Please share your struggle of the day

[Mupepe]

I constantly get to overhear political talk in our lunch area.  I was trying real hard to ignore it today.  It started off talking about cops and protesters.  Then moved on to the North Korea hack.

Coworker: As soon as they threatened us they should have dropped a bomb
Me: (fed up listening to stupid shit)  Okay that wouldn't have worked out so well
Coworker: *smugly* Why not?
Me:  Because a city with 25 million people sits right across the border with the one of the world's largest militaries pointing all their rockets at it.  There's a reason we haven't done anything all these years.
Coworker: So?  That didn't stop us from making Iran and Russia get rid of theirs.  But I know they still have them no matter what you say
Me: Get rid of what?
Coworker: Their nuclear weapons!
Me:  :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(

[Madrun Badrun]

It would get bombed but it wouldn't be super bad.

http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/military/news/north-korea-and-flattening-seoul

My guess is seoul probably has a iron dome like system for some defense and any north korean guns targeting seoul would be bombed pretty fast. 

[I'm a Puppy!]

Not my struggle but it's annoying

I have a friend who had a really hard time having kids. She tried for years and then finally she got pregnant and had a girl. Then after she turned like two she showed autistic tendencies. My friend then decided it was time to have another. Despite knowing that she was having a hard time she went and not only had 1 more but 3 more in a short amount of space. So in essence she has 4 kids all with varying levels of autism (some of them rather severely so) all 5 and under. Her facebook is essentially a list of complaints about how hard her life is and how she's overwhelmed. She's a friend and I want to sympathize, but part of me is like "Maybe having 4 kids in 5 years is a bad idea, especially when you knew they'd likely have autistic tendencies lady. Sheesh."

[dkdk]

it's actually hilarious how shit the company i work for is.

we have these webstores we open for teams and organizations and process out all the orders at once since it's all custom made. well i got a call in today some customer looking for her kids order so i go to look this up thinking surely we have some system to organize a bunch of fedex tracking numbers right for quick/easy access

yeah my boss hands me a folder about 2 inches thick with everyones orders from the club (200+) and tells me good luck 

folks really looked at me like i was crazy when i suggested a half dozen ways to do that shit better. just so much basic shit they fail at and dont even try to fix.

[lennedsay]

Not my struggle but it's annoying

I have a friend who had a really hard time having kids. She tried for years and then finally she got pregnant and had a girl. Then after she turned like two she showed autistic tendencies. My friend then decided it was time to have another. Despite knowing that she was having a hard time she went and not only had 1 more but 3 more in a short amount of space. So in essence she has 4 kids all with varying levels of autism (some of them rather severely so) all 5 and under. Her facebook is essentially a list of complaints about how hard her life is and how she's overwhelmed. She's a friend and I want to sympathize, but part of me is like "Maybe having 4 kids in 5 years is a bad idea, especially when you knew they'd likely have autistic tendencies lady. Sheesh."

Wtf? Yea 4 kids in 5 years is a bold move for anybody, but when your first kid is on the spectrum... Even if the rest of your kids are the most laid back, easy kids in the world, its going to be insanely overwhelming.

[Brehvolution]

There is a damned good chance I'm going to be sick for xmas.

Sunday - was bedridden all day
Monday - Worked and felt better. Even had a couple brews.
Tuesday - Woke up a 4am and couldn't breathe through my nose. Gave myself a vicks mustache. Now I'm at work feeling like shit. If I didn't cash in my leftover PTO I would have taken the day off.  I'll probably ruin some others xmas break now. 

[Madrun Badrun]

god I love vicks. 

[Madrun Badrun]

Matlab:  when you do a repmat and do repmat(A, size) instead of repmat(A, [1,size])  and suddenly you've just tried to initialized a 100GB matrix 

[bork]

Work today.  Not abnormal, but unlike previous Xmas eves, they are not letting anyone go home early.   

[Madrun Badrun]

I got to work today too.  I'm super behind on a project due on the 15th 

[Mupepe]

I get out at 2.  I usually get to work at 6am but since I get out at 2 no matter what I came in at 8:30.  Traffic was incredible.  Set the cruise for 75 and relaxed the whole way.  Eating breakfast.  two large cookies and a big cup of warm milk.

I guess this should be in the triumphs thread

[eleuin]

Working today at a supermarket, have to deal with 100s of angry cacs 

[Atramental]

Working on Christmas break (again...) because my immune system decided to give the fuck up last week.

My creative director said I don't have to but... we have a meeting with a big client on the 30th I don't want this branding package to suck ass.

[Madrun Badrun]

Working today at a supermarket, have to deal with 100s of angry cacs 

You're getting gangbanged in a super market?  Public Disgrace has gone too far.  Stay lubed dude. 

[bork]

Two hours and 13 minutes to go.  But who's counting? 

...

 

[Joe Molotov]

Two hours and 13 minutes to go.  But who's counting? 

...

 

I'm certainly not.

[bork]

Two hours and 13 minutes to go.  But who's counting? 

...

 

I'm certainly not.

 

One hour to go!   

I get to go home and sit on my ass in front of the PC 

After a long day of sitting on my ass in front of the PC 

[PlayDat]

One of my childhood friends has been ignoring me for the past month.  Hasn't been responding to texts or returning calls.  I've known this motherfucker since we were 5.  Went to the same high school, we live two blocks from each other, our moms became friends because we were close.  We were supposed to hang out yesterday (at his suggestion!) but he never answered when I called.  I tried twice in 2 hours.  This isn't the first time something like that has happened.  I've ceased communication with other people for smaller offenses.  Best case scenario is that he's just being forgetful but that doesn't make me feel any better.  It's impossible to complain about this kind of thing without seeming needy/uncool so I probably won't bring it up if we do run into each other over the next couple weeks.

[toku]

yeah bruh you sounding like a bitch bruh maybe change your tampon bruh

[Mupepe]

I've got a friend that I have the same issue with. It's definitely offensive when you've known them for so long. But rather than toss the friendship I suggest adjusting your expectations accordingly. Also, maybe he's going through something? Some people go through a funk and suck at communicating

[El Babua]

These hoodlums are banging Death Grips outside my building right now.

[fistfulofmetal]

One of my childhood friends has been ignoring me for the past month.  Hasn't been responding to texts or returning calls.  I've known this motherfucker since we were 5.  Went to the same high school, we live two blocks from each other, our moms became friends because we were close.  We were supposed to hang out yesterday (at his suggestion!) but he never answered when I called.  I tried twice in 2 hours.  This isn't the first time something like that has happened.  I've ceased communication with other people for smaller offenses.  Best case scenario is that he's just being forgetful but that doesn't make me feel any better.  It's impossible to complain about this kind of thing without seeming needy/uncool so I probably won't bring it up if we do run into each other over the next couple weeks.

he found new dick

[chronovore]

Had to finish up additional paperwork for my new bank account, which was annoying because they had previously given me a list of all the documents they would need, so this was strictly some higher-up, shit-bird CYA tactic that wasn't even on the by-the-book requirements.

The teller who assisted me was charming, gorgeous, and had distractingly large breasts. I kept thinking that I'd walked onto the set of one of those situational pornos. "Chrono-sama, we apologize, but we're going to need a 'sizable deposit.'" 

[Joe Molotov]

These hoodlums are banging Death Grips outside my building right now.

Well, did you see how Death Grips was dressed?

[Human Snorenado]

I'm fairly certain that a customer that spent $3k with us in the past week is functionally distinguished mentally-challenged, and I'm in the middle of helping him now.

[Phoenix Dark]

One of my childhood friends has been ignoring me for the past month.  Hasn't been responding to texts or returning calls.  I've known this motherfucker since we were 5.  Went to the same high school, we live two blocks from each other, our moms became friends because we were close.  We were supposed to hang out yesterday (at his suggestion!) but he never answered when I called.  I tried twice in 2 hours.  This isn't the first time something like that has happened.  I've ceased communication with other people for smaller offenses.  Best case scenario is that he's just being forgetful but that doesn't make me feel any better.  It's impossible to complain about this kind of thing without seeming needy/uncool so I probably won't bring it up if we do run into each other over the next couple weeks.

he found new dick

 

[I'm a Puppy!]

I'm fairly certain that a customer that spent $3k with us in the past week is functionally distinguished mentally-challenged, and I'm in the middle of helping him now.

I've just had one of those clients. I was complaining to the wife that I thought these guys might be distinguished mentally-challenged, and my wife told me I had said that about other clients before and it was nothing new. But honestly this time I sincerely mean it. Honestly this was a conversation I had with them this week:

Them: "The report took 23 minutes to run."
me: "Yes, because the SQL you demanded we use takes about 23 minutes to return any data, even if you just run in it in SQL plus."
Them: "But we bought this reporting tool for better performance."
Me: "Yes you did, but you insisted on using this SQL which takes 23 minutes to run and precluded us from doing any tuning or changes on it. So if it takes 23 minutes to get the data from the database, obviously it's going to take at least that long to display the data. If you want it faster we're going to need to do some tuning to the SQL."
Them "No, no changes to the database or the SQL. Isn't there some flag you can check to make it go faster?"
Me: "No, there isn't a bend space time flag to get the data out of your database faster than it can serve it."
Them: "Are you sure? I want a second opinion."

[Madrun Badrun]

I can't tell if this chicken is ok or if i left it too long in the fridge.  I think its ok but now its in my head that its bad so I can't eat it 

[Madrun Badrun]

Seeing how the PAD thread is dead:

I spent 3 stones trying to take down Mephistopheles because I got the black jewel invade and then got orb trolled for turns with my U&Y team.  I'm very sad.   

[I'm a Puppy!]

My right knee is in that annoying verge of going out/not going out. I wish it'd either just give out already and let me stop worrying about if it's going to, or just get better and stop threatening to give out. Just be broke or fixed damn it!

[Kara]

I was watching the Golden Girls with someone who had sexually assaulted me the previous night and during the post-opening credits I saw the following:

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
PAUL JUNGER WITT

This name seemed familiar to me so I trawled the ol' Karakand-2000 memory banks and then I remembered Citizen Witt not only executive produced Blossom too, but served as the inspiration for one of my episode names. 

I of course ranted about this in a most vitriolic manner while tactfully leaving out the whole blogging about watching Blossom thing. (Even with criminals one must always preserve face, perhaps especially so one might say.) Seriously, how does your work history include opposite ends of the quality spectrum like that. I know insurance on a Ferrari is expensive but come on.

Thank thirsting gods I'd already shown my elephantine memory cards to my assaulter or else they might have legitimately wondered how I knew Paul fucking Junger Witt executive produced Blossom.

[Madrun Badrun]

I've been eating a lot of greasy chicken lately and when I eat it, it gets in my beard.  I feel like a dirty barbarian. 

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And it turns me on.
*rubs nipples

[close]

[I'm a Puppy!]

I swear this is the conversation I just had.

Singapore: "So Puppy, we have so many metrics to use. Like Total Available and On Hand. Which do we use when?"
Me: "Well, whichever one is appropriate."
Singapore: "So Available?"
Me: "Well, if that's what you're looking for then yes. But there are going to be times where you want to know what you have and how much room you're taking up in which case 'On Hand' is more appropriate. It's rather simple. Available means that it's available to sell, On hand is everything you have"
S: "I don't think you understand how retail works. We sell what we have."
Me: "Not everything. For example, floor models."
S: "We sell those too."
Me: "Ok bad example, Let's say I just received 20 beds in the back."
S: "OK"
Me: "I have 20 beds to sell, and 20 on hand because that's what I have. OK?"
S: "Ok"
Me: "Let's say that someone then comes in and buys 5 but they haven't picked them up and wont for a week. OK?"
S: "OK"
Me: "So your Available to sell is 15 because you can't sell those 5 again. But your on hand is 20 because those 5 you sold are still taking up space in the back."
S:".......I don't think you understand how retail works."
 

Remember all this from several weeks ago?

Well here's a conversation I just had with exactly the same people a few minutes ago

S: "Puppy! These numbers don't match!!"
Me: "That'd be because one of them is Available and the other is On hand."
S: "Yeah they're supposed to be the same."
Me: "No they're not."
S: "What do you mean?"

 

[Beezy]

 

[fistfulofmetal]

On one hand I'm a bit worried about being on 3rd shift since it's not getting me anywhere in my career.

However when I remember I never have to deal with customers fucking ever, I stop worrying.

[benjipwns]

hours people with lots of friends, family and offspring don't want because they want to spend them with them while secretly resenting everything in their life and openly complaining about this existence to people they only know because of the wheel of capitalism

 

[Human Snorenado]

My ex, who just finished treatment for cancer, had her car stolen yesterday

 

[I'm a Puppy!]

Man that sucks.

[king of the internet]

At least the cancer got better tho.

[Am_I_Anonymous]

hours people with lots of friends, family and offspring don't want because they want to spend them with them while secretly resenting everything in their life and openly complaining about this existence to people they only know because of the wheel of capitalism

 

This is just....strange

[Madrun Badrun]

Maybe the cancer stole the car as an act of revenge?  Pretty sure this can happen if the Venture Bros. are to be believed.

[Great Rumbler]

I'm currently in day 4 of an itchy throat, mucus draining, hacking cough cold. At least I feel a little better than yesterday, but that's about it.

[Human Snorenado]

I'm currently in day 4 of an itchy throat, mucus draining, hacking cough cold. At least I feel a little better than yesterday, but that's about it.

I had that shit over Christmas, hung around for nearly a week

[benjipwns]

This is just....strange

no u

[Great Rumbler]

I'm currently in day 4 of an itchy throat, mucus draining, hacking cough cold. At least I feel a little better than yesterday, but that's about it.

I had that shit over Christmas, hung around for nearly a week

I've actually already had it once this year, a couple weeks before Christmas.

[bork]

On-going for the last few months- Went to a gastroenterologist in the summer.  Ended up having to get an endoscopy.  So that was one doctor visit and one hospital visit for a minor operation.

But the bills just keep on coming.  I check them and paid everything as they came, made sure the insurance went through, etc.  The bills keep coming.  I call the billing department and ask if I still owe anything.  Am told I am all paid up.

Just got another bill.   

[chronovore]

My life sucks

Naw, you’re just having the tail end of a rough period. It’ll blow over.

[Huff]

I've had to shit 3 times this morning.

[Phoenix Dark]

My life sucks

You're too cool to have a sucky life breh. You have a dope ass brother, you're chilling in America aka GOAT country, you watch soccer or whatever it's called, banging pawgs here or there. And you're my nicca.

I love you breh

[Madrun Badrun]

calling a matlab script from python; took a whole day for me to get working again after mysteriously breaking during the night.   

[ToxicAdam]

Wake up late. Forgot deoderant today.


Walking around the office like a T-rex.

[Kara]

I'm not sure what the culprit is (I'd like to blame Blossom...), but I'm writing fiction again. (And by fiction I don't mean posts on the Bore.)

And I'm doing it by hand for some reason, which you'd think would make it easier for me to stop writing but in fact it's having the opposite effect. My hand hurts like fuck and I take fucking breaks to write during work. Work on your workbreak y'all.

Unrelated: MyFitnessPal actually has a warning now when you close out for the day and your calories aren't above 1500 (if you're a man). Seen that shit way too much this week.

[toku]

Sounds like you're being productive and watching your weight. These sound like wins? Not everything is misery karakand-sempai~

[nudemacusers]

my son has projectile vomited 3 times today. i will be monitoring him through the night to ensure his comfort using daddy cuddle powers. thus it is highly likely i will be covered in child vomit and tears at around 2 am

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

I realized today that I can hardly tolerate watching movies.  A while ago, I realized I can no longer watch a movie in its entirety in one sitting and now every time I see a movie on my Netflix list, I balk at loading it up, even if I have watched the movie before and liked it.  I wonder if it is winter induced anhedonia.

[toku]

Someone kill me.

Hold On

[Tasty]

Someone kill me.

[TVC15]

I've really had to shit about 6 times today, each time less solid than the last. It's the "I ate something bad" sort of shits but I haven't really eaten anything bad or unusual.

[TVC15]

I think I may legitimately be sick. Things have gotten worse since my last post--more symptoms.  I still don't feel very sicky, but my body is very clearly rejecting me trying to put things inside of it, and I'm coughing and sneezing and my nose is a faucet. I still don't feel sick, but I'm beginning to think I might not wake up feeling so hot.

[Tasty]

Because of some work-related things I won't be posting here much in the near future, starting today. I wanted to say something beforehand since when I've stopped posting before people eventually ask why, so here you go.

I'll probably still lurk but I'm trying to not do so during work hours. Such is the struggle brehs.