Inconvenient Annoyances

Maybe I just ride an unusually rude train.

Yikes! Sounds like that might be the case! If someone offered me a seat (pregnant or not) and I didn't want it, I'd just say, "No thanks, I'm fine". I didn't automatically assume someone was offering me a seat because they thought I was pregnant. Your fellow train riders need to chill out!

I don't know why they bother with zebra/Belisha crossings -- they only lull you into a false sense of safety.  Sometimes you have a driver (usually a woman or older person) actually stop before you've even thought of crossing.  More often they seem to accelerate and veer towards you as you're already on the stripey bit.   

I don't know why they bother with zebra/Belisha crossings -- they only lull you into a false sense of safety.  Sometimes you have a driver (usually a woman or older person) actually stop before you've even thought of crossing.  More often they seem to accelerate and veer towards you as you're already on the stripey bit.   

There's a very annoying one behind Waitrose - utter deathtrap.

Home from holiday and have to work tomorrow. Back to real life and cold weather. 

I never fully trusted the magic white paint to save my life, and would always stop and wait for people to actually stop their cars before crossing, simply because people rarely did.

My IA: I've been working in a convenience store, for a boss who doesn't like to give full hours, but keeps promising them. Then he decided to give me a few more hours, but not full time, but move me to two of his other stores. The one I am at most of the time has so much crap in the way of seeing the gas pumps it is impossible to see pumps 1 through 4 from the register. Yesterday I had a drive off. I was reamed by the owner and one of the other workers, who is related to the boss, for quite some time until I was in tears and still they kept going. A few minutes later, the owner came out of the office and handed me $40 and said the gas was his. I came unglued, told him off and was ready to walk if I wasn't fired for it. Yelling at me when he knew it was his, and seeing me in tears but still yelling at me was completely wrong. I will be job hunting. I work to pay my bills, not to bring drama into my life.

There's a very annoying one behind Waitrose - utter deathtrap.

That's the one! 

My IA for the day is hospital appointments being changed more than once.  I booked to see an ophthalmologist in Otley last summer.  I get the usual letter of confirmation, then I get another letter saying I'll have to come 1/2 an hour earlier for tests.   Then they ring to cancel the tests (person is ill -- fair enough) so now I have to go on two different days.

My IA: I've been working in a convenience store, for a boss who doesn't like to give full hours, but keeps promising them. Then he decided to give me a few more hours, but not full time, but move me to two of his other stores. The one I am at most of the time has so much crap in the way of seeing the gas pumps it is impossible to see pumps 1 through 4 from the register. Yesterday I had a drive off. I was reamed by the owner and one of the other workers, who is related to the boss, for quite some time until I was in tears and still they kept going. A few minutes later, the owner came out of the office and handed me $40 and said the gas was his. I came unglued, told him off and was ready to walk if I wasn't fired for it. Yelling at me when he knew it was his, and seeing me in tears but still yelling at me was completely wrong. I will be job hunting. I work to pay my bills, not to bring drama into my life.

    That's horrible. You don't deserve to be treated that way Tama. Time for a new job!!

My IA: I've been working in a convenience store, for a boss who doesn't like to give full hours, but keeps promising them. Then he decided to give me a few more hours, but not full time, but move me to two of his other stores. The one I am at most of the time has so much crap in the way of seeing the gas pumps it is impossible to see pumps 1 through 4 from the register. Yesterday I had a drive off. I was reamed by the owner and one of the other workers, who is related to the boss, for quite some time until I was in tears and still they kept going. A few minutes later, the owner came out of the office and handed me $40 and said the gas was his. I came unglued, told him off and was ready to walk if I wasn't fired for it. Yelling at me when he knew it was his, and seeing me in tears but still yelling at me was completely wrong. I will be job hunting. I work to pay my bills, not to bring drama into my life.

  Um, you should just quit asap! You'll find something else!

Our landlady is still mental. We've found a house (yay) and hope to move by Christmas (vendor's request), but haven't told our landlady yet as we haven't done the survey/exchanged contracts/etc.

Today, I get an e-mail from our landlady telling us that she's using the break clause in our lease to end our tenancy in 2 months' time (which works out well enough if we can move by Christmas, but we'd planned on having until early/mid January to move gradually).

She also said that we could still buy the flat, but now the price is 15k higher than what it was 7 weeks ago. She's completely insane if she thinks anyone will pay that - her excuse that another flat has sold for that price would make way more sense if that flat didn't have another bedroom (and presumably, wasn't in such crappy shape). I love how she can't be bothered to fix our bathroom/hall lights, but thinks we should spend crazy amounts of money buying her flat. Not gonna happen, lady.

Hopefully moving timeframes can be worked out, as I really don't want to be rushed moving.

I am definitely job hunting in earnest. I wanted to walk out on the spot, but some sense of financial responsibility kept me from it. Once I have a new job, I won't be giving any notice. This incident was the 'biggie' after a long line of little nitpicky things.

I just noticed one of the diamonds is missing from my emerald and diamond ring. They were all there this morning, and now there are only five. It could be anywhere. I know it is just a thing, and things can be replaced, but this was my first major jewellery purchase, and I know $900 is 'nothing' in the jewellery world, but as I mentioned, it was my first major purchase, and a lot of money for me at that time in my life. I have had it 18 years and have always been mindful of it since emeralds are a 'soft' stone.

I just noticed one of the diamonds is missing from my emerald and diamond ring. They were all there this morning, and now there are only five. It could be anywhere. I know it is just a thing, and things can be replaced, but this was my first major jewellery purchase, and I know $900 is 'nothing' in the jewellery world, but as I mentioned, it was my first major purchase, and a lot of money for me at that time in my life. I have had it 18 years and have always been mindful of it since emeralds are a 'soft' stone.

Ooh, sorry!  I lost a silver ring with green stone (not emerald) recently -- must have just slipped off my finger somewhere.  That was my first real jewellery purchase way back when.  $20 from a craft shop -- not a lot but it was a big purchase for me then.   

I don't know why they bother with zebra/Belisha crossings -- they only lull you into a false sense of safety.  Sometimes you have a driver (usually a woman or older person) actually stop before you've even thought of crossing.  More often they seem to accelerate and veer towards you as you're already on the stripey bit.   

There's a very annoying one behind Waitrose - utter deathtrap.

That's the one! 

We really need to get you two introduced to each other soon! Because you're pretty much neighbours! 

We really need to get you two introduced to each other soon! Because you're pretty much neighbours! 

Yes.  This is not an inconvenient annoyance. 

Yes.  This is not an inconvenient annoyance. 

What you two haven't met??  We will have to plan a coffee at The Bowery soon and we will all meet up!

Waking up with a rash on my shoulder that now seems to be spreading and is starting to itch.