A simple frustrated rant......... (516 hits)
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Submitted by <runswithscissorsbackwards.at.yahoo.com> (View user info) at 2005-04-26 16:45:17 EDT
I am sure that this general topic has been covered but for some reason my frustration
today has reached a peak level. That and I am completely bored at work.....
Topic of said rant, you ask? People who bemoan about whatever their problems are, but
do nothing to rectify the situation.
One of my coworkers is in debt. Who isnt, you ask? Ok, in more debt that he and his
spouse seem to be able to cover each month. The debt comes from a series of emergency
surgeries he had several years back, with no insurance to cover the bills, and no paid
time off from work to help buffer that blow. Ok, yeah, that sucks. Yeah, you have to pay
the bills and keep food on the table, so you fall victim to using credit cards. (although
what they seemed to need desparately from Meier and Frank eludes me, but whatever.)
He and his spouse have been struggling under this load for some time now. And they are
paying it down slowly, but something always seems to come up so that they are unable to
stick with their latest payment arrangements. I, being this person's supervisor, have
the glorious task of fielding the collection calls that come into work. And in passing
said messages on to my coworker, I hear some abbreviated version of why they are calling.
Here enters my internal dialog : I KNOW WHY THEY ARE CALLING. YOU HAVE TOLD ME THIS MORE
TIMES THAN I CARE TO RECALL
But I say nothing of this nature. I smile and nod, and suggest that he take all of
his bills to some sort of consumer credit counselling service. "Well, I have the paperwork
all together. I just havent gone there yet. We went a few years back but they told us
that we didnt make enough money and that they couldnt help us. By now my credit
is so screwed up I might as well file bankrupcy and be done with it...."
Internal Dialog :THEN WHY DONT YOU? ONE WAY OR ANOTHER GO GET SOME HELP AND BE DONE
WITH THIS SITUATION SO I AND EVERYONE ELSE HERE DONT HAVE TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR BILLS AND YOUR
EMERGENCY APPENDECTOMY ANYMORE. NOT TO MENTION THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE WORKED FOR THIS
COMPANY FOR 17 YEARS AND YOU DONT EVEN MAKE $9.00 PER HOUR!!!!! FOR GOD'S SAKE MAN, FIND
A REAL JOB!
"Well, it sounds like you have a project to take care of this weekend."
Then there is the rather severe mold problem that exists in the apartment he and his
wife and two children live in. Apparently traces of it were there when they moved
in three years ago. And it has progressed to the point of large black stains on the
walls in their bedroom a good foot wide. He takes a photo of it with his camera phone.
ARENT YOU DEEPLY IN DEBT? HOW CAN YOU AND YOUR WIFE AFFORD CAMERA PHONES?
"You think I should show this to the property management company?"
YOU CANNOT BE SERIOUSLY ASKING ME THIS QUESTION!
"yeah, I think that would be a good idea."
"Yeah, my wife and I havent been feeling well for a while now, headaches and stuff."
GOOD LORD MAN. HAVE YOU HEARD OF TOXIC MOLD? IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PROPERTY
MANAGEMENT COMPANY TO CLEAN THAT UP!
"well, you definately should have the property managers take some samples. If not for your
sake, for the sake of your children."
"Yeah, but if I do that, you know, make a big deal about the mold, I might come home and
find an eviction notice on my door and we cant afford to move."
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"I am pretty sure that wouldnt happen, and god knows if it did, there are a number
of lawyers that would be willing to jump all over that lawsuit."
<brief pause in typing my rant to field another collections call. third one today.>
And then, to top this off.......he is a coin collector. He spends I dont know how much
per month buying proof sets of the new quarters for himself and his children, buying rolls
of nickles at the bank, spending $20.00 at the post office at their automated machines to
buy one stamp so that he will get the change (as the post office doles out not paper dollars
as change, but the Sacajaweah coins).
Ok, enough said. All rants can go on and on.....I will stop here.
User Reviews
Submitted by jumpinjellyfish (user info) at 2005-04-28 17:48:34 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
Good rant...I feel really sorry for his kids.
Submitted by TheSpook (user info) at 2005-04-26 20:00:24 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
Say hello to bad karma.
Submitted by MoonStone (user info) at 2005-04-26 19:15:40 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
" People who bemoan about whatever their problems are, but
do nothing to rectify the situation."
You do realise that, that is what you are doing with this rant? Quit bitching and solve this problem.
Submitted by Feijuada (user info) at 2005-04-26 19:06:19 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
Why the fuck
did you do
this?
Submitted by runswithscissors (user info) at 2005-04-26 18:47:30 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
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I have been doomed by my karma for bitching......No sooner do I finish my post, than
said coworker comes up to me and proceeds to tell me the same song and dance about
finances AGAIN.............I am polite.....but my mind is racing with possible venues
of escape..............and lo and behold, our will call bell rings, so I escape up into
will call........................where I have been trapped for the last HOUR AND TWENTY
MINUTES by the same goddam customer who is buying minimal amounts of shit......and
one thing at a time. by the time I finish packaging one item he has two more to add.....
and no doubt when I get back up there (I needed to escape and scream ) he will have added
MORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Submitted by TheEastman (user info) at 2005-04-26 17:24:14 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
Buy a cattle prod. Set it on him the next time he postpones another important decision in his life. If he was single, I could care a little less, but this guy's got a family now and should be concerned about getting everything straight for their sake.
I used to have a friend who was like this, only he was like this with everything in his life. Finances, relationships, work, etc. It got to the point where I could either mom him into doing things or cut him loose and let him sink or swim. Through some common friends I've heard nothing's changed on his end. Imagine that.
It's hard to be the supervisor in this case, because you could totally mom him and have an intervention. But then it'd make it all the more comfortable for him to wait for someone to come around and intervene the next time...
"Some people just suck at life." I second that.
Submitted by loki (user info) at 2005-04-26 17:22:14 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Tell him that you've heard that blowing out the pilot lights on the stove and water heater will make the mold go away. It works a lot faster if you bring a gas grill into the house, fire it up and then go to bed.
Submitted by runswithscissors (user info) at 2005-04-26 17:14:00 EDT (#)
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Submitted by CoreaPeekay (user info) at 2005-04-26 17:08:39 (#)
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well if he reports the toxic mold to the management company I can pretty much tell you that he will have to find another place to live. Most of the time they can't 'take care of it' while people are living in said houses.
I had no idea that this was the case......More than anything, I am just tired of hearing
about it......
Submitted by loki (user info) at 2005-04-26 17:09:47 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I feel your pain.
As for the Sacagawea dollars, those things are worth $1.00 US. He's not collecting coins, he's collecting change.
Submitted by CoreaPeekay (user info) at 2005-04-26 17:08:39 EDT (#)
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well if he reports the toxic mold to the management company I can pretty much tell you that he will have to find another place to live. Most of the time they can't 'take care of it' while people are living in said houses.
Submitted by Girlwithaclue (user info) at 2005-04-26 17:04:04 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
Some people just dont get it...
Submitted by Crystle (user info) at 2005-04-26 17:03:25 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
Good rant. I know the feeling
Submitted by RodeoClown (user info) at 2005-04-26 16:55:34 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
you talk to much
Submitted by Jeanneee (user info) at 2005-04-26 16:48:49 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Some people just suck at life.