelt thanks for making me wait 25 minutes in the middle of the ghetto for a bus that never showed. i finally had to run back to work to pee because there's an 8-pound person bouncing on my bladder.

you owe me £12 for the taxi i ended up having to get home.

kiss my big, fat, pasty, white, hormonally aggressive, pregnant ass.

The Republicans took the House of Representatives. Boehner wants to overturn health care reform. Prop 19 was defeated. No one that I can speak with can discuss the 14th amendment without thinly veiled racism.

I'm not proud of you right now, USA.

Yeah, but then there's Massachusetts 

I am officially having a bad day now. You know when you occasionally get a day when you feel like a total idiot and can't do anything right? yeah.

My cool manager is quitting, she's found another job.  I hope eveything isn't thrown into chaos at work now.  We already work so hard just to stay on top of things.  Which brings me to my second IA, which is.....

my manager was telling our area manager that she was leaving and also mentioned how hard we work and how we often come in an hour early and stay an hour (at least) late just to get caught up--without getting paid for it--and our area manager actually said......wait for it......., "That's what you *should* be doing for the charity!" !!!!!  Not, "it's much appreciated that you work all those extra hours, but it's your choice if you do it."  No, she basically said we SHOULD BE WORKING FOR FREE when we only get paid pennies above minimum wage as it is.      

So because I work for a charity I'm expected to work and not get paid for it??    What planet is she on?  That's got to be against EU employment law to imply that it is expected.

Rain, rain, go away.

my manager was telling our area manager that she was leaving and also mentioned how hard we work and how we often come in an hour early and stay an hour (at least) late just to get caught up--without getting paid for it--and our area manager actually said......wait for it......., "That's what you *should* be doing for the charity!" !!!!!  Not, "it's much appreciated that you work all those extra hours, but it's your choice if you do it."  No, she basically said we SHOULD BE WORKING FOR FREE when we only get paid pennies above minimum wage as it is.      

So because I work for a charity I'm expected to work and not get paid for it??    What planet is she on?  That's got to be against EU employment law to imply that it is expected.

That is one of the reasons I left the charity I worked for.  That and the fact that the overall regional boss made a comment about how we were all overpaid and we should take a pay cut and when I mentioned that I wasn't making enough money to afford the one bedroom I currently lived in he suggested I needed to move to a cheaper place.

Said the man who's wife was a senior GP.  My friend had to drag me off.  I think he didn't expect anyone to call him on his bull.  That I would just be all British and nod and make some umm hmmms. 

I am officially having a bad day now. You know when you occasionally get a day when you feel like a total idiot and can't do anything right? yeah.

My sympathies.  I had that day yesterday and the crowning moment of the sh$t parade was me spilling a giant pot of lentil soup all over the floor/my feet.

That is one of the reasons I left the charity I worked for.  That and the fact that the overall regional boss made a comment about how we were all overpaid and we should take a pay cut and when I mentioned that I wasn't making enough money to afford the one bedroom I currently lived in he suggested I needed to move to a cheaper place.

Said the man who's wife was a senior GP.  My friend had to drag me off.  I think he didn't expect anyone to call him on his bull.  That I would just be all British and nod and make some umm hmmms. 

What a load of cr@p, bookgrl!  At least I know you know what I'm going through. Up until last week I wouldn't have been able to have a paycut since I only made minimum wage for three years of busting my hump.  Now I make about 13p more than that.

Andee and bookgrl, all of that reminds me of my friend who used to work for a charity. She recently quit because she found their methods to be too dodgy. Apparently they would deliberately ring up cancer or former patients and tell them that cancer treatment and research were running out of money  She used to work at the call centre and after a few months, just couldn't take it anymore.

My sympathies.  I had that day yesterday and the crowning moment of the sh$t parade was me spilling a giant pot of lentil soup all over the floor/my feet.

Oh god, maybe I *should* take my husband up on his offer of going out for dinner tonight!! (I said we should do lunch tomorrow instead because I've got too much to do tonight).

Days like this I'm really happy we have a constant IM stream going at our offices. That, and an online friend picked the perfect time to send me a really hilarious, catty, gossipy email...

My cool manager is quitting, she's found another job.  I hope eveything isn't thrown into chaos at work now.  We already work so hard just to stay on top of things.  Which brings me to my second IA, which is.....

my manager was telling our area manager that she was leaving and also mentioned how hard we work and how we often come in an hour early and stay an hour (at least) late just to get caught up--without getting paid for it--and our area manager actually said......wait for it......., "That's what you *should* be doing for the charity!" !!!!!  Not, "it's much appreciated that you work all those extra hours, but it's your choice if you do it."  No, she basically said we SHOULD BE WORKING FOR FREE when we only get paid pennies above minimum wage as it is.      

So because I work for a charity I'm expected to work and not get paid for it??    What planet is she on?  That's got to be against EU employment law to imply that it is expected.

That's the stink! Good thing you've been working on your CV!  ((Hugs))

My IA: piles of ironing. 

DD & the Terrible Twos!!! Dinnertime is the worst