And why would you schedule and conduct a meeting when the only people who understand why we're meeting aren't present. We literally talked ourselves in circles for 40 minutes and were about to vote on something we didn't understand. At least they listened to me the 10th time I said we needed to table the discussion.
I really need to know whether I got my appointment. Minor details here...either I need to fly to New Orleans in 2 weeks or I don't. No big deal either way. But since I'm not going to have a funded position, I have to foot the bill on my own. I don't want to end up paying for insanely expensive tickets at the last second because I find out I need to go 2 days before the trip.
So between the fact that I hate not being able to plan stuff out in advance and the fact that patience is a virtue I do not possess, I'm going nuts here! Yes. No. Just tell me something! I heard "I talked to the chair. You'll be happy" 2 weeks ago... I know the wheels of justice move slowly and all, but if we move any slower here, we'll be going backwards!
I'm at work. Hubby is in the car. And he wants me to make all the calls to line up dinner plans. Um...how does that make sense? Turn on that nifty little bluetooth headset and make the call. I've got billables I need to bank here.
The in-laws are coming! The in-laws are coming! This should be interesting...
We took Andrew to Sears to get his pictures done. They didn't have any record of our appointment. The photographer was pretty bad. She was angry that she needed to do work at work. And she only put 8 of the 30 images on the photo CD. HELLO! I paid for the freaking CD so I'd have ALL the images, not just the ones you wanted to give me. And the pictures will come in the day after Mother's Day. See what happens when you wait til the last second to do things?
The weekend consists of 2 days. Andrew has 2 parents. One day, I will get up early with him. I do this freely and willingly and in anticipation of the fact that the other day, I get to sleep in. As I stumbled out of bed Sunday morning, bleary eyed and pissed that I was once again pulling the early shift, I returned with both our son and our contracts text book from law school. I tossed the book down on the bed, pointed to the chapter on "detrimental reliance" and told him there would be a quiz in 5 minutes on the concept. (Surprise - he failed to retest on this subject)
Technology continued to conspire against me all day yesterday. I just should have stayed in bed.
I think that's all the bitching I can fit into one post...Particularly if I ever want you guys to come back ;)
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21 comments:
Detrimental reliance quiz.
That's classic!!
Hope things start looking up for you.
OH, I live for bitching! It, after all, is a Jersey thing! :)
Men are helpless, aren't they?
I think we would hit it off. The incompetence of people freak me out on a regular basis. I only appear to remain calm (because really I am screaming on the inside).
Great post!
I am also a plan ahead kind of girl. Good luck!
Have fun with the inlaws?
Now that I'm older I realize that I can become an inlaw. Yikes!
Go back to Sears and get a new CD made. They still have all the photos in their computer.
Too bad you had a bad experience with them-- they're probably the best childrens' photographers in our area.
And then take the cd to your local Costco and get prints made in time for Mothers' Day. :)
Don't feel bad about the bitching, RTT is a great forum for that.
I hate meetings. I hate meetings. I hate meetings. And conferences. And work training sessions. All seem to be run by incompetent people, hellbent on wasting everyone's time. (Unless I am the one running them, LOL)
I love it when people get upset when you ask them to do their job when they're at their job...
I have never understood meetings. I try and I try....
You asked us here to get some things done? Why are we socializing? I want to finish up business and go on my way.
Especially PTA sort of Meetings (like swim team boosters) have never made sense to me. 5 minutes of actual business takes 2 hours! I want to pull my hair out.
If you want to socialize, invite me over for a cookout and a drink. NOT A MEETING!!!
WOW. I can feel the rage. I think I might go kick something now...
Your complaint about meetings reminds me of my favorite Dilbert cartoon.
Dilbert: Why does it seem that most of the decisions in my workplace are made by drunken lemurs?
Trashman: Decisions are made by people who have time, not by people who have talent.
Dilbert: Why are talented people so busy?
Trashman: They're fixing the problems made by the people who have time.
I was in a faculty meeting last week and we spent 20 minutes discussing whether or not the term "inquiry" was educational jargon...
I feel your pain.
I feel all RAWR on your behalf. And now you have inlaws on top of it? Start the wine flowing, STAT.
Dang. I wish I had some law knowledge to slam in the Doctor's face when he yet again sleeps in while I drag ass out of bed.
Candice: It was a classic moment of the wrath of Jaime.
Otin: Yes, yes you are. All of you.
Beth: Normally I let all the stupid things people do roll off my back. But like you, I'm screaming on the inside.
K: Thanks. Not much I can do but sit back, wait and trust the force.
Harriet: I'll hope for fun... But I'll settle for anything short of the disaster that occurred the last time we were together.
Green Jello: We've had awesome experiences with them. But this particular photographer sucked. We won't be having her again.
Jennifer: I think we're going to get along very well
Marathoner: I know. I'm such a bitch. Totally out of line wanting her to get off her ass and do a little work to justify her paycheck.
Hit 40: well said
Julie: Be careful. If my luck rubs off on you, you might break your foot.
Jersey Girl: LOVE IT
Ice Queen: That's bad. Really bad. Worse than my meetings.
Cara: You could always go with the Legally Blonde approach and just start spouting off random legal terms.
I agree with you about meetings. I was in one last week where the Chair kept asking if we should vote on a motion, and the person involved with the motion wasn't there to discuss it. Therefore we really didn't know if it needed to be a motion! After about 20 minutes, we finally tabled it. That should have been decided in the first minute!
Everything here makes total sense to me...not bitching so much as just pointing out the obvious defects around you!
I love the detrimental reliance quiz! Quick and sharp wit even when tired and delirious...nicely played.
Hmmmm. Every Tuesday I get to be part of a conference call between anywhere from the obligatory 10 tv O&Os to the minimal 4 that dutifully phone in, me being one of them. Yesterday's lasted 1 hour & 30 minutes and I was the last manger to speak because I was the last one to call into the conference and our president went off on a tangent about boilerplate on our contracts etc. KnowwhatImean? So, I know about pointless meetings, even when they are via telephone. Amazing how much time is wasted.
Detrimental reliance quiz - my hubby would SO fail that one, too! ;)
We switch off the overnights too and mine always seem to fall on the nights when my kids forget how to sleep past 5:30. Grr.
I get so pissed when people are mad that they actually have to do their job. The checkout guy at Target was like that today, I almost felt bad for actually BUYING stuff and making him work.
We used to take turns but now that I'm breastfeeding again my daughter only wants me.
I love the lawyer talk. Maybe I'll just use that term to confuse my husband and pretend I know what I'm talking about
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