# Halloweenie Whines (Mini-Rants) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 1, 2014, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloweenie-whines-mini-rants/700054 "2014-10-01T04:37:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2014, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloweenie-whines-mini-rants/700054/221 "2014-10-16T21:12:13Z")
I’m sorry, **Purple** - those fuzzballs get into your heart, don’t they? My rant is on behalf of TheKid. Her employer was bought out by another store. The old boss and TheKid had personality issues, but overall worked well together. Old boss had been telling TheKid that she’s going to want to quit with the new boss, as he is mean/persnickety/etc. TheKid already had one run in with him a year ago and was freaking out over everything, had decided she was going to quit. Last night was first night with new boss. She followed through and quit. New boss told her EVERYONE she had worked with disliked her, and her old boss told him to fire her. He wants her to stay as he claims he sees something in her, blah blah. She kind of quit listening as her heart was breaking. That was her first “real” job, she loved working there and overlooked a lot that was wrong with the place as she like who she worked for. Now she’s thinking it was all a lie. What assholes. The both of them - old boss and new boss. Old boss? Who would work last minute? Who ran the place when you were drunk off your ass? Who worked circles around your useless kids? New boss? Why the fuck would you tell her everone disliked her? Jerk. ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2014, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloweenie-whines-mini-rants/700054/222 "2014-10-16T21:12:16Z")
So I’m giving my kitties extra treats and loving tonight in honor of Al, **purplehorseshoe**. I love the picture you describe; such a cat thing, to try to claim the entire house. ---
**Author:** ![MagicEyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@MagicEyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicEyes)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2014, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloweenie-whines-mini-rants/700054/223 "2014-10-16T22:36:10Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > My rant is on behalf of TheKid. Her employer was bought out by another store. The old boss and TheKid had personality issues, but overall worked well together. Old boss had been telling TheKid that she’s going to want to quit with the new boss, as he is mean/persnickety/etc. TheKid already had one run in with him a year ago and was freaking out over everything, had decided she was going to quit. > Last night was first night with new boss. She followed through and quit. New boss told her EVERYONE she had worked with disliked her, and her old boss told him to fire her. He wants her to stay as he claims he sees something in her, blah blah. She kind of quit listening as her heart was breaking. > That was her first “real” job, she loved working there and overlooked a lot that was wrong with the place as she like who she worked for. Now she’s thinking it was all a lie. > What assholes. The both of them - old boss and new boss. Old boss? Who would work last minute? Who ran the place when you were drunk off your ass? Who worked circles around your useless kids? New boss? Why the fuck would you tell her everone disliked her? Jerk. I doubt that anything the new boss said was true. That’s an important life lesson about work–not everything a boss says is true. I hope she finds an awesome job with better bosses. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2014, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloweenie-whines-mini-rants/700054/224 "2014-10-16T23:28:54Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Copy-pasting from my own FaceBook post from Tues. night, because it’s too hard to re-type, and because it was a good summary of how I felt about him. He was a bastard sometimes, but he was MY bastard, dammit. Aww, sweet Al. ☹ My neighbors have an older cat who has declined drastically in the last few months…it’s so sad to watch. He’s a good kitty, and is still surprisingly tolerant of the various grand-dogs and grandkids who visit. ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2014, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloweenie-whines-mini-rants/700054/225 "2014-10-16T23:31:43Z")
> [@Lightray](#): > > Some allergies – dander allergies among them – do shift in severity over time. My allergist says “about every seven years” is typical. So your dream of having a dog may not need to be over forever, only postponed. > > I used to be horribly allergic to cats: I could be around people who had cats for just a few minutes and tell they had cats (even with the ones who weren’t covered in shed fur). Nowadays I can even be in the presence of a cat for a while without having difficulty breathing and my eyes swelling shut. Your allergic reaction sounds less severe, so maybe try again in 4-6 years and see if things are better then. Thanks I’ll keep that in mind. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2014, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloweenie-whines-mini-rants/700054/226 "2014-10-18T18:06:20Z")
The Ms decided that today was the day we start the twice-yearly complete house cleaning. This means cleaning blinds, windows, floors, shampooing carpets, etc. I hate this time of year. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2014, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloweenie-whines-mini-rants/700054/227 "2014-10-18T19:29:56Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > I’m sorry, **Purple** - those fuzzballs get into your heart, don’t they? > > My rant is on behalf of TheKid. Her employer was bought out by another store. The old boss and TheKid had personality issues, but overall worked well together. Old boss had been telling TheKid that she’s going to want to quit with the new boss, as he is mean/persnickety/etc. TheKid already had one run in with him a year ago and was freaking out over everything, had decided she was going to quit. > Last night was first night with new boss. She followed through and quit. New boss told her EVERYONE she had worked with disliked her, and her old boss told him to fire her. He wants her to stay as he claims he sees something in her, blah blah. She kind of quit listening as her heart was breaking. > That was her first “real” job, she loved working there and overlooked a lot that was wrong with the place as she like who she worked for. Now she’s thinking it was all a lie. > What assholes. The both of them - old boss and new boss. Old boss? Who would work last minute? Who ran the place when you were drunk off your ass? Who worked circles around your useless kids? New boss? Why the fuck would you tell her everone disliked her? Jerk. > [@MagicEyes](#): > > I doubt that anything the new boss said was true. That’s an important life lesson about work–not everything a boss says is true. I hope she finds an awesome job with better bosses. The Who put it very eloquently. “Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.” ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2014, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloweenie-whines-mini-rants/700054/228 "2014-10-18T20:55:12Z")
I am so sick of hauling my computer down to the repair shop. I picked it up yesterday and everything was finally working fine, except that one of my hard drives wasn’t showing up and my sound wasn’t working. I took it back down today and it’ll be Monday before they could get to it, so I hauled it back home so I can take it back there again on Monday. I am going to tell them very firmly that I want my hard drive reconnected and my sound working perfectly before I take it home again. My tower weighs a fucking ton and it’s a pain in the ass to get it put back in the place where it lives. It’s the sound not working that’s pissing me off the most. The hard drive is probably just a misplaced connection, but there was abso-fucking-lutely \*nothing \*wrong with my sound card before I brought it in. That was the one part of my computer that \*wasn’t \*fucking up. It’s not recognizing my speakers at all and I’ve plugged the jack into every goddamn hole on the back of that tower. ---
**Author:** ![eclectic\_wench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ac91a4/32.png) [@eclectic\_wench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eclectic_wench)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2014, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloweenie-whines-mini-rants/700054/229 "2014-10-18T22:08:34Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > Last night was first night with new boss. She followed through and quit. New boss told her EVERYONE she had worked with disliked her, and her old boss told him to fire her. He wants her to stay as he claims he sees something in her, blah blah. She kind of quit listening as her heart was breaking. > That was her first “real” job, she loved working there and overlooked a lot that was wrong with the place as she like who she worked for. Now she’s thinking it was all a lie. The poor Kid. But yeah, this is a hugely important lesson: anyone who tells you ‘Everyone else hates you, I’m the only one who likes you’ is a) lying and b) a manipulative, controlling fuckbucket who you need to stay as far from as possible. She did the right thing by quitting. ---
**Author:** ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2014, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloweenie-whines-mini-rants/700054/230 "2014-10-18T22:15:49Z")
Today has not been a good day. First off, my shift was stressful- I’m doing security work at the moment- today, working in the corporate hospitality suite at a local football ground, and some of the guests were just a bunch of arseholes. They kept breaking ground rules, like taking glasses out on to the balcony (which has people sat underneath who really don’t appreciate glass showers, thanks), and propping the fire escape open so they could nip out there for a cigarette, then tried to argue everything until the manager threw them all out. Then I got sent out to another shift- I drove out with a co-worker to a new venue 30 minutes away, and after I’d been there about another 30 minutes, another company showed up. Apparently, we were never actually booked there at all. Cue a 30 minute drive home. I’ll have to fight to even get paid the 30 minutes I was there, as the company I’m with is so unbelievably dodgy, and I just can’t find anything else. Then I wound up having an argument with my housemate- she started talking about the anti-vacc movement. She started it off by saying that she didn’t know much about it, but she wanted to keep an open mind… It wound up with her getting really quite angry at me, because I ‘Have to be right’. Well- yes. If there’s a situation where there are two sides, one of which is backed by decades of research, and which is responsible for extending lifespan and massively reducing suffering and disability for literally millions of people, and the other side is backed by a few charlatans and idiots, and actively encourages illness, I’m damn well going to do my utmost to be right when the topic comes up. By all means, keep an open mind on stuff that doesn’t actually affect people in any kind of serious way, but when it comes to something that really, really, does? Do your homework, and damn well try to be right. Why would you _not_ try and be right? She’s a nice enough person, and we generally get on ok, but she takes any kind of disagreement with her views as a personal attack on her intelligence, and it’s bloody annoying at times. Oh, and my tablet charger cable’s broken, just to add that last little frisson of joy to the day. ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2014, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloweenie-whines-mini-rants/700054/231 "2014-10-19T02:44:08Z")
I am so freaking sick and tired of being in pain. Right now I am hobbling up and down the stairs with this odd muscle contraction in my knee area. It’s like the muscles are involuntarily freezing up because normal range of motion is too painful. I also have oh so fun pain in my wrists, other knee, elbows, and ankles. My shoulders like to pop up and remind me that they, too, hurt. I went to see the doctor today.He told me to see a specialist and wrote a script for Tramadol. Apparently, transmission of said script failed - so now I have to wait until they manage to get their shit together and send it to the pharmacist. ---
**Author:** ![curlcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2014, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloweenie-whines-mini-rants/700054/232 "2014-10-19T03:11:28Z")
> [@raventhief](#): > > I am so freaking sick and tired of being in pain. Right now I am hobbling up and down the stairs with this odd muscle contraction in my knee area. It’s like the muscles are involuntarily freezing up because normal range of motion is too painful. I also have oh so fun pain in my wrists, other knee, elbows, and ankles. My shoulders like to pop up and remind me that they, too, hurt. > > I went to see the doctor today.He told me to see a specialist and wrote a script for Tramadol. Apparently, transmission of said script failed - so now I have to wait until they manage to get their shit together and send it to the pharmacist. I’m right there with you. I have chronic pain which I can deal with, but any additional pain, especially if it’s a surprise, can lead to a melt down. Today my left wrist started up - OK, fine, I can deal - but then the puppy (56 lb five mos puppy) clipped me in the jaw right where I’d just had a tooth extracted. Yeah, that went well… Where is that second bottle of wine? ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2014, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloweenie-whines-mini-rants/700054/233 "2014-10-19T03:20:50Z")
> [@curlcoat](#): > > I’m right there with you. I have chronic pain which I can deal with, but any additional pain, especially if it’s a surprise, can lead to a melt down. Today my left wrist started up - OK, fine, I can deal - but then the puppy (56 lb five mos puppy) clipped me in the jaw right where I’d just had a tooth extracted. Yeah, that went well… > Where is that second bottle of wine? Screw the wine, I’m busy leaning on Vodka 🙂 What kind of puppy clocked you in the jaw? 56 lb at 5 months- thats gonna be a big boy (or gal)- my puppy is about that weight hut he’s a year. Still thinks he’s only a few months tho LOL ---
**Author:** ![curlcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2014, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloweenie-whines-mini-rants/700054/234 "2014-10-19T03:27:28Z")
> [@raventhief](#): > > Screw the wine, I’m busy leaning on Vodka 🙂 > > What kind of puppy clocked you in the jaw? 56 lb at 5 months- thats gonna be a big boy (or gal)- my puppy is about that weight hut he’s a year. Still thinks he’s only a few months tho LOL Well, I’m fortifying the wine with Vicodin … [He](http://www.charwinccrs.com/Sketcher/Sept13-2014.jpg) is a Curly-Coated Retriever. He’s bigger than what my dogs usually go, but is actually of average size for the breed. I think his head is made of cement tho 😃 ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2014, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloweenie-whines-mini-rants/700054/235 "2014-10-19T09:12:44Z")
Come on, **curlcoat** , you know the rules: any puppy pictures that adorable belong in MPSIMS. I clocked that little fella at 3.5 kilo_aaawwws_. At LEAST! ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2014, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloweenie-whines-mini-rants/700054/236 "2014-10-19T15:17:57Z")
> [@Flutterby](#): > > I did bathe him. Washed his blanket, etc. It helped a little bit but bottom line I am having trouble breathing, had to double up on meds and there is a noticeable difference in how well I breathe after a day away at work and in the morning and especially after Thanksgiving. So the wonderful lady who runs the adoptions who will find him a good home is picking him up tonight and I am chalking it up to I fostered a dog with the intent to adopt but my body is saying not happening and will give up my dream of having a dog. > > I want to try but breathing is high on my list of things I like to do. Thank you guys who commented on ideas for things to do to help but given my allergies /asthma are worse than I thought they were when I add in a dog maybe I need to push my family Doc on truly getting me assessed instead of just tossing drugs at me or home remedy controls which brings it under control for a bit until the next time something messes me up. > > It’s never bad enough to hospitalize me, but if things keep shifting the way they do, you never know. I’m sorry. I have asthma as well and know it sucks. It also sucks that you had to give up the dog. ☹ FWIW, I have found that certain dogs (poodles and Bichon Frises) do not cause any allergic reaction in me. I’ve spent a full weekend in a house with two Bichons, and nada. So there might be hope. ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2014, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloweenie-whines-mini-rants/700054/237 "2014-10-19T15:20:26Z")
A mini-whine. I woke up with a migraine. It’s not a big sabre-toothed-tiger migraine, more like a bobcat migraine. I took my meds and it’s shrinking to Maine Coon Cat migraine. But it’s still there, and I had things I’d planned to do! I hate when this happens on the weekend. I feel SO cheated. ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2014, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloweenie-whines-mini-rants/700054/238 "2014-10-19T18:45:04Z")
If we’re going to use the hymnals, let’s use the hymnals. Sing all the verses in order (or announce which verses to sing or to skip), use the rhythms from the hymnal, skip the praise song add-ins. Praise song add-ins are tolerable when the projection system is working, but apparently, our sanctuary was loaned out to another group last night, and they unplugged everything and plugged in their own systems, which we failed to anticipate, and therefore ended up having the projection system come online mid-sermon. After the choir had gotten cranky about weirdo rhythms from the song leader (who we couldn’t hear properly, because the monitors weren’t working) and singing praise song add-ins which we are familiar with, but not enough to sing without more cues than we were getting. ---
**Author:** ![curlcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2014, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloweenie-whines-mini-rants/700054/239 "2014-10-19T19:24:35Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Come on, **curlcoat** , you know the rules: any puppy pictures that adorable belong in MPSIMS. I clocked that little fella at 3.5 kilo_aaawwws_. At LEAST! Oh, I thought the only rule was there had to be cat pics when cats were mentioned! But then, I spend very little time in MPSIMS … He is the cutest puppy in the universe tho … 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Octarine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/22d042/32.png) [@Octarine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octarine)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2014, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloweenie-whines-mini-rants/700054/240 "2014-10-19T19:32:25Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > Is anyone as tired as I am of those stupid, useless, annoying “What such-and-such thing are you?” quizzes that you see on Facebook or wherever? What, you’re not biting at the bit to find out what Ninja Turtle dragon cupcake flavor you are? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloweenie-whines-mini-rants/700054.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloweenie-whines-mini-rants/700054.md?page=13)