The Trivial Complaints Thread ... #3

[Ponyfan]

Thanks everyone.    A week later and I'm still bruised and where I took the most impact from the fall is still sore.  It also hurts if I move a certain way.

BC, I hope you don't find any more wasps.


Ponyfan

[Pokeyonekenobie]

Omg help!

Yesterday a wasp was in my living room. I only have this weak bug spray but I sprayed it and it fell and disappeared. I retreated to the bedroom. When I came out later, it was in the kitchen on its back dying, so I wrapped it in a tissue and flushed it.

Today I was sitting out here and there was another one! I was trying to spray it as it flew around and ANOTHER ONE appeared on the blinds! I pulled the blinds back and sprayed the whole dang window (it's a very large window that takes up most of the wall). I once again retreated to the bedroom.

I'm out here again after a couple of hours and don't see anymore. I can only assume there is a nest on the outside of the window and they are somehow coming inside through a gap or something. I need to order a better bug spray, one that kills on contact and call maintenance and tell them to look for and take out a nest on my window. They aren't here on the weekends, so I need to wait.

I'm allergic and don't have an epi-pen, all I have is Benadryl. I hope my spray attempt keeps them away for now. I don't want to be so paranoid sitting at my desk.

One of my co-workers is married to an entomologist and their wife said that if you have a wasp/yellow jacket problem, you can "blow up" a brown paper lunch sack and hang it near where you think the nest might be.  The wasps/yellow jackets are so territorial that they will move.  It might take a few days but they won't live near other nests.  So you can try that in the meantime and see if they go away before your maintenance people show up.

[BlackCurtains]

Thanks for the tip! I will remember that.

More were coming in after my last post. In total there were 12 that made it inside

They are gone finally. I was able to get some Raid Defense and sprayed the heck out of the windows, so much so I made myself sick. I've stayed in the bedroom for the past two days and just came back out here, there are two dead on the window sill and none flying about.


Allergies are still bad. I'm looking at HEPA air purifiers. Expensive, but I can save up and I think having one in the bedroom would be worth it. If our (mine and Aster) allergies are this bad now, they will probably be worse next year, and it's not like Florida has a fall season. This will continue until mid-December.


I hate talking to my mom about movies I haven't seen yet. If I just mention I want to watch one and she's seen it she will without hesitation ruin it for me. I told her I was going to watch Remember Me because I heard it was really good. She goes, I've seen that *spoils the ending*. I said, did you just ruin the end for me and she's like, well yeah, but it's still good and you should watch it just forget what I said. ???? It doesn't work that way!! UGH. So that movie is off my list.

Also, is it just me, or are movie previews that TELL YOU there is a twist or "an ending you won't see coming" super annoying? Because that ruins it for me too. Why do they say there's a twist? Isn't that why you should watch the movie? To see it for yourself? If you TELL ME then I'm going to be expecting one, it doesn't matter if I don't know what it will be, just the fact there is one is enough to annoy me that you TOLD ME. Thank you very much, movie previews.

Also also, I am looking forward to seeing Longlegs even though most people are saying it's not that great. I love Nickolas Cage and pretty much watch everything he's in. The filmmakers intentionally didn't show him in the previews, but I keep seeing pics of him from the movie on Facebook. I know, social media is great at spoiling everything and you should stay away from it if you want to keep everything a surprise. It's just irritating that I know what he looks like when the filmmakers tried to keep it a secret until you saw him in the movie.

[Ponyfan]

I'm hoping it's a side effect of all of the medicine I'm taking, but I've been having trouble staying asleep after I go to bed.  For a while now I've woken up after only a few hours of sleep.  I've tried going to bed a little later, but that doesn't seem to help.  It's so annoying to be awake much earlier than you should be and not be able to go back to sleep for hours.


Ponyfan

[Taffeta]

I feel like I am so behind with everything on this forum right now. So many things have taken my attention in real life (nothing bad, just a bunch of busy things), but big hugs to everyone dealing with junk right now. Still here in spirit, even if bogged down in editing, shelving and general garden flapping.

My small trivial complaint...today there was a massive and uninvited thunderstorm, complete with lightning. I am not the biggest fan of this weather, as it means turning off most of the electrics

[Ponyfan]

Taffeta,   


I'm glad to hear that nothing bad has happened to you or your family. I noticed that you hadn't been posting as much and I was getting a little worried that something bad might be going on.

There's so much I want to say, but I'm not sure I can express all of it in a way that makes sense when it's written down.

My work supervisor called today.  She was going to ask me if I could come in.  I told her that I was getting over being sick.  After I hung up, my dad said something to the effect of "We can't go out a lot today since you told the supervisor you're sick."   Around 3 pm I started getting really bored.   I don't think that I would have been that bored if my dad hadn't made such a big deal about not going out today.


Ponyfan

[Lady Frostbite]

I have work anger too but I can't talk much about my work so I offloaded in a Discord chat that's designed to blow off some steam.

I prepared my stuff to print in the library, downloaded and put into folders ... and forgot to transfer the folder to my USB  Thankfully I was able to log-in at the library and grab stuff

[lovesbabysquirmy]

having to list a bunch of stuff for sale on my local marketplace... i hope it sells this time around, some of these things have been in my house for over 4 years...  and I KNOW they have value to someone who collects them, so I refuse to donate them! 

I wish I could sell the MLP things on this site but shipping kills any chance that anyone wants them...

[Ponyfan]

I didn't like what we had for our evening meal.     We have plenty of food in the house, but my parents picked a strange combination of things to have. I tried to talk to my mom about and she just made excuses why we were having that.

Ponyfan

[lovesbabysquirmy]

yeah we had pizza tonight and I really don't feel good afterwards. 

[Lady Frostbite]

There's a sickness bug going around, practically everyone who comes to my workplace has it and last night I felt REALLY nauseaos. I feel kinda sick now I'm awake again but this is Chore Day and I REALLY don't want to be sick, I hate throwing up 

[Taffeta]

Taffeta,   


I'm glad to hear that nothing bad has happened to you or your family. I noticed that you hadn't been posting as much and I was getting a little worried that something bad might be going on.

No, I'm fine, though my mother managed to mangle herself this morning by falling in the bath (just bruising but she's very stiff and I've told her she's an idiot).

I'm sorry you had a frustrating day, Ponyfan!

[Ponybookworm]

Get well soon Taffeta's mum xxx
Squirmy, Canada right??? I heard postage from there is really pricy

I have a complaint. It's about some people in the craft group. They're nice to my face but have issues with me behind my back. I got a text from the person who runs the group, who is one of the folks who have an issue.
Like, I get it. I'm autistic. I can be loud, & I find group conversations hard to manage, especially with knowing when it's my turn to speak. But if you have a problem with me, please have the decency to say it to my face, in person. Don't go the two-faced route; I'm still learning some stuff so an education is appreciated, & much preferred to letting things build until it gets to the "we don't like you any more" point.

Note this is some of them. Others are great & will go out of their way to sit by me & be my friend. I'll miss the latter due to not wanting to surround myself with people who can't admit they have an issue until it gets to screaming match. So nope, group runner, I won't be back, but it's because of you & some of the others rather than me. Cheers muchly to the good ones xxx

[Taffeta]

@Ponybookworm, thank you, she's doing much better She didn't break anything but she has a lot of bruises up her side where she hit the bath and probably bruised her ribs as well. She's needed quite a lot of help doing things this week, but thankfully she's getting back to herself a bit. They said it will be some weeks before she's fully healed so at least she's going in the right direction. She was lucky not to smash her ribs.

I also totally understand how you feel. Especially for us autistic folk, if someone has an issue, they need to draw attention to it at the time and make it clear, rather than go off and whisper behind our backs. And there's no point in raising it three weeks later, because we're so specific to detail we won't be able to pick one tiny grumble out of the million different variables we're tackling on a daily basis.

I'm sorry you feel pushed out of your group.

These are the same kind of people who need adulation and clique behaviour to feel important and powerful. The best way of doing that is to generate drama around or against someone else, whether valid or otherwise.

[Ponybookworm]

Taffeta that's a relief!!! Sounds like your mum is recovering well xxx

And cheers for the support xxx