Thread: Rant and Rave, Cry and Complain

Originally Posted by tommo

Why don't you go to your injured friend's house? Or is he one of those friends that takes everything and gives nothing, like I think I remember you talking about?
If that's the case, yeah just drink a couple before, 2 and a half beers to be exact (seriously).

Best advice possible! The answer is always 2 and a half beers.

Originally Posted by tommo

Why don't you go to your injured friend's house? Or is he one of those friends that takes everything and gives nothing, like I think I remember you talking about?
If that's the case, yeah just drink a couple before, 2 and a half beers to be exact (seriously).

No, that was a different friend. But I guess I'll just have to drink 2 and a half beers before the party. That means I'll have to open up three bottles, I might aswell just drink 3 beers then haha

Just a little anti-rant. My border problem is over. After being in customs for a long time and almost not getting through, they finally believed me and gave me a B2 (temporary) visa. So I'm at my bf's house right now!

Originally Posted by Dianeva

Just a little anti-rant. My border problem is over. After being in customs for a long time and almost not getting through, they finally believed me and gave me a B2 (temporary) visa. So I'm at my bf's house right now!

Little anti-rant? But wasn't that a big problem that has been affecting you for an insanely long time? That's pretty huge! I'm glad to hear that it worked out~

Originally Posted by Crashyy

No, that was a different friend. But I guess I'll just have to drink 2 and a half beers before the party. That means I'll have to open up three bottles, I might aswell just drink 3 beers then haha

No no noooo, my good man!
2 and a half, and 2 and a half only.

Or maybe just two beers, since they're usually 1.2 - 1.4 standard drinks.
Here:

Originally Posted by Dianeva

Just a little anti-rant. My border problem is over. After being in customs for a long time and almost not getting through, they finally believed me and gave me a B2 (temporary) visa. So I'm at my bf's house right now!

Congratulations! That's awesome!

Edit: Oh yeah, they say slightly less than two drinks. That's either because they didn't take tolerance in to account or because they are British.

Disclaimer: I am on my.... 6th or 7th drink of the day, and I started drinking around midday, so take my drinking advice with a grain of salt, as it is likely to lead you down the path to alcoholism.


Rant and advice request: Please can someone tell me what to do with this girl?
I honestly just want advice now because I don't want to feel like shit anymore.
She keeps hurting me. Maybe unintentionally, maybe not. But she does.
How can I just end all types of relationship with her when I am still hanging on and hoping for the small chance she will be with me?
What the fuck can I do?
She makes me mad, and incredibly depressed, but I love her more than anything.
Intellectually I know she is bad for me, especially if nothing more comes of this.
Emotionally.... well, it's obvious, I cannot imagine being without her and I take any positive sign as a chance she will choose to be with me.
I feel like I literally cannot physically tell her to stop talking to me and that I hate her. I can't not have her in my life.
But I know she will, in all likelihood, just continue to cause me more heartache.

Please, wise dreamers of DV, just tell me what to do.

Originally Posted by tommo

No no noooo, my good man!
2 and a half, and 2 and a half only.

Or maybe just two beers, since they're usually 1.2 - 1.4 standard drinks.
Here:



Congratulations! That's awesome!

Edit: Oh yeah, they say slightly less than two drinks. That's either because they didn't take tolerance in to account or because they are British.

Disclaimer: I am on my.... 6th or 7th drink of the day, and I started drinking around midday, so take my drinking advice with a grain of salt, as it is likely to lead you down the path to alcoholism.


Rant and advice request: Please can someone tell me what to do with this girl?
I honestly just want advice now because I don't want to feel like shit anymore.
She keeps hurting me. Maybe unintentionally, maybe not. But she does.
How can I just end all types of relationship with her when I am still hanging on and hoping for the small chance she will be with me?
What the fuck can I do?
She makes me mad, and incredibly depressed, but I love her more than anything.
Intellectually I know she is bad for me, especially if nothing more comes of this.
Emotionally.... well, it's obvious, I cannot imagine being without her and I take any positive sign as a chance she will choose to be with me.
I feel like I literally cannot physically tell her to stop talking to me and that I hate her. I can't not have her in my life.
But I know she will, in all likelihood, just continue to cause me more heartache.

Please, wise dreamers of DV, just tell me what to do.

Elaborate on how she's a detriment in your life. It depends on the situation.

Just was about to edit my post. Nvm anymore. I think I figured it out. Sort of. But I have "figured it out" a few times, so who knows.
Don't need advice now though.

Rant: My mom just sent me four emails detailing just how upset she is that I don't celebrate Christmas. I should "get over it, decorate a tree and send gifts" because it's the tradition I grew up with. Wow, people really go nuts in December.

Originally Posted by Amiana

Rant: My mom just sent me four emails detailing just how upset she is that I don't celebrate Christmas. I should "get over it, decorate a tree and send gifts" because it's the tradition I grew up with. Wow, people really go nuts in December.

"Grinch"

Wow. Rambo in the movie is way less badass than Rambo in the book. I'm disappointed.

Originally Posted by Amiana

Rant: My mom just sent me four emails detailing just how upset she is that I don't celebrate Christmas. I should "get over it, decorate a tree and send gifts" because it's the tradition I grew up with. Wow, people really go nuts in December.

Hahaha...that reminds me of when I was 12 and I wanted to celebrate christmas at home and decorated a tree and grandma made a big fuss about it. "Christmas is NOT our tradition, blah blah..."
Screw tradition.

Rant: I hate secret santa game. I just HATE it. It's so fake, giving gifts to some randomly chosen colleague. I don't even know the names of 90% of the people in my office. And I hate most of the people I know. They'll call me a spoilsport but I opted out from playing.

Rant 2: I'm tired of altering my new clothes that are so huge. Why don't they make clothes for skinny people? Almost every piece of clothing that I own has been altered in one way or the other. If I have to get clothes that fit perfectly I have to buy kids' wear, and they look too kiddish for a 24 year old. The only option is to cut and sew wherever possible. And why do they call it EXTRA SMALL if the chest measures 40 inches?

Rave: Team lunch with colleagues on friday was good. I was looking for excuses to avoid it, but I actually enjoyed it. Food was super-yummy and everyone focused on eating instead of playing silly socialising games like they do every time.

This year I'm alone for christmas...and I'm gonna have a blast!
Bought myself some gifts during the Great Online Shopping Festival last week. New clothes and a hair styler. Also crocheted a pair of gloves. Cleaned the house today. Not decorating because I don't have any decorations and I'm too lazy to go buy. Got some nice recipes for ghee rice and corned beef. Waiting to try them out on 25th. Also bought wine and lots of sweets..Hoping to gain weight.

Uggggggghrnbkjebgjewkjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj jjjjjjjj........

My brother moved to my mum's, my sister and her bf moved here.
I cannot STAND my sister, and all her bf's are complete morons, haven't liked a single one.

She moves her stuff in, takes all my stuff out of the shower and THROWS IT AWAY! WTF!?!?!??????
Full bottles of shampoo, soap, toothpaste etc.
She takes my bucket out of the toilet room (that I put my feet on like I mentioned a few pages back) and throws it outside.
Empties the fridge of all this stuff that "doesn't get used" just because she thinks it never gets used even though she hasn't been here for years.
Yes, there was SOME stuff which just sat there and never got used, a lot of it I use occasionally, and there's nothing wrong with leaving it there. Even threw out a half bottle of maple syrup! She is literally the devil. That stuff is expensive too.
She is such an entitled, self-obsessed bitch.
And there is literally no arguing with her, you can put forward the most rational, positive argument, or yell at her and point out how fucking stupid and selfish she is, she just keeps doing the same things because she thinks she's right for no reason and/or doesn't care at all about anyone else.

Oh, she also just takes my parking spot. Where I've been parking for years, just takes it without even asking, even though there are other places to park.
I should flatten her tyres.... I think I will.

And, my dad is pretty much the same. He's been complaining about me leaving my tea leaves in the sink. Tiny amounts of tea leaves I empty in the sink and then throw in the compost at the end of the day.
"I need to use the sink" he says. Well, go ahead, we have TWO SINKS, right next to each other! Use the other one if some leaves somehow cause you to be unable to use the sink!
THEN, he just cleaned the toilet, AND WASHED THE BRUSHES OFF IN THE KITCHEN SINK!!!! I just went mental. First, it's a toilet brush, it cleans THE TOILET! It does not need to be pristine clean, wash it in THE TOILET water! Second, we have a laundry sink for exactly that type of dirty things if you really need to clean it. Third, IT'S THE KITCHEN! Ever heard the saying "don't shit where you eat?" like.... basic hygiene that Neanderthals had a firm grasp on.

Gonna have to sterilise the sink and bench now.

I want out of this damn house. Everyone is so entitled and has zero consideration for anyone else, but get majorly pissed off if I do anything they disagree with.
I'm going to try to convince my little sister to leave the spare bedroom for me at my mum's house. She wants to move her music stuff in there, so I feel bad asking.
But I can't deal with this.

Woah tommo, that's bad.
Hope it gets sorted out soon!

I think Im forgetting how to meet people... This may sound weird, but I usually make conversations in my head that obviously never happen (most people do this, I think). But my problem goes further. Im constantly hoping to find someone cool to make some friends or someone who wants to get involved in a relationship but I got to say I feel like it is really hard. I usually think im just exaggerating

My kitchen sink is leaking...
Today morning I woke up to find water all over the kitchen floor. I haven't used the sink for 8-9 hours; there was no water when I went to bed last night. I have no idea where all the water came from

My parents had the kids for the weekend, leaving me and him alone. I guess we had a fight last night, but I was drunk and don't remember. I'm the worst drunk ever. Wish I could just start smoking weed again. It didn't matter much that my parents took the kids, because I pretty much worked the whole time anyway.

Some guy gave me his number at work and I will admit I find him very attractive, but obviously I can't do anything. I'm afraid to tell him I'm with someone and have kids... I mean, I will, once he talks to me again. He hasn't said more than two words to me since he gave me his number two weeks ago and I texted him, but he never responded so I have no idea what's going on there. He might not get texts and thinks that I'm just not interested, which I'm... kind of interested, but can't be. lol. I know I sound horrible. I've been screwing up so much lately... Really need to go talk to a therapist. I'm tired of having crushes on other men. I don't do anything about them, but my thoughts become so obsessive. Like today, I noticed that I watch for this guy to walk by like the whole freaking time. I hope it's not noticeable, I try to be slick about it, but if it is, I probably look like a creep. Why am I even talking about this. I'm just so tired and I wish I had someone to talk to.

I hate Christmas so much.... I hate how it's like a month long event... Parties everywhere, shopping constantly, and now that I work at Walmart, I hate it so much more... So tired of stocking stuffers and frantic people coming through my line. They all say the same shit... "Oooo I spent too much!!! Hahahahahahahahhahahahaha!" Like shut up.. really, I don't give a fuck what you spent... I don't want to hear you talk about what you're doing for Christmas, I don't want to talk to you at all... go away...

I can't get my SPH higher than 750 lately and they want it to be 900 at least, 1000 is better... It's hard to do when customers make it difficult for you to scan their items... "Oh, we want all of this one ticket and one bag!" Bitch, you bought 50 mother fucking items and they will NOT fit in one bag, fuck off. And for god's sake, if you want your cold shit sacked together, then PUT that it together on the conveyor. I'm NOT going to sort through your unorganized fucking mess to sack your items "properly".

Sorry for the language. The life of a cashier... woo hoo. Best job ever.

I've got emails to reply to, I'm so lazy.

Originally Posted by tommo

Uggggggghrnbkjebgjewkjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj jjjjjjjj........

My brother moved to my mum's, my sister and her bf moved here.
I cannot STAND my sister, and all her bf's are complete morons, haven't liked a single one.

She moves her stuff in, takes all my stuff out of the shower and THROWS IT AWAY! WTF!?!?!??????
Full bottles of shampoo, soap, toothpaste etc.
She takes my bucket out of the toilet room (that I put my feet on like I mentioned a few pages back) and throws it outside.
Empties the fridge of all this stuff that "doesn't get used" just because she thinks it never gets used even though she hasn't been here for years.
Yes, there was SOME stuff which just sat there and never got used, a lot of it I use occasionally, and there's nothing wrong with leaving it there. Even threw out a half bottle of maple syrup! She is literally the devil. That stuff is expensive too.
She is such an entitled, self-obsessed bitch.
And there is literally no arguing with her, you can put forward the most rational, positive argument, or yell at her and point out how fucking stupid and selfish she is, she just keeps doing the same things because she thinks she's right for no reason and/or doesn't care at all about anyone else.

Oh, she also just takes my parking spot. Where I've been parking for years, just takes it without even asking, even though there are other places to park.
I should flatten her tyres.... I think I will.

And, my dad is pretty much the same. He's been complaining about me leaving my tea leaves in the sink. Tiny amounts of tea leaves I empty in the sink and then throw in the compost at the end of the day.
"I need to use the sink" he says. Well, go ahead, we have TWO SINKS, right next to each other! Use the other one if some leaves somehow cause you to be unable to use the sink!
THEN, he just cleaned the toilet, AND WASHED THE BRUSHES OFF IN THE KITCHEN SINK!!!! I just went mental. First, it's a toilet brush, it cleans THE TOILET! It does not need to be pristine clean, wash it in THE TOILET water! Second, we have a laundry sink for exactly that type of dirty things if you really need to clean it. Third, IT'S THE KITCHEN! Ever heard the saying "don't shit where you eat?" like.... basic hygiene that Neanderthals had a firm grasp on.

Gonna have to sterilise the sink and bench now.

I want out of this damn house. Everyone is so entitled and has zero consideration for anyone else, but get majorly pissed off if I do anything they disagree with.
I'm going to try to convince my little sister to leave the spare bedroom for me at my mum's house. She wants to move her music stuff in there, so I feel bad asking.
But I can't deal with this.

Sounds harsh, looks like they are control freaks. Look for a way to deal with them in the internet. Google, the all mighty problem solver.

This may sound like the stupidest example of a first world problem, but it's a problem nonetheless. I'm staying at my boyfriend's house right now. His family wanted to treat me to a nice typical Christmas, since my family is Jewish and I've never celebrated Christmas before. Well, they had me make this list a few days ago of presents I might want. I felt uncomfortable with the idea of them getting me presents at all, but went with it and wrote a few things down, thinking they'd get me maybe one of the bigger things or a couple smaller things. Well... we just opened them, and it was present after present. They just kept coming. After the first three I started to feel extremely uncomfortable... but there were more and more. I got an awesome fucking gaming keyboard, logitech mouse and mouse pad. All pretty much top-of-the-line. Also gloves, 2 packets of candy, thermal upper and lower gear for the cold here and a stapler. And his brother got me an HD awesome webcam. They must have spent AT LEAST $300. And I got them NOTHING. And it feels uncomfortable that it says the gifts my boyfriend bought are from both of us even though he paid for them. On top of that, I'm staying at their house free of charge. So yeah, hopefully understandably I feel guilty as hell. I've been in shock. I don't get anywhere near this much for my birthday and Hannukah put together. Everything's going pretty well here in general. Just almost feel like... I dunno... a prostitute... lol. Why arethey giving me gifts? I should be giving them gifts.

Shit. I need to be at my parents house in roughly five hours. And I'm currently awake and really drunk (though sober enough to edit this post into coherent sentences).

This is a pathetic rant in comparison so many of the real issues addressed in this thread... so I'll try to compensate by wishing everyone a good holiday. Because regardless of whether you celebrate Christmas, I'm assuming you at least have off school/work. And dammit I cannot type for shit... I had to edit just about every word of this post. I suppose I'm in the wrong thread, but the "drunk" thread is like two click away, which is actually really difficult to do.

Originally Posted by Dianeva

This may sound like the stupidest example of a first world problem, but it's a problem nonetheless. I'm staying at my boyfriend's house right now. His family wanted to treat me to a nice typical Christmas, since my family is Jewish and I've never celebrated Christmas before. Well, they had me make this list a few days ago of presents I might want. I felt uncomfortable with the idea of them getting me presents at all, but went with it and wrote a few things down, thinking they'd get me maybe one of the bigger things or a couple smaller things. Well... we just opened them, and it was present after present. They just kept coming. After the first three I started to feel extremely uncomfortable... but there were more and more. I got an awesome fucking gaming keyboard, logitech mouse and mouse pad. All pretty much top-of-the-line. Also gloves, 2 packets of candy, thermal upper and lower gear for the cold here and a stapler. And his brother got me an HD awesome webcam. They must have spent AT LEAST $300. And I got them NOTHING. And it feels uncomfortable that it says the gifts my boyfriend bought are from both of us even though he paid for them. On top of that, I'm staying at their house free of charge. So yeah, hopefully understandably I feel guilty as hell. I've been in shock. I don't get anywhere near this much for my birthday and Hannukah put together. Everything's going pretty well here in general. Just almost feel like... I dunno... a prostitute... lol. Why arethey giving me gifts? I should be giving them gifts.

Lmao, a prostitute? That made me crack up, but honestly I can imagine that you feel bad about it. I would feel uneasy with that amount of presents as well... maybe it's normal where you live. Good luck there, maybe show them you care by making dinner? Or another gesture like that.

RANT: I feel like my current group of friends who I hang out most with have not been showing me the respect I deserve, so I've decided to cut them off. Even when I explain they won't listen. The only thing they currently do for me is drag me deeper down the rabbit's hole of shit. When christmas is over I will tell them that we are no longer friends. I have been hanging out with one of them for about 9 years, so it's a bit painful. But hey... I'm done, it's over. It's time to start this new life I've been dreaming of.

I am happy cuz I am alive. Where's the complain? It's obvious, I don't wanna ever die

Originally Posted by Dianeva

This may sound like the stupidest example of a first world problem, but it's a problem nonetheless. I'm staying at my boyfriend's house right now. His family wanted to treat me to a nice typical Christmas, since my family is Jewish and I've never celebrated Christmas before. Well, they had me make this list a few days ago of presents I might want. I felt uncomfortable with the idea of them getting me presents at all, but went with it and wrote a few things down, thinking they'd get me maybe one of the bigger things or a couple smaller things. Well... we just opened them, and it was present after present. They just kept coming. After the first three I started to feel extremely uncomfortable... but there were more and more. I got an awesome fucking gaming keyboard, logitech mouse and mouse pad. All pretty much top-of-the-line. Also gloves, 2 packets of candy, thermal upper and lower gear for the cold here and a stapler. And his brother got me an HD awesome webcam. They must have spent AT LEAST $300. And I got them NOTHING. And it feels uncomfortable that it says the gifts my boyfriend bought are from both of us even though he paid for them. On top of that, I'm staying at their house free of charge. So yeah, hopefully understandably I feel guilty as hell. I've been in shock. I don't get anywhere near this much for my birthday and Hannukah put together. Everything's going pretty well here in general. Just almost feel like... I dunno... a prostitute... lol. Why arethey giving me gifts? I should be giving them gifts.

Reading this hurt. I totally know that feeling... I guess they don't expect to get anything back, I mean they know you don't celebrate so they already know you're in unknown territory. Probably hasn't even occurred to them that you're staying at their place for free. I get the same feeling quite lot... I'm 21 now, and this is actually the first year where I actually got presents for some people, I've always felt bad about it but never had it in me to do something about it. In your case, there's not really anything to but as mentioned above you could do just some gesture. I really hate that feeling though, tends to happen when I'm staying at someone's place and when I don't notice the time, they're suddenly preparing food for me too even though I'm technically not invited to stay. I haven't really done anything to show my appreciation to that family... Eugh.

Here's my own little rant. I could probably come up with a few but here's one.
Last year, at K's birthday, I got her Just Dance 4. Even though her parents pretty much knew I was getting it for her, they inexplicably bought it as well, creating this well known embarrassing and unpleasant situation where she had already gotten it. Fast forward to this year... I'm bracing myself, because I'm almost certain that the exact same thing is going to happen this year again. Just with Just Dance 2014 this time. Yay. Sigh. Coordination = no.

Oh. I appear to have fallen for someone in love with my best friend who is, in turn, in love with someone else.

Anyone else want to join the love conga?

Originally Posted by Anju

My kitchen sink is leaking...
Today morning I woke up to find water all over the kitchen floor. I haven't used the sink for 8-9 hours; there was no water when I went to bed last night. I have no idea where all the water came from

Check the pipes underneath, if it isn't fixed already. Someone maybe loosened the plastic circular thing that holds the pipes together, to get something out that they dropped down.
It loosened for some other reason. I did this once, it needs to be REALLY tight, but I didn't tighten it enough and it leaked everywhere lol

Originally Posted by Suena

Some guy gave me his number at work and I will admit I find him very attractive, but obviously I can't do anything. I'm afraid to tell him I'm with someone and have kids... I mean, I will, once he talks to me again. He hasn't said more than two words to me since he gave me his number two weeks ago and I texted him, but he never responded so I have no idea what's going on there. He might not get texts and thinks that I'm just not interested, which I'm... kind of interested, but can't be. lol. I know I sound horrible. I've been screwing up so much lately... Really need to go talk to a therapist. I'm tired of having crushes on other men. I don't do anything about them, but my thoughts become so obsessive. Like today, I noticed that I watch for this guy to walk by like the whole freaking time. I hope it's not noticeable, I try to be slick about it, but if it is, I probably look like a creep. Why am I even talking about this. I'm just so tired and I wish I had someone to talk to.

What did you text him?
People don't respond for any number of reasons. Like you didn't respond to my last PM *ahem* *cough cough* *ghmmm*

But really, so many times I check an SMS and then just don't respond coz I'm busy, or decide to read it later and then just never bother to read it or respond. Not for any real reason, I just don't.
Also depends what you wrote. Sometimes I don't respond coz the text was something I can't think of a non-pointless response to, and it's too much thinking to say something worthwhile.
Or maybe he's making you think about it on purpose, making you unsure so that you want him more.

You don't need a therapist because you're attracted to multiple people. This is part of the human condition, only some societies have tried to make us monogamous (which really isn't that terrible and a lot of people prefer that due to jealousy etc.). But most societies, especially ones founded in Christianity, have gone so far as to say it is terribly immoral to be attracted to more than that one person.

I'm currently more in love than I ever have been before, but I still stare at 5 (I literally just erased and corrected that number 3 times lol, 3.... 4.... oh yeah 5 ) other girls.... oh shit, actually 6 other, fuck.... ok.... seven other girls at work I am quite attracted to. They are absolutely beautiful. But I am completely in love with a girl already.
It's not wrong.

....One of the girls at work was telling me the other day that she likes a guy there, and she said that everyone already knows she thinks. She said even her boyfriend knows.
This confused the hell out of me, and I was just like "????????????????????????????????????????????????? " ".... WHAT?????!?!" "You tell your boyfriend you like another guy?"
And she was just like "yeah" "It's just honesty, you know?"
It took a minute, but then it suddenly hit me that she is just being honest. She wants her boyfriend to know that she is attracted to another guy, so that he knows.
That's it.

I think this is an incredibly enlightened and healthy approach to this sort of thing.
There's no need to go on hiding it and feeling guilty about a normal, natural feeling that has existed since our species has.

Originally Posted by Suena

I hate Christmas so much.... I hate how it's like a month long event... Parties everywhere, shopping constantly, and now that I work at Walmart, I hate it so much more... So tired of stocking stuffers and frantic people coming through my line. They all say the same shit... "Oooo I spent too much!!! Hahahahahahahahhahahahaha!" Like shut up.. really, I don't give a fuck what you spent... I don't want to hear you talk about what you're doing for Christmas, I don't want to talk to you at all... go away...

Yep. So much goddamn waste in this holiday, and so many insincere gifts. I was looking at these Cadbury "stocking" we had, and just suddenly had this perspective shift on them....
They're not just a bag of lollies. They're literally a "pretend" stocking, made of thin, clear plastic, shaped like a stocking, and with zero thought or sincerity on the part of the buyer/giver.
Filled with chocolates which do not even resemble real food and offer no nutritional value or sense of sustenance.
Just gluttony and facade.

It makes me sick, just thinking about it.

I have absolutely none of that feeling like I need to get presents for people because it's Christmas. It seems like most people feel like they have to get stuff for people, even if they don't want to or it's a drain on their finances. I do not feel this pressure at all. If I think of a good present to get someone, I will get it. Even with my family. I thought of two good presents in the previous months, for my younger sister and brother. So I got them. And I don't feel like I need to get anything for the others. I got my mum a present for her birthday because a good opportunity for a good present came up. There wasn't one around Christmas time, so I didn't get anything. If I had tried really hard, I probably could have come up with something satisfactory, but I hate that bullshit. It would be something she'd like for a minute and then never use again, or only use occasionally.

I dunno, just hate this waste of precious resources, consumerist culture, fake facades etc. Depresses me....

Originally Posted by Suena

I can't get my SPH higher than 750 lately and they want it to be 900 at least, 1000 is better... It's hard to do when customers make it difficult for you to scan their items... "Oh, we want all of this one ticket and one bag!" Bitch, you bought 50 mother fucking items and they will NOT fit in one bag, fuck off. And for god's sake, if you want your cold shit sacked together, then PUT that it together on the conveyor. I'm NOT going to sort through your unorganized fucking mess to sack your items "properly".

I assume this is scans per hour? I was watching this video about Amazon warehouses a couple of weeks ago. This daily/hourly kind of deadline/quota is one of the most mentally unhealthy things a workplace can do. It creates a ridiculous amount of stress as well as taking away all feeling of personal freedom and choice.
This is exactly why I quit working in night fill. It's better pay and more hours, but you have zero choice as to what you do, which may have been the crappy manager, but nevertheless we had no freedom at all. It was like "do this, this and this", we finish that, find the manager "do this, this and this". Repeat.

It was mind numbing.

At least in my role now I can choose what I do when; which order I do things in. Even just that little bit of freedom is worth so much.

I guess what I'm saying is that it is very unhealthy to worry too much about those quotas. Keep in mind that you have to get better, but don't worry so much about exact statistics.
If you're getting better, that's good. Try to figure out ways to be more efficient, and that will occupy your mind.... analysing what you're doing and going through ways to do it faster/better etc.

Originally Posted by Suena

Sorry for the language. The life of a cashier... woo hoo. Best job ever.

You're lucky in some ways. People on the floor get so many fucking dumb questions.
One example:
"Do you have x item?"
"Oh, it has sold out I'm pretty sure, sorry about that"
"But you have other item similar to x item"
".... yeah, but x item has sold out"
"but you have the other similar item"

Ugh....
One guy I heard in this conversation after the first two times literally just said "yeah we don't it" and walked off.
haha

One guy asked me today "How old do you have to be to work here?"
I'm like "uhhhh.... just normal age, you know, whatever age you have to be to work"
*stares at me*
"What age is that?"
"Ummmm.... 16 or 17? I think?.... whatever the legal working age is now"
"Yeah but I don't know what that is"
"Um, ok, I think it's 17, pretty sure"

LOL wtf???? Why are you asking me!??!?!?? Do I look like the government?
I think it's actually 16 though, lucky I gave the dumbass wrong info.

Originally Posted by Dianeva

This may sound like the stupidest example of a first world problem, but it's a problem nonetheless. I'm staying at my boyfriend's house right now. His family wanted to treat me to a nice typical Christmas, since my family is Jewish and I've never celebrated Christmas before. Well, they had me make this list a few days ago of presents I might want. I felt uncomfortable with the idea of them getting me presents at all, but went with it and wrote a few things down, thinking they'd get me maybe one of the bigger things or a couple smaller things. Well... we just opened them, and it was present after present. They just kept coming. After the first three I started to feel extremely uncomfortable... but there were more and more. I got an awesome fucking gaming keyboard, logitech mouse and mouse pad. All pretty much top-of-the-line. Also gloves, 2 packets of candy, thermal upper and lower gear for the cold here and a stapler. And his brother got me an HD awesome webcam. They must have spent AT LEAST $300. And I got them NOTHING. And it feels uncomfortable that it says the gifts my boyfriend bought are from both of us even though he paid for them. On top of that, I'm staying at their house free of charge. So yeah, hopefully understandably I feel guilty as hell. I've been in shock. I don't get anywhere near this much for my birthday and Hannukah put together. Everything's going pretty well here in general. Just almost feel like... I dunno... a prostitute... lol. Why arethey giving me gifts? I should be giving them gifts.

Huh, I didn't even know you were Jewish.
Honestly don't worry about it.
I gave that girl a couple of presents today for Christmas and I did not expect anything back at all.
She said she didn't expect that and she didn't get me anything and I was just like "Yeah I know, you don't celebrate Christmas"
I just wanted to get her something.
I don't want something in return.

IMO, this is a good sign that his family likes you a lot.

That said, I feel like crap getting lots of presents from my own family.
It's mostly to do with waste of resources, having so much crap that I don't use sitting around etc. And this happens every year for every person, so much fucking CRAP, that will barely ever get used and is, at best, unnecessary.
But also, especially in previous years, I didn't feel like I deserved all the stuff I got. I was jobless, a pain to be around etc.
So yeah, what other people said, help out around the house, do some cleaning, dishes, shopping etc. It will make you feel better about it if you feel like you deserve it.

Originally Posted by sefalik

Shit. I need to be at my parents house in roughly five hours. And I'm currently awake and really drunk (though sober enough to edit this post into coherent sentences).

This is a pathetic rant in comparison so many of the real issues addressed in this thread... so I'll try to compensate by wishing everyone a good holiday. Because regardless of whether you celebrate Christmas, I'm assuming you at least have off school/work. And dammit I cannot type for shit... I had to edit just about every word of this post. I suppose I'm in the wrong thread, but the "drunk" thread is like two click away, which is actually really difficult to do.

This made me laugh so much. Thank you, haha XD