The - how are you feeling today? - thread.

[Peter Crisp]

I've decided as I can't do anything about the situation with Woolworths to not give a crap. If I get made redundant thats a bit of a downer but if the company somehow rises from the ashes I will give a big "In your face!" to the people at work who do nothing but preach pessimism.

I look forward to the "In your face!" day a whole lot I can tell you .

[aayl1]

Gloating that you still get to work in Woolworths seems a bit... silly.

[Peter Crisp]

Gloating that you still get to work in Woolworths seems a bit... silly.

How is it silly to be happy that I still have a job rather than spending what could be the last few months of that job a miserable git who's sole aim is to spread misery (thats what I'm up against) silly?
Yes, I work at Woolworths and yes it may not be the best job in the world but its a job and I'd rather have it than not.

[bigcheez2k3]

Aren't you the manager, Pete?

[Peter Crisp]

Aren't you the manager, Pete?

Nope and I have no wish to be at they treat Managers like crap.

[Outrunner]

These need expanding

Will do

Annoyed - Even when we give out freebies to the masses they still manage to complain about it. They way some of them go off you'd think we'd asked them to sign over their first born child

The County Council are running an offer where anyone with a Gold Card (a discount card/bus pass available to people who are 60+ or the disabled) can get a free diary. All they have to do is fill in the slip on the back of their free Gold Card magazine and take out one item from the library. It's a stupid scheme to artificially inflate borrowing figures that will only have a short term effects, but that's another rant all together. We've had people moan about the colours of the diary, whine about having to fill in the form, bitch about having to take out an item 'cos they only want the diary and complain about not being able to take multiple diaries for friends who don't use the library.

Confused - Why must all the crazies come into the library? If you want to O/D, drink vodka, surf for porn, get drunk and lock yourself in the toilets or use the womens toilet despite the fact you are a bloke there are more appropriate places to do all these things.

We get our fair share of crazy folk but this week we seem to have had a bus load. One guy took and overdose of tablets and had to get rushed to hospital, which is better than the last time that happened when the guy died in the library. Crazy drunk woman has a habit of coming into the library, locking herself in the toilets sobbing until we get the police in. The last time this happened it took them almost 3 hours to get her out. There's a Polish guy who comes in,usually a bit drunk. This week we found half a bottle of vodka next to the computer he was sat at. He had to be escorted out of the building but could barely stand. Same guy was reported by two women who saw him come out of the womens toilets after they had been in there. As for looking at porn, these days it's my default assumption that that is what folks are doing on the computers. That or playing games.

[Phatman]

I've just fallen out with a friend because whenever his girlfriend says something terribly racist, and I'm not even talking casual racism, I question why she thinks that and if necessary tell he she is a stupid bint. I did it for the first time last week, and she 'forgave' me. I let it slide because I couldn't be arsed with another argument and my mate had asked me to let it go because he wants to continue boning her. She is a sexy racist, it must be said. Anyway, I couldn't stop myself earlier when she described what was happening in India as "alright" because it was "only Pakis killing Pakis". I was eating some pub food at the time, so I didn't leave but everytime she opened her mouth I just said "shut the strawberry float up". Twas a slightly awkward five minutes, but I'd spent a fiver on the burger. Now my mate won't talk to me.

[thousand yard stare]

Christ, what city is that? Sounds like Beelzebub's own library. I spend my lunch hour in the library quite often (the glamorous life I lead), and apart from a few loud mouthed teenagers I'd never suspect the staff have too many problems to deal with! The way you describe it is grimly funny, but it's also a bit of a downer - I keep telling myself the majority of people are okay, it's just you tend to remember the odd fuckwit and give them disproportionate significance - but you seem to be dealing with a lot of fuckwits...

And looking at porn on a library computer? For pity's sake.

[FatDaz]

It wasn't a panda was it?

I didn't think they gave those to plastics.

yes it was a panda. What do you mean plastics?

[Iron Nan]

I've just fallen out with a friend because whenever his girlfriend says something terribly racist, and I'm not even talking casual racism, I question why she thinks that and if necessary tell he she is a stupid bint. I did it for the first time last week, and she 'forgave' me. I let it slide because I couldn't be arsed with another argument and my mate had asked me to let it go because he wants to continue boning her. She is a sexy racist, it must be said. Anyway, I couldn't stop myself earlier when she described what was happening in India as "aliright" because it was "only Pakis killing Pakis". I was eating some pub food at the time, so I didn't leave but everytime she opened her mouth I just said "shut the **** up". Twas a slightly awkward five minutes, but I'd spent a fiver on the burger. Now my mate won't talk to me.

Oh god, that kind of ignorance is inexcusable, can't your mate bone someone with brains?

[JiggerJay]

Urgh I feel like gooseberry fool, one of my dogs has just developed a limp in the past hour, this comes a week after my other dog seemed really strawberry floating ill, The last time i had a dog with a limp like this it was strawberry floating cancer, I am really hoping its not the same fate as she is only 8, I have checked to see if she has anything in her paw but I cant see anything, nor does she flinch/yelp if I touch her anywhere in the suspect leg, this was the exact same before, hopefully it's nothing too serious.

[Phatman]

I've just fallen out with a friend because whenever his girlfriend says something terribly racist, and I'm not even talking casual racism, I question why she thinks that and if necessary tell he she is a stupid bint. I did it for the first time last week, and she 'forgave' me. I let it slide because I couldn't be arsed with another argument and my mate had asked me to let it go because he wants to continue boning her. She is a sexy racist, it must be said. Anyway, I couldn't stop myself earlier when she described what was happening in India as "aliright" because it was "only Pakis killing Pakis". I was eating some pub food at the time, so I didn't leave but everytime she opened her mouth I just said "shut the **** up". Twas a slightly awkward five minutes, but I'd spent a fiver on the burger. Now my mate won't talk to me.

Oh god, that kind of ignorance is inexcusable, can't your mate bone someone with brains?

He probably couldn't get another girl this hot, so I can just about understand his initial reaction to think with his cock, but he better shape up soon.

[JiggerJay]

I've just fallen out with a friend because whenever his girlfriend says something terribly racist, and I'm not even talking casual racism, I question why she thinks that and if necessary tell he she is a stupid bint. I did it for the first time last week, and she 'forgave' me. I let it slide because I couldn't be arsed with another argument and my mate had asked me to let it go because he wants to continue boning her. She is a sexy racist, it must be said. Anyway, I couldn't stop myself earlier when she described what was happening in India as "aliright" because it was "only Pakis killing Pakis". I was eating some pub food at the time, so I didn't leave but everytime she opened her mouth I just said "shut the **** up". Twas a slightly awkward five minutes, but I'd spent a fiver on the burger. Now my mate won't talk to me.

Oh god, that kind of ignorance is inexcusable, can't your mate bone someone with brains?

Sounds like a stupid bint banana split to me, you are best off avoiding people like that, I can put up with casual racism with people for a laugh, but stuff like that isn't on.

[Exxy]

Dodems I've been in a very similar scenario to what you're in now, it can be annoying/saddening/frustrating but my general apathy to everything meant it didn't bother me too much. Hope everything sorts itself out ok.

Yeah, its sorted itself out, one of them has practically apologised so it's all good. Still annoying that they now rely on alcohol to come out, it's strawberry floating dumb really.

And Phatman, you're better off without people like to be honest. It's not even "pakis killing pakis", they were asking for people with western passports. One of my friends is heavily racist, if he crossed the line I would say something but anything he says is taken as a joke at the moment.

[Corazon de Leon]

I've just fallen out with a friend because whenever his girlfriend says something terribly racist, and I'm not even talking casual racism, I question why she thinks that and if necessary tell he she is a stupid bint. I did it for the first time last week, and she 'forgave' me. I let it slide because I couldn't be arsed with another argument and my mate had asked me to let it go because he wants to continue boning her. She is a sexy racist, it must be said. Anyway, I couldn't stop myself earlier when she described what was happening in India as "aliright" because it was "only Pakis killing Pakis". I was eating some pub food at the time, so I didn't leave but everytime she opened her mouth I just said "shut the **** up". Twas a slightly awkward five minutes, but I'd spent a fiver on the burger. Now my mate won't talk to me.

Oh god, that kind of ignorance is inexcusable, can't your mate bone someone with brains?

Sounds like a stupid bint banana split to me, you are best off avoiding people like that, I can put up with casual racism with people for a laugh, but stuff like that isn't on.

If I'm telling any kind of racist joke, I make it damn clear that I find the attitudes behind the people who genuinely think this kind of thing funny, rather than the actual joke itself. A good example of one is the joke about the difference between a park bench and *insert minority here*. How people actually think like that is beyond me and I'm quite incredulous that anyone could find the killings in Mumbai ok because "It's Indians killing other Indians" makes me feel quite ill.

[Phatman]

Dodems I've been in a very similar scenario to what you're in now, it can be annoying/saddening/frustrating but my general apathy to everything meant it didn't bother me too much. Hope everything sorts itself out ok.

Yeah, its sorted itself out, one of them has practically apologised so it's all good. Still annoying that they now rely on alcohol to come out, it's strawberry floating dumb really.

And Phatman, you're better off without people like to be honest. It's not even "pakis killing pakis", they were asking for people with western passports. One of my friends is heavily racist, if he crossed the line I would say something but anything he says is taken as a joke at the moment.

Well it's not like my mate is racist, he just ignores her rascism so he can continue to get his end away. I certainly won't be hanging around with him while he is with her in future and I will always encourage any break-up thoughts he has.

[Cropolite]

Mixed feelings right now. My dog has arthritus, he's 10 on December 17th, is it normal for a dog to gain this in old age? He's really fat, my granddad next door has been overfeeding him his whole life. He's been a lazy dog his whole life, how long before it becomes noticeable?

[bigcheez2k3]

It wasn't a panda was it?

I didn't think they gave those to plastics.

yes it was a panda. What do you mean plastics?

Plastics mean community officers. That is you isn't it or is that Return_Of_The_Star?

[JiggerJay]

Mixed feelings right now. My dog has arthritus, he's 10 on December 17th, is it normal for a dog to gain this in old age? He's really fat, my granddad next door has been overfeeding him his whole life. He's been a lazy dog his whole life, how long before it becomes noticeable?

There are so many factors dependant on it, but obviously being overwieght won't help him, when we got Sammy, he was quite overwieght as he used to eat my alcaholic uncles food, and when my nan was alive he use to get roast dinners! Either way you need to get him on some kind of diet or you risk him getting some serious joint pain and doggy diabeties.

[FatDaz]

It wasn't a panda was it?

I didn't think they gave those to plastics.

yes it was a panda. What do you mean plastics?

Plastics mean community officers. That is you isn't it or is that Return_Of_The_Star?

return of the star.