The Official "rant/bitch/moan" Thread

Ron DMC

b.ie curious wrote: »

Walked from Sandymount to Harcourt St this morning without an umbrella. I got so drenched my phone broke.

Get yourself one of these.

Great little device. I use mine regularly (unless I need 3g).

Tricity Bendix

Ronny Mitchell wrote: »

Get yourself one of these.

Great little device. I use mine regularly (unless I need 3g).

In fairness, me having a "sports" phone would be somewhat ridiculous.

My iPod is on its very last legs, so I may invest in a new iPhone.

Ron DMC

Pfffh, 'sports' is only in the name. I've never once used any of the 'sports' features. But I have dropeed it in pints, rinsed it under the tap, dropped it hundreds of times, thrown it into walls and kicked it around the cobblestones in Parliament Square. It's VERY sturdy.

Tricity Bendix

Ronny Mitchell wrote: »

Pfffh, 'sports' is only in the name. I've never once used any of the 'sports' features.

Come off it, we all know under that dapper suit hides the body of an olympic gymnast.

Aaaaanyway, the iPhone looks class. Pretty sure I'll get one. I just need a way of squaring my purchase with the fact that I'm facing unemployment in the not too distant future. Living without a phone for the next week will be difficult, tho.

ilovemybrick

its been an odd week.
not a good week.

Stargal

I got ID'd in my local off-licence a couple of hours ago. They called the manager over. I'd like to say the conversation went something like this:

Surly Spar guy: You're buying this? ID please
Me: Bitch please, do I look 17? Just give me the alcohol.
SSG: I'm sorry, it was your youthful and radiant looks that threw me. Here's your alcohol. I hope this hasn't inconvenienced you.
Me: Not at all. Have a good evening.

Instead it was more like this:

Surly Spar guy: You're buying this? ID please
Me: Um, I don't carry ID. I don't think I need to.
SSG: Well if you look under 23 then I can ask you for it and you look under 23 so...
Me: Look, I'm over 23, this is.... [long pause] stupid.
SSG: Well if you've no ID then...
Me: [eyes actually welling up with tears] But I'm over 23. This isn't fair.
SSG: Do you know the manager?
Me: Um, what? Is this a threat?
SSG: [calls manager over]
Manager: What's up?
Me: [almost crying] Um, I just want to.... and this guy... I'm just buying [gestures pointlessly at the stupid bottle of Smirnoff Ice]
Manager: Give the girl her alcohol
Cheery 40-something guy beside me: Take it as a compliment love!
Me:[trying to look grown-up and not like I'm crying] I'm not sure that it is.

I blame the fact that it was a very long day and I'd had a big fight with a friend which was the reason I was staying in on a Friday night in the first place. Plus it was humiliating. But it's still embarrassing.

Agent Smith

take it as a Compliment

Tricity Bendix

Its great to be ID'd (complementary etc etc) unless you don't actually have any ID on you, in which case its highly embarassing for all involved. They should really be able to tell, though. Twentysomethings will just stare back with a look of disbelief and confusion, whereas under 18 year olds will sheepishly move away or get overly vocal.


"Is that a threat?" Ms. Gal, you're priceless.

Meh, I've always carried ID on me. Plus I get to show off the picture I have on the ID (me with a mohawk and a surprised expression from March 2003).

I've had people ask for ID a few times in times gone by, and they're increasingly screwing up their nose when viewing my old Garda age card thing I have since the new one was brought in last year.

Podge_irl

Myth wrote: »

I've had people ask for ID a few times in times gone by, and they're increasingly screwing up their nose when viewing my old Garda age card thing I have since the new one was brought in last year.

I didn't even realise they had brought in a new one til I saw an ad for it in a shop the other day. I always have my (very old) one with me, though I rarely need it anymore these days.

Awayindahils

Pox its raining. And it looks really nasty.

Ugh and I have walk to the Mater after work.

Marshy

I got absolutely soaked over lunch

Hid under a tree for a few mins but it was no use and I was only wearing a t-shirt. Bloody inclement weather!

Bah, was meant to be going cycling up the Dublin Mountains today but it's a lousy day again.

Awayindahils

My very nice purple glasses snapped in half yesterday, and at the time I was a bit too tipsy to care.

I care now:(

Tricity Bendix

I'm having a bad day. I'm blaming it on my psychic connection with a female.

Awayindahils

b.ie curious wrote: »

I'm having a bad day. I'm blaming it on my psychic connection with a female.

Your sister?

Tricity Bendix

Awayindahils wrote: »

Your sister?

Yar.

Awayindahils

b.ie curious wrote: »

Yar.

Probably what you get for writing her name on yer arm.:rolleyes:

Mushroom ravioli?!

The Black Oil

Que?

I thought I had bought meat ravioli.

Stargal

The Black Oil wrote: »

Que?

That was exactly the response I was going to give when I saw Myth's post. Great minds...

shay_562

Must...not...say it! Must...resist...urge to be unrelenting asshole for no reason at all! Must...avoid...foolsseldomdiffer...trite clichés!

Ah, dammit.

The Black Oil

Stargal wrote: »

That was exactly the response I was going to give when I saw Myth's post. Great minds...

Once we avoid 'Failte Towers'...

Stargal

shay_562 wrote: »

Must...not...say it! Must...resist...urge to be unrelenting asshole for no reason at all! Must...avoid...foolsseldomdiffer...trite clichés!

Ah, dammit.

I knew it was too much to expect that someone on the internet wouldn't come back with the dumb retort;)

Tricity Bendix

Office life is stupid and petty.

I asked if we had a casual Friday and was told that although there is no official policy but that the staff tend to dress down regardless. However, to be on the safe side, I was told to come in the full monkey suit just in case the Managing Director popped in. Apparently, he wouldn't mind seeing the full-timers in jeans and a t-shirt, but the sight of me in soft-soled shoes would be a problem.

Well, my managing director just popped in, and he was wearing jeans and a short sleeved shirt. On a thursday. Somehow I doubt he'd be the kinda guy who'd go ape at me for dressing down a notch.

I have come to the conclusion that my supervisor hates me and enjoys seeing me suffer.

The Black Oil

Just got one of those emails about a student from our dept dying.

shay_562

Stargal wrote: »

I knew it was too much to expect that someone on the internet wouldn't come back with the dumb retort;)

In my defense, I'd probably say the same dumb retort in real life. Actually, I'm not really sure how well that constitutes a "defense"...

b.ie_curious wrote:

I have come to the conclusion that my supervisor hates me and enjoys seeing me suffer.

That seems like an entirely rational and sane conclusion. Or it could be that the manager guy, like many higher-ups, operates a do-as-I-say-not-as-I-do policy and the monkey suit genuinely is the safer option. But to be fair, perhaps balls-out sadism genuinely is the more likely option for your supervisor.

The Black Oil wrote:

Just got one of those emails about a student from our dept dying.

Sorry to hear that - did you know them well?

The Black Oil

Didn't know them, just a little scary when you see the subject line.

Boston

It struck me the other day how seriously hard going some courses are and how they can managed to chew people up completely. Brilliant, smart, creative people never making it to the end not due to a lack of ability being because of being unable to hack the constant unrelenting pressure, and who just burn out, some quiet disastrously. I know of at least one people in my course that took his own life and I'm certain there where more. The support system is their on paper, but I think for a lot of courses, especially the male dominated ones, it doesn't do nearly enough.

Sorry, just rambling...