The Bad Mood Thread

[TomAz]

[JustSteve]

I rather not have police anywhere near my house. Also, I would hate retaliation. I am going to leave him a bitchy note on his windshield if it continues. This morning it started again at 6am.

grab some pebbles, unscrew the caps on his tires, place pebble in each one and then replace caps. will nice and slowly flatten the tires, but not cause any damage. nice and subtle and not criminal.

[theresalwaysone]

Argh. Employee has apparently been too busy to scan and email me her timesheet that was due at 5:00pm yesterday. It was placed in her calendar with a 4-hour pop up reminder. I sent her a reminder email this morning at 0840 and she replied back with an excuse of a project that had to be done, but that she'll get it to me. I sent her another reminder email 2 hours later telling her that if I don't receive it at a particular time, then I will pay her for XX number of hours and any differences will be adjusted on the next check. She calls me 10 minutes AFTER my deadline saying it's on the way. Now I have to backtrack steps to correctly adjust her times.

My only concern now is I'm not sure if I submitted payroll in time to get processed, and I won't know until Tuesday. Congratulations, employee. You might be the reason that over 100 people won't get paid on time.

That's your fault and your fault alone. I don't know you personally, but from what I am guessing in this post it is YOUR job to get the payroll in on time. Therefore, it is YOUR JOB to see that everyone get's their payroll in (which it seems you took every reasonable step to do). And it is YOUR JOB to set the deadline and adhere to that deadline to ensure that payroll is submitted on time. If that one person didn't get their payroll in on time and you let everyone else suffer because of it, that is YOUR fault. Of course you want everyone to get paid and you would do everything you could to accommodate people who are late or for whatever reason need special exceptions. But that is your job to determine what is feasible or not. You have nobody to be mad at but yourself.

There has to be a point where you know that once you go past this point and payroll is not submitted, you risk fucking it up for everyone. And, you have to have had asked yourself, "Do I want 100 innocent people not getting paid, or do I want 1 person (who I made every reasonable attempt to accommodate) not getting paid?" Seems pretty easy to me.

[Robin]

^^^ You're right. I was more pissed that she couldn't take 1 minute out of her day to send me her timecard. I know I got 3 companies done on time. Not sure about the 4th, but 90% confident it went through. If it didn't, then direct deposits will be 1 day late, and I will deal with it appropriately and take responsibility.

[TheWatcher]

starving people must think people who cleanse are nuts.

My chiropractor recommends the Standard Process cleanse. It's basically 3 weeks of all the fruits/veggies I can possibly eat, 2-5 shakes a day (each includes a Tbsp of high quality flax oil and about 10g of whey protein), one serving of protein (egg/meat/fish), and also extra virgin olive oil/balsamic vinegar dressing. And, also several handfuls of supplements each day. I don't feel that hungry, and still usually lose 15-25 lbs in 3 weeks (mostly fat). I should really do this again soon... I'm getting puffy.

[JustSteve]

So you do this miracle cleanse but just gain it all back? That is way more unhealthy for you than just keeping that weight on or changing your lifestyle to permanently keep it off.

[TheWatcher]

Well, it takes quite some time for the weight to creep back on. If I did a cleanse every six months, my weight would not be fluctuating by more than 10lbs. If I could stay on that diet all the time I would not ever be overweight. But, it's hard to give up nuts, dairy, grains, caffeine, full-time. And, it's a *lot* of work to cook all your own food (never eating anything packaged).

[nyarlathotoats]

3 in the morning, and I'm a little irritable cause I can't fall asleep.

[Robin]

3-day weekend. Even had the place to myself yesterday.
Ended up getting sick. My lunch did not taste good coming up.

[disgustipated]

so I was woke up in the middle of the night by an unfamiliar noise. As I was walking downstairs to investigate I realised someone was in my house. I immediately went back to my room and grabbed my shotgun. I heard him slowly creeping up the stairs so I stood around the corner with my gun raised. At first sight of this asshole I screamed at the top of my lungs for him to "get the fuck out". It scared the shit out of him and he tumbled backwards down the stairs breaking his leg. As he layed there trying to gain sympathy from me (for his broken leg) I repeatedly poked him with my gun telling him he picked the wrong fucking house. The police came and arrested him and told me that he had been breaking into houses in the area and they had been looking for him for a while. That's where the fun stopped. They almost took me into custody for being a felon with a firearm. ( I was caught with one gram of mushrooms in 1997, did my 6 years of probation paid a lawyer an insane amount of money to have it exponged and paid my ridiculous fines)

I am now going to court for possesion of a firearm and this asshole will probably walk (limp) free. I should have shot the fucker.

[Somewhat Damaged]

Possession of a gram of mushrooms constitutes a felony? That's fucked up, man. Good luck with your case & hopefully that fucker doesn't get out of serving jail time.

[PlayaDelWes]

^ the Shit Just got Real thread

Does ATX = Austin? For those following at home, brief us with the specific gun laws. Do you need a permit for a shotgun? Are you never allowed to have one because of your conviction? Be glad you didn't shoot the fucker. Hopefully he gets connected to those other break-ins.

[locachica73]

He will probably sue you for the broken leg as well. The system sucks.

[Robin]

paid a lawyer an insane amount of money to have it exponged

This lawyer obviously didn't do his/her job. Maybe it's time to make a visit.

Your entire situation is pretty f'ed. Thank goodness you came out physically unharmed in the situation.

[disgustipated]

Possession of a gram of mushrooms constitutes a felony? That's fucked up, man. Good luck with your case & hopefully that fucker doesn't get out of serving jail time.

yes it's considered a controlled substance. At least it was in '97.

^ the Shit Just got Real thread

Does ATX = Austin? For those following at home, brief us with the specific gun laws. Do you need a permit for a shotgun? Are you never allowed to have one because of your conviction? Be glad you didn't shoot the fucker. Hopefully he gets connected to those other break-ins.

yes Austin. In TX shotguns do not have to be registered, they can even be carried in the back window of a pickup truck. Handguns and other guns are closely monitered and have to be registered. In my case, since I did my time and had everything exponged, I assumed I could have my shotgun that I have had my whole life. It was my fathers first gun.

[disgustipated]

This lawyer obviously didn't do his/her job. Maybe it's time to make a visit.

Your entire situation is pretty f'ed. Thank goodness you came out physically unharmed in the situation.

yes, I know this. I was fed up with this guy and completely demolished his office during one visit because he said I owed him more money. This was after he no-showed to my first court date and sent his intern to my second court date.

[Robin]

Do you have any paperwork stating that he'll get it expunged and receipts of the amount paid?

[disgustipated]

no. I actually filed the paper work for the expongement myself a few years ago. The officer who served me my court order this morning told me that it could be a mishap in the system and that if I did my time and filed the expongement the judge should close my file and I would have nothing to worry about. It's just a pain in the ass to have to continually go through these things 15 years later. I have been turned down for jobs and home rentals because of one mushroom I had when I was 20.

[TomAz]

Did they take your shotgun away?

[Miroir Noir]

Was your restriction (and this subsequent arrest/court date) relative to federal or Texas law?

[JustSteve]

Possession of a gram of mushrooms constitutes a felony? That's fucked up, man. Good luck with your case & hopefully that fucker doesn't get out of serving jail time.

i believe mushrooms are on the same level as cocaine and meth in california for some really fucking ridiculous reason. so yeah, be careful if you are walking around with them.

driving the rv out to coachella with a half ounce of shrooms became a little more serious once i found this out.

[disgustipated]

Did they take your shotgun away?

yes. that's the most upsetting part. I shot my first duck, quail, and dove with that gun. Almost shot my first schmuck with it. I should get it back when this is all over. My dad may have to come get it out.

Was your restriction (and this subsequent arrest/court date) relative to federal or Texas law?

Texas.

[disgustipated]

i believe mushrooms are on the same level as cocaine and meth in california for some really fucking ridiculous reason. so yeah, be careful if you are walking around with them.

Same here. They are classified as a controlled substance. class 3 felony.

[TomAz]

Aren't you thankful for the men and women of the armed forces who made the ultimate sacrifice so that you can enjoy your freedom.

[roberto73]

At 2:00 this afternoon I found out the class I was supposed to start teaching tomorrow night at 5:00 got canceled due to low enrollment. Never mind the weeks I just spent prepping for it; because the semester starts tomorrow it's now too late for me to pick up another class, which represents a pretty big financial hit for me this summer. It's a good thing my wife and I like Top Ramen.

[Robin]

Just got an email from my bro saying that his gf might leave and take her baby to Arizona so he can be with the biological father. The biodad was a one night stand. My entire family helped her throughout her entire pregnancy and have been an active part in the baby's life. My bro let her move in, and he financially and emotionally supported them up until now. He had to leave his consulting job to get an office job so he can have a steady income and benefits for the baby. I even bought a soccer mom car so we can all fit in one vehicle when we hang out together.

[locachica73]

Robin, that's really shitty, I am sorry.

Nick moved out yesterday, I went to a friends to drink wine while he did it and asked that he tell me when he was done so I could go home. I expected everything to be gone but when I got there he left his pillows (weird, maybe the new chick has enough?), his favorite throw blanket his mother gave him, 2 NY Giant's baseball caps, a drawer full of clothes and all of the porn we had bought together. I went from weepy to angry in no time at all. Seriously, WHAT THE FUCK am I going to do with all of his porn?

[Goatchella]

i will ride in your soccer mom van to help fill the void.

[Goatchella]

Robin, that's really shitty, I am sorry.

Nick moved out yesterday, I went to a friends to drink wine while he did it and asked that he tell me when he was done so I could go home. I expected everything to be gone but when I got there he left his pillows (weird, maybe the new chick has enough?), his favorite throw blanket his mother gave him, 2 NY Giant's baseball caps, a drawer full of clothes and all of the porn we had bought together. I went from weepy to angry in no time at all. Seriously, WHAT THE FUCK am I going to do with all of his porn?

mugwog will use the porn...even if its gay porn...especially if it is black porn

[locachica73]

I don't even want to know how much it will cost to ship all that porn. I am considering a porn garage sale.