The Trivial Complaints Thread ... #3

[Beth3346]

my cell phone service is terrible. it's been out for over an hour at least. i didn't notice for a while because i don't really talk on the phone. but now that i noticed i'm stressed that my parents are trying to call.

[Ponyfan]

My dad is being so difficult right now.   Even if we do exactly what he wants he finds something to complain about.  I've been near tears several times today because it's getting so stressful.  No wonder it doesn't seem like Christmas. 


Ponyfan

[BlackCurtains]

Aw, I'm so sorry, Ponyfan


The cold is making my pain worse. My neck is killing me. I still have that painful line to the temple behind my ear on the right side of my head too. While I enjoy the cold, and would MUCH rather be too cold than too hot, I do hope the temp comes up a bit when the sun is out. It's 59 right now.

Facebook Marketplace is full of scammers that want your information. I listed my gaming chair for cheap and had like 20 messages all at once. Not one was legit.

edit: Ugh, the little carton of cat food sprayed on me. I smell like gravy now

[Beth3346]

Walmart delivered someone's cat food to us by mistake. i don't know the last names of my neighbors and there was no address so i don't know where to take the package. i put it back on the patio thinking maybe they'll come get it. if no one comes i can donate it. we don't have cats so i have no use for it.

my uncle is having a christmas/new year's thing back in Houston and my parents want to go. they told me i don't have to go but i can tell my mom wants me to go too. i should probably drive them but i really don't have the mental energy to be around all of my family. i love them but that love is very dependent on me never having to actually be around them. they're exhausting, cold, and drink way too much. thinking about being stuck there for multiple days is exhausting. i feel guilty for feeling that way. but i really want my vacation time to relax. i told her i would think about it. i don't really have an excuse for not going since i'm off from work.

[Ponybookworm]

Tripped & fell in my house today & my left leg from the knee down is sore!!! Not cut but bruising will happen deffo

[Beth3346]

PBW I hope your leg is ok.

Additional complaint... CW for driving related issues. Don't worry i'm ok. it was just stressful and i need to rant.

Spoiler

we went to my parent's house this afternoon. we took our dog Jessie over to visit. we only stayed about 45 minutes since we still needed to eat dinner and let out the other dogs. when we were leaving their neighborhood we saw the road was blocked and people were turning around. so we went on the backroads to circle back from the other direction. i'm terrified of 2 lane roads in daylight and it was already dark since it's winter. so i was stressed but i just focused on the road and the music. and made it to the main road back to the highway.

so as we're coming up to the highway we see lights. the police were blocking people from turning onto the highway i needed to take home. i thought maybe it was the construction so i detoured through a neighborhood to get further down the highway. we got couple hundred feet and there was another cop blocking the road there too. as we pulled up another car was talking to him. so after that car drove off i rolled down my window to ask how i could get back to my neighborhood. just for context my parent's house is usually about 8 minutes away and we had already been driving at least 30 minutes. now we're less than 5 minutes from my house and it's blocked!

so the cop said the highway was closed because of a fatal accident which is terrible. also i need to get home, my husband has to take medicine and we're already late and hungry. the cop told us to take the route we had just taken. i told him that's where we were coming from and you can't get through that way either. i asked if i could circle back to the south and he just shrugged and said he didn't know. good luck so we did circle back from the south another 30 minutes out of our way and were finally able to get home. i'm so glad i filled up the car with gas earlier when i went to get groceries. i really hate the design of country roads.

[Ponyfan]

Thank you, Black Curtains.

Unfortunately, my dad is still really grumpy, grouchy and complaining about everything. I wish he realized how difficult he's being and how he's taking a lot of the fun out of everything, but in his mind the problem is not with his attitude; it's everyone else that's intentionally doing things to upset him.

Beth, that sounds really stressful.  I'm glad you're okay.

Yesterday there was an earthquake reported a few hundred miles away.  Some people in the city I'm in said they felt the shaking.  I didn't feel anything, but today I noticed something I had put on a high shelf had fallen off and knocked a few other things out of place on the way down.  Where the item was is pretty high and it's never fallen off before.  It makes me wonder if the house shook a little and knocked the item down.

I'm so far behind on Christmas stuff this year.   My mom finally told me what she wants but I don't think there is time to get it before Christmas.

Ponyfan

[Pokeyonekenobie]

Once again I have to deal with the consequences of my stupid siblings' decisions.  If I ever get enough money to move out I don't know if I'll ever even visit because I'm tired of being the only one to have to accommodate everyone else.  They couldn't even be bothered to tell me when dinner was ready.  I'm pretty sure my nephew was the one to notice and they finally told me to come eat when everyone else was half done.  I've spent all day doing things to accommodate everyone else's choices so I didn't get to do the things I needed to do, like paying my bills or doing laundry.  I'm intentionally waiting until everyone else tries to go to bed before I get in the shower just to make noise and inconvenience them for once.  Boo-freaking-hoo if it bothers them tonight.

[BlackCurtains]

I hope you're okay, PBW!

Beth, that sounds so stressful. I don't like 2-lane roads either or taking the back way to things. I don't drive, but as a passenger I get so nervous.


I had to clip my nails and i'd waited too long, so now the tips of my fingers are very sore and peeling. When I did my toes I accidentally cracked one and it started to bleed. Now it's all jagged and gets caught on my sock. I tried to fix it but it hurts too much. I've always hated cutting my toenails.

[Lady Frostbite]

I broke my new soap dish on the way home  The single-stem vase I had also bought to rehouse my bamboo must have smashed into it.

I was so annoyed at a store, I wanted to buy a special beauty soap but the staff were too busy chatting to even look at me, even when I stood at the counter and looked directly at them. Fine, take your dumb soap back, I have a connecting bus to get!!

[BlackCurtains]

My new desk came. I was uncomfortable and dizzy trying to put it together sitting in a chair, so I decided to get on the floor and do it. It went fine except for three screws I can't get to line up. I needed a flashlight to see in the hole, so I tried to get up... I almost couldn't do it. I'm so weak. I could hardly lift myself up

[Ponybookworm]

Beth that sounds scary!!! At least you got home xxx
BC that stinks, when you're stuck like that xxx
Cheers for the wishes folks!!! Leggie still hurts. Rubbing Germolene on it daily & being careful ie taking my time going down stairs & stuff

[Heart Of Midnight]

I had to clip my nails and i'd waited too long, so now the tips of my fingers are very sore and peeling. When I did my toes I accidentally cracked one and it started to bleed. Now it's all jagged and gets caught on my sock. I tried to fix it but it hurts too much. I've always hated cutting my toenails.

Here's another similarity between us! I hate cutting my toenails too! I also hate the fact that if (usually always, I'm bad at cutting) the nails are jagged, they always get stuck in the sock! It feels so disgusting! Fortunately, it works a little better after the shower when the nails have softened. (By the way, I hate showering) I have such strong nails that cutting them without softening them with water is a pain. My fingernails are also very strong, but cutting them is easier (I don't do it often, because I like long fingernails)

My new desk came. I was uncomfortable and dizzy trying to put it together sitting in a chair, so I decided to get on the floor and do it. It went fine except for three screws I can't get to line up. I needed a flashlight to see in the hole, so I tried to get up... I almost couldn't do it. I'm so weak. I could hardly lift myself up

It's great that the new desk arrived! Assembling the furniture is always such a chore for me that nothing is going to come of it!
Difficulty getting up without help is annoying, I know that myself.  I have weak legs, they don't have enough lifting power. They have been like that for several years. Fortunately, in the winter I get a little more strength for them if and when I can use the snowscoop to clear snow in the yard.

Beth, glad you got home safely!
Ponybookworm, I hope your leg gets better soon!

[Ponyfan]

One of my drs moved out her previous office in to a new one.  They sent me a card with the new office's address and said all of my records would be kept with the new office.  On Friday, the drs office called to confirm my appointment and sent me a link to the online Patient Portal. The link didn't work as they have my house phone registered at the office and I need a text message sent to my cell phone to activate my portal.  I tried to get on on Friday and it didn't work.  The office was already closed for the weekend when I found out it wasn't working.  I told the receptionist today that I wasn't able to get on the Patient Portal and I thought she had fixed it.  I just tried it again and have the same problem.  I have no complaints against my dr, but I wish the office administration would fix this issue especially since I l already told them what the problem is.

I had to get blood drawn today and where they took it is going to bruise.

I was expecting a couple of packages today.  They both came today, but the strange thing is that the person that delivered them didn't scan them correctly.  One says it's still out for delivery and another one says it's back at the post office.  I know it doesn't matter in the long run since both packages are safe with me where they should be, but it's a little unusual that the tracking isn't correct.  I'm pretty sure the carrier that brought them wasn't a regular mailman as I haven't seen him before.

I don't think my dad is doing it on purpose (maybe I'm too sensitive lately) but he keeps doing things that embarrass me. For example, I don't drive on my own yet (although I'm working on it) and when my dad takes me to work he drops me off in front of coworkers.  I can't say anything to him about it and I'm probably overreacting but it wouldn't hurt for him to drop me off a littler further back.


Ponyfan

[Taffeta]

This is not a trivial complaint but still seems a little surreal so I guess it goes here. I had a message last night from one of my university friends to tell me someone that was in both of our classes during our MA had passed away recently from cancer. I have photos with him from graduation but after that he moved to Japan and then Canada and so we lost touch. He was a great guy, very funny, outgoing, not a bad word for anyone. We used to joke about the mad things he'd do in class as well. So yeah. All very surreal, especially knowing he was younger than me. I feel bad for his family especially at this time of the year.