Bad Apple Friday (FFFC)

[titania]

Apr 10, 2015 11:46:25 GMT -5 longhornwino0907 said:

FFFC: I called my grandmother today to wish her a happy birthday. And then realized her birthday is tomorrow. (No wonder it was an awkward "thank you") Confession part is that this is what's making me want to cry right now. Not the appointment we had with our RE yesterday who basically told us we should move on to IVF. Nope. Calling my grandma a day early to tell her happy birthday. I'm a hot mess.

I'm so sorry.  Sending ((hugs)) your way.  I am sure she really appreciated the phone call even if it was a day early.  

[summerdonna]

Apr 10, 2015 11:46:25 GMT -5 longhornwino0907 said:

FFFC: I called my grandmother today to wish her a happy birthday. And then realized her birthday is tomorrow. (No wonder it was an awkward "thank you") Confession part is that this is what's making me want to cry right now. Not the appointment we had with our RE yesterday who basically told us we should move on to IVF. Nope. Calling my grandma a day early to tell her happy birthday. I'm a hot mess.

So many hugs for you. 

[thechickencoop]

Apr 10, 2015 11:50:32 GMT -5 joy said:

Apr 10, 2015 11:43:50 GMT -5 SheilaTheTank said:

Detachable shower heads. Ya know... for private sexy time. 

But then why the "wut" after the sentence?

Just bad nonchalant joke on my part lol.

[SheilaTheTank]

Apr 10, 2015 11:50:32 GMT -5 joy said:

Apr 10, 2015 11:43:50 GMT -5 SheilaTheTank said:

Detachable shower heads. Ya know... for private sexy time. 

But then why the "wut" after the sentence?

I have no idea. I think the meaning was lost in text. It probably would make sense in an actual conversation. 

[SheilaTheTank]

longhornwino0907, all the *hugs*

[longhornwino0907]

Apr 10, 2015 11:52:21 GMT -5 titania said:

Apr 10, 2015 11:46:25 GMT -5 longhornwino0907 said:

FFFC: I called my grandmother today to wish her a happy birthday. And then realized her birthday is tomorrow. (No wonder it was an awkward "thank you") Confession part is that this is what's making me want to cry right now. Not the appointment we had with our RE yesterday who basically told us we should move on to IVF. Nope. Calling my grandma a day early to tell her happy birthday. I'm a hot mess.

I'm so sorry.  Sending ((hugs)) your way.  I am sure she really appreciated the phone call even if it was a day early.  

My mom kindly reminded me, when I told her I was almost in tears over this, that my grandma knows that we're going through rough times and I'm not exactly all there. I texted my grandma to tell her that I realized I was a day early and to think of it, instead, as me being the first to wish her a happy birthday this year.

[wanderingheart]

Apr 10, 2015 11:46:25 GMT -5 longhornwino0907 said:

FFFC: I called my grandmother today to wish her a happy birthday. And then realized her birthday is tomorrow. (No wonder it was an awkward "thank you") Confession part is that this is what's making me want to cry right now. Not the appointment we had with our RE yesterday who basically told us we should move on to IVF. Nope. Calling my grandma a day early to tell her happy birthday. I'm a hot mess.

All the hugs, girl.

[squeakyduck]

Do not peek behind my shower curtain to check for the boogeyman. I closed it so you wouldn't see that I needed to scrub the bathtub. Not okay.

[titania]

Apr 10, 2015 11:55:30 GMT -5 longhornwino0907 said:

Apr 10, 2015 11:52:21 GMT -5 titania said:

I'm so sorry.  Sending ((hugs)) your way.  I am sure she really appreciated the phone call even if it was a day early.  

My mom kindly reminded me, when I told her I was almost in tears over this, that my grandma knows that we're going through rough times and I'm not exactly all there. I texted my grandma to tell her that I realized I was a day early and to think of it, instead, as me being the first to wish her a happy birthday this year.

Your mom is right... given all that you are going through, you remembered and you called.  That is what is important.  And you are right you were the first one!

[diamondsndaisies]

Our first dance was actually one of the more memorable parts of our wedding. My BIL is the lead singer in a band and we had him perform our song for us. It was AMAZING. We danced to "God is Mad at Me" by Jason Boland.

[♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪]

Apr 10, 2015 9:11:29 GMT -5 RajahMD said:

Apr 10, 2015 8:51:08 GMT -5 @erin2021 said:

I love buying the tubes of cookie dough and just eating them unbaked. I'm sure it's incredibly unhealthy, but if I am having a particularly bad day, that's all I want to eat!

A woman after my own heart!

I do that all the time.

If the doc does it, we're good.

[diamondsndaisies]

Apr 10, 2015 11:46:25 GMT -5 longhornwino0907 said:

FFFC: I called my grandmother today to wish her a happy birthday. And then realized her birthday is tomorrow. (No wonder it was an awkward "thank you") Confession part is that this is what's making me want to cry right now. Not the appointment we had with our RE yesterday who basically told us we should move on to IVF. Nope. Calling my grandma a day early to tell her happy birthday. I'm a hot mess.

Im so sorry longhornwino0907. Lots of hugs. 

[rablissful]

Apr 10, 2015 11:46:25 GMT -5 longhornwino0907 said:

FFFC: I called my grandmother today to wish her a happy birthday. And then realized her birthday is tomorrow. (No wonder it was an awkward "thank you") Confession part is that this is what's making me want to cry right now. Not the appointment we had with our RE yesterday who basically told us we should move on to IVF. Nope. Calling my grandma a day early to tell her happy birthday. I'm a hot mess.

((hugs))

[♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪]

Apr 10, 2015 10:10:45 GMT -5 bluebird44 said:

I had a super hot sex dream about someone from GKU the other night, never mind that I don't know her IRL or have any idea what she actually looks like. In the dream, I just knew who the faceless person was. Dreams are weird.

kawaiikitsune, this is your new best friend!

[pismoduo]

Apr 10, 2015 9:42:37 GMT -5 heatherj9603 said:

Apr 10, 2015 9:37:13 GMT -5 @pineappleoranges said:

First you were tired of your news feed blowing up because your state wasn't the only one to have a discriminatory law.

Now, this little gem.

This is bigger than your little town.

Like I said, I'm not against the protests that are calm and controlled. But it's not wrong of me to not want riots to start or protests to get out of hand. 

Here's the problem... that's not how you put it the first time. Your originally post was like 90% focused on the fact that they closed down a bridge that you needed to get home.

Now, had you said "Man, guys, I'm really concerned that these protests in my town are going to turn violent and people are going to get hurt." I think most people would have sided with you. But nope, your post came across as "oh poor me, it took me longer to get home last night because people were protesting."

ETA: So I see we've already covered this... good. Nothing to see here, move along.

[fozziebear]

Apr 10, 2015 11:51:50 GMT -5 birdie said:

Apr 10, 2015 11:48:50 GMT -5 fozziebear said:

That was our wedding dance song!  DH also had that playing in the background when he proposed, too.

Don't get me wrong, we like the song, it was more so the awkward dancing on the beach by ourselves with it uncomfortably loud. I cringe thinking about it...

I understood it was the situation, not the song

[♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪]

longhornwino0907, you are a great granddaughter! So sorry for the RE opinion. Hugs for you!

[pismoduo]

Apr 10, 2015 9:50:09 GMT -5 LadyNymeria said:

MH and I were shopping recently at a small stereo shop. I used the bathroom at the store, but couldn't bring myself to wash my hands. The sink was SO dirty that I felt cleaner not washing my hands after peeing than I would have felt touching the sink.

The rest of the bathroom wasn't that bad, but the sink was nasty.

Moments like these are why I keep an emergency bottle of hand sanitizer in my purse. Also because of nasty rest stop/gas station bathrooms. And because my dogs are little filth monsters and get into the grossest stuff at the dog park.

[Sparkly]

all the (((hugs))) longhornwino0907

[rooskie]

Apr 10, 2015 12:08:56 GMT -5 pismoduo said:

Apr 10, 2015 9:50:09 GMT -5 LadyNymeria said:

MH and I were shopping recently at a small stereo shop. I used the bathroom at the store, but couldn't bring myself to wash my hands. The sink was SO dirty that I felt cleaner not washing my hands after peeing than I would have felt touching the sink.

The rest of the bathroom wasn't that bad, but the sink was nasty.

Moments like these are why I keep an emergency bottle of hand sanitizer in my purse. Also because of nasty rest stop/gas station bathrooms. And because my dogs are little filth monsters and get into the grossest stuff at the dog park.

Yeah I've been known to wash my hands then use sanitizer in public.

We played quelf at someone's house 2 weeks ago and one of the things was a player had to put her finger in her mouth. I busted out the sanitizer so fast. Please don't do that and then touch everything I'm touching.

[SheilaTheTank]

FFFC: I work for a high end service company. Most of our customers spend a minimum of $5,000 on their patio furniture and our services are priced accordingly. When I have an especially obnoxious/rude customer who tries to haggle or argue on price, I look up the value of their house on Zillow to see if they are just being cheap.

[Deleted]

Apr 10, 2015 11:55:30 GMT -5 longhornwino0907 said:

Apr 10, 2015 11:52:21 GMT -5 titania said:

I'm so sorry.  Sending ((hugs)) your way.  I am sure she really appreciated the phone call even if it was a day early.  

My mom kindly reminded me, when I told her I was almost in tears over this, that my grandma knows that we're going through rough times and I'm not exactly all there. I texted my grandma to tell her that I realized I was a day early and to think of it, instead, as me being the first to wish her a happy birthday this year.

You sound like a wonderful granddaughter. I know my grandma would have loved something like that.

HUGS for your RE app't.

[♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪]

Apr 10, 2015 12:19:52 GMT -5 rooskie said:

Apr 10, 2015 12:08:56 GMT -5 pismoduo said:

Moments like these are why I keep an emergency bottle of hand sanitizer in my purse. Also because of nasty rest stop/gas station bathrooms. And because my dogs are little filth monsters and get into the grossest stuff at the dog park.

Yeah I've been known to wash my hands then use sanitizer in public.

We played quelf at someone's house 2 weeks ago and one of the things was a player had to put her finger in her mouth. I busted out the sanitizer so fast. Please don't do that and then touch everything I'm touching.

The name of this game always make me think of the word "queef."

[daisy818]

Apr 10, 2015 11:46:25 GMT -5 longhornwino0907 said:

FFFC: I called my grandmother today to wish her a happy birthday. And then realized her birthday is tomorrow. (No wonder it was an awkward "thank you") Confession part is that this is what's making me want to cry right now. Not the appointment we had with our RE yesterday who basically told us we should move on to IVF. Nope. Calling my grandma a day early to tell her happy birthday. I'm a hot mess.

((hugs))

[icaughtfire]

Apr 10, 2015 12:25:59 GMT -5 SheilaTheTank said:

FFFC: I work for a high end service company. Most of our customers spend a minimum of $5,000 on their patio furniture and our services are priced accordingly. When I have an especially obnoxious/rude customer who tries to haggle or argue on price, I look up the value of their house on Zillow to see if they are just being cheap.

I don't understand how the value of someone's house has anything to do with what they can afford/choose to spend?

[Deleted]

Apr 10, 2015 12:30:07 GMT -5 icaughtfire said:

Apr 10, 2015 12:25:59 GMT -5 SheilaTheTank said:

FFFC: I work for a high end service company. Most of our customers spend a minimum of $5,000 on their patio furniture and our services are priced accordingly. When I have an especially obnoxious/rude customer who tries to haggle or argue on price, I look up the value of their house on Zillow to see if they are just being cheap.

I don't understand how the value of someone's house has anything to do with what they can afford/choose to spend?

I get it. If she's on the phone with a person in a $4 million home who is bitching about a couple hundred bucks, she can side eye them. 

[SheilaTheTank]

Apr 10, 2015 12:30:07 GMT -5 icaughtfire said:

Apr 10, 2015 12:25:59 GMT -5 SheilaTheTank said:

FFFC: I work for a high end service company. Most of our customers spend a minimum of $5,000 on their patio furniture and our services are priced accordingly. When I have an especially obnoxious/rude customer who tries to haggle or argue on price, I look up the value of their house on Zillow to see if they are just being cheap.

I don't understand how the value of someone's house has anything to do with what they can afford/choose to spend?

If you have a 10 million dollar home and you spent $20,000 on outdoor patio furniture, don't argue with me over $200. The beauty of capitalism is that if you don't like the price you can go somewhere else. No I will not discount the price just because you don't want to spend the money. Sorry but go somewhere else. 

[SheilaTheTank]

Apr 10, 2015 12:32:11 GMT -5 @pineappleoranges said:

Apr 10, 2015 12:25:59 GMT -5 SheilaTheTank said:

FFFC: I work for a high end service company. Most of our customers spend a minimum of $5,000 on their patio furniture and our services are priced accordingly. When I have an especially obnoxious/rude customer who tries to haggle or argue on price, I look up the value of their house on Zillow to see if they are just being cheap.

That's not a fair assessment. In some areas you won't see houses under 600K. I know in my area most of the homes are 800k or more.

And even if I dropped almost 1 million on my home does that mean I want to spend an arm and a leg on everything to fill the house? 

We don't sell them anything. We only service. They have already spent and arm and a leg filling their home with stuff from another company. If it breaks they call us to fix it. I give them our rates and some times they balk at the price, which is usually only $200. If you don't like the price then go somewhere else. Don't try to haggle with me for 10 minutes on the phone. 

[samanthasays]

Apr 10, 2015 12:25:59 GMT -5 SheilaTheTank said:

FFFC: I work for a high end service company. Most of our customers spend a minimum of $5,000 on their patio furniture and our services are priced accordingly. When I have an especially obnoxious/rude customer who tries to haggle or argue on price, I look up the value of their house on Zillow to see if they are just being cheap.

Is it Frontgate? If you work at Frontgate you have 100% for sure spoken to my MIL

[SheilaTheTank]

Apr 10, 2015 12:37:42 GMT -5 samanthasays said:

Apr 10, 2015 12:25:59 GMT -5 SheilaTheTank said:

FFFC: I work for a high end service company. Most of our customers spend a minimum of $5,000 on their patio furniture and our services are priced accordingly. When I have an especially obnoxious/rude customer who tries to haggle or argue on price, I look up the value of their house on Zillow to see if they are just being cheap.

Is it Frontgate? If you work at Frontgate you have 100% for sure spoken to my MIL

No, but identical customer base.