What Made you Smile/What Ticked you off Today?

[GameMasterGuy]

I used to have a cat, sounded more like the first one.

[BoringSupreez]

Cat refusing to take meds.

You put the syringe in her mouth, you press some liquid in it, and she just refuses to swallow. Rubbing the throat, still no swallowing. More drastic, blocking the nose. Should force her to swallow and breathe through her mouth. Somehow she manages to breathe and still keep the liquid in her mouth. She was actually gurgling the liquid. Liquid dripping out on both sides... AARGH !!! Why can't they understand they need this to get better !!! Infuriating stuff !!!

Other cat, 10 seconds, job done... -_-

I know your pain, I'm currently medicating a cat as well. He's got ear mites, but he absolutely hates having the inside of his ears messed with.

[Ziggy]

That cat I recently adopted takes meds like a champ. I didn't bother with the liquid stuff, he eats the pills just fine. I get those Pill Pocket things and he eats them right up. Some times the pill will fall out onto the floor while he's chewing the pocket, but when he's done, he actually eats the pill off the floor! Amazing.

[Xeogred]

Something has to give fellas... I can't believe how fucking stressed I am for no reason. I guess I just have to accept the fact I've developed some extreme super anxiety over the last few years. Think I almost had a panic attack on the way home and while I worked out to try and get the stress out. It's just these dumb few people at my work that make me want to explode, this older woman who walks all over us was telling off one of my co-workers today (she's probably one of the nicest people I've ever met), over the dumbest shit ever. Myself and this nice woman were on this "sorting/error" position for the day where we have to multi-task like hell and do all this crazy stuff for the other tech's filling orders, and my friend was all caught up so she was helping me out with these "green boxes" that I'm supposed to be doing in the position I was, errors, while she mainly did sorting for the day. The older woman just came by and started arguing to death with her about why she was doing them, and that I needed to do everything so I'd "learn"... all my friend was doing was jumping on those green boxes and doing a few while I caught up with errors, and right when the argument started I was getting ready to do the green boxes myself. The old bitch was just all about how I need to learn or I'll screw myself and everyone else over, yet, there is just no real "training" at this place at all. Thank god I had previous tech experience at my old job, because they completely throw you to the wolves when you start, and now these two error/sorting positions that you have to do once a week usually... are so DREADFUL, everyone hates them and dreads them. This is the sloppiest and most unprofessional place I've ever seen. Jiffy Lube, my first job, that was run by ~20 year old males was more professional.

But I'll stop there since none of that makes sense unless you're at my work, but it was the dumbest shit I've ever seen. My friend was completely in the right and handled the argument like a real adult. The old chick just walked off, and then later snickered with other employee's secretly talking to them under their breath, like half the employee's do half the day like we've got some lame ass high school drama groups going around. I'm tired of this shit. The older chick and this other girl my age who is probably bi-polar will always walk by sometimes telling people to stop talking because we're short people or have a lot of orders... then later in the day, it's guaranteed you'll catch them just standing around talking under their breath, shit about others, and not working at all. Aggravates me beyond belief how ironic the situation is. I don't really care if others are slacking off and on or just having fun, but don't boss people around and then turn around doing the same exact thing you're complaining about.

Now looking at this... I was just a sideliner on the argument, it was the two chicks who went on for about 10 minutes at least, yet there I was after it happened, and felt like I was going to have a meltdown. Once again (this has happened a few times) I just about literally felt like I was going to walk out. I absolutely cannot do that, I need to keep a job and get out of this jail house. But yeah I wasn't even the center of this argument and yet I'm the one driving home shaky, could barely workout because I was so angry, and almost had a meltdown or something.

I cannot handle the high school drama and people here at all when shit hits the fan, and these horrible positions once a week are always some of the most extreme days ever. They're just fucking awful, stress through the roof.

I just don't know what to do. I'm working out and it helps, but ever so slightly. I have done a great job changing up my diet like some of us talked about awhile back and am eating healthier. Physically I'm on the path to being healthier this year, but mentally things are just getting worse and worse. I have more Xanax on me, but I just don't want to go back on that shit ever again, or really anything else for that matter. But I don't know what to do.

Just one of those days, and being the bitch that I am (why can't I be a normal dude who just doesn't give a shit day by day?), I just had to vent again. This job is completely putting me on the edge though.

To top it off, the cool girl I was working with today who was on the good side of the argument, this is her last week before she moves out of state with her family. She always brought people food for birthday's, never ever told people what to do like half our staff does thinking they're above others, and just generally one of those typical employee's who made work really fun and a good place. So it's going to fucking suck with her gone and things will probably only get worse.

I've been getting very dizzy and blurry vision often lately too. My focus is horrible, making the errors/sorting even tougher. I think my best option would be to transfer like I was saying earlier to an independent data entry position, but the problem there is I hear it's very challenging... and my mind is just so fogged up with anxiety lately it would probably be insanely tough to handle right now. But a challenge on my own might be better than dealing with fucking idiots every single day.

My insurance kicked in though and I'm hoping to get some homeostatic challenge test thing that should be able to detect how well everything in my body is functioning. But seriously, my blood sugar turns out fine, I just got tested for allergies and again have none, and etc etc etc... it can't be ALL mental can it? I guess I keep wishing there's something magically wrong with me physically and fixing that will fix everything. Yeah right. But how in the hell do I feel like a different person than I was just a few years ago when I had NONE of these issues and could just careless about stressful stuff? I don't know what happened. I went through a huge group therapy thing two years ago that really helped me a ton and my whole family (I went with my sister so that was interesting, helped build our relationship which just wasn't there with a weird age gap difference), and yeah it was there that I discovered I apparently have a ton of pint up anger.

Just what the hell.

[ksloth]

Stress is a killer, dude. For real. I tell ya, I have had similar things at my workplace and I have had to struggle and struggle some more to learn how to just accept things. Acceptance of things that are not in my control, acceptance that no matter how bad the day is, at some point I will be free to leave. Acceptance that as bad as my day is, I am lucky to be alive.

I am a recovering alcoholic and part of life for me is learning how to deal with all of the shit that I face with people, places, things - that I used to just face by getting stressed, angry, and drunk. It is not easy to do.

Just come here and hang with the rest of us, talk about games, forget about things that stress you and try to find a piece of acceptance that the people in life who are just so unbearable to live with are just sick individuals and be thankful that you aren't them.

I dunno what I'm saying, I guess i'm just saying I can relate to you, and that I hope things look brighter for you soon.

Something has to give fellas... I can't believe how fucking stressed I am for no reason. I guess I just have to accept the fact I've developed some extreme super anxiety over the last few years. Think I almost had a panic attack on the way home and while I worked out to try and get the stress out. It's just these dumb few people at my work that make me want to explode, this older woman who walks all over us was telling off one of my co-workers today (she's probably one of the nicest people I've ever met), over the dumbest shit ever. Myself and this nice woman were on this "sorting/error" position for the day where we have to multi-task like hell and do all this crazy stuff for the other tech's filling orders, and my friend was all caught up so she was helping me out with these "green boxes" that I'm supposed to be doing in the position I was, errors, while she mainly did sorting for the day. The older woman just came by and started arguing to death with her about why she was doing them, and that I needed to do everything so I'd "learn"... all my friend was doing was jumping on those green boxes and doing a few while I caught up with errors, and right when the argument started I was getting ready to do the green boxes myself. The old bitch was just all about how I need to learn or I'll screw myself and everyone else over, yet, there is just no real "training" at this place at all. Thank god I had previous tech experience at my old job, because they completely throw you to the wolves when you start, and now these two error/sorting positions that you have to do once a week usually... are so DREADFUL, everyone hates them and dreads them. This is the sloppiest and most unprofessional place I've ever seen. Jiffy Lube, my first job, that was run by ~20 year old males was more professional.

But I'll stop there since none of that makes sense unless you're at my work, but it was the dumbest shit I've ever seen. My friend was completely in the right and handled the argument like a real adult. The old chick just walked off, and then later snickered with other employee's secretly talking to them under their breath, like half the employee's do half the day like we've got some lame ass high school drama groups going around. I'm tired of this shit. The older chick and this other girl my age who is probably bi-polar will always walk by sometimes telling people to stop talking because we're short people or have a lot of orders... then later in the day, it's guaranteed you'll catch them just standing around talking under their breath, shit about others, and not working at all. Aggravates me beyond belief how ironic the situation is. I don't really care if others are slacking off and on or just having fun, but don't boss people around and then turn around doing the same exact thing you're complaining about.

Now looking at this... I was just a sideliner on the argument, it was the two chicks who went on for about 10 minutes at least, yet there I was after it happened, and felt like I was going to have a meltdown. Once again (this has happened a few times) I just about literally felt like I was going to walk out. I absolutely cannot do that, I need to keep a job and get out of this jail house. But yeah I wasn't even the center of this argument and yet I'm the one driving home shaky, could barely workout because I was so angry, and almost had a meltdown or something.

I cannot handle the high school drama and people here at all when shit hits the fan, and these horrible positions once a week are always some of the most extreme days ever. They're just fucking awful, stress through the roof.

I just don't know what to do. I'm working out and it helps, but ever so slightly. I have done a great job changing up my diet like some of us talked about awhile back and am eating healthier. Physically I'm on the path to being healthier this year, but mentally things are just getting worse and worse. I have more Xanax on me, but I just don't want to go back on that shit ever again, or really anything else for that matter. But I don't know what to do.

Just one of those days, and being the bitch that I am (why can't I be a normal dude who just doesn't give a shit day by day?), I just had to vent again. This job is completely putting me on the edge though.

To top it off, the cool girl I was working with today who was on the good side of the argument, this is her last week before she moves out of state with her family. She always brought people food for birthday's, never ever told people what to do like half our staff does thinking they're above others, and just generally one of those typical employee's who made work really fun and a good place. So it's going to fucking suck with her gone and things will probably only get worse.

I've been getting very dizzy and blurry vision often lately too. My focus is horrible, making the errors/sorting even tougher. I think my best option would be to transfer like I was saying earlier to an independent data entry position, but the problem there is I hear it's very challenging... and my mind is just so fogged up with anxiety lately it would probably be insanely tough to handle right now. But a challenge on my own might be better than dealing with fucking idiots every single day.

My insurance kicked in though and I'm hoping to get some homeostatic challenge test thing that should be able to detect how well everything in my body is functioning. But seriously, my blood sugar turns out fine, I just got tested for allergies and again have none, and etc etc etc... it can't be ALL mental can it? I guess I keep wishing there's something magically wrong with me physically and fixing that will fix everything. Yeah right. But how in the hell do I feel like a different person than I was just a few years ago when I had NONE of these issues and could just careless about stressful stuff? I don't know what happened. I went through a huge group therapy thing two years ago that really helped me a ton and my whole family (I went with my sister so that was interesting, helped build our relationship which just wasn't there with a weird age gap difference), and yeah it was there that I discovered I apparently have a ton of pint up anger.

Just what the hell.

[cookie monster]

Sorry work is so shitty for you. Do you have a pet if not get one you would be amazed how much it will help to come home to someone that thinks your awesome for walking in the door. That won't judge you if you mess up and will cuddle with you and make all the anxiety go away. Or you can get a punching bag and beat the crap outta it.

[BoringSupreez]

Something has to give fellas... I can't believe how fucking stressed I am for no reason. I guess I just have to accept the fact I've developed some extreme super anxiety over the last few years. Think I almost had a panic attack on the way home and while I worked out to try and get the stress out. It's just these dumb few people at my work that make me want to explode, this older woman who walks all over us was telling off one of my co-workers today (she's probably one of the nicest people I've ever met), over the dumbest shit ever. Myself and this nice woman were on this "sorting/error" position for the day where we have to multi-task like hell and do all this crazy stuff for the other tech's filling orders, and my friend was all caught up so she was helping me out with these "green boxes" that I'm supposed to be doing in the position I was, errors, while she mainly did sorting for the day. The older woman just came by and started arguing to death with her about why she was doing them, and that I needed to do everything so I'd "learn"... all my friend was doing was jumping on those green boxes and doing a few while I caught up with errors, and right when the argument started I was getting ready to do the green boxes myself. The old bitch was just all about how I need to learn or I'll screw myself and everyone else over, yet, there is just no real "training" at this place at all. Thank god I had previous tech experience at my old job, because they completely throw you to the wolves when you start, and now these two error/sorting positions that you have to do once a week usually... are so DREADFUL, everyone hates them and dreads them. This is the sloppiest and most unprofessional place I've ever seen. Jiffy Lube, my first job, that was run by ~20 year old males was more professional.

But I'll stop there since none of that makes sense unless you're at my work, but it was the dumbest shit I've ever seen. My friend was completely in the right and handled the argument like a real adult. The old chick just walked off, and then later snickered with other employee's secretly talking to them under their breath, like half the employee's do half the day like we've got some lame ass high school drama groups going around. I'm tired of this shit. The older chick and this other girl my age who is probably bi-polar will always walk by sometimes telling people to stop talking because we're short people or have a lot of orders... then later in the day, it's guaranteed you'll catch them just standing around talking under their breath, shit about others, and not working at all. Aggravates me beyond belief how ironic the situation is. I don't really care if others are slacking off and on or just having fun, but don't boss people around and then turn around doing the same exact thing you're complaining about.

Now looking at this... I was just a sideliner on the argument, it was the two chicks who went on for about 10 minutes at least, yet there I was after it happened, and felt like I was going to have a meltdown. Once again (this has happened a few times) I just about literally felt like I was going to walk out. I absolutely cannot do that, I need to keep a job and get out of this jail house. But yeah I wasn't even the center of this argument and yet I'm the one driving home shaky, could barely workout because I was so angry, and almost had a meltdown or something.

I cannot handle the high school drama and people here at all when shit hits the fan, and these horrible positions once a week are always some of the most extreme days ever. They're just fucking awful, stress through the roof.

I just don't know what to do. I'm working out and it helps, but ever so slightly. I have done a great job changing up my diet like some of us talked about awhile back and am eating healthier. Physically I'm on the path to being healthier this year, but mentally things are just getting worse and worse. I have more Xanax on me, but I just don't want to go back on that shit ever again, or really anything else for that matter. But I don't know what to do.

Just one of those days, and being the bitch that I am (why can't I be a normal dude who just doesn't give a shit day by day?), I just had to vent again. This job is completely putting me on the edge though.

To top it off, the cool girl I was working with today who was on the good side of the argument, this is her last week before she moves out of state with her family. She always brought people food for birthday's, never ever told people what to do like half our staff does thinking they're above others, and just generally one of those typical employee's who made work really fun and a good place. So it's going to fucking suck with her gone and things will probably only get worse.

I've been getting very dizzy and blurry vision often lately too. My focus is horrible, making the errors/sorting even tougher. I think my best option would be to transfer like I was saying earlier to an independent data entry position, but the problem there is I hear it's very challenging... and my mind is just so fogged up with anxiety lately it would probably be insanely tough to handle right now. But a challenge on my own might be better than dealing with fucking idiots every single day.

My insurance kicked in though and I'm hoping to get some homeostatic challenge test thing that should be able to detect how well everything in my body is functioning. But seriously, my blood sugar turns out fine, I just got tested for allergies and again have none, and etc etc etc... it can't be ALL mental can it? I guess I keep wishing there's something magically wrong with me physically and fixing that will fix everything. Yeah right. But how in the hell do I feel like a different person than I was just a few years ago when I had NONE of these issues and could just careless about stressful stuff? I don't know what happened. I went through a huge group therapy thing two years ago that really helped me a ton and my whole family (I went with my sister so that was interesting, helped build our relationship which just wasn't there with a weird age gap difference), and yeah it was there that I discovered I apparently have a ton of pint up anger.

Just what the hell.

I hope things get better. I'd hate to have a job like that. Are there any other places you could look into working at?

[foxhound1022]

Wow, man. That's fucking terrible. I slightly know how you feel about the work scenario. I work with some old motherfucker who just delegates the few small actual tasks given to him, just so he can sit at his desk, and crawl up everyone's ass about when the particular job you're working on is done. Also, he constantly bitches about how busy he is, and doesn't even realize that 90% of all problems get solved by myself before they even go to him. Oh, I'm a machinist, so I do a mix of hard physical labor, and taxing mental tasks.

I also work with morons, who I am surprised by the fact that they don't get caught in the machinery on a daily basis. Fuckwits who can't even read prints, do Metric/Standard conversions; shit, they can't even read calipers. Constantly breaking tooling, making bad parts, ugh.

The only advice I can think of is try to immerse yourself in the things that give you solace; this helps some people I know. Other than that, you may have to consider some type of medication. I know this isn't the most viable option, given your opinion, but sometimes things like this are simply a chemical imbalance. IDK, I'm just spitballing, trying to give some type of insight, but I don't think it's helping. The thing that works best for me, is that I have the ability to just say “fuck them”, and leave it at that. I suppose it may be a case of mind over matter. It only bothers you because you allow it. Maybe it is because you have an extremely strong sense of uprightness; either way, I hope you can work through this. I know I'm fairly new here, but if you wanna rage, shoot the shit, whatever; feel free to PM me.

[elmagicochrisg]

It only bothers you because you allow it.

[BoneSnapDeez]

Sorry to hear that Xeogred.

Looks like you've opened the floodgates for all of us to complain about our jobs.

I hear ya on the high school drama nonsense, that shit's weak. I work with a bunch of women who are constantly giggling, gossiping, sending each other texts on their iPhones, talking about people behind their backs, etc... Just the other day we were in a meeting and a bunch of these women started laughing (or stifling laughter, I guess). I couldn't figure out what the fuck was going on. Turns out they were emailing each other and making comments about the "ridiculous" outfits some of the other people in the room were wearing! I couldn't fucking believe it.

And the immature people aren't even the worst of the lot. Don't even get me started on the folks who are just straight up assholes.

Whenever I come home and complain about work (which is frequently) my wife says, "You don't get paid enough to worry about this shit." I actually repeat that mantra to myself when I'm having a rough day. And you know what, it works. I know I don't get paid enough to get so stressed out and I know that I have other options: I could (and eventually will) find a new job, get another degree (which I'm doing now), etc. I'm not doomed to work with shitheads for all eternity.

Bottom line, eff the haters. Ignore them when you can, stand your ground when you have too, but don't let 'em get to you. And make sure you find some ways to de-stress when you get home. Crack open a cold one, watch some hentai, play a round of Ballz 3D or IronSword, whatever.

Good luck.