Mixing it up a little. Christmas Day means our regularly scheduled Complaints thread won't be happening, and I figure we're all got plenty to grumble about today.
Have at it.
by a-liquid-sky
Mixing it up a little. Christmas Day means our regularly scheduled Complaints thread won't be happening, and I figure we're all got plenty to grumble about today.
Have at it.
by a-liquid-sky
37 comments
Iām on day 3 of quitting vaping, so naturally Iām a bit pissed off.
Probably the worst time to quit it but it had to happen at some point.
My partner has this infuriating habit of leaving lights on and/or the bathroom tap running. But when i mention it, she just gets annoyed and says āi forgotā and therefore its not her fault.
We went to dinner over the weekend with her sister, we were gone for 4 hours. Came back home and the tap had been running the entire time!
My new neighbours play offensively twee easy listening music for hours on loop, pretty much every day. It’s annoying as fuck already, and I’ve got a feeling that it’s going to escalate into a form of Chinese water torture over time.
I’m having to work today and have woken up with a sore throat and blocked nose just in time for Christmas.
I’ve just come down with the flu which has meant all my plans have been cancelled as I have vulnerable relatives who are over my parents that I don’t want to risk. So it’s a day in bed on my own tomorrow.
Kids are in Australia for Christmas, so we’ve booked a tiny cottage in the Peak District – which will be lovely after we have braved the M1 to actually get there
I donāt have anything to post yet but Iāve a pre op the other side of Cheltenham today, right next to an Asda and I hear itās siren call already. So Iāll likely pop in, regret my life choices, then rant all the way home.
My gaming PC has decided to die just before Christmas. Was hoping it was the power supply, installed a new one but still no joy so it’s probably a more expensive component. Real bummer to happen around Christmas and when PC part prices have skyrocketed!
Iām on my first day of leave and Iām sick as a dog. The 5 day return to office has meant people have been coughing and sneezing on me for 2 weeks and it finally broke through my immunity.
All so that we can sit on teams calls with people in another country.
So much housework, spouse who weaponises incompetence, 2 kids hyped up by the season. If i wasnt solo with the kids id be having baileys coffees.
Today has started terribly. I thought I’d be good and go to bed early. Our youngest (10months old) woke up as I was going to bed and I tried an hour to calm her before waking my wife as I just couldn’t get her to sleep. Then at 3am our eldest (5) wet the bed, so changed sheets and calmed her down / got into bed with her. I didn’t get to my own bed until 5am. Alarm at 6:30 and went downstairs to find the dog had been sick all over kitchen floor.
Finally, on my annual xmas eve cycle to work (it’s a 100km round trip) I got a warning that my rear derailleur battery is low (thankfully I can switch the front one so should be OK to get home). Oh and my slammed position on my Tarmac is not so comfortable with a backpack with laptop in it.
Ill as fuck, my skins decided to go nuclear and my mum’s hurt her back real bad so she’s bed bound pretty much. I’ve also managed to hurt my abdominal muscles somehow and I’ve been getting like 2 hours sleep tops. I feel like a bloody zombie
Yesterday was supposed to be a rest day, but circumstances conspired, plans changed, and my Christmas Eve was yesterday. Wouldn’t have been a problem a few years ago, but I am not the Fraggle I was a few years ago.
I am so tired, and in so much pain, that I just want to cry. And I am not exaggerating when I say that it takes a lot to get me to this point, long term use of powerful psychiatric medication has basically destroyed strong emotions for me. I dragged myself to the bakery this morning because I had placed an order and I did not want to fuck over a small business. The bakery would not have given a crap, my order took bloody ages to find in the book, and they just grabbed the stuff from the counters. And I don’t need the stuff, I haven’t eaten a meal since December 13th. I am not going to bother defrosting the meat for tomorrow, I won’t be able to eat it. If I get peckish, I have enough cheese to get me to Easter, so I won’t suffer. I have Pigs in Blankets that need cooking or freezing, they may end up feeding me into next week.
Dear Santa, if you are reading this, please may I have a good night’s sleep, a pain-free day, and a stomach that won’t revolt at a roast potato for Christmas? I haven’t been a good girl all year, but I have tried to be nicer than I am naughty. Please, just one day when I feel like a normal person? If that happens, I will go back to church, I promise.
I have to continue my responsibility of helping Grandad with his shopping. Itās Christmas Eve and last time I went to Tesco with him (on Monday), I had a complete meltdown and ended up sobbing by the turkeys. I need all the luck I can get today.
Iām guessing this thread is going to be as busy as Tescos today
The one Wednesday when I have a win, the thread swaps, hah!
I did propose a Wednesday Whinges thread a while ago coz it seemed my complaints were on a Wednesday and wins on Thursday, so only got myself to blame for my wish coming true.
I’m gonna have a whinge about myself for not getting my wins and whinges in the right order! Twat!
I’ve spent Ā£300 on food and drink for my husband and kids to all vomit in the night. Looks like I’ll be eating ham and sirloin by myself. Feel like I’ve wasted so much money on food now š©
I just had the embarrassment of my card being declined with a reasonable queue behind.
Thatās not the complaint. I stupidly lost track of spending from my working account, so my fault, and would fully deserve to be the subject of complaints in this thread.
The complaint is that I was only buying 2 things, so I said just to cancel them while I sort this out and Iāll queue up again. But no – the person on the till kept the sale open until Iād transferred the money into the right account for the card. All the time, the grumbles from the rest of the queue grew louder.
Sorryā¦but did offer to go to the backā¦Merry Christmas?
There is a load of drama going on between my sister-in-law and her useless fuckstick of a husband (soon to be ex-husband, we hope) and it’s all I hear about from my partner.
I just want one day where I don’t have to hear about those two and their petty bullshit
My company is full of tryhards who took way too long to begin the Christmas wind down.
We were full pelt up to the end of last week, and still going at 80-90% up to yesterday. Even today weāve got a team meeting at 2pm, when it should be a half day.
my mumās decided i have to attend the family christmas eve gathering.
theyāve all had a massive fight because of my cousin and her baby. they canāt come to us because babyās got an ear infection, but the boyfriendās family and friends have been posting all over facebook about how much theyāve seen the baby. he regularly has them over to visit, but this side of the family arenāt allowed to go to his house.
thereās an unfortunate coincidence that baby is always sick on the days sheās planned to come and see us. my grandma feels that her great granddaughter is being withheld unfairly, my aunt hasnāt even met her granddaughter yet because my cousin wonāt cooperate with anyone on the matter by refusing to let people come and see her and my mumās still mad that they and none of the 4 other adults they live with couldnāt be bothered to go to the parcel shop to pick up a gift weād sent them.
i am tired of it. i havenāt seen the baby (granted, babies arenāt my thing) and you donāt see me making a giant thing out of it.
I am like 80% sure a married woman might fancy me.
Been working every day in retail, finally have some time off, woke up with a fever, running nose and aches. Kill me now
Finished work last Friday, still had the odd phone call both yesterday and Monday. Naturally they went unanswered, as they always do when I’m on holiday. My boss should really know better by now.
I’ve technically been working the last three days this week but it’s been very much in a monitoring role with not much going on. Anything that has come in has basically been pushed to next year.
We’re all meant to be on call of sorts over the break, which i’d not expect much to be going on, but I guess it does mean that work is in the back of my mind a little bit when it kinda shouldn’t be.
We’re all really proactive and a couple of the team are quick on the draw so i’m not really anticipating actually having to do anything.
I hate my work.Ā
Went to my office to find a shite staring back at me in the toilet.
Doing my best Sherlock, I deduced from the sign-in book who had the enormous appetite for faecal discharge (Yeah, I know it was you, Patrick), and that it had been there since at least 4PM yesterday.
Had me and another guy not been in today, it probably would have been left to fester until the 28th so I will be e-mailing the building manager since somebody constantly leaves the toilet bowl full of rancid piss already.
Merry fucking Christmas.
My ribs are killing me as I got an annoying dry cough that just won’t stop.
Woke up suddenly this morning, wide awake, thinking to myself, wow I actually slept pretty good considering. Then noticed it was 00:55 in the morning.
Just had a scheduled hospital appointment, and the amount of people who have stared at me like I have two heads because Iām wearing a facemask is ridiculous. Iām already immunocompromised and I have surgery in like two weeks, sorry Iām trying to avoid the flu š
Working upstairs at home and my boss has said I can go down and watch Christmas films with my kid, problem is that this is the biggest break I’ll get away from him this Christmas and he’s got a playdate downstairs, so instead I’m still upstairs “working”.
Our “kids” are now nearly 18 and 16 and have refused any pantos/cinema trips/markets so this year we have no plans for today at all. They know everything they are getting tomorrow, we got links from them via WhatsApp months ago. The eldest is also getting money as his main gift. It’s not even cold outside, feels like early Autumn. It’s the least Christmassy Christmas we’ve had in 20 years, since we moved in together. Feels weird.
Working today. Thereās an unwritten rule at my company that an email goes out from someone senior on Christmas Eve telling us to log off early and enjoy our break.
Itās happened at lunchtime in all the years Iāve been here. Today, itās 3pm and still radio silenceā¦
Just watching that godawful Escape to The Country this afternoon and they end every episode with āif youāre looking to escape to the country in England, Wales, Scotland or Northern Irelandā¦ā. So you mean the UK then? Why donāt you just say that? Donāt know why but it just really irritates me!
I have done my back in somehow. Itās not been right for years but did a lot of cleaning yesterday so think thatās effed it. Feeling thoroughly miserable at the prospect of getting through this evening and tomorrow in pain and feeling very annoyed at myself. And feeling old.
‘Christmas Eve hours may vary’
WELL DUH, WHY DO YOU THINK I’M GOOGLING THEM?
Tomorrow will be like any other day , my parents and I
Boxing Day we got family up
Being a neurodivergent person , I like Christmas pretty quiet, I do try to make an effort
Was walking across the road there on a red man, no car in sight. A car comes flying round the bend at roughly 40 and drives at me then swerves away at literally the last second. I donāt think I actually moved any quicker because Itās a wide road and I was just confused. Not sure if itās a 20, itās probably a 30 but itās in a residential area next to a park. wtf mate?
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