Author Topic: minor inconveniences that are not struggles (Read 1075683 times)

chronovore · « **Reply #5520 on:** April 19, 2018, 11:41:28 AM »

Quote from: Fifstar on April 19, 2018, 08:26:28 AM

Quote from: chronovore on April 06, 2018, 09:54:34 AM
Quote from: Fifstar on April 06, 2018, 05:36:52 AM
Chronoscopy is bad enough, but wait until you go through a urethrocystoscopy. Had that once done on me and unless I get diagnosed with cancer I won't go through that shit again.

Not only is the process among the most humilating medical stuff you can go thorugh as a man, what's even worse is that peeing for the next three days will feel like a stream of 3 inch glass shards is going through your dick. And you will pee a ton, because the pain gets even worse if your piss isn't crystal clear.

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Sooo... i just had a small sample of blood in my piss which means I'll get to enjoy a urethrocystoscopy again soonish. :'( :'( :'(

Guess I kinda deserve this one for trying to one up chrono there

As I mentioned, I had a fiberscope a week later, so I managed to one-up myself before you zapped me, so it's all a festival of self-sabotage and fuckery.

Let us be kind to each other…

skullstorm · « **Reply #5521 on:** April 19, 2018, 01:04:39 PM »

Goddammit the new Chrome update on Android moved the address bar back to the top of the screen and I'm so accustomed to it being on the bottom that I feel like I can't function at all anymore. It's so hard to switch tabs now

Corporal · « **Reply #5522 on:** April 19, 2018, 05:36:54 PM »

Friendly cats are awesome. What's next, Jack, are you gonna complain that they DON'T poop on your pillows or piss in your shoes?

Classic Corporal Moment of the week:
Came home after a hellish day. Put down bag with junk in my entranceway, made mental note to move it out of the way before going to bed.

Didn't.

Went for a piss at night, stumbled over bag on the way to the toilet, moved bag via percussive locomotion (unwise, bag is heavy and spiky).

Then, stumbled over the freshly relocated bag on my way back. Left a nice trail of blood droplets back to the bed because I didn't notice a tiny abrasion.

Need time machine to travel back in time. Need to kick own ass.

seagrams hotsauce · « **Reply #5523 on:** April 19, 2018, 05:55:57 PM »

god i hate xkcd or whatever that stupid """"comic"""" is called

nachobro · « **Reply #5524 on:** April 19, 2018, 11:51:37 PM »

Kitties are born to lay on stuff, please

I'm a Puppy! · « **Reply #5525 on:** April 20, 2018, 12:42:00 AM »

If my first meeting is before 7am and you call a meeting at 9:30pm, you can expect me to pay exactly 0% attention at the 9:30 meeting.

chronovore · « **Reply #5526 on:** April 20, 2018, 12:17:48 PM »

Quote from: I'm a Puppy! on April 20, 2018, 12:42:00 AM

If my first meeting is before 7am and you call a meeting at 9:30pm, you can expect me to pay exactly 0% attention at the 9:30 meeting.

Holy cow. Who does that?

Mupepe · « **Reply #5527 on:** April 20, 2018, 12:28:34 PM »

Quote from: chronovore on April 20, 2018, 12:17:48 PM

Quote from: I'm a Puppy! on April 20, 2018, 12:42:00 AM
If my first meeting is before 7am and you call a meeting at 9:30pm, you can expect me to pay exactly 0% attention at the 9:30 meeting.

Holy cow. Who does that?

Based on my experience, we do it for online calls with far east countries.

Mupepe · « **Reply #5528 on:** April 20, 2018, 01:47:31 PM »

Yeah Beijing is 11 hours ahead of me. The last time I had a late evening call was with our group in China. They tend to get into work at 9am but don't want to take calls as soon as they get in and for some reason we always give in and so we are having calls at 9pm so that they don't have to go out of their way to get on the call.

chronovore · « **Reply #5529 on:** April 20, 2018, 07:21:12 PM »

Quote from: Mupepe on April 20, 2018, 01:47:31 PM

Yeah Beijing is 11 hours ahead of me. The last time I had a late evening call was with our group in China. They tend to get into work at 9am but don't want to take calls as soon as they get in and for some reason we always give in and so we are having calls at 9pm so that they don't have to go out of their way to get on the call.

In my case, it's always been the Japanese company I work at going out of its way for the western client, so we had early meetings, not late ones. I only had one project dealing with both GMT+0 and GMT-7, from my GMT+9 location; it was challenging.

chronovore · « **Reply #5530 on:** April 22, 2018, 10:23:15 AM »

trains accepting my Kansai region IC card for transit, no problem
try to purchase things at cafeteria with IC card, won't work, it's the wrong region
pay ¥500 base fee for new Kanto region IC card, charge prepaid so I can eat
try to pass through train gate, fifth day I've done it, but IC card (linked to CC) suddenly doesn't work (still not sure why)
decide it's time to buy monthly train pass for new job
first attempt to purchase, accidentally pass over step to print receipt, start ove
2nd attempt, properly choose to print receipt, but now machine won't take CC without PIN
can't remember my PIN
purchase prepaid prepaid charge on correct-region IC card, gonna get cash at end station, purchase monthly pass there
end station's ATM won't take my Japanese bank card
withdraw money from USA account to purchase monthly pass
end station's automated machine won't accept my current, correct-region IC card as viable
wait until next day, bring cash and correct-region IC card to previous station, everything finally works

skullstorm · « **Reply #5531 on:** April 22, 2018, 02:10:08 PM »

I just noticed a darkish line running across my fingernail and got flashbacks to a story of a woman who had a similar but much darker line on her nail and it turned out to be cancer that had already spread to her lymph nodes.. Soooo.... cancer?

I guess it could be a lot of other, less harmful things but I'm still calling a doctor tomorrow to see if I can get it looked at. I also have some other weird skin conditions I've been meaning to get checked out. I've thought they might all be skin cancer so let's see if it was all just hypochondria on my part or if I'm actually already dead

bork · « **Reply #5532 on:** April 23, 2018, 01:01:06 PM »

Two good ones in a row just now:

I'm currently the only one in the office and was talking to someone on the phone when a secretary walks in. She borrowed a laptop a week or so ago. Despite my clearly being on the line with someone, she complains that "you guys should check these things before you give them out. THE SCREEN WAS FILTHY. FILTHY!!!" and leaves. I open the laptop and the screen has what looks like 'fresh' sweat all over it.

I set this up for her and I know it didn't look like that when I took it out of the equipment closet.

Regardless, I don't know how the hell she worked on it that way. Why wouldn't you CLEAN IT off?

Then I get the following phone call:

Her: WHAT ARE THESE PROMPTS ON MY SCREEN??? IT SAYS IT NEEDS TO INSTALL UPDATES AND RESTART.
Me: Yes, that's normal. There were updates pushed out last week--
Her: THIS IS A NEW LAPTOP. IT'S NEW. WHY DOES MY NEW LAPTOP NEED UPDATES?!?!?!?!??!

Me:

Uh...Updates happen all the time. This is normal.
Her: I'VE NEVER HAD THEM BEFORE.
Me: We have always had them pushed out this way.
Her: WELL IT'S INTERRUPTING MY WORK AND SAYING IT WILL RESTART. WHY IS THIS?!?!

I start explaining that this is an automatic process and sometimes you have to restart to finish the installs/updates. Mid-sentence she goes "I SEE THE OPTION TO RESTART I'LL DO THAT NOW" and hangs up.

bork · « **Reply #5533 on:** April 23, 2018, 02:10:02 PM »

Quote from: Jack Remington on April 23, 2018, 01:15:55 PM

One of my roommate's cats will now meow outside my bedroom door to be let in and sleep in my bed when my roommate is away $:-\$

It's his room now.

Raist · « **Reply #5534 on:** April 23, 2018, 04:00:22 PM »

Quote from: Dufus on April 23, 2018, 02:11:15 PM

Let that bitch sleep in your bed, fuccboi.

Correction, Jack is the bitch now.

Corporal · « **Reply #5535 on:** April 24, 2018, 11:15:07 AM »

I'm half expecting an IT crowd "The cat is now upon my person" post from Jack in the coming days.

Maybe followed by a "cats are awesome, mice are delicious, I am totally not a cat wearing Jack's hollowed out corpse" for good measure.

Sitting in one of the main McD's here in Munich (Stachus) and the free WiFi is terrible. They even fuck with IPsec (IKEv2) VPNs. How DARE they.

Raist · « **Reply #5536 on:** April 24, 2018, 01:32:18 PM »

Quote from: Corporal on April 24, 2018, 11:15:07 AM

I'm half expecting an IT crowd "The cat is now upon my person" post from Jack in the coming days.

Maybe followed by a "cats are awesome, mice are delicious, I am totally not a cat wearing Jack's hollowed out corpse" for good measure.

Sitting in one of the main McD's here in Munich (Stachus) and the free WiFi is terrible. They even fuck with IPsec (IKEv2) VPNs. How DARE they.

More like:

"Dear human acquaintances of Jack's,

Jack will now take a bit of a break from the internet.
Do not worry, he is doing well and adapting perfectly to his new sleeping spot on the floor.

He will be extremely busy in the next few weeks, as he needs to buy me a tree, find me a suitable companion to satisfy my mating instincts, and take care of the groceries - especially fresh tuna, and ham.

Meow,
Jack's owner."

EVOL · « **Reply #5537 on:** April 24, 2018, 02:31:16 PM »

I was attacked in the middle of the night by a centipede while I was sleeping.

It wasn't one of those cute little house centipedes, it was a giant centipede, those reddish brown motherfuckers that are so big you can actually hear their little legs scratching the floorboards. I think this one was about 10cm long, not the biggest one I've seen but certainly not the smallest one.

After spraying the shit out of it with pesticide to slow it down I dealt the coup de grace by smashing it with a dumbbell. Cleaning up the gigantic mess of centipede guts was almost as painful as actually killing the fucker. I'm literally shaking right now.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #5538 on:** April 24, 2018, 02:49:43 PM »

Quote from: EVOL on April 24, 2018, 02:31:16 PM

I was attacked in the middle of the night by a centipede while I was sleeping.

It wasn't one of those cute little house centipedes, it was a giant centipede, those reddish brown motherfuckers that are so big you can actually hear their little legs scratching the floorboards. I think this one was about 10cm long, not the biggest one I've seen but certainly not the smallest one.

After spraying the shit out of it with pesticide to slow it down I dealt the coup de grace by smashing it with a dumbbell. Cleaning up the gigantic mess of centipede guts was almost as painful as actually killing the fucker. I'm literally shaking right now.

Let that bitch sleep in your bed, fuccboi.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #5539 on:** April 24, 2018, 04:12:49 PM »

Sick and stressed. Fuck this shit.

chronovore · « **Reply #5540 on:** April 24, 2018, 06:05:14 PM »

Quote from: TheInfelicitousDandy on April 24, 2018, 04:12:49 PM

Sick and stressed. Fuck this shit.

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Hang in there, Dandy. You're a good dude, and nothing is as bad as it seems.

Atramental · « **Reply #5541 on:** April 24, 2018, 10:12:33 PM »

So tired and I still have so much work due tomorrow...

bork · « **Reply #5542 on:** April 27, 2018, 12:59:45 PM »

I NEED MY PST FILE BACK ON MY PC NOW.
Ok, what's it called?
I DON'T KNOW
Where is it?
I DON'T KNOW
What's inside it?
I DON'T KNOW
OK, let me search the folder it might be in for PST files. There's five.
IT MUST BE THREE OF THOSE.
OK, let's load them into your Outlook.
IT'S NONE OF THESE.
You're not clicking on the folders inside the PST mailboxes, so it's just showing your Inbox.
NO THAT'S NOT IT. IT'S NONE OF THOSE.
Uh...
I NEED THAT PST BECAUSE I CAN'T WORK WITHOUT IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Corporal · « **Reply #5543 on:** April 27, 2018, 03:07:22 PM »

Bought the wrong kind of onions, apparently. Now I'm gassy as fuck.

toot.

toot.

ASS GAS FOR EVERYONE!

CatsCatsCats · « **Reply #5544 on:** April 27, 2018, 03:11:33 PM »

Working so much over time it’d a struggle if I didn’t appreciate the extra pay so much

Quaker · « **Reply #5545 on:** April 29, 2018, 07:06:56 PM »

Never seen Ticketmaster be this flagrant before.

It wouldn't be so bad if they would just never show the bullshit pre-fee price.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #5546 on:** April 29, 2018, 09:29:36 PM »

Quote from: Quaker on April 29, 2018, 07:06:56 PM

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Never seen Ticketmaster be this flagrant before.

It wouldn't be so bad if they would just never show the bullshit pre-fee price.

At least you're getting free Will Call.

Cryo · « **Reply #5547 on:** April 29, 2018, 10:42:48 PM »

Quote from: Quaker on April 29, 2018, 07:06:56 PM

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Never seen Ticketmaster be this flagrant before.

It wouldn't be so bad if they would just never show the bullshit pre-fee price.

Planned to cop Janelle Monae tickets. $50 floor tickets, $15 service fee, $10 "order processing fee"

Easiest $225 I didn't spend in my life. Sorry queen

chronovore · « **Reply #5548 on:** May 01, 2018, 07:45:29 PM »

Pretty sure you're in STRUGGLE territory now. $:-\$

brawndolicious · « **Reply #5549 on:** May 02, 2018, 07:09:03 PM »

Woop! That's how you do it.

Mr. Nobody · « **Reply #5550 on:** May 02, 2018, 07:53:16 PM »

Goulash came out terrible tonight :'(

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #5551 on:** May 02, 2018, 07:57:40 PM »

Sorry about your goulash.

I'm a Puppy! · « **Reply #5552 on:** May 02, 2018, 08:02:09 PM »

I decided it was time I clean out my Rock playlist of 1700+ songs cause it's too big to handle and my moods too variable to split it up.
Now I'm like "Wait, I can't rid of this song it has like 10 good seconds!"

I'm a Puppy! · « **Reply #5553 on:** May 02, 2018, 08:09:09 PM »

I got a call last week from someone saying "Hey we need some help with our data science team."
I was like "OK, I'm listening"
Got a call today from the same person saying "Actually, nevermind."
I thought that was weird.
Actually looked them up in LinkedIn, saw their employer and then the news.

https://ca-commercial.com/news/cambridge-analytica-and-scl-elections-commence-insolvency-proceedings-and-release-results-3

Welp, I guess I'm flattered that an infamous company thought I was a possible candidate

I'm a Puppy! · « **Reply #5554 on:** May 02, 2018, 09:19:25 PM »

Quote from: Shostakovich on May 02, 2018, 08:09:06 PM

Puppy, for real, sometimes I just load up Eriatarka, skip to the chorus to listen to it exactly once, and then shut it off.

WTF IS THIS?!

Corporal · « **Reply #5555 on:** May 04, 2018, 07:20:54 PM »

Bought a 10€ cheapo throwaway drone. Just for shits and giggles. I'm not expecting anything from this. Yay disposable income.

But(t): Shipping from bumfuckistan will take at least 30 days.

Boooh. Until then I won't be ever-so-mildly-interested. $:-\$

TVC15 · « **Reply #5556 on:** May 04, 2018, 07:33:22 PM »

Feel very restless today. I think I’m dealing with withdrawal from that Xanax. I’m very antsy. Almost jittery. Can’t sleep. Can’t even keep my eyes closed for more than a few seconds. But I’m not interested in doing anything and I want to relax.

chronovore · « **Reply #5557 on:** May 05, 2018, 09:41:28 AM »

edit: nvm

Crash Dummy · « **Reply #5558 on:** May 06, 2018, 09:53:48 AM »

so i've started a new job and although early days i'm finding it suspiciously easy? i'm admittedly a bit of a workaholic but i'm finding myself on autopilot and just cruising through everything so far, i need a challenge!

CatsCatsCats · « **Reply #5559 on:** May 06, 2018, 10:09:22 AM »

Got new tires put on yesterday. Drove 12 miles and turned around because my tire pressure light came on. The tire shop assured me they just forgot to fill it or someshit and sent me packing. Now it’s sunday and my new tire is completely flat. I’m pretty sure some trainee fucked up a valve stem, after putting some air in it with a bike pump the valve audibly leaks when minorly flexed. So I guess seeing as it’s sunday I’m going to learn how to replace a valve stem today. Idk if I should try to replace the tps as well or just pull it out of there. No idea what I’m doing but no one around here does tires on a Sunday (how the fuck is this standard?) and my wife just started a new job and it’s currently our only car ( I’m getting around on the motorcycle) so yeah today should be fun

chronovore · « **Reply #5560 on:** May 06, 2018, 10:24:22 AM »

Quote from: Crash Dummy on May 06, 2018, 09:53:48 AM

so i've started a new job and although early days i'm finding it suspiciously easy? i'm admittedly a bit of a workaholic but i'm finding myself on autopilot and just cruising through everything so far, i need a challenge!

Add bees to your office environment.

CatsCatsCats · « **Reply #5561 on:** May 06, 2018, 01:08:58 PM »

Found a lil Mexican shop that was open

brawndolicious · « **Reply #5562 on:** May 06, 2018, 02:34:51 PM »

What was the original tire shop so I can know to avoid them?

CatsCatsCats · « **Reply #5563 on:** May 06, 2018, 02:52:27 PM »

Les Schwab. They’re usually actually pretty good, I would guess this is an individual dumb worker

Raist · « **Reply #5564 on:** May 06, 2018, 03:16:55 PM »

Quote from: chronovore on May 06, 2018, 10:24:22 AM

Quote from: Crash Dummy on May 06, 2018, 09:53:48 AM
so i've started a new job and although early days i'm finding it suspiciously easy? i'm admittedly a bit of a workaholic but i'm finding myself on autopilot and just cruising through everything so far, i need a challenge!

Add bees to your office environment.

And beads.

chronovore · « **Reply #5565 on:** May 06, 2018, 06:41:32 PM »

Quote from: Raist on May 06, 2018, 03:16:55 PM

Quote from: chronovore on May 06, 2018, 10:24:22 AM
Quote from: Crash Dummy on May 06, 2018, 09:53:48 AM
so i've started a new job and although early days i'm finding it suspiciously easy? i'm admittedly a bit of a workaholic but i'm finding myself on autopilot and just cruising through everything so far, i need a challenge!

Add bees to your office environment.

And beads.

This is the struggle thread, not the "inappropriate pleasure at work thread."

chronovore · « **Reply #5566 on:** May 07, 2018, 04:56:49 AM »

Quote from: Shostakovich on May 06, 2018, 06:45:25 PM

This isn't the struggle thread though

GOD DAMNIT.

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #5567 on:** May 07, 2018, 05:16:43 AM »

Looking forward to Chronos Minor inconvenience post about trying to be a smart ass

chronovore · « **Reply #5568 on:** May 07, 2018, 10:45:18 AM »

Quote from: Premium Lager on May 07, 2018, 05:16:43 AM

Looking forward to Chronos Minor inconvenience post about trying to be a smart ass

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bork · « **Reply #5569 on:** May 07, 2018, 11:11:43 AM »

Work is insane today since we're down people this morning. I'd feel even worse about it if I didn't just leave since I scheduled a half day.

brawndolicious · « **Reply #5570 on:** May 07, 2018, 01:00:28 PM »

Quote from: Shostakovich on May 07, 2018, 12:53:12 PM

Why do we even have three of these threads anyway? Should just have a The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly thread.

We realized it looked really awful when somebody posts that a family member died and somebody else posted about getting a raise on the same page.

We need different threads for squeeling, bitching, and crying.

TVC15 · « **Reply #5571 on:** May 07, 2018, 03:03:43 PM »

Been nauseous this morning. I’m going to nap even though I’ve been awake for only an hour.

Wake me up if something good happens, like if Stost gets arrested for fucking a guinea pig.

CatsCatsCats · « **Reply #5572 on:** May 07, 2018, 04:20:35 PM »

We like our slots for different things here at the bore, it’s an a la carte establishment

chronovore · « **Reply #5573 on:** May 07, 2018, 06:35:08 PM »

Quote from: Shostakovich on May 07, 2018, 12:53:12 PM

Why do we even have three of these threads anyway? Should just have a The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly thread.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #5574 on:** May 07, 2018, 06:56:21 PM »

Quote from: brawndolicious on May 07, 2018, 01:00:28 PM

Quote from: Shostakovich on May 07, 2018, 12:53:12 PM
Why do we even have three of these threads anyway? Should just have a The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly thread.

We realized it looked really awful when somebody posts that a family member died and somebody else posted about getting a raise on the same page.

We need different threads for squeeling, bitching, and crying.

To be fair, one thread made it easier to determine if a raise trumped a dead uncle in the likes economy.

I'm a Puppy! · « **Reply #5575 on:** May 08, 2018, 01:21:44 AM »

Fighting mergos wet nurse got about half way then wife walks in naked to get ready for bed. I lost thousands of blood echoes....worth it.

chronovore · « **Reply #5576 on:** May 08, 2018, 09:49:12 AM »

Quote from: I'm a Puppy! on May 08, 2018, 01:21:44 AM

Fighting mergos wet nurse got about half way then wife walks in naked to get ready for bed. I lost thousands of blood echoes....worth it.

I think you may be having a stroke.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #5577 on:** May 08, 2018, 10:13:19 AM »

Quote from: chronovore on May 08, 2018, 09:49:12 AM

Quote from: I'm a Puppy! on May 08, 2018, 01:21:44 AM
Fighting mergos wet nurse got about half way then wife walks in naked to get ready for bed. I lost thousands of blood echoes....worth it.

I think you may be having a stroke.

He was playing Playstation 4 exclusive videogame Bloodborne, but then his good lady wife interjected and demanded he perform his husbandly duties upon her.

Brehvolution · « **Reply #5578 on:** May 08, 2018, 01:20:44 PM »

Quote from: Joe Molotov on May 08, 2018, 10:13:19 AM

Quote from: chronovore on May 08, 2018, 09:49:12 AM
Quote from: I'm a Puppy! on May 08, 2018, 01:21:44 AM
Fighting mergos wet nurse got about half way then wife walks in naked to get ready for bed. I lost thousands of blood echoes....worth it.

I think you may be having a stroke.

He was playing Playstation 4 exclusive videogame Bloodborne, but then his good lady wife interjected and demanded he perform his husbandly duties upon her.

It's what dropped the panties in the first place.

TVC15 · « **Reply #5579 on:** May 08, 2018, 04:21:09 PM »

Feeling really depressed today. Worse than usual. Could use some cheering up.

News:

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