The Trivial Complaints Thread ... #3

[cowboyopossum]

He's so cute! I might have to post pictures of my kitties. I have 5 of them, there's always one begging to come in my room. 

[Taffeta]

Going walking with my mother when it is raining is not really joyful xD.

We got on the bus this morning to go to another area to walk. It started throwing it down with rain halfway through the journey, so we were all ready to abort mission, but then it stopped, so we decided to get off at the planned stop after all.

We'd been walking ten minutes when the rain came after us. We got wet. Mum really dislikes rain and being wet. Cue grumpy mother all the way home.

Though it was mildly amusing hearing her trying to persuade me that she was more wet than me even though we'd been in the same rainstorm. We were clearly equally as wet as each other - I was just complaining about it less :p

[BlackCurtains]

Blaaaaaaaaah. I just feel so useless.

[Beldarna]

Beth getting accounts are free. It's the cards that costs, which is why I only have two. They're like 40 dollars a year. Also, in Sweden you don't have to buy stuff to get good credit, rather the opposite. If you have too many loans or credits pending it can be tough to be approved for more. My credit is through the roof because I have no loans or outstanding bills to pay.
I'm sorry to about your in-laws.

BC yaaay!

HoM Glad to hear about Ozzy. Stress can do funny things to cats.


I'm just gonna dump this here. I get up every morning. I get dressed although it can take hours. I work. I cook. I take walks. I socialise when needed. I clean my parts of the home. I do laundry. I manage it well enough. I still have a bloody headache 24/7 365 days a year and just because I don't mention it every hour every day doesn't mean it doesn't exists so excuse me if I want to take a day to do absolutley nothing! I worked three days in a row and this week I had long shifts. I spent one morning before work at the vet. Thursday off I had to go downtown and shop. Friday I had to go downtown hunting for the gloves I lost. Then I spent several hours with grandpa. That is five days of being around people. I am exhausted! I have a ten hour shift coming up tomorrow and I have four additional workshifts following. That is five workdays in a row! So excuse me if I don't feel like going groceryshopping for you or cook a joint meal today. I NEED TO REST MY HEAD!!!!!

It seems like everybody forgets about my headache just because I act normal and it hurts even more when it's hubby .


And grandpa seems to be getting worse. I walked with him to the grocery store yesterday. He walks really slowly, a normal ten minute walk takes like 40 minutes.. anyway, we stopped and bought him a pair of sunglasses. When we came back he put the sunglasses on the kitchen table. Around fifteen minutes later he picked them up and asked what glasses they were and if they were mine . I sent a text to my aunt who is his power of attorney about it. She's coming up today. They're gonna celebrate his birthday tomorrow, aunt, mom, siblings, nephews etc. I can't go because of work which is why I went yesterday. With how I feel today I don't think I would be able to anyway.. but another complaint is that none spoke about presents so I got him a card with some scratch tickets I gave him yesterday. Then in the family chat where everyone wishes each other a great weekend and tells about weekendplans mom said she had bought him a couple of pajamases from all of us. Like.. you couldn't have mentioned it a week or two ago? 

[Beth3346]

i'm sorry about your grandpa, Beldarna. i hope your head feels better!

yeah in the US having too much debt hurts your credit. but you pretty much have to take on debt to build credit to get more debt also paying on installment loans, ie. car or mortgage helps. however, pay off that loan and your credit score will drop because the loan falls off your credit profile. makes no sense at all.

i'm still tired today. my FIL has inspired me to do a round of clearing out clutter so i'm looking for places that take donations. i also have a bunch of plastic bins i don't use anymore because we have more space now. i'm wondering of i can donate those.

[lovesbabysquirmy]

Aging parents and grandparents... it's so hard!  Mine is long distance and thankfully she lives in a community where they all care for each other, but AHHHHHH I don't like hearing about it. 

My own house doesn't mean to be a hoarding pit but it easily turns into one.  We keep crafting and sewing and making things but then, what do you do with them?  Right now I am working on another braided rug made of socks.  I take old pillowcases and use them as a backing, which gives you an idea of how big the rug is.  The braid of socks and scrap fabric is SOOOOOOOOOOO long and then I have to store all of the mess for the project.   I can't help but use every bit of paper that is blank for scratch paper, because I write all my ideas and lists down on paper.  We compost food waste and coffee grounds and some paper packaging but that gets tricky in the winter because it piles up in a frozen tower in the compost pile outside. 

when my step-mom-in-law paid for one of those dumpster junk bins for us, we filled it almost overflowing in 4 days.  AND then when the company came to take it, the first truck wasn't strong enough so they had to come back with another one.  Turns out... we had piled more than 2 tons into it.  >.<

[BlackCurtains]

Beldarna, I'm sorry And I'm extra sorry you are still dealing with the headaches!

Squirmy, I have the same problem with what do I do with what I make. I bought a bin to put my finished pony customs in that I don't want to sell and can't display but then the bin takes up space too.

My complaint is one of my shrimp died It was one of the bigger females but I don't think she had eggs. She turned white so I looked that up and it's possible it was a bacterial infection. So now I am worried about the rest of the shrimp. I didn't buy anything for bacteria except betta fish medicine. I'm thinking of putting in a few drops to see if it helps at all.

[Beth3346]

i'm sorry about the shrimp, BC

having crafting supplies and reusing/repurposing stuff is way different from the situation happening over at that house. he isn't composting or repurposing or upcycling stuff. it's pretty much just there rotting and falling apart. i legit felt like i was in one of those stupid history channel shows from the mid 2000s where they would go to places that were abandoned and decaying. except in this situation a person is living there and it's in the middle of a neighborhood. getting a dumpster bin might be a good idea though. if next time he's more willing to start clearing stuff out.

i would say if you don't have a use for things you're making it's ok to just throw stuff out. i think the amount of cheap, new stuff has really made it more difficult to resell and donate stuff that isn't in excellent condition. who wants old stuff when you can just buy new with less hassle?

for me it's mostly those little freebees that come with other stuff i buy that pile up. gift boxes, or cardboard jewelry boxes that are nice enough that i feel guilty tossing them but i legit have no purpose for them. sunglasses cases, cloth drawstring bags. they just end up in bins in the back of the closet because i can't find a use for them. no one wants them. i didn't ask for them. it turns into a situation of "here you throw this out" recycling is great and i try my best but when it comes to some things there isn't a real option aside from throwing it out. it's not a problem for you to solve. so you shouldn't bear the guilt. especially if you're doing the best you can.

also all of these samples that come with bath products are such a curse. i forget to use them. or didn't ask for them in the first place and have no use. so i stick them in boxes and forget about them. those things are getting tossed out.

[Ponyfan]

I know my family probably has too much stuff, but my parents don't want to get rid of anything unless it's trash.  That being said we have plenty of room to  move around and don't have just a narrow pathway between spaces.  Sometimes I do have to go through the kitchen and throw away used ziplock bags and stuff like that because my parents will forget to.


It started raining yesterday.  All day long my mom complained about the rain.  She kept saying she didn't want to go out in it.  If I complained all day, she would have told me to quit and deal with the fact that it was raining, yet she thinks it's okay to do that?


Ponyfan

[Pokeyonekenobie]

Kind of not trivial, but at the same time is.

Let me start with: I am NOT hurt.

Yesterday on my way to work someone slammed into the back of my car.  I have no idea how fast they were going, but I was going 60 MPH as that was the speed limit.  There were no other cars around AND another lane they could have used to pass me so I think they were distracted (I'm guessing on their phone but since I can't look at the report for another 10 days, I won't know for sure--assuming they admitted to it).  But my trunk basically ended up squished right up next to my back seat.  Fortunately, their vehicle was about the same size as mine (it was a 2010 Hyundai Accent I bought new off the lot, now it's an even more compact car) and neither of us were hurt.  But it was the first time I've ever been in an accident, so it was nice that my insurance contact was nice about walking me through everything.  And it triggered a migraine, which made doing the things I needed to a billion times harder.  But once everything was settled, my migraine went away.  I did go get checked out in case of whiplash and so far I don't think I have it, so that's good.  I'm sad because I liked my car and took good care of it.  Now I have to find a new one.  And I'd just replaced the battery in January AND there was 3/4 tank of gas in there!   

But I'm okay and stuff can be replaced.  It's just annoying because the car market super sucks right now and finding a good car that hasn't been destroyed by the previous owner is going to be a challenge.  I currently reside in a "No-Fault State" which means that the driver can't be sued for anything.  What that does it it makes people drive even WORSE because there's no chance that they'll be held accountable in court for driving like a

So, again, trivial because it's just stuff, but not trivial because now I have a lot of work to do.  I hate car shopping.

[Lady Frostbite]

Oh my Ra, I'm happy that there was no damage to yourself physically, but man does that suck so much! If you can, maybe get your GP to check you out for whiplash or concussion, just to be safe.

Two trivial ones for me, mostly eBay stuff: I HATE when people list things as completely the wrong character, it really angers me when someone labels a common character as a rare character. ESPECIALLY when they show promo material that TELLS you who the character is!!! I want to shop for the rare character and you're claiming this character is them, despite being a) young, b) totally different colours, and c) different gender!! Ugh I wish more people were fandom savvy but that's a lot to ask for

Second: I hate listings that have multiple items, and most of the items are out of stock. I was looking for wax seal sticks with wicks in them, and the lowest listed priced ones had a bunch of colours. Oh, awesome, I can get the colour I need and pick up a few other colours too! Nope, out of the 20+ colours listed, they have like 3 colours in stock  Sometimes I have to go through 3-6 listings to find one that has the colour I need IN STOCK! And yes, I could search purple wax stick, and those out of stock listings still show up!

[Griffin]

Pokeyonekenobie, I'm so glad to hear you weren't hurt! Traffic accidents are scary! Best of luck with the shopping, I feel your pain even if I don't drive. I can't even get my bike fixed, lol. I really should stop procrastinating and just book a maintenance.

My super, super trivial complaints: I'm on the bus and would like to charge my phone but they only have usb ports at every other seat so I can't reach one... And I had two cups of coffee in the morning which was clearly the wrong choice before travelling, haha! 

[Beth3346]

i'm glad you're ok Pokeyonekenobie! i hope you have success in your car search.

my complaint right now is my dogs want their breakfast but it's too early. so they keep staring at me.

[BlackCurtains]

This isn't trivial, or well, I hope it is.

My mom has had a cough and sore throat for a while. Too long, in my opinion. Today they finally decided to take chest x-rays.

Of course, I'm worried about the worst. My mom wasn't sure when they'd be taking them but results come back pretty fast for x-rays so we should know what's going on today. She's been tested for Covid over and over and it's always negative so that's good. There are other bad things it could be though.

[Taffeta]

@BC, it could be something else irritating the lungs. Maybe something in the environment. Fingers crossed.

@Pokey - so glad you're okay! We had a near miss when I was on the bus yesterday. Fortunately the driver saw it coming and stopped, but this car came right out at us at speed. It could easily have been a head on collision - somehow he managed to swerve around the bus. He had a woman and a kid in the car too - hope he gets a proper telling off for trying to be a 'lad' behind the wheel.