Summer Huzzahs!

James.k.Polk wrote:

rkwsuperstar wrote:

James.k.Polk wrote:

rkwsuperstar wrote:The bachelorette party is this Saturday.  It is going to suck, and I feel bad about that, but what can you do?  We "had" to plan around the future mother-in-law and sister-in-law, coming in from out of town, and we just found out they are not attending.  Since we only have 6 people, we are going to skip the winery, thank goodness.  But I can't get anyone to confirm anything.  "I need to book the mani/pedi, who is getting what?"  Girl: I'm going.  Me: Great, do you want a pedi or a set of fake nails?  ~no response~

Get extra alcohol for the occasion. Maybe buy some of those grown-up coloring books.  Everybody gets drunk and colors pictures of dicks.  

It's been weird from the start.  We actually had it planned for last weekend.  Then right before the bridal shower a month ago, the bride said that "we" had changed it to the next weekend to accommodate the boys.  By "we", she just meant herself, her mom, and her brother's wife.  The bachelor party is some 2-day guided fishing trip, and the only weekend they could go was last weekend, and because of babies and pets, we had to do ours another weekend.  Which is fine, but why weren't we asked if the weekend would even work for us?  It's the weekend of the Hotter 'n Hell 100 bike race (biggest single day bike race in the nation) so all of the hotels are booked, so there went part of our plan (book a room, swim, watch bride movies).  We don't have enough people to visit one winery without paying extra.  There's a distillery, but they are closed that weekend.  I thought it would be fun to go to Six Flags, but we can't do that because her mom can't be in the heat.  It's just been weird.  I told the bride I hoped she wasn't disappointed.  We literally have nothing planned but pedicures and dinner, and I can't get anyone to confirm times.

You have a thankless job,  and nobody is making it any less of a hell.  Comfort yourself that it will be over soon and you won't have to deal with it any more.

rkwsuperstar wrote:

James.k.Polk wrote:

rkwsuperstar wrote:The bachelorette party is this Saturday.  It is going to suck, and I feel bad about that, but what can you do?  We "had" to plan around the future mother-in-law and sister-in-law, coming in from out of town, and we just found out they are not attending.  Since we only have 6 people, we are going to skip the winery, thank goodness.  But I can't get anyone to confirm anything.  "I need to book the mani/pedi, who is getting what?"  Girl: I'm going.  Me: Great, do you want a pedi or a set of fake nails?  ~no response~

Get extra alcohol for the occasion. Maybe buy some of those grown-up coloring books.  Everybody gets drunk and colors pictures of dicks.  

It's been weird from the start.  We actually had it planned for last weekend.  Then right before the bridal shower a month ago, the bride said that "we" had changed it to the next weekend to accommodate the boys.  By "we", she just meant herself, her mom, and her brother's wife.  The bachelor party is some 2-day guided fishing trip, and the only weekend they could go was last weekend, and because of babies and pets, we had to do ours another weekend.  Which is fine, but why weren't we asked if the weekend would even work for us?  It's the weekend of the Hotter 'n Hell 100 bike race (biggest single day bike race in the nation) so all of the hotels are booked, so there went part of our plan (book a room, swim, watch bride movies).  We don't have enough people to visit one winery without paying extra.  There's a distillery, but they are closed that weekend.  I thought it would be fun to go to Six Flags, but we can't do that because her mom can't be in the heat.  It's just been weird.  I told the bride I hoped she wasn't disappointed.  We literally have nothing planned but pedicures and dinner, and I can't get anyone to confirm times.

James.k.Polk wrote:

rkwsuperstar wrote:The bachelorette party is this Saturday.  It is going to suck, and I feel bad about that, but what can you do?  We "had" to plan around the future mother-in-law and sister-in-law, coming in from out of town, and we just found out they are not attending.  Since we only have 6 people, we are going to skip the winery, thank goodness.  But I can't get anyone to confirm anything.  "I need to book the mani/pedi, who is getting what?"  Girl: I'm going.  Me: Great, do you want a pedi or a set of fake nails?  ~no response~

Get extra alcohol for the occasion. Maybe buy some of those grown-up coloring books.  Everybody gets drunk and colors pictures of dicks.  

rkwsuperstar wrote:The bachelorette party is this Saturday.  It is going to suck, and I feel bad about that, but what can you do?  We "had" to plan around the future mother-in-law and sister-in-law, coming in from out of town, and we just found out they are not attending.  Since we only have 6 people, we are going to skip the winery, thank goodness.  But I can't get anyone to confirm anything.  "I need to book the mani/pedi, who is getting what?"  Girl: I'm going.  Me: Great, do you want a pedi or a set of fake nails?  ~no response~

NebulaJack wrote:

kegs wrote:

rkwsuperstar wrote:Kegs, is it Hot Set?

That's it!!

I saw a bit of it on tv last a while back and have been trying to find it again.  

Well it seems it airs at 3 in the morning. Now I know!

Thanks Rk!

Speaking of Airing in the wee hours of the morning, a week or two back I found out that FX or FXX aired the pilot episode of a Wheel of Time TV series with absolutely zero marketing or fanfare. It's apparently a maneuver for the production company to hold onto the TV/Film rights. I looked it up on Youtube and it's absolutely awful. It's based on the prologue of the book and looks cheap as hell.

kegs wrote:

rkwsuperstar wrote:Kegs, is it Hot Set?

That's it!!

I saw a bit of it on tv last a while back and have been trying to find it again.  

Well it seems it airs at 3 in the morning. Now I know!

Thanks Rk!

rkwsuperstar wrote:Kegs, is it Hot Set?

NebulaJack wrote:

kegs wrote:

Hell is other people.

Kegs, there's a short story by Neil Gaiman called Other People that you should read. It takes an interesting look at that concept.

kegs wrote:

Hell is other people.

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NebulaJack wrote:

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James.k.Polk wrote:

rkwsuperstar wrote:

rkwsuperstar wrote:

James.k.Polk wrote:

rkwsuperstar wrote:My idiot coworker is spraying scented Lysol air freshener on her feet.  She loves air freshener and has been told to tone down the spraying, because it's caused coughing fits in people walking by her office.  So...is she spraying it on her feet because she loves the smell of scented lysol?  Or because her feet stink and she mistakenly thinks Lysol will change that?  What is happening?  

A couple of ideas.  She has a psychological thing she's not admitting to.  Perhaps she thinks she can smell her own sweat or something and opts to cover what she *thinks* is an offensive odor.

Maybe she eats a lot of raw veggies and farts a lot.

Maybe she s just a contrarian and wants to do what she wants in spite of someone complaining about it.

I'm betting it's the psych thing.

Well, she forgets a lot of things.  She'll do something or not do something and our boss will say something and she acts like it's brand new information.

I imagine it's psychological, because I think she has some other mental issues, based on how she acts sometimes.  It's just weird to walk in and see something spraying themselves with lysol.

I'm also aware that I probably have a bad tone when I talk about her.  She makes my life difficult, and 40 hours of that every week can wear on you.  But I'm trying to develop a more "whatever" attitude.

If this is the same woman who has things scribbled on pieces of paper that she later can't find when she needs them, I am leaning towards a learning disability. I know that was a theory of yours as well.

She might be highly functional but just marginal IQ.  I knew a girl like that once.  Looked and acted normal.  Ask her any question requiring her to know something and she'd giggle and get embarrassed and let on that she "isn't smart"

She can't spell.  So she'll type something, and the boss will tell her that she spelled something wrong and her response is "well, I have fat fingers."  As if she's The Thing with giant hands.  The boss will say what does having fat fingers have to do with proofreading.

I don't know bout the rest of the stuff, but the lemon scent thing... maybe she really loves that scent, and wants to carry it with her wherever she goes. She definitely seems like the type to not care about inconveniencing others.

She loves the smell of air freshener.  She has 3 different scents in her office.  The day the boss told her to tone down the spraying, she said "oh, I just love the way it smells!"  And I don't think she thinks about inconveniencing others.  She just doesn't think.

NebulaJack wrote:

rkwsuperstar wrote:

James.k.Polk wrote:

rkwsuperstar wrote:

rkwsuperstar wrote:

James.k.Polk wrote:

rkwsuperstar wrote:My idiot coworker is spraying scented Lysol air freshener on her feet.  She loves air freshener and has been told to tone down the spraying, because it's caused coughing fits in people walking by her office.  So...is she spraying it on her feet because she loves the smell of scented lysol?  Or because her feet stink and she mistakenly thinks Lysol will change that?  What is happening?  

A couple of ideas.  She has a psychological thing she's not admitting to.  Perhaps she thinks she can smell her own sweat or something and opts to cover what she *thinks* is an offensive odor.

Maybe she eats a lot of raw veggies and farts a lot.

Maybe she s just a contrarian and wants to do what she wants in spite of someone complaining about it.

I'm betting it's the psych thing.

Well, she forgets a lot of things.  She'll do something or not do something and our boss will say something and she acts like it's brand new information.

I imagine it's psychological, because I think she has some other mental issues, based on how she acts sometimes.  It's just weird to walk in and see something spraying themselves with lysol.

I'm also aware that I probably have a bad tone when I talk about her.  She makes my life difficult, and 40 hours of that every week can wear on you.  But I'm trying to develop a more "whatever" attitude.

If this is the same woman who has things scribbled on pieces of paper that she later can't find when she needs them, I am leaning towards a learning disability. I know that was a theory of yours as well.

She might be highly functional but just marginal IQ.  I knew a girl like that once.  Looked and acted normal.  Ask her any question requiring her to know something and she'd giggle and get embarrassed and let on that she "isn't smart"

She can't spell.  So she'll type something, and the boss will tell her that she spelled something wrong and her response is "well, I have fat fingers."  As if she's The Thing with giant hands.  The boss will say what does having fat fingers have to do with proofreading.

I don't know bout the rest of the stuff, but the lemon scent thing... maybe she really loves that scent, and wants to carry it with her wherever she goes. She definitely seems like the type to not care about inconveniencing others.

rkwsuperstar wrote:

James.k.Polk wrote:

rkwsuperstar wrote:

rkwsuperstar wrote:

James.k.Polk wrote:

rkwsuperstar wrote:My idiot coworker is spraying scented Lysol air freshener on her feet.  She loves air freshener and has been told to tone down the spraying, because it's caused coughing fits in people walking by her office.  So...is she spraying it on her feet because she loves the smell of scented lysol?  Or because her feet stink and she mistakenly thinks Lysol will change that?  What is happening?  

A couple of ideas.  She has a psychological thing she's not admitting to.  Perhaps she thinks she can smell her own sweat or something and opts to cover what she *thinks* is an offensive odor.

Maybe she eats a lot of raw veggies and farts a lot.

Maybe she s just a contrarian and wants to do what she wants in spite of someone complaining about it.

I'm betting it's the psych thing.

Well, she forgets a lot of things.  She'll do something or not do something and our boss will say something and she acts like it's brand new information.

I imagine it's psychological, because I think she has some other mental issues, based on how she acts sometimes.  It's just weird to walk in and see something spraying themselves with lysol.

I'm also aware that I probably have a bad tone when I talk about her.  She makes my life difficult, and 40 hours of that every week can wear on you.  But I'm trying to develop a more "whatever" attitude.

If this is the same woman who has things scribbled on pieces of paper that she later can't find when she needs them, I am leaning towards a learning disability. I know that was a theory of yours as well.

She might be highly functional but just marginal IQ.  I knew a girl like that once.  Looked and acted normal.  Ask her any question requiring her to know something and she'd giggle and get embarrassed and let on that she "isn't smart"

She can't spell.  So she'll type something, and the boss will tell her that she spelled something wrong and her response is "well, I have fat fingers."  As if she's The Thing with giant hands.  The boss will say what does having fat fingers have to do with proofreading.

Patch wrote:Happy weekend everyone. Long week for me so I'm ready for a break. I did see Mad Max Fury Road was released early on digital. I watched it again last night. Great movie.

Patch wrote:Happy weekend everyone. Long week for me so I'm ready for a break. I did see Mad Max Fury Road was released early on digital. I watched it again last night. Great movie.

James.k.Polk wrote:

rkwsuperstar wrote:

rkwsuperstar wrote:

James.k.Polk wrote:

rkwsuperstar wrote:My idiot coworker is spraying scented Lysol air freshener on her feet.  She loves air freshener and has been told to tone down the spraying, because it's caused coughing fits in people walking by her office.  So...is she spraying it on her feet because she loves the smell of scented lysol?  Or because her feet stink and she mistakenly thinks Lysol will change that?  What is happening?  

A couple of ideas.  She has a psychological thing she's not admitting to.  Perhaps she thinks she can smell her own sweat or something and opts to cover what she *thinks* is an offensive odor.

Maybe she eats a lot of raw veggies and farts a lot.

Maybe she s just a contrarian and wants to do what she wants in spite of someone complaining about it.

I'm betting it's the psych thing.

Well, she forgets a lot of things.  She'll do something or not do something and our boss will say something and she acts like it's brand new information.

I imagine it's psychological, because I think she has some other mental issues, based on how she acts sometimes.  It's just weird to walk in and see something spraying themselves with lysol.

I'm also aware that I probably have a bad tone when I talk about her.  She makes my life difficult, and 40 hours of that every week can wear on you.  But I'm trying to develop a more "whatever" attitude.

If this is the same woman who has things scribbled on pieces of paper that she later can't find when she needs them, I am leaning towards a learning disability. I know that was a theory of yours as well.

She might be highly functional but just marginal IQ.  I knew a girl like that once.  Looked and acted normal.  Ask her any question requiring her to know something and she'd giggle and get embarrassed and let on that she "isn't smart"