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Teachmichigan
Member

07-22-2001

Wednesday, December 22, 2004 - 5:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Denecee,

Glad you don't live around here. The first day of rifle season, we actually have a day off school (our attendance is so low we can't count it as a day if we do have school). The entire deer season, there are 3 - 6 pictures of guys (and gals) w/ their deer. The pictures vary in size, and usually it's the back of the truck w/ the hunter holding up the rack type of shot (no blood and guts), but it's standard issue for about 6 weeks!



Mocha
Member

08-12-2001

Wednesday, December 22, 2004 - 5:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Aww Kar that sucks. But that is also why I've taken my kids off the field when things have gotten out of hand. And of course after about 8yrs of organized sports just about every coach, ref, and parent knows to keep straight when they see our kids on a particular team cause they know their parents don't take any shit off of anyone.

Reader234
Member

08-13-2000

Wednesday, December 22, 2004 - 6:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Kar, i've lived that nightmare too, my son was in 5th grade I believe, it was a Sunday, he earned the title Kamakazee Kid, because he had no fear of going up against guys bigger than him - hockey, travel team. Playoff Game. DS was like a bug to this one good player, next thing you know he was thrown up against the boards so hard that he didnt move... I gave dd ( a baby at the time) to someone, and went running down to the ice, the ref ran to a phone and called 911, I was walked on the ice to my son, and he was ok, but his face was on the ice, and he was told not to move, and he smiled at me and said "No worries Mom, I prayed before I went on the ice" Mind you his knee was bent at a horrible angle... well Bless that kid, it was only dislocated, and everything worked out ok. (But we did take a trip in the ambulance) Also a year or so later he was clotheslined in such a way his feet went up and over, concussion, his ignorant coach told me he thought ds knee would be ok (ummm yeah, but about the concussion...)

DS and his team in both instances knew the other teams coach had his number. It was infuriating to watch the other team go after my son! Sometimes they'd switch jerseys, but they were penalized for that! (there were refs that were well known as turning a blind eye!!)

Anyway, my son has a jaded opinion, but still wouldnt trade or give up his sports!I've learned to attend EVERY game, and Practice, to support my son, my experiences in trying to do the right thing, it is like LL stated above...


I still commend you for staying on top of things for the rec center, you may not be able to do, or control everything, but the rec center outta be a safe place! And its evidently not safe when this team comes to play!!


Pamy
Member

01-02-2002

Wednesday, December 22, 2004 - 7:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
ROTF at Zmom!!!!!!!! hahahahaa

Kar, I hope karma heads that coaches way!

Denecee
Member

09-05-2002

Thursday, December 23, 2004 - 10:46 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Teach, I'm hurt that you are glad I don't live around there. J/K, I know what you meant. See if I was prepared for the pics it would be diff. I work across the street from a pasture where cows graze, every other month or so, in comes the slaughter truck. I have to close my blinds. I just can't stomach it.

Teachmichigan
Member

07-22-2001

Friday, December 24, 2004 - 9:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Ack -- Denecee -- I forgot my winkie face! Thank you for realizing I WAS kidding! :-) Don't think I'd want to see cow's going off to the "big" house either. Having grown up on a farm, we've done all that stuff, but it's been a long time, and it's not something I'd want to do again.

Hope your Christmas is MERRY! :-)

Kar -- any update on that horrid coach? Were you able to complain to the league?

Texannie
Member

07-16-2001

Friday, December 24, 2004 - 10:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
OK..so this was the first Christmas with the 'new mom'. rme I changed up all sorts of things so that she would feel comfortable. AND guess what? she was the only non weird person in the group!!!! My kids were awful brats! My dad was uneasy for some reason (maybe it was her draping herself all over him in front of the kids, but i am not judging!) my dh was off too.
everyone leaves and dh falls asleep!!!!!!! so i do friggin' Santa ALONE!!!!!!!!!! I even do my damn stocking!!! I have no friggin' presents under the tree cause i am just the mom and no one gives a shit!
i am pouty cause i can't believe i just wrote that last sentence!!!!!!!
Christmas never used to be this hard!

Hippyt
Member

06-15-2001

Friday, December 24, 2004 - 11:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Oh stop whining. It snowed! I have one present under the tree and I'm fairly sure it came from the dollar store. lol
I am doing Santa alone too,cause Dennis think all Santa gifts should be wrapped. And we know that just isn't right now don't we? Damn Chicago weirdos........every freakin year!

Jmm
Member

08-16-2002

Friday, December 24, 2004 - 11:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Now hang on just a minute Hippy. Santa wraps presents in our house too, and I'm from ............. oops, never mind, I was born in Chicago too.

Hippyt
Member

06-15-2001

Friday, December 24, 2004 - 11:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
LOL! Merry Christmas Jackie!

Jmm
Member

08-16-2002

Friday, December 24, 2004 - 11:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Merry Christmas, Hippy.

Julieboo
Member

02-05-2002

Saturday, December 25, 2004 - 7:08 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Hey....!

Texannie
Member

07-16-2001

Saturday, December 25, 2004 - 7:49 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
well, fine..don't let me whine! The snow was amazing! Ain't that the damn truth about Santa presents. This year, ds is getting a golf driving game thing. I was tired and pissed last night so it's still in the box, he's 15 now HE can put the damn thing together! LOL
everyone is still asleep here, so they are looking fairly angelic now. May just keep them that way! LOL

Resortgirl
Member

09-23-2000

Saturday, December 25, 2004 - 7:50 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Everyone is asleep here too Texannie! I've got the house picked up, food ready, stockings stuffed.... Now I can just sit back and relax!

Resortgirl
Member

09-23-2000

Saturday, December 25, 2004 - 7:52 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Oh and Texannie... this is the gripe thread, so you just gripe away!!!!

Texannie
Member

07-16-2001

Saturday, December 25, 2004 - 8:18 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
THANK YOU RG!!!!!!!!!!!
to Hip!

Whoami
Member

08-03-2001

Sunday, December 26, 2004 - 9:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I'd sure like to know who thought up that !#%* phone menu stuff when you try to call for customer support.

It took a full FOUR minutes for me to get through Comcast's menu before it finally got me to a recording that said they were indeed experiencing a service problem in my area and were working on it.

I know, four minutes isn't very long. But it is when its nothing but, "if you want A press 1. If you want B press 2. If you want C press 3. OK, now if you want A1, press 1, if you want B1 press 2."

I guess that's better than the last time I had to call them. They denied it could be a problem on their end, since they'd had no other calls, and said they'd send someone to my house to check it out....3 days later. Thankfully someone finally fixed the problem that wasn't happening on their end (uh huh) and I didn't have to have anyone come out.

Eeyoreslament
Member

07-20-2003

Monday, December 27, 2004 - 3:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I would like to gripe about everyone who came into the restaurant that I work at last night. I think that ALL of our customers said to themselves "Wow, what a crappy Christmas we just had. I'm in such a grumpy mood. Hey you know what? We've NEVER EATEN AT A RESTAURANT BEFORE. Let's go down to <nameless restaurant>."

At first I thought maybe I was rubbing my first two tables the wrong way, but then EVERY table SUCKED!! I overheard one girl who was also working last night swearing in the back, so I knew she was having a bad night too. Then, the other guy who was working with us (who never has problems) came in the back and I asked him how his night was going. He said no one in his restaurant had acted like they had ever been OUT before. Brutal. We were all miserable.

This one table of what looked like a 30yr old guy (son), a 55 yr old woman (guy's mom), and an older lady (grandmother?) sat there and didn't SPEAK to each other!! We are a seafood restaurant, and the g-ma GRUMPED because she didn't want any of the seafood on the menu. WTF? So after listing the 4 dishes that AREN'T seafood on our menu, they had two chicken ceasars, and a canneloni. That's fine, but they were rude and grumpy about the lack of non-seafood. The words OYSTER BAR are in our restaurant's name. What did you EXPECT?

Then, I noticed towards the end of the meal that they had a camera on the table, so I say, "Oh! I notice you have a camera there! Would you like me to take a picture of the three of you together?" And all the one woman said to me was "No. No." Twice. No thank you for offering or anything. Weird.

The girl I worked with had this table of five, that ordered 3 teas, and a dessert that comes in two little espresso cups (duo of creme brulee). They ate the dessert, then used the cups to allow all five of them to drink tea.

One of my last tables comes in right at close, and the old bird orders a beef WELLINGTON. Anyways, about 10 minutes later, she calls me over and says "You never asked how I wanted my meat done" and I explained that because the meat is inside a pastry, we can't always guarantee the meat, because if she wanted it rare, the pastry would be raw, and if she wanted it well, the pastry would be burnt. The meals arrive, and when I quality check her, she just asks for dijon. After a bit, she says she doesn't want her meal, she just wanted a steak. So I offer her a plain steak (WHICH IS ON THE MENU!!) and she says no. Just bring her more of the free bread.

Free bread is the bane of my existence. Free bread DOES NOT MEAN order a small/cheap appetizer and then fill up on bread. I had a table last night of 7 ppl, that ONLY drank water, and asked for the bread right away. I said no. Sure I could have brought it, as it's not MY restaurant, but I just couldn't do it on principle. I told her she'd get bread WITH HER MEAL. Grrr.

AAAARRRGH!!! Thankfully I have the next couple of days off. I am hoping ppl will be in better spirits by Thursday.


Oh, another final mini-gripe. I am scheduled to work New Year's NIGHT (meaning I won't be off until 3, and then I an scheduled the NEXT MORNING, for a DOUBLE starting at 10 AM!!!! Are they expecting me to sleep only 4 hours (taking into consideration travel and get ready time)? How "nice" do you think I am going to be to my customers?


Mak1
Member

08-12-2002

Monday, December 27, 2004 - 4:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
<note to self: don't eat at restaurant with Oyster Bar in its name on New Year's Day. >

Heyltslori
Member

09-15-2001

Monday, December 27, 2004 - 4:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
LOL Mak!

Eeyoreslament
Member

07-20-2003

Monday, December 27, 2004 - 5:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
lol Mak!!! I'd kill to have people I LIKED in my entire section. Then I wouldn't feel like I was working. It would be all fun.

Escapee
Member

06-15-2004

Monday, December 27, 2004 - 5:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I hope the tips were sufficient.

Here is my gripe....it's a family one. DH's family had an open house type christmas with a gift exchange. We didn't recieve an invitation until Christmas eve at about 4 pm, and it had no word on it of a gift exchange. We arrived without a gift for the exchange and had to sit and look stupid while everyone else joined in the festivites. When my SMIL asked why we hadn't brought a gift I informed her that her invitation, which we had only recieved less than 24 hours prior to being there, said nothing of a gift exchange. She just shrugged and said she must have forgot to put that on there and walked away. I gasped. She offered no apology for the late invite or lack of info. We wouldn't have even attended, i mean, we can take a hint, but his sis was in town from out of state, and she wanted to see DD.....the nerve of some people. It may be the last holiday we spend with that side of the fam.

Reader234
Member

08-13-2000

Monday, December 27, 2004 - 5:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
dh just said his MOTHER spent Christmas ALONE!! WTbleep? You've got to be kidding? HELLO?! wE WERE assuming she'd spend it like she has every other Christmas with her DD! and the really sad part is her dh passed away 2 days before Christmas, and thier anniversary is the day after Christmas, she is so welcome here.. its only 1 1/2 hour drive...

of course I have to have dh agree to all this..

Hippyt
Member

06-15-2001

Monday, December 27, 2004 - 5:48 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Eeyore,you guys must be really short staffed! I can't imagine another reason they would schedule you for New Years like that.That just plain stinks!

Teachmichigan
Member

07-22-2001

Monday, December 27, 2004 - 6:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Escapee -- I feel your pain. My MIL did almost the same thing to us. At Thanksgiving (the last time we saw them) we were told "No adult gifts" -- just kiddos. When DH spoke to her, we were then told come around 2 -- but we wouldn't be eating until supper. No biggie.

So - yesterday, we call around 12:30 to see if the SIL is there. If she is, we'll come by 2 so DS can play w/ her kids; if not, we'll wait until 1:30 or so to leave.

At 12:30 we are informed that we are eating at 2:00 -- and if we hadn't called, we wouldn't have known!! We live over an hour away, and none of us had gotten ready (showers, etc.). We were late, but only slightly so.

THEN -- we do the gift thing after lunch and every other danged adult had gotten the other adults gifts! GRRRR! I protested and said we were told otherwise, and the two SILs basically said, Hey -- we just ignored mom. Fine -- but tell US so we don't feel like such cheapskates!!! (or is that cheapscapes??) To top it off, my poor DS got ALL repeat gifts. My inlaws bought him the exact same 3 lego sets my parents got him. He had given them a list, but they didn't "use" it -- so the poor kid has to return all of his gifts and didn't have one toy to take out and play with while were there. He handled it as well as can be expected (but did some crying w/ me in the back room after all the gifts were opened). SHEESH -- there are some years I wish I could just skip the entire "outlaw" experience! (I wish we could at least drink wine while we're there! But nooooo -- no one drinks (not because of alcoholism -- they just don't drink) Our theory is that they just drive OTHERS to drink! LOL)

Eeyore -- hang in there! All these people off for the holidays will be back to work soon! :-)