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20 August 2007
SHOUTING THREAD→[More:]DEAR NEIGHBORS, DON'T PUT OUT BIRD FEEDERS IN THE SUMMER. THEY ARE ESSENTIALLY POWERBARS FOR THE BEARS.
CONTRARY TO WHAT SEEMS TO BE A POPULAR BELIEF, I CANNOT DEVOTE 200% OF MY TIME TO A PROJECT! BY DEFINITION, 100% IS THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF TIME I CAN GIVE. IF YOU'D LIKE TO DISCUSS PAID OVERTIME, THEN CALL MY MANAGER. OTHERWISE STOP BOTHERING ME.
ALSO, I CAN ONLY HANDLE ONE "100% TOP PRIORITY" TASK AT A TIME, UNLESS YOU FIND ME SOME SORT OF TRAINED MONKEY. I'LL ALSO ACCEPT AN INTERN.
STUPID CREDIT CARD COMPANIES- HOW THE HELL CAN YOU JUSTIFY OPENING ACCOUNTS THAT WERE NOT REQUESTED? AND THEN JUST SENDING OUT CARDS WILLY-NILLY? I AM SO LUCKY NOBODY STOLE THE CARD ISSUED IN MY NAME WITH A HIGHER LIMIT 3X HIGHER THAN THE CARDS I USE!! SOMEONE COULD HAVE HAD QUITE A SHOPPING SPREE ON MY DIME!
I HATE IT THAT WHEN I ACTUALLY HAVE FUN ON THE WEEKEND IT MAKES MONDAY COMPLETELY GODAWFUL. NOW I HAVE TO CLEAN THE WHOLE HOUSE AND DO ALL THE LAUNDRY AND THE GROCERY SHOPPING AND ORGANIZE MY SON FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK AND SO ON TONIGHT; FACE IN ONE NIGHT ALL THE HORRIBLE DRUDGERY THAT DIDN'T GET DONE THIS WEEKEND AND WHICH ALL ROSE UP TO BITE ME ON THE ASS THIS MORNING CAUSING US TO SHOUT AT EACH OTHER AND BE LATE. ARGH.
HOW THE HELL SHOULD I KNOW WHY RECOVERIES AREN'T CONSIDERED ON SECURED PRODUCTS, AUTO PEOPLE? OR, I SHOULD SAY, YOU'RE FUCKIN' LUCKY I DO KNOW, BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO FIGURE AN ANSWER OUT FOR THIS SHIT; MAYBE YOU GUYS HAVEN'T NOTICED, BUT I'M IN THE THICK OF THE MONTH-END PROCESS AND YOU SHOULD KNOW THE ANSWER ANYWAY, IT'S YOUR ACCOUNT! FILL YOUR COLLECTIONS COLUMNS OUT CORRECTLY AND I MIGHT GIVE YOU POST CHARGE-OFF RECOVERIES ONE DAY, BUT DON'T HOLD YOUR BREATH! I'M PRIORITIZING, AND YOUR CONCERNS ARE LOW ON THE LIST!
NUMBERS, NUMBERS, NUMBERS! SOME DAYS I WISH I WAS AN UNPLUGGED TV.
DEAREST OFFSPRING, LIGHT OF MY LIFE, ETCETERA: JUST BECAUSE YOU ARE LEAVING FOR EUROPE IN LESS THAN FOUR WEEKS AND THEN MOVING OUT WHEN YOU COME BACK IN NOVEMBER DOES NOT MEAN THAT YOU CAN COMPLETELY ABANDON ANY PRETENCE OF CLEANING UP AFTER YOURSELF IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS LEAVING UP TO YOU, ERM, FLYING THE NEST. OKAY?
HERE'S A LIST OF ALL THE THINGS I HAVE TO DO BEFORE MOVING TO LATVIA NEXT THURSDAY: DONATE ALL MY OLD STUFF, INCLUDING HUNDREDS OF BOOKS FROM COLLEGE THAT I'M NOT TAKING WITH ME; TRANSFER A BUNCH OF OLD FILES FORM MY OLD COMPUTER TO THIS ONE; FIND A WINTER COAT THAT'S NOT A TOTAL JOKE SOMEWHERE IN LOS ANGELES; BUILD A WINTER WORK WARDROBE THAT INCLUDES MORE THAN THREE PAIRS OF WOOL SLACKS FROM BANANA REPUBLIC; CLEAN THE COBWEBS AND MILDEW-Y SMELLS OUT OF ALL MY LUGGAGE; LEARN THE LATVIAN FOR THE NUMBERS 1-24, AT LEAST, AS WELL AS THE DAYS OF THE WEEK; FLY TO THE BAY AREA THIS WEEKEND TO VISIT A BUNCH OF FRIENDS WHO I WON'T SEE UNTIL I MARRY THEM IN APRIL 2008 AND GET A SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY CARD; GET A PEDICURE.
I DON'T WANT TO GO BACK TO NEW YORK!!!! I HATE BEING DEPENDENT ON THE DOORMEN!!! I NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHERE I WANT TO BE NEW YEARS' BECAUSE IT HAS TO BE FAR AWAY FROM TIMES SQUARE!!!!THE CRUISE CONTROL ON THE RENTAL DOESN'T WORK!!