UK B!tches Unite!

[Krikit 1,164]

It's nothing BAD, per se, but I really am not old enough.

Thank you for writing "per se" properly.

Awww. That's not nice, Rob.

[Pooky 3,786]

Thank you for writing "per se" properly.

You're quite welcome.

Do you think literary and grammatical correctness will catch on? Me neither.

[Gemmie 142]

Remember I spoke about my brother wanting to live on welfare forever and purposely getting his girlfriend pregnant at 19, etc? Well she's pregnant again now (she's now 21). And they planned it, they were trying since the summer.

I asked how he could afford to support another person when last week he was struggling to buy food, and he's going to apply for more welfare. Bear in mind that this year we both received nearly $7000 from my grandfather's inheritance and while I put it in a savings account for our future family (which he said was silly), he spent his on electronics, mountain bikes, jewelery, etc. It makes me pretty angry to think that everyone else has to plan ahead, get good jobs and insurance, save up, generally be responsible. And he's just popping them out and expecting the government to pay for everything he wants. I asked if he has any plans for the future, and he said he'll continue to work at Walmart because it's "easy" (he also b!tched that I'm being paid more than him, because I have a "piece of paper" that I didn't work that hard for).

Sometimes I question how we can possibly be related.

Edited November 21, 2010 by Gemmie

[Tanoushka 7]

Remember I spoke about my brother wanting to live on welfare forever and purposely getting his girlfriend pregnant at 19, etc? Well she's pregnant again now (she's now 21). And they planned it, they were trying since the summer.

I asked how he could afford to support another person when last week he was struggling to buy food, and he's going to apply for more welfare. Bear in mind that this year we both received nearly $7000 from my grandfather's inheritance and while I put it in a savings account for our future family (which he said was silly), he spent his on electronics, mountain bikes, jewelery, etc. It makes me pretty angry to think that everyone else has to plan ahead, get good jobs and insurance, save up, generally be responsible. And he's just popping them out and expecting the government to pay for everything he wants. I asked if he has any plans for the future, and he said he'll continue to work at Walmart because it's "easy" (he also b!tched that I'm being paid more than him, because I have a "piece of paper" that I didn't work that hard for).

Sometimes I question how we can possibly be related.

Oh dear!

I feel sorry for the kids...they will be the ones suffering

Edited November 21, 2010 by Tanoushka

[Nich-Nick 3,354]

It makes me pretty angry to think that everyone else has to plan ahead, get good jobs and insurance, save up, generally be responsible. And he's just popping them out and expecting the government to pay for everything he wants.

You're sounding very Republican for such a young person.

[LaL 418]

You're sounding very Republican for such a young person.

I must be misunderstanding your reply. I am sure you don't mean that only republicans are responsible!

ETA: must be a joke, no other rational explanation

Edited November 22, 2010 by LaL

[Nich-Nick 3,354]

I must be misunderstanding your reply. I am sure you don't mean that only republicans are responsible!

ETA: must be a joke, no other rational explanation

Yes, just joking around. I'm not nearly smart enough to talk politics for real.

[Pooky 3,786]

You're sounding very Republican for such a young person.

You mean there aren't any young Republicans?

That's not fair, because there are plenty of old-f**t Democrats

[Krikit 1,164]

Good Lord. Is there nowhere I can go to get away from American politics? lol

[TracyTN 237]

I can't imagine being any more bitchy about my job - but here goes.

While I was out on maternity leave, a guy with less seniority than me was promoted. When I asked my boss the criteria so I can work towards a promotion, she tells me there isn't any and that he was very 'visible' on some high profile projects, hence the promotion. Funny that I had quite important pieces in each of those high profile projects- so I actually WORKED instead of going to meetings, but hey, who am I to judge if they just want to give a promotion for the sake of a promotion???

Then last week, I get pulled into a project QUITE late and there is already another person on the project who is doing the tasks I will do. They haven't quite figured out how to fit me in (we have to be politically correct and not hurt his feelings!) but they want me involved because I actually know more than he does. (Translation: when it blows up, I will take the blame.) The last straw was getting an email Friday saying to expect 'extended hours' between Dec 20th and January 10th' -- that's right, during CHRISTMAS. My daughter's first Christmas, I might add...! How I'm going to figure this out, I'm sure I don't know. But one thing I can tell you - the newly promoted guy has no piece of this - its left to me the peon to 'save' and work extended hours. About par for the course, right??

Needless to say I applied for another job within the company last week as well. I'm SO over it.

[Dodi 69]

I did sent my resume to a contact at ExxonMobile but nothing came of it. My background has primarily been in environmental consulting any the last major client I worked with was Shell Oil Products US (SOPUS) as division of Royal Dutch Shell. They were based in Houston but all of my work was in northwest Pennsylvania and southwest New York state. I helped them close out old liablities, mainly properties which had abandoned oil wells on them so I had to go to courthouses to verify the lease history, go out with a GPS and locate the old abandoned wells, arrange for cable tool drill rigs to come clean out and plug the wells, and then have a PADEP Dept of Oil and Gas inspector inspect the lease and then provide a no further action letter to our client. That job was winding down and I was laid off nearly 2 years ago. Since I also have an MCSE certificate and there is more work in that field, thats what I've been getting back into. Also looking for govt work as a geologist but its tough getting an interview.

You'd find a job quite easily here. Oklahoma has a major task force working toward cleaning up old, abandoned well sites. I work in oil and gas, so I've got lots of contacts in the industry if you're interested. Send me a PM if you like.

[Dodi 69]

I have a new b!tch, but it's almost resolved.

After my last b!tch where they'd lost his K1 file, and the POE guys put him into the database wrong (but we got someone to fix finally) we went back in on Thursday to reapply for his SSN (3rd time's the charm, right?). WRONG.

ONE SMALL TYPO: When they put him in the system, they put his first and middle names in the field for FIRST NAME, and nothing in the middle name field. When it prints, his name shows up as Peter Frederick Allen, however, how the h*** are we supposed to know they have it in the wrong fields? So the guy at the SS office told us they couldn't issue the number like that since he said under oath that Frederick was his middle name and not part of his first name before they showed him the error.

We called the DOS, the USCIS, the CBP, and the SSA offices, trying to get everyone to work together to get this straightened out. They all blamed each other, and then blamed my husband because they said he was told to inform them immediately if something was incorrect on his visa. His visa says last name: ALLEN, Given name: PETER FREDERICK. This is EXACTLY as his passport has it printed. How is he supposed to know it's not in the right field? They don't SHOW the fields on there!

We got a call on Saturday. I guess after we griped to enough supervisors at the SSA office, they finally told the guy we'd applied to that he needed to get something sorted, because he called us Saturday morning just before noon and told us they'd approved his application and his number will be generated on Tuesday night at midnight. We can go in on Wednesday to get a print out with the number on it that will serve as proof until his card comes in.

WHY does it take so much frustration just to get these governmental agencies to work together???

On a good note, we got our NOA1 for our AOS via text on Thursday, and the check cashed Friday. So we're on the way to our next step! Here's hoping it goes smoothly.

Edited November 22, 2010 by Dodi

[Ban Hammer 13,345]

Good Lord. Is there nowhere I can go to get away from American politics? lol

it's all part of an evil plot

[The_Dude 1,142]

Awww. That's not nice, Rob.

He's not nice either. I've asked him to knock off the insipid "si,man" ####### as it is irritating. But Tbone, being the hemorrhoid that he is, he persists.

Tracy,

I hate people like that at work. I have to deal with a couple of them. The only time that it truly is comical is when said person experiences the peter principle. There is a lady whom I work with who does virtually nothing. She says she is using her 'networking' skills. Yeah, what she does is she divides her projects up into manageable portions and gives them to her friends, or tricks people into doing it for her. She gives no credit. Several people have found out and she now is drowning in work that she is not qualified to do. I know it's bad, but shadenfreude can be hilarious.

[Ban Hammer 13,345]

He's not nice either. I've asked him to knock off the insipid "si,man" ####### as it is irritating. But Tbone, being the hemorrhoid that he is, he persists.

you can always place him on ignore too.