Things that jerk my chain...

[Kool]

What about a temp agency? Not the best option but your running out of options.

[Navian]

Have you done networking yet? Just curious.

http://jobsearch.about.com/od/networking/

[morea]

oh my, yes.

[Navian]

What if it is just the area your in?

[morea]

It probably is... I am willing - actually EAGER - to move, but I am not sure how to go about relocating.

I mean, I have a mortgage... I can probably get by if I work a couple of crappy jobs, at least long enough to sell the house and find something elsewhere... but how do you go about this?

You really can't just move to another area if you don't have a job lined up, but you can't get a job and then say, "oh yeah, hold this job for me while I try to find a place to live".

Then, on top of that, I have my cats to consider. That is going to make it hard to find an apartment. I know I couldn't get another house right away - who will give me another mortgage when I am just getting off 6 months of unemployment?

Has anybody done this before? I mean, I KNOW that people do it, somehow. I'd love to hear any tips...

[Navian]

It probably is... I am willing - actually EAGER - to move, but I am not sure how to go about relocating.

I mean, I have a mortgage... I can probably get by if I work a couple of crappy jobs, at least long enough to sell the house and find something elsewhere... but how do you go about this?

How long have you had your house? do you know if you have any equity from it? You may not need to find a crappy job.

You really can't just move to another area if you don't have a job lined up, but you can't get a job and then say, "oh yeah, hold this job for me while I try to find a place to live".

No, but you can always look for a job, interview over the phone, and let them know you are willing to relocate, but you need adiquite time to sell.

Then, on top of that, I have my cats to consider. That is going to make it hard to find an apartment.

Most appartments have pet deposits. just tell them you have 2 cats, then bring the other 7.

Has anybody done this before? I mean, I KNOW that people do it, somehow. I'd love to hear any tips...

I moved from Portland Oregon (had an apartment), I saved up for a while what I could, got a uhal and just moved here to Utah. Its alot cheaper for living expenses.

I know its not like your situation. Maybe look for jobs, call and do over the phone interviews (have your online portfolio, so they have something to see), If they are interested in you, dont know if you can afford it, but maybe plan a trip to visit the new area, while your there for the face-to-face interview, you could scout the local paper for appartments to rent, or you can see them on the internet before you go, then you can drive and see if they interest you.

As far as selling a home, we havent done that yet, we just got into the one we just moved into this February.

who will give me another mortgage when I am just getting off 6 months of unemployment?

Dont cut yourself short.

[cornfed]

Morea, how good are you with old people and how far are you from a hospital?

When we were taking care of my husbands grandma and she would go in the hospital, we would have to come home to our family at night. Anyway, there was nobody to sit with her. So, we would call these sitters that were on this list the hospital had and we would pay them $10-12 an hour to just sit there and sleep in the chair. We would pay them for something like a 9pm-9am shift. We paid them all in cash, too!

The list was located at the hospital with the little old lady volunteers and with the people in charge of the waiting rooms. Once you do a good job of sitting with someones loved one, they'll keep calling you back to do it and tell other people, too! Sitters should be in demand right now with holiday season coming up and school starting, etc.

[Drorain]

...smells like an open sewer.

Why? Why do people leave their perishable crap in the company fridge for more than a week. I gag everytime I open the door, I dont leave much in there, only food for an hour if I bring lunch to work.

GRRRR!

[mac.FINN]

^^ exactly!

Or worse, when someone spills something in the fridge/microwave and doesn't clean it up. Someone spilled milk a while back and the fridge reeked everytime you opened it. Someone (else) eventually had to scrub the whole thing down.

[morea]

the place where I worked for four years always had septic problems... and the septic access was RIGHT outside the lunch room window. And they ALWAYS pumped it at lunch time.

Does wonders as an appetite suppressant, let me tell you.

[reuber1]

Having my first rush job ever, which also happens to be the largest order ever, twice as big as what used to be the largest, and I'm still getting support cases. :mad:

[Kool]

I'm currently stuck with 24 rolls of TP in which the perf from the first ply is about a half a sheet short of where the perf from the second ply is falling. Needless to say this results in an untidy wipe. http://home.comcast.net/~rnick9/koolsmiley.gif

[morea]

lmao, eew!

[cornfed]

I'm currently stuck with 24 rolls of TP in which the perf from the first ply is about a half a sheet short of where the perf from the second ply is falling. Needless to say this results in an untidy wipe. http://home.comcast.net/%7Ernick9/koolsmiley.gif

thats tmi, kool. waaaay tmi.

[Loopy]

One thing that jerks my chain... well my boss doesn't show up for our meetings - he was suppose to be here yesterday... cancelled. This morning - no word yet.

I think he's avoiding me :S

[reuber1]

Every single ****ing call today has been over accounting. I don't know crap about accounting, these people use all the accounting lingo, and I've been ripped a new a-hole each time like a verbal punching bag.

[mac.FINN]

One thing that really jerks my chain... my winch. It's a little rusty and it's not as smooth as it used to be.

[Jackimalyn]

telemarketers. argh!!

[morea]

^ no kidding. I got a call last night at 8:30 from one of my credit card companies... only when I answered, it was a recording that said "please hold for an important message from your mastercard".

Um, no. Don't call ME and put me on hold. Bastages.

[jimking]

Put yourself on the no call list. It works.

[morea]

I am on the no call list, but since I have credit cards with these companies, they are allowed to call me. *le sigh*

[Virgo Nightingale]

I can't stand telemarketing calls to begin with. My private phone number is just that - PRIVATE. If I did not personally give you my phone number, that means you do not have permission to call me. But what makes me want to scream bloody murder is when that telemarketing call is a recording. If you don't have the balls to call me with a real person at whom I can scream and yell and make feel as low as amoeba feces for calling me without my permission, then what makes you think I'll give you the time of day long enough to actually listen to the spiel regarding the oh-so-wonderful advantages of using your product let alone actually spend money for it? I think it's utterly disrespectful. But then again, perhaps I'm disrespectful as well for making the real telemarkers feel like amoeba feces.

[Virgo Nightingale]

I'm on the do not call list as well, but charities and surveys are still allowed to call you. I understand they're not selling anything, but I'm still of the opinion that since I pay money for the use of my phone and phone number, that no one has the right to call me unless I personally chose to give that person my number.

[mac.FINN]

I honestly don't mind telemarkets too much... they're fun to screw with, or I get to be an ass. My gf is way to nice to them... I never even let them finish their script. My new favourite thing to do... that doesn't require wit or even thought... just hit a button every 3 seconds. and gradually hold it longer... if they don't hang up that is.

[morea]

Twenty Responses to Use With Telemarketers (http://www.graphicdesignforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3655)

if only I had the guts to use them.

[idaho]

I hate when debt collectors call my new house (and new phone number assigned by the phone company) for the person who use to have my phone number. This chick must have defaulted on a lot of money because the companies just keep calling. We've told them that the number they have for her is incorrect but they just keep calling (going on two and a half years now)! I'm about ready to go postal on a couple of these companies.

[mac.FINN]

that's the beauty of the Tone Attack Mo, you don't need guts... just a finger. It's like flipping them the virtual bird.

The problem with most of those is you have to think about it. This one's just mindless button pushing...and you can't tell me that any GDFer isn't awesome at mindless button pushing.

[Virgo Nightingale]

mac: Never thought of that one. Perhaps I'll play some Mary Had a Little Lamb for the next political survey I get.

[morea]

here you go, Virgo, we can mix it up a bit!

http://hometown.aol.com/fsufunkyb/songs.html

http://www.frivolity.com/teatime/Songs_and_Poems/phone_songs.html

[Jackimalyn]

i dont get any telemarketers at home but at work, im the head of marketing so i get em all. AGH!

At my last job, my boss had a four year old who was at the shop a lot (family owned business) When telemarketers would call asking for the owner, i'd be like "Hold on, Ill get Rick for you." Id put the little girl on. Shed argue with em and stuff claiming to be her dad... it was pretty fun. I loved messin with em at my last job.

[mac.FINN]

lol nice one Jacki

Or randomly yell fruit names.

PEACHES!

[Jackimalyn]

nice list too morea... (btw #12 is from Seinfeld...)

[Jackimalyn]

I like how people dont want to mess with a crazy person. just make em believe you're nuts and theyll hang up.

Seems to come naturally to many on this board...

[mac.FINN]

I don't know what you're talking about.

APRICOT!

[morea]

no, no, no... it's not apricot... it's

ALBATROSS!!!

[cmont]

what was that morea? artichoke?

[morea]

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c343/gdfmorea/silly%20things/eek.jpg



*thud*

[mac.FINN]

That's not a fruit that a sea bird!

Well... do you get waifers with it?

Course you don't get bloody waifers with it!

ALBATROSS!

[mac.FINN]

it's uncanny how fast you had that image ready Morea. You knew it was coming.

oh and cmont... artichokes are vegetables, have you even been paying attention?

[Red Kittie Kat]

lol nice one Jacki

Or randomly yell fruit names.

PEACHES!


I like that :D



GOOSEBERRY!!!


oooh that felt good :D

[urstwile]

Put yourself on the no call list. It works.
That doesn't work for people you do business with though. It has however worked really well for me in terms of the random ones.

When Sam answers the phone, he just answers with bogus company names. Usually makes 'em hang up immediately.

[Red Kittie Kat]

Things that jerk my chain..........


picking up your cup to take a drink of coffee only to realize you already finished it :(

[urstwile]

Things that jerk my chain (I may have posted this already, but it happens all the time):

Drivers who pull all the way up into the crosswalk on streets where right on red is legal, so you basically have to step around 'em into traffic to cross the street.

[Kool]

Things that jerk my chain (I may have posted this already, but it happens all the time):

Drivers who pull all the way up into the crosswalk on streets where right on red is legal, so you basically have to step around 'em into traffic to cross the street.

Just climb across their hood. :D

[Red Kittie Kat]

Ooooh Kool great idea...... or she could jazz it up and do one of the old Tawny Kitaen/Whitesnake cartwheels over the hood :D

[urstwile]

Actually, I just glare at them as I'm crossing. Sometimes they back up, I must be scary. LOL. :D

[urstwile]

Ooooh Kool great idea...... or she could jazz it up and do one of the old Tawny Kitaen/Whitesnake cartwheels over the hood :D
Hmm, that would be awesome, but I never could master the cartwheel...butt's got to much gravity overpowering that notion as an accomplishable feat.

[Red Kittie Kat]

hahaha :D ...... I understand believe me :D .... that area seems to have a rather large gravitational force on me as well ;)

[urstwile]

It's actually quite an advantage when slipping on ice, provided you hit the ground on that instead of your noggin.

[Red Kittie Kat]

lmao ..... yeah but my luck is I twist and rap my elbow and hip :p

[urstwile]

Yup, used to live in New York, so I've been there and done that a few times. Here, I just slip on slimy water puddles, not half as much reward to that, plus you feel like a goofball, more so than on ice, where at least everyone else is slipping on stuff too. :D

[Red Kittie Kat]

Do you do the pop-up move.... like ... I meant to do that :D

I used to be able to pop up ... now its just lay there and murmur ..... help :D

[urstwile]

Nah, never did the pop-up, I usually just start laughing for about two minutes straight, so the move never really works, because I'm laughing too hard to get up.

[Red Kittie Kat]

lol ...... I laugh too .. it helps mask the pain :p

[Virgo Nightingale]

You have to laugh, that way everyone around you will be laughing with you instead of at you.

[Red Kittie Kat]

Well said my dear :D

[urstwile]

Presactly!

[mac.FINN]

Drivers who pull all the way up into the crosswalk on streets where right on red is legal, so you basically have to step around 'em into traffic to cross the street.

Best thing to do in this case... run into the car, and I mean run. Take a few steps back if you need to, then full out slam into their car... and act like they hit you.

Who're the cops gonna believe? The guy sitting in his comfy car, or the lady laying in the street writhing in pain?

[LeftBrain Artist]

Best thing to do in this case... run into the car, and I mean run. Take a few steps back if you need to, then full out slam into their car... and act like they hit you.

Who're the cops gonna believe? The guy sitting in his comfy car, or the lady laying in the street writhing in pain?

Or jump up on to the hood, taking large Frankenstein stomping steps to make a few dents as you walk within the boundaries of the crosswalk.

[Jackimalyn]

Like once a week, one of the engineers in my office breaks out his nail clippers and clips his nails. It's just wierd. I mean who does that????

clip... clip... Clip.... CLIP... CLIP!!!

[reuber1]

Like once a week, one of the engineers in my office breaks out his nail clippers and clips his nails. It's just wierd. I mean who does that????

clip... clip... Clip.... CLIP... CLIP!!!One of the software developers who happens to be less than five feet away from me does the same thing. Gross.

[Red Kittie Kat]

Clips his nails in the office?? Hmmmm........ I'm no Emily Post .... but wow! That's just rude and crude :confused:

Like I wanna get pinged from someone's nail at work ..... if I did I would have to find it and take it to him ........ "I believe this belongs to YOU"

:D

[mac.FINN]

Does he keep them in a jar on his desk? Do they have names? Mine have names...this one's Sammy.

Say hello Sammy... Sammy?

he's shy.

[Red Kittie Kat]

oh god I'm gonna barf Mac :D

[Pica]

Like once a week, one of the engineers in my office breaks out his nail clippers and clips his nails. It's just wierd. I mean who does that????

clip... clip... Clip.... CLIP... CLIP!!!

you expect those sorts of things from engineer.... but the designer next to me does the same thing, gross! the noise just creeps me out.

[Virgo Nightingale]

Does Sammy smell like bad cheese? Maybe he needs a bath...

[Red Kittie Kat]

ewwwwwww lmaoooooo :D


Bad Cheese!!! :D

[mac.FINN]

Does Sammy smell like bad cheese? Maybe he needs a bath...

well now he's not going to talk for sure. You've hurt his feelings. And he smells like good cheese thank you very much.

[Red Kittie Kat]

Poor Sammy :p

[cornfed]

I went to the grocery store the other day and asked the cashier guy if I could borrow his pen. I didn't notice it was behind his ear. He pulled it out and it was all greasy. I wanted to barf so bad. I hate it when people think their mucus and nails and cheese isn't gross. It's disguisting. I came home and scrubbed my hands. I wanted to complain to the manager, but thought they might think me crazy. I'm not crazy, just a germaphobe!

[Jackimalyn]

I worked at a grocery store and a woman stole my pen. the next woman asked to borrow my pen so I wa sforced to give her my awesome, favorite, $5 pen from my pocket. She started with a coughing attack... you know those ones where you can hear the phlem being coughed up. Yes, she used the hand with my pen in it to cover her mouth.

I threw the pen away immediately and washed my hands.

[morea]

ARGH! Life sucks and then you die!
*grr*


sorry. Carry on.

[mac.FINN]

There There Mo... go pet one of your kitties and remember your mantra.

pretty kitty kitty's pretty this day sure is going shitty.

[Red Kittie Kat]

Are you talking about me again Mac??


:D

[mac.FINN]

maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaybe

[Red Kittie Kat]

oooooooh :D

Well.... you have my full attention :D

[Malaclypse]

"Don't worry, I'm fixing the spacing before sending it to the factory."

[reuber1]

Watching the Katrina documentary and listening to this interview with that goddamn FEMA director assbag scumface.

[morea]

getting my bloody hopes up by offering me a design position the same week my unemployment benefits run out, only to have it turn out to be a scam.

*sob*

[reuber1]

Shit, that sucks. I've had a few of those scams before, not while being out of work though. Hopefully things shape up, there has got to be something out there.

[Red Kittie Kat]

Sorry to hear that Morea ... that really does stink :(


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v54/RedKittieKat/smilies/hugs.gif

[urstwile]

Awww, Mo, I'm so sorry to hear that! :( (((HUGS)))

[Samakimoto Graphics]

*Pole* Morea

*Sorry*

[Jackimalyn]

OK, no one has to read this but I'm upset!!!!!

Im designing this logo for this guy whos company is 20-25 min away (depending on traffic). He works during the day, off weekends. I said I would come down for our meetings on my lunch hour since our meetings are only like 5-10 min once a week. YUP, thats an hour, no lunch for me on these days. I called him this morning at 10:30 to confirm our 12:30 meeting. I got there at 12:32 and he was gone at lunch!!!! They told me I could wait like 10 min and he'd be back. I dont have 10 min!! This guy has dragged this project on and on and on forever. Hes one of those "I dont know what I want... but Ill know it when I see it" kinda clients. UUUGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH.

Im sorry, Ive had a terrible morning at work and then this happened. Plus I start school tonight RIGHT after work. Im hungry. and tired. Well, Im sorry if you read that!!!! I needed to vent!! I could use a drink or somehting

[Logo-Mechanix]

That sucks, I hope you are charging him an arm and a leg. I have had people say to me I don't know what I want but will know when I see it. That is a red flag, most people will know just about exactly what they want and will even provide me with a crude sketch to show me. I bet if you were charging him for the time at the meeting the jerk would have been there.

[Jackimalyn]

good call on chargin for EVERY meeting. Live and learn...

[reuber1]

The first day back to school is usually reason enough to have a drink. Or ten.

[Jackimalyn]

Ill drink to that ^^ or anything...

[Virgo Nightingale]

I had a client who kept changing the color of the walls of his building in the photo on the front of his brochure. Every week he'd say "Make this wall green, this one yellow, and make this one white again" and the next week, he'd have us change the colors again. I think he was using us to decide how to paint his actual building - not that it looked anything like the picture since we had also added extra landscaping, made his flagpole taller, added (though later removed) directional arrows on the driveway, changed the wording on the side of the building a few times.... Every time I pass the real building I have a cursing fit....

[Jackimalyn]

damn, what a deceptive brochure!! Ive made grass greener, changed landscapes and deleted pavement before too.

Never changed the color of the walls though...

[Logo-Mechanix]

made his flagpole taller

:D

[Virgo Nightingale]

I have that effect, I guess... ;)

[morea]

homina homina homina

[reuber1]

Good call Logo. Can't believe I missed that.

[Logo-Mechanix]

I rarely miss an opportunity like that.

[reuber1]

Marathon Foto dot com

I ordered some pics just a few days after my run and I have yet to see them. Just some 5 x 7's, that's it. I still have yet to get them. BTW, the processing place is probably 3 hours or so from me.

[reuber1]

^ Jesus, finally got them.

Anyway, how many times in one day can someone have to take a piss? I wouldn't care normally, but this certain individual logs out of the call que to do it. In other words, no work for him. This person goes to the "restroom" at least 3 times a day.

[cornfed]

found this on a bladder function page for you.

There is a great variation in voiding patterns in the normal population. Normal voiding patterns can range from 4 to 6 hours to every 8 to 12 hours. Persons over the age of 65 may urinate every 3 to 4 hours and awaken to void at least once during the night.

I never knew this!

[reuber1]

This kid is a few years younger than me, I'm 23, and he does it basically 2 hours apart.

[Virgo Nightingale]

Sounds like my former roommate. I swear her bladder could hold no more than a thimblefull of urine. She usually went to the bathroom twice in the middle of the night. The last apartment we lived in was railcar-style: a row of 5 rooms that were all connected (so in order to go from one end of the apartment to the other you had to walk through all the rooms in between). This was a bad choice on our part - she basically had to walk through my room twice a night to go to the bathroom. That totally sucked.

[Exodus]

It would totally suck just living in an apartment like that.

[urstwile]

I grew up in an apartment like that, and to get to the bathroom (which was in the hallway, by the way, the bathtub was in the kitchen), you had to walk through every room. LOL. That brings back memories. :)

[Exodus]

You know what jerks my chain?! Blue jeans that aren't completely dry and you don't know untill your out of the shower and running late. Then it takes 12 minutes to try and put them on. By the time you get to work, they have stuck to your leg and makes walking a b!tch. Sorry, I'm a little irritated right now...

[Virgo Nightingale]

A little chafed are we?

[Red Kittie Kat]

brings new meaning to "chaps my hide"

;)

[Exodus]

A little chafed are we?

Not too bad.... yet.... :o


brings new meaning to "chaps my hide"

;)

That it does! :p

[Red Kittie Kat]

lmaooo poor Exodus ;) .... nothing takes longer to dry in the world than jeans.... I feel for you :)

[Exodus]

I was thinking about going to the mens room and hold them up to the hand dryer... I don't think they want to know what kind of boxers I have on though. ;) :D

[Samakimoto Graphics]

Well, Ex, you could've ironed them :rolleyes: to ease the pain...

*Pole*just the same.

Have a nice day

[Exodus]

For the amount of time it would have taken my to iron them, (I suck at ironing things) I could've just dried them a little longer. However, I was running late. :o They're a little better now though. The pockets are the only thing not dry enough now. :)

[Red Kittie Kat]

I've used the hand dryer many a times when it comes to wet clothes Exodus ;)

[Exodus]

Works wonders doesn't it?

[Red Kittie Kat]

Yes it does :D ..... nothing worse that walking around with a big wet spot on the middle of your chest area :D

I am famous for finding the drippy coffee cup or soda bottle ;)

[Samakimoto Graphics]

yup! hair drier,turn it inside out first though.

REd sounds like you need a bib darling.

[Red Kittie Kat]

lmaooooo ... sometimes I think I do too ...... getting older ya know :D

[reuber1]

We've had quadruple the call volume this morning versus any other day. WTF?

[morea]

been waiting since 7am for my realtor to get here with a paper I have to sign before I can go out and get my errands done. What is he, the cable company? He can't give me an approximate time he will be here other than "friday morning"?

[reuber1]

Did he show up?

[morea]

funny story, that. Well, he was supposed to be here "this morning".

So at 12:30 I said "well, he must have got busy" and I went and jumped into a hot bath.

So yeah, he showed up at 1.

And let himself in with the key in the lock box on the front door.

And is walking through the house calling me.

And there I am, in the bath tub.

[reuber1]

Wow. Can you say "rude"?

[G-Man79]

Selling your place Mo?

[morea]

yup, no choice. It's not a place you can afford on one income, let alone no income. And after 6 months of unemployment, nobody wants to refinance the loan or give me much else by way of credit.

[reuber1]

People who laugh through their nose. And I don't mean when someone belly laughs and then snicker-snorts like a pig laugh, I mean like exhale through their nose like their nose is a machine gun and stupid is the bullets. You're not being that discreet, chump.

[Jackimalyn]

hes clipping his nails again...

[Pica]

our photo guy and i spent 2 hours today trying to find a pic for a car ad of a 2007 gmc 2500 reg cab dually...

• after an hour,
me: "hey, are you sure this is right, i'm not finiding anything for this truck"
salesguy: "yep that's right, keep looking, it's a pretty common truck"

• after 2 hours,
me: "ok, we've got nothing, what do you want me to do?"
salesguy: "can you use the pic of the crew cab and cut it so it looks like a reg cab?"
me (after a deep breath): "um, no"

• conferred w/ the photo guy and decided to fake the dually tires on a reg cab.
• salesguy proofs and approves the ad just in time for our deadline, meanwhile, sales guy and i have been put into crappy moods

half an hour later, salesguy comes back to my desk:
"hey, wanna hear something funny? turns out that truck doesn't exist after all! but you can leave the ad like it is, we'll change it next week." <walks of chuckling, oblivious>

luckily he was out of the room before i was able to exhale and grab my pirate sword

[Exodus]

Me be gettin mighty tired of these political ads! Arrrgghhh! That crap be half of what I'm required to design as of late. Aaaaarrrrrrr....

[Red Kittie Kat]

I be with ya on that one matey!! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v54/RedKittieKat/smilies/zn3m0z.gif

[reuber1]

ARGHHHH!!! The same scurvy dog who has to drain his sea monster every two hours takes one more personal telephone correspondence when he's next in the mighty call que, and thusly presents me as the next one in the call que...well, dead men tell no tales.

[reuber1]

THAT ****ING *******.

He did it again, and now this time because of it I wind up stuck with an open ****ing case that he's been working on, but I took the call so I'm the one who has to ****ing deal with it now. What a *****. GODDAMMIT. :mad: :mad: :mad:

[Mynock]

Being sick, arrrg!

[carter the artist]

I'm sorry, Morea, I didn't know you were unemployed.

[morea]

I'm working again, thank goodness! Started last monday.

Still have to sell the house though, which is a bit of a bummer, but I'll tell you, things always DO work out, even if it isn't the way we had planned.

[morea]

ooh, I'm sorry, that was WAY too optomistic for this thread. :D

things that jerk my chain? Uh, traffic! Yeah. Traffic sucks.

[carter the artist]

lol... oh wait that might keep the spirit too happy.. ok to bring it back down..

remember who will be president for still a bit longer,

That should depress about 60+% of us.

[morea]

LOL! Surely our Canadian GDF counterparts will put us up in the mean time, no?

[MyST]

Sure, we'll take you. Just... one at a time please.

[morea]

me first! Me first!

I call dibs!

[MyST]

Who is this "dibs" you talk about?
I thought you meant me at first, but I guess this dibs you speak of will put you up.

[morea]

*checks member list* shoot, we don't have a dibs. I call MyST then.

Quick, carter... we still have Danger Mouse, mac.Finn, _Tyger_, uncle carbuncle, Eraser Nubbin, Ned, ... there's more. Somebody else is bound to have a guest room, too.

I call MyST cause I know how to get to the bike trail from his place. :D

[MyST]

Dibs will be upset he MyST your call.









*tired... must go to bed.

[Red Kittie Kat]

I don't have a guest room ..... but there is always room for one more ;)

[morea]

you offering, Kittie? Once this house is sold I'm not sure where I'll be headed. ;)

[urstwile]

Arrrr, this day ended badly. Can't go into details, just sayin'. :(

[Red Kittie Kat]

you offering, Kittie? Once this house is sold I'm not sure where I'll be headed. ;)


:D ..... as long as you aren't fussy about where you sleep or what you sleep on ;)

[Red Kittie Kat]

Arrrr, this day ended badly. Can't go into details, just sayin'. :(


Whatever it is I hope it gets better darlin http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v54/RedKittieKat/smilies/hugs.gif

[Samakimoto Graphics]

Arrrr, this day ended badly. Can't go into details, just sayin'. :(

*Pole* Urst...smile through the pain.;)

[EC]

Arrrr, this day ended badly. Can't go into details, just sayin'. :(

http://www.freesmileys.org/emo/sad033.gif

Sorry urstwile, hope tomorrow is a better day.

[morea]

(((HUGS))) hang in there, urstwile.

[Jackimalyn]

how they havent turned the heat on yet... at my office or in my apartment because its too early in the year... even though the high yesterday was 55 and it's 45 (farenheit) out there right now. burrrr.

[Exodus]

^^ That is why i'm glad I live in the south! ;) Hang in there Jacki! :)

[reuber1]

Midwest weather sucks. I hear you Jacki, I was shivering this morning...it seems like we had about 2 weeks worth of decent weather after the insane heat, and now suddenly it's colder than a witches teet already. I do prefer summer to the late fall/early winter though; I hate driving through snow and having to layer on ten pounds of clothes to maintain normal body temperature.

[Exodus]

Take a hint from the birds... Migrate south! ;)

[Virgo Nightingale]

Me be gettin mighty tired of these political ads! Arrrgghhh! That crap be half of what I'm required to design as of late. Aaaaarrrrrrr....
Same here, and there's plenty more coming - all crammed in before election day... YAY!

[Jackimalyn]

oh well, I do like the midwest and snow is really pretty, plus snow sports, sledding and snowball fights. Then again, I live in the city and the snow turns black and people drive like morons like theyve never seen snow before. good with the bad....

[cmont]

I hear that Jacki!

[reuber1]

Oh well, for some reason, I'm actually in high spirits today. maybe it's just the four day weekend I know that's in front of me.
I spoke WAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY too pancaking soon. I'm this close to putting my foot through the phone.

[Jackimalyn]

through the phone? you must be having a bad day. hope it gets better!

[Virgo Nightingale]

You must either have really small feet or a very large phone....

[reuber1]

Rather a strong foot backed by a powerful leg and a very deserving telephone. If I could transmit physical violence through the telephone to hit the person at the other end, I would gladly do that.

[(gra-ph!c-D'sig-nah)]

I hope you never call my house by mistake...

[Virgo Nightingale]

I'm sure some geeky computer programming/robotics engineer is working on that reubs... Unfortunately not in time for you... And though I'm sure that particular individual deserves his/her impending beating, leave the poor telephone out of it. That little mound of plastic and wiring was just doing its job. :(

[Jackimalyn]

<rant>So Ive been at my job for about 4.5 months. I signed up for insurance just before my 3 month mark. Well I as of last week I still hadn't received my insurance card so I talked to HR and was given 10 different answers so I said screw it and called the insurance company. "I'm sorry, but you arent listed under your company's plan. We've never received an application from you." Now the lady at the insurance company was very nice and helpful but WTF! Insurance has been coming outta my paycheck for 4 weeks!! What the hell have I been paying for?? Now, I've cancelled a doc appointment (I need an EKG... yea, try and afford that without insurance!) and had to pay for a prescription myself (w/ insurance $10... w/o insurance $79) What if something happened? an accident... anything! The best part is I cancelled my insurance with my parents a month ago because I was covered on my own! AGHH! Now would they just take that damn $120 they've stolen from me in non-existant insurance and turn on the damn heat!</rant>

Im sorry... one more day, I can make it...

[Samakimoto Graphics]

Jacki, that stinks! You need to write HR officially to complain, talking ...well is just that...noise. Have it on record that you complained, that should get them off their haunches.

[cornfed]

When I talk to people like this I always am sure to say "For quality assurance purposes, this call is being recorded." It really throws them for a loop and I find it helps in getting things done.


Sucks, jac. Sorry to hear that. Good luck!

[Jackimalyn]

thanks for the sympathy, i feel so helpless. My boss is out of town and Ill tell him whats going on when he gets back. In the meantime... I'd better look both ways...

[The_Black_Knight]

Jacki, that stinks! You need to write HR officially to complain, talking ...well is just that...noise. Have it on record that you complained, that should get them off their haunches.In my experience, dealing with HR (no matter what company) is like dealing with a brick wall; it's abrasive and doesn't actually respond in any meaningful way. Writing a letter to complain to them would have about the same effect as doing nothing.

[reuber1]

In my experience, dealing with HR (no matter what company) is like dealing with a brick wall; it's abrasive and doesn't actually respond in any meaningful way. Writing a letter to complain to them would have about the same effect as doing nothing.Same here. If HR does nothing about it, you go to the next step...go to the HR person's boss (typically the big cheese)...chances are they will get annoyed that HR isn't doing their job and that you had to come to him/her rather than get it done through HR. At least, that's how I've done it and it worked for me.

[Jackimalyn]

yea, thats my plan. my immediate supervisor is the VP so I plan to talk to him when he gets back in town

[(gra-ph!c-D'sig-nah)]

Wow, and I thought that I was having a bad month!

[morea]

woo, what a day! Are they still only 24 hours long?

[(gra-ph!c-D'sig-nah)]

Not if you sleep!....but yeah I guess they are 24 hrs loooooong!

[budafist]

I hate having to manually impose something where all the page numbers are nonlogical...This document has 3 page 51's and no page 47...I'm sure the printers are going to love this too!!!

[urstwile]

I hate having to manually impose something where all the page numbers are nonlogical...This document has 3 page 51's and no page 47...I'm sure the printers are going to love this too!!!
:confused: How does that happen?

[morea]

what the hell am I still doing up?

you know what jerks my chain? Losing track of time when working on the computer and realizing that you have to be up in just over 5 hours for work! :eek:

(could be worse... I've had a lot less sleep than THIS before)

[budafist]

:confused: How does that happen?

I think they made the document out of a whole lot of different pdfs so the page numbers at the bottom are to do with the original documents and not this frankenstein I've got right here.

I would redo the page numbering, but frankly, that's not my job this time - it's the designer that supplied the file or clients job. Today, I'm just imposing for plates (not designing). However, if the job was mine to put together in the first place, then I would do a better job than this schmuck.... I've asked about it, but they haven't budgeted for changing all the numbers so I'll leave it.

[Riya]

I've been sitting around all morning thinking that I'm coming down with a cold, but when I went outside, I discovered the real reason that I can't breathe.

As near as I can figure, one of the neighbors must have broken and spilled a whole pancaking bottle of perfume in the hallway, cause there is no other way for it to be that strong. And it doesn't even smell good. Why with all of the perfumes that actually smell good that are on the market do people have to marinate in the nasty ones? And I really can't image why they would do it in the hallway.

[Red Kittie Kat]

hmmm..... maybe they threw it at someone. I can't stand over powering perfumes .... they make me sick. I feel for ya darlin :(

[budafist]

I like perfumes that smell like lollies. Yes...I smell like a lollie :D

[urstwile]

Perfumes give me headaches, there are very few that I can stand. That sucks, Riya, I'd have had to hose down the hallway.

[budafist]

Just hope the hall isn't carpet...wet carpet smells aren't as awesome as they sound!

[Riya]

I like perfumes that smell like lollies. Yes...I smell like a lollie :D

This doesn't smell like lollies, I'm not even sure what lollies are lol.

This smells like flowers.... with an undercurrent of rotten meat. Nasty. On the bright side, my sinuses are so plugged up now that I can't smell it anymore. Not like I need those to breathe or anything. Oxygen is overrated anyway.

[budafist]

Rotten Meat?!? Ewwww that is pretty rank right there. Are you sure it's perfume?

Lollies are candy are sweets. The description of my perfume is mango and passionfruit I think. Something you would want to eat or drink.

[Juggnoxalo]

Things that jerk my chain..

Horrible drivers, they piss me off and should get a Taxi. Next one I see is getting the middle finger and hopefully road rage jerks their chain.

[reuber1]

Coming back from two days of vacation, and slapped on my desk are four support review cases, all accounting related, on top of a print order. Middle finger to everybody.

[reuber1]

Yipee. The secretary is going to be doing ALL the design work now. :mad: :mad:

[Jackimalyn]

what?!?

[reuber1]

She's the boss's daugher, she just came back to the company after a leave of several months, and the original secretary got booted into tech support (she knows nothing of IT), and I have to relinquish (sp?) all my design duties to her. Needless to say I am ****ing pissed.

[Jackimalyn]

does she have design background?

[The_Black_Knight]

does she have design background?1000 bucks says no...

[Red Kittie Kat]

does she have design background?


She's the bosses daughter.... I'm sure thats all the "design" experience she will ever need. :rolleyes:

That is BS Reuber... I would be pissed too :(

[Jackimalyn]

my last job I was replaced by someone with NO design background. Why? Because they could pay her $7 an hour.

[Exodus]

You get what you pay for.

[Jackimalyn]

sorry reubz

[reuber1]

1000 bucks says no...
You get $1000. Granted I've seen worse, but what has been put out by her is bad.

In any case, I found all this out right before lunch, so I promptly went on my daily run so I wouldn't punch someone in the face.

[morea]

you know what is worse than that? When you tell someone that you have a degree in GD, and they say, "you can get a DEGREE in that?"

[reuber1]

That's when I tell them I got a degree in kicking people in the coin purse, and proudly show them my portfolio, via my foot.

[Jackimalyn]

morea, i dont know how you wouldnt jump across the table and smack some sense into them.

[(gra-ph!c-D'sig-nah)]

That's when I tell them I got a degree in kicking people in the coin purse, and proudly show them my portfolio, via my foot.

hahahahahhahahahahahahahaha.....do you think you would ever get a compliment on this kind of portfolio from the person you deliver it too....Im sure I would.:D :D :D :D

[KelRen]

I don't like when my "art" friends give a guilt trip because I'm a graphic designer...like I'm sort of sell out. Why? Because I like to eat (poor, starving artist/student wasn't for me) and I don't have rich parents to pay for my fancy art school education while I "find myself"? I'm not saying all kids who go to art school are spoiled, but it always seems like it's those people who give me crap about being an "art whore".

[morea]

I like your avatar, KelRen.

[PrintDriver]

Tell em you'd rather get screwed for money than for free. :D

[Exodus]

I don't like when my "art" friends give a guilt trip because I'm a graphic designer...like I'm sort of sell out. Why? Because I like to eat (poor, starving artist/student wasn't for me) and I don't have rich parents to pay for my fancy art school education while I "find myself"? I'm not saying all kids who go to art school are spoiled, but it always seems like it's those people who give me crap about being an "art whore".


I went to art school and I didn't have rich parents... but I tell you what... Even after 2 scholarships and a grant I still had to get student loans. My student loans cost me more each month than my car payment. I now am an underpaid/overworked in-house designer for a digital print shop. Am I bitter? Your damn right I'm bitter. My point? I'm a graphic designer that went to art school and I'm still poor. I do not have time for fine art anymore. So, go tell your "friends" to go *F* themselves. When they die in a ditch from a heroin overdose you can just breath a sigh of relief because you did the smart thing. You get paid for your work now. Their art won't be worth anything until they are found in the ditch.

</soapbox>

*Edit* oh yea... Welcome to the forum KelRen. :o (I've had a crappy day.)

[Riya]

I don't like when my "art" friends give a guilt trip because I'm a graphic designer...like I'm sort of sell out. Why? Because I like to eat (poor, starving artist/student wasn't for me) and I don't have rich parents to pay for my fancy art school education while I "find myself"? I'm not saying all kids who go to art school are spoiled, but it always seems like it's those people who give me crap about being an "art whore".

I managed to come out on top in a long semi-drunken Thanksgiving weekend debate on just this subject with my art-major cousin. To summerize:

The measure of success for most fine artists is to eventually be good/famous enough to have thier paintings or whatever sell for millions of dollars. Obviously only the very rich can afford these pieces. The very best a fine artist can hope for is to make a lot of money whoring themselves out to rich people who will hang thier work on a wall somewhere in thier mansion so they can prance and preen about how dignified and cultured they are. If an artist is really lucky, some of thier work will find a home in a museum, where people pay for the privelege of entering and viewing it. Sell outs.

Designers create art for the masses. Not for rich people, for all people. We have a deal worked out with businesses. They pay for the distribution of our art to masses. So what if the price of distribution is that we have to communicate a message that is benefical to said company? All art communicates something, otherwise it's just pretty pictures.

The important part is that our art is for the people and seen by the people, it is not just for some rich old dude to masturbate in front of.

[Exodus]

Very well put Riya! I totally agree.

[Samakimoto Graphics]

Hear! hear Riya...

[carter the artist]

All great artists were designers, and sell outs. When Michelangelo was hired by his client, the Pope to paint the sistine chapel, couldn't that be classified as selling out.

[Logo-Mechanix]

Bottom line, I love what I do but it is my lively hood so in essence I am in it to make money. I believe there is nothing wrong with that, if you can manage to make a living at something you love thats a great thing.

[Virgo Nightingale]

I hate the cold water faucet in my bathtub. It was leaking for a while, so I decided to fix it myself (I grew up in a house that was in a constant state of renovation - all done by hand by my dad - so I've picked up a fair amount of handyperson skills). Well the thing was so old and corroded that I ended up breaking it trying to get the knob off, and the next piece that I'd have to get to in order to fix (or now replace) it is a nut which I can't get to since it's within another metal covering (like a thin pipe over the whole thing) AND it's set back about an inch into the wall. I haven't a clue how that nut got tightened in there. In other words, it looks like we may have to rip out part of the wall just to fix a leaky faucet. Joy.

[Exodus]

^^ We're going through a similar situation at my house Virgo! Mine is behing tile and drywall. I don't think I'll have to rip anything out though. I have some tools that should get in there... and if I don't my wife's stepfather will. Good Luck!

[Virgo Nightingale]

My boyfriend works with someone who's a contractor, he's giving us the number of the plumber he usually works with. I actually wouldn't mind having an excuse to rip out the ugly vinyl tub surround (it's all uneven and some of the edges are coming up - I think the last tenant put that up to avoid replacing some broken tiles and rotting drywall) I just hope that I won't have to.

[Jackimalyn]

Im busy as hell- so much to do. not to mention I have to plan the trade show coming up. So my boss's girlfriend's boss is retiring so he sent me 45 photos that he wants me to "present nicely" blah blah blah, by the end of the day for her to give him as a gift. wtf? Yea, I have time for this. The worst part is having to say of course sir :D right away.

[Logo-Mechanix]

I hate the cold water faucet in my bathtub. It was leaking for a while, so I decided to fix it myself (I grew up in a house that was in a constant state of renovation - all done by hand by my dad - so I've picked up a fair amount of handyperson skills). Well the thing was so old and corroded that I ended up breaking it trying to get the knob off, and the next piece that I'd have to get to in order to fix (or now replace) it is a nut which I can't get to since it's within another metal covering (like a thin pipe over the whole thing) AND it's set back about an inch into the wall. I haven't a clue how that nut got tightened in there. In other words, it looks like we may have to rip out part of the wall just to fix a leaky faucet. Joy.

Being somewhat of a handyman around my house, I believe there is a special wrench you use for that nut. Check with the local hardware store alot of times they can help you out with whatever you need to get the job done.

[reuber1]

Im busy as hell- so much to do. not to mention I have to plan the trade show coming up. So my boss's girlfriend's boss is retiring so he sent me 45 photos that he wants me to "present nicely" blah blah blah, by the end of the day for her to give him as a gift. wtf? Yea, I have time for this. The worst part is having to say of course sir :D right away."Just photoshop these images it won't take long rolling on floor laughing my ass off!" What a knob.

[frankster]

Im busy as hell- so much to do. not to mention I have to plan the trade show coming up. So my boss's girlfriend's boss is retiring so he sent me 45 photos that he wants me to "present nicely" blah blah blah, by the end of the day for her to give him as a gift. wtf? Yea, I have time for this. The worst part is having to say of course sir :D right away.

Eugh! I had a similar experience working for an old boss who wanted me to photoshop his rank sweaty pore ridden mug shot to post on a russian mail order bride site. I went home that day feeling like my job was a farce. That cruddy experience gave me to resolve to move jobs.

[Virgo Nightingale]

Im busy as hell- so much to do. not to mention I have to plan the trade show coming up. So my boss's girlfriend's boss is retiring so he sent me 45 photos that he wants me to "present nicely" blah blah blah, by the end of the day for her to give him as a gift. wtf? Yea, I have time for this. The worst part is having to say of course sir :D right away.

We just did something similar - I scanned about 55 photos, and someone else put it together as a collage for my boss's friend. We didn't mind it at all though, it was for a funeral (the friend's son - sooooo sad).

[Jackimalyn]

OK, my boss made it better... hes like "she just loves your work and everything you've done here. I know you can puit something really great together." awww. well sir, i'll spend all damn afternoon on it then!!

Guess he cant expect my other stuff to be done then....

[reuber1]

Well, at least that's not so bad then, Jacki. At least you're being complimented.

I'm going to kick these IT guys square in the you-know-where. It's like if you're not part of their world, you're treated like a ****ing leper or a moron, or both. Learn some friggin' social skills.

Man, I want to go back on vacation already.

[Jackimalyn]

yea, IT guys are crazy like that. Sorry you gotta work so close with em

[Exodus]

People other than me being on vacation and "the powers that be" expect me to fill in just because it is what I used to do. This week has been hell so far. I'm having to work in two departments at the same time. I wouldn't mind but they all want everything done NOW. "Hi! I'm Exodus and I'll be your in-house designer AND digital prepressman today!" Geez! *I gotta get back to work*

[reuber1]

Resume paper with the words frickin' "100% Royal Cotton" embedded in it, and it is a gigantic eyesore. Every single sheet of the past two reams I've bought has this shit. Is this common?

[carter the artist]

13 Hour work days, nearly every day. Heck, isn't this why I quit the army? this and the allergic reaction I have to running... It makes me get all wheezy and out of breath, my face turns all bright red and I break out in a heavy sweat, yeah that sounds like an allergic reaction.. Oh crap, I'm rambling....

[Neballer]

waking up at 7:30 for a class that I don't have at 8:00 - I'm retarded.

[The_Black_Knight]

I'm bummed that the latest "smoking" thread got closed just before we got to watch reuber's head explode! I wanted to see a good head explosion like on Scanners!

[reuber1]

Who says my head was going to explode? One person says something, and everyone else jumps on that bandwagon, lol.

[maxx]

http://www.onzin.nl/3991/pictures/explhead.gif

I propose that head explosions be federally banned. I'm tired of going into a bar or restaurant and having exploding head debris mess with my health.:cool:

[Jackimalyn]

that was a nasty gif!

[morea]

ack. JOBS.

[prewe]

when i got to work today, i got a layout sent to me with the customer asking me just to put the logo in. the thing is, they "designed" the whole thing.. in excel.
sigh.

[urstwile]

Geh. It's been a hellish week, but today was just plain crazy. And after I get a crapload of work done, even coming in early to catch up, at 4:00 the production "manager" asks me if I could possibly get a disk to her before Fedex (half-hour away from when she tells me) of a package design to go to a printer...for a client that crawls up out of the woodwork every few weeks or so, while all this other stuff is going on with our really big clients. The deadline, I'm quite sure, was entirely driven by her desire just to get it out of her hair, since there has never been any urgency to this client's projects.

I said "No". That's it. Just "No". No explanation, no equivocation, no "Oh man, I've got so much other stuff going on that I have to finish right now". Just "No". LOL.

There was silence on the other end, as if she just didn't know what to make of my answer, especially since I wasn't trying to explain why I couldn't, she knew perfectly well I was buried under all kinds of other work (that she had given me) of a much more pressing nature. Then she asked if I could possibly do it in the morning. I said "Sure". Sometimes one word answers are the best answers ever.

Maybe this shouldn't go in this thread after all, because I giggled to myself afterwards.

[budafist]

That's power Urst. I need the power to tell people "NO".

I'm putting together a book for a university around here and each section has been sent in by various professors. Not their fault that no one asked me beforehand how the files were supposed to be submited. Anyway, I've got a bunch of ppt and word docs, so I've sent emails to all the professors asking for the images to be sent just as image files. Simple answer is no. They can't get them out of ppt or word.

I even got a professor email me back all pissy asking why I didn't inform them of what files types to send before they'd put together their word docs? Simple answer is the person that compiled all the info didn't give us a heads up and just went ahead and told everyone that word or ppt docs were preferred.

I've been trying to make do with what I've got, but I don't have ppt or word, so I've been bouncing back and forth files to our copy centre. Why do people insist on 'designing' things themselves?

Just give me text files and image files. I have a degree in design for a reason.

[Samakimoto Graphics]

Good for Urst!

[reuber1]

WEEEE!

"Warning, SMART has detected that a hard drive failure may be imminent. Please back up your data immediately. Hit F1 to continue."

EXACTLY what I need right now. :mad: :mad: :mad:

[Jackimalyn]

They can't get them out of ppt or word.

lol, people are so dumb. How'd you get them IN???

[greyghost]

WEEEE!

"Warning, SMART has detected that a hard drive failure may be imminent. Please back up your data immediately. Hit F1 to continue."

EXACTLY what I need right now. :mad: :mad: :mad:


OMG!!!


Crosses fingers everything will be ok.

[frankster]

Arrrg! Jesus, Mary and the seven pancaking dwarfs!!! I'm such a knoblet! In my sleep deprived baby handling chaos I just tried to click save on a draft email of some finished work so I could grab a baby that was trying to climb the curtains, only to hit the button next to it by accident. That button was send. Now the client has a lovely email ending abruptly with the word and. Groan. I'm sure they will understand, but it doesn't half make me look like a spanner. At least the files were already attached to the email. I hate it when things get so hectic that I have to work when the kids are awake. Makes me feel like a crap mum.

[Red Kittie Kat]

awww Frankster (((hugs))) :)


Too much going on at once.... that could happen to anyone darlin ;)

[reuber1]

OMG!!!


Crosses fingers everything will be ok.
Me too. It's a Toshiba Satellite and more than likely I'll be spending the next few days looking for a replacement hard drive. It happened last night but I was able to log on just fine, so I have a feeling before long the thing is going to crap out. Soon as I get home tonight, I'm backing up what's important, and tomorrow I'll be looking into getting some sort of external hard drive. I don't have a ton of really important stuff, which of it is essentially my portfolio work files, cover letters, resume, etc. But I'm really interested to see how I'm going to back up my music. Nonetheless, this does piss me off. My laptop is slightly more than two years old.

[MD]

you can get 200GB + external drives sub $100 with the right rebates. This site is a pretty good site for finding fantastic deals
http://www.dealspl.us/

[reuber1]

Thanks MD, I'll definitely be checking that out. Any recommendation on brands? How's Western Digital?

[MD]

We have a Western Digital for backup reasons here, works fine, but I have never used it for my main drive, I switch it on every couple weeks for backup purposes.

[Neballer]

when your taking a shower and all of a sudden it's as if cold water never existed.
I love scalding hot water on my back :rolleyes:

[Virgo Nightingale]

Sounds like someone's gonna kill the toilet-flusher...

[Exodus]

Working with people that are only good for cannon fodder. Damn no-talent, unreliable pancakers! I'm tired of getting crap handed off to me that needs "fixed" that was not originally done by me and it is crap that should come second nature to these people. All this stuff has to be done "right away" even though I have an ever growing pile of my own work that has to be done "ASAP". This week has been horrible. I need a vacation. Bad!

[Kool]

Arrrg! Jesus, Mary and the seven pancaking dwarfs!!! I'm such a knoblet! In my sleep deprived baby handling chaos I just tried to click save on a draft email of some finished work so I could grab a baby that was trying to climb the curtains, only to hit the button next to it by accident. That button was send. Now the client has a lovely email ending abruptly with the word and. Groan. I'm sure they will understand, but it doesn't half make me look like a spanner. At least the files were already attached to the email. I hate it when things get so hectic that I have to work when the kids are awake. Makes me feel like a crap mum.

http://home.comcast.net/~rnick9/icon_rofl.gif

Not laughing at your problem, I just love the way you talk. "knoblet" LMAO. :D

[reuber1]

I got a nice chuckle from "knoblet" as well. Not quite your standard knob.

[frankster]

http://home.comcast.net/~rnick9/icon_rofl.gif

Not laughing at your problem, I just love the way you talk. "knoblet" LMAO. :D

I got a nice chuckle from "knoblet" as well. Not quite your standard knob.

That's why I love this forum. One thing puts me in a grump and ends up making two other people chuckle. If this forum wasn't here then it'd just be me in a grump.

[Neballer]

Sounds like someone's gonna kill the toilet-flusher...
kinda hard to find when you live in an appartment complex :D

[prewe]

kinda hard to find when you live in an appartment complex :D
Gotta catch em all!

[budafist]

lol, people are so dumb. How'd you get them IN???

My thoughts exaccary.

[reuber1]

Rejection letters. :mad: