Millie's terrible day thread. You can post any and of your disappoints for the day, week, month, year, or your life.

[Five_Inch_Heels]

Try Snarting.


Not fun at all.

 

[NuclearFairy]

Try Snarting.


Not fun at all.

Do I even want to know what that is?

 

[Five_Inch_Heels]

Unpleasant about covers it.

 

[MrPixel]

Had my own fun this morning. Optometrists are rare beasts in our area, and getting an appointment? Think 6 to 8 weeks out, minimum.

So... two months ago I drop in, in-person, to a new-to-me eye doc, and go through the motions to setup an appointment for today, the soonest they had at the time. Show up at the appointed hour only to be met with, "We cancelled your appointment, that doctor is no longer with our practice. I called you last Thursday and left a message."

I pull out my phone. No record of such a call, nor voicemail, and informed her of that.

"No, I called on the 21st and left a message."

"Not that I can find. I see record of a call from your office on the 18th, but no message was left."

"I don't know what to tell you. Want to reschedule?"

"When would that be?"

"Next available is November 12th." In other words, three months away.

"Thanks. Okay. I'll book something at Costco."

"Sorry."

The kicker is they spammed me in both text message and e-mail two weeks ago to sign up with their "convenient online client app" hosted by a 3rd party. One of the things I don't do is download apps or do web sign-ups for service providers that I see once every two years or so, and especially not if they're handing it off to someone else to manage. Previous eye doc burned me on that. So I was on time for the appointment expecting a fight about not confirming on the app, and instead got a bunch of guff about a phone call they claim they made that I have no record of (when I normally would).

Fantastic business model.

 

[MrPixel]

I'm now beginning to wonder, given other casual indicators, that this "optometry provider" is a front for something else. It's a nice, neatly kept standalone building in a consumer business area, and they have a similar office in the next town over. That the receptionist made zero attempt to suggest other accommodation for the inconvenience and then the lie about phone contact... gawd... you gotta wonder what's going on.

 

[StillStunned]

Headline: Optometrist's revealed to be criminal front, authorities "turned blind eye", locals "never saw it coming".

 

[MillieDynamite]

Well, when we went to Denver (a week ago this past Friday), I thought I'd be reporting about my Sis and me having fights. We didn't have any, which kind of disappointed me.

 

[Five_Inch_Heels]

Wish I could have a not terrible day just for once.

 

[NuclearFairy]

Have you tried talking to a doctor?

 

[Five_Inch_Heels]

Popping the bubble in the sky would make it bit less terrible.

 

[Comshaw]

My sister came by yesterday and brought me something. It was the flag that covered my youngest brother's coffin. Since I was a Vietnam war vet she wanted me to keep it. I'm the oldest of the five of us. I always assumed because of a lot of things like being the oldest, being exposed to crap people never should be, like Agent Orange, asbestos, diesel exhaust (and, and, and) I would be the first one checking out. I never expected the youngest of us to be the first. Pancreatic cancer got him. The variables of life. It damn sure doesn't follow a nice preconceived plan.


Comshaw

 

[MillieDynamite]

If gods there be, they must be crazy!

My sister came by yesterday and brought me something. It was the flag that covered my youngest brother's coffin. Since I was a Vietnam war vet she wanted me to keep it. I'm the oldest of the five of us. I always assumed because of a lot of things like being the oldest, being exposed to crap people never should be, like Agent Orange, asbestos, diesel exhaust (and, and, and) I would be the first one checking out. I never expected the youngest of us to be the first. Pancreatic cancer got him. The variables of life. It damn sure doesn't follow a nice preconceived plan.


Comshaw

 

[Comshaw]

If gods there be, they must be crazy!

You got that right. This is just one of the reasons I'm an atheist. Any god who would allow children to die of cancer isn't one I'm going to consider as sane or real. Such a being as "God" can't be so callous and indifferent to those things. For my money such a being isn't. They (every one of the over 2000 different gods on this planet) are all a product of human manipulation of the populous.


Comshaw

 

[Five_Inch_Heels]

... and Man created God ...

 

[theWollstonecraftWoman]

My old laptop gave up the ghost a few weeks ago, and its demise has bummed me out. My desktop isn't the fastest, and it's on its last leg as well, so I haven't been online much. But James, being a wonderful husband, brought home a new desktop and laptop for me last night. I've already started up the laptop and am busy downloading and reinstalling all my software on it. It amazed me that the damn thing had to update the first time I booted it up. I guess, as soon as I get Word, Dropbox, and Box back up and running right, I'll start writing again.

 

[MillieDynamite]

Every god bears a striking resemblance to being created in the image of man.

 

[NuclearFairy]

Water filter is sluggish, need to get new ones. So I thought I'd just open that jug of water we've had kicking around for a few months. Because you really shouldn't leave those sitting around too long or they'll start tasting of plastic. I filled my water bottle and took a great big swig of it only to discover that it was white vinegar! I didn't notice at first because my nose is still stuffy. But whose bright idea was it to sell the store brand white vinegar and water in the same exact jug! D= No wonder no one's been able to find the white vinegar we bought months ago and so we then had to go buy another one. From a different store mind you. It was pretending to be water...

Anyways, I took the opportunity to clean up the kettle while I was there.

 

[MillieDynamite]

Don't remove labels, please, smell before you taste, and even pour it over some baking soda just to be sure.

Water filter is sluggish, need to get new ones. So I thought I'd just open that jug of water we've had kicking around for a few months. Because you really shouldn't leave those sitting around too long or they'll start tasting of plastic. I filled my water bottle and took a great big swig of it only to discover that it was white vinegar! I didn't notice at first because my nose is still stuffy. But whose bright idea was it to sell the store brand white vinegar and water in the same exact jug! D= No wonder no one's been able to find the white vinegar we bought months ago and so we then had to go buy another one. From a different store mind you. It was pretending to be water...

Anyways, I took the opportunity to clean up the kettle while I was there.

 

[StillStunned]

Every god bears a striking resemblance to being created in the image of man.

There's a reason why the Christian God is generally represented as a big booming voice from the clouds. When you're a child, that's pretty much what your father is, when you look up and all you see is his beard.

(See also "Jack and the Beanstalk.)

 

[MrPixel]

Water filter is sluggish, need to get new ones. So I thought I'd just open that jug of water we've had kicking around for a few months. Because you really shouldn't leave those sitting around too long or they'll start tasting of plastic. I filled my water bottle and took a great big swig of it only to discover that it was white vinegar! I didn't notice at first because my nose is still stuffy. But whose bright idea was it to sell the store brand white vinegar and water in the same exact jug! D= No wonder no one's been able to find the white vinegar we bought months ago and so we then had to go buy another one. From a different store mind you. It was pretending to be water...

Anyways, I took the opportunity to clean up the kettle while I was there.

Made my day!

I scolded my wife just yesterday about pouring something clear out of an unlabeled water jug like that, that she pulled out of a cabinet. It could have been un-dyed plant food, a bad habit of hers.

Don't remove labels, please, smell before you taste, and even pour it over some baking soda just to be sure.

Yes! I very distinctly recall a safety film from 8th grade science class about this very issue. In front of the camera was a row of several beakers containing identical clear and colorless liquids, which were poured in small amounts onto a surface one-by-one. Paraphrasing, first was water, second was white vinegar, third was alcohol (set ablaze), fourth was some strong acid which was visibly dissolving the surface, and the fifth was, "We won't pour this one." The presenter then set a Geiger counter next to the flask to show it was radioactive.

 

[NuclearFairy]

Crazy thing is, it still has the label, I was just too thirsty to read below the brand name after checking that the safety seal was still intact.

Now I know better, treat it like a jug of milk. Check the safety seal, read the whole label, and give it the sniff test. And if still in doubt, stick it back in the fridge and ask SO about it later.

 

[Five_Inch_Heels]

Every god bears a striking resemblance to being created in the image of man.

I picture the Crystalline Entity.

 

[MillieDynamite]

The Christian version of God is heavily influenced by the Greek god Zeus. In fact, the Trinity is a Greek concept, and nowhere in the New Testament is there any indication of a Trinity other than what was read into it by Greek interpretation of the writings. The Jews have no representation of hell in their Bible. In fact, most Christian Dogma has nothing to do with the actual text of the bible. And until at least the fourth century, there was no Bible. Not even a Jewish Bible, they were collections of individual writings.

There's a reason why the Christian God is generally represented as a big booming voice from the clouds. When you're a child, that's pretty much what your father is, when you look up and all you see is his beard.

(See also "Jack and the Beanstalk.)

Ya should've remembered that before you took that big ole swig.

Made my day!

I scolded my wife just yesterday about pouring something clear out of an unlabeled water jug like that, that she pulled out of a cabinet. It could have been un-dyed plant food, a bad habit of hers.



Yes! I very distinctly recall a safety film from 8th grade science class about this very issue. In front of the camera was a row of several beakers containing identical clear and colorless liquids, which were poured in small amounts onto a surface one-by-one. Paraphrasing, first was water, second was white vinegar, third was alcohol (set ablaze), fourth was some strong acid which was visibly dissolving the surface, and the fifth was, "We won't pour this one." The presenter then set a Geiger counter next to the flask to show it was radioactive.

 

[MillieDynamite]

You shouldn't've destroyed that.

I picture the Crystalline Entity.

 

[Comshaw]

Water filter is sluggish, need to get new ones. So I thought I'd just open that jug of water we've had kicking around for a few months. Because you really shouldn't leave those sitting around too long or they'll start tasting of plastic. I filled my water bottle and took a great big swig of it only to discover that it was white vinegar! I didn't notice at first because my nose is still stuffy. But whose bright idea was it to sell the store brand white vinegar and water in the same exact jug! D= No wonder no one's been able to find the white vinegar we bought months ago and so we then had to go buy another one. From a different store mind you. It was pretending to be water...

Anyways, I took the opportunity to clean up the kettle while I was there.

Did you snort it out your nose and did it clear your stuffy head?


Comshaw