[dianannsano]

ARRRGGHHHH!!! Took me 1 1/2 hours to level up and then fight these idiotic mini-bosses before fighting the big boss. Stupid game won't let me save or use ottershroom throughout this whole thing!!!!

While fighting the last boss......I died....pathetically.

Now I have to start over gawd dang it!!!

[YUNA!]

on the night of my university commencement
my mom cooks us (including my boyfriend) instant noodles.

just for your information, restaurants here don't close that early, thank you.


instant noodles. pft! what a memorable commencement night.

[yammi]

I want a vacation..........no, I NEED a vacation. I haven't had one in forever.

[chairmanK]

I hate it when stupid people accuse me of arrogance when I point out that their statements are factually incorrect. It is not arrogant to declare, "The earth orbits the sun along an elliptical trajectory", because this is just a statement of truth. So then why is considered arrogant to declare, "The earth orbits the sun, and you are simply wrong if you believe otherwise"? I can understand how it sucks to be wrong, but don't get upset at me; I'm just telling you the facts.

Some people seem to believe that it's only fair that I should be wrong at least some of the time. They just can't accept that I am usually right because I am smarter.

To paraphrase Rumfeld, some people don't even know what they don't know.

Okay, I guess I am a little arrogant.

[FusionGT2]

Im getting paid to surf the web and im bored to death!! i rather have something important to do so the time passes by faster +__+

[CatGoesMeow]

Im getting paid to surf the web and im bored to death!! i rather have something important to do so the time passes by faster +__+

i know the feeling

[AnikiJin]

I want to say something like
"Bite my shiny metal ass" and "Screw you" a lot of time! I am going crazy!!!! Am I losing my mind?

[yammi]

^^ Depends on what your problem is?

But hey.......I feel the same!

[dianannsano]

Im getting paid to surf the web and im bored to death!! i rather have something important to do so the time passes by faster +__+

Same here... The student assistants are doing all the work, and when they run out of stuff to do, I have to give them my work to make sure they stay busy.

Anyways, on to my ranting.....
Whyyyyyyy!?!?! Why do they always choose her?! I'm just so frustrated.

[xcherriex]

I DON'T WANT TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL!! AHHHH!!

[bellaangel012]

HA HA HA you losers, im finally out of here, now go talk about me all you want because i know you have nothing better to do but that. you think that im not aware of what is going on but yes i am and i know who instigated it and is spreading it.

I will play your game but let's see who wins in the end because at the end of the day, im not stupid enough to fall into your trap!

[FusionGT2]

ITS TOO HOT IN SJ!! TOO HOT *melting* ahhh...

[yammi]

I can't believe you don't trust me to do such a simple thing and that you need someone else to stay over just to watch!

What am I?!

An eight year old little girl?!

What the fudge pudding!

[I like jelly]

I've got this situation at work where I don't know if my decision is the best one, so I'd appreciate some advice. This might be a bit long, so I'm sorry for burning your eyes. Thanks a bunch in advance guys

*mod, I have already introduced myself a while back in the intro thread.*





Before I explain my situation, I guess I should tell you guys about my work place. I came to my current company roughly about a year ago, almost everyone in the company is 35+, more than 65% are 40+ (It's a world wide private company, conservative too). So at first I thought I was going to have trouble fit in because of the age gap, not to mention 90% of the employees in our U.S offices are Caucasian, so as a Young, Asian gal, I had to tread carefully at all times, but to my comfort, everyone was/is wonderful, well, almost everyone.

We have a senior writer by the name of R, she has been with the company for many many years, she's excellent at what she does, but being 55 and still single, we all know she's difficult to work with in the aspect that she can't ever be wrong (even if she is, she will not admit it but rather push the fault off at someone else), and she doesn't comprise, it's her way or the highway. However, seems like she has a "special " relationship with my Senior Operations Manager, or at least that's the way she presented to all of us. My Senior OP is a fantastic guy, but it seems like every time she makes a fuss or starts complaining, he'll let her have her way. Quite frankly, I think the poor man is just irritated of having a crazy woman constantly screaming in his ear. Therefore, even none of us really like her much as a person, but because of job security, we don't say anything and just cater to her ways as much as I can, even though she's no one's manager or supervisor.

R claims she loves me, but I know for a fact that she has ran to my OP many times behind my back to yap about whatevers. I am very confident to say that professionally, no one should have any negative feedbacks about me. On a more personal level, I have always catered to her preferences, for the sake that we work very closely together, and the amount of hour we work together in a day.

She asked me to fold her newspaper and tighten up her work space once, I politely told her I can not b/c I have a few things I need to finish, she said : "You know, if you don't follow my orders, your job here could be a problem." I was upset about the way she threatened my job, but I understand we all get sh*t from our co-workers so I buried that incident. Since then, she had been giving me a hard time about every things I do for her. I have been very careful with myself around her so she had nothing to pick about, but she's so moody, she had repeately used the F word to me on several occasions, co-workers have told me that I should go talk to my HR director, I chose not to because I don't care for drama at work.

Last Friday in my OP's absence, she made a decision that wasn't hers to make, it effected me greatly and made me look completely incompetent in front one of my big bosses. I expressed to her that was not cool in my book and I didn't appreciate that. She cusses me out and slams down the phone, then came into my work space to have a "discussion". I just ignored her and tried to focus on the tasks on hand. She later sends out an email stating that the project wasn't ready b/c I didn't have my stuff together, when in reality, she was the one that instructed me to hold it off 'til Monday.

Now, I feel like I have given her enough of courtesy and I really should let someone know her behavior towards me. However. I am 100% sure that she will not be terminated as much as she used profanity on me and threatened my job (I'm not trying to get her fired by any means), and I'm 100% sure she will not receive any pay cuts neither. so basically, she'll probably just get a " small talk " from my HR director and walks away. But that means she'll make things 100 times harder for me from now on. and with my annual review so close, she would try to sabotage it by saying things to my OP (she did this to two other female co workers last year around review time).

I feel like the best thing to do is just ignore it and not say anything, because telling others about her actions won't do me any good, b/c I am certain that she will not receive any punishment.

Help?

[Aziraphale]

^ Is there someone more senior than your HR director or OP whom you're comfortable speaking to? Judging from what you said, neither will be much of a help if you were to speak to them about your problems, so if there's someone higher up in the chain of command, then maybe you should air your grievances to that person. Perhaps one of the big bosses who was present at that incident last Friday. I don't know how long you can continue to ignore R's actions and just swallow everything hoping that she will calm down, because she doesn't seem to want to stop making life difficult for you.

Or you can grin and bear it until your review period passes, and then you talk to one of the big bosses.

[babycurious]

when I got a surgeon as an examinator , it means :
tons of questions and exam from 2.30 pm to 9.30 pm

my body is not trained to bear such stress for a long period !!!!
dang, do you think everyone has such stamina like you???
we , normal people, need to eat dinner
*still hyperventilating and hypoglycemic*

[melkimx]

We have a senior writer by the name of R, she has been with the company for many many years, she's excellent at what she does, but being 55 and still single, we all know she's difficult to work with in the aspect that she can't ever be wrong (even if she is, she will not admit it but rather

OT, but i've kinda had enough of people insinuating that women of a certain age who are still single must have emotional issues. no one ever says that about older bachelors. it's such a double standard, and i think your willingness to highlight the woman's marital status in regards to her career really detracts from the validity of your judgment.

i work for a very small company and don't have much knowledge of corporate politics (e.g., things like HR and annual reviews), so my advice is probably not that helpful. but the idea that someone senior to you would threaten your job stability because you were too busy to play maid for her (i'm assuming your job function doesn't entail cleaning up after people), make up lies about your performance to cover her own incompetence, and harass you on the phone... that's frightening. i don't think it's accurate to say that there's no point in reporting her actions just because she won't get punished. it sounds as if she's perfectly capable of sabotaging your review just because she has a personal vendetta against you, and if you don't present your side of the story, people may believe whatever she has to say about your performance and attitude.

i think you need to lodge a complaint with someone about her behavior, whether it's HR or your OP or another higher-up. is there any way you can do that without her finding out about it?

[papabear]

^I think it was more of an attempt at highlighting a cause-and-effect relationship--

never married --> no need to learn how to compromise, be flexible, think of others, or to change one's habits

The problem with making it an absolute that even when some people get married, they stay self-centered. But marriage (and to a lesser extent, any other sort of "equal" association) by its nature does ask people to get past themselves and to learn how to live with others if they want the relationship to be 'successful.'

[melkimx]

^I think it was more of an attempt at highlighting a cause-and-effect relationship--

never married --> no need to learn how to compromise, be flexible, think of others, or to change one's habits

The problem with making it an absolute that even when some people get married, they stay self-centered. But marriage (and to a lesser extent, any other sort of "equal" association) by its nature does ask people to get past themselves and to learn how to live with others if they want the relationship to be 'successful.'

if i were to talk about my coworkers in regards to their performance or my interaction with them, i might mention their age or gender or marital status or ethnicity, but it would be irresponsible of me to put that information out there as a way to make judgments about their character. i do get the possible correlation in what you're saying, but i haven't actually seen much evidence of it in real life (i.e., that married people are more willing to compromise than single people). and additionally i do think there is not much social acceptance for older unmarried women, and that descriptions like these really facilitate some unnecessary stereotypes. because honestly, i think this could've happened just as easily had the coworker been married. (but in that case, there'd probably be people saying, "oh, her poor husband. guess we know who wears the pants in THAT family.")

[papabear]

but i haven't actually seen much evidence of it in real life (i.e., that married people are more willing to compromise than single people).

uhoh