# Happy New Bitchfest! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 1, 2014, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-bitchfest/677605 "2014-01-01T00:37:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 26
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-bitchfest/677605/501 "2014-01-22T04:03:28Z")
State of emergency in NJ and NY right now because of a foot of snow. My poor husband was two hours late home! I hate winter. I still don’t know if school’s cancelled tomorrow for my eldest or just a late opening. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-bitchfest/677605/502 "2014-01-22T05:07:40Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > Unpossible. Heh - that definitely shouldn’t be a surprise. What would a theatre group be without drama?!? ---
**Author:** ![maisoui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@maisoui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maisoui)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-bitchfest/677605/503 "2014-01-22T15:38:22Z")
> [@Seanette](#): > > We have a car. Key words there being “we” and “a”. One car, two people with schedules that don’t mesh quite well enough for sharing the car on days DH has classes to be a good option. On the plus side, I’ve decided that unless some circumstance changes, I get the car on Fridays, when DH does not have class. Thus, my commute woes are 20% mitigated. I work 9-3, he’s in class 8-1, and the two locations are about 12 miles apart by the most direct route, which would take 20+ minutes, depending on traffic. I could cope with leaving early enough to get DH to class before going to work, **but he would have problems with the 2+ hours he’d have to wait to be picked up**. That’s homework time! Or “watch a movie that Seanette doesn’t care to see” time… Or something… :0) ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-bitchfest/677605/504 "2014-01-22T15:43:28Z")
> [@Hey\_Hey\_Paula](#): > > In fact you haven’t peed on the bed with us in it for quite a while now…until the wee hours of this morning. Bertie got locked in my bedroom for 5 days when I went on vacation and the wind blew the door shut. It wasn’t a lot of fun to walk in from a 12 hour drive, late at night, to find a big wet spot in the middle of the bed. But she was mortified, and starving/thirsty, and it wasn’t really her fault since she’d been trapped in the room, there was no punishment or anger. I might have wished she peed on the floor instead, but oh well. I cleaned the bed, threw the sheets in the wash, and slept on the couch. Took a sizable rock and started using it to hold the door open. Oh, then Little Guy, in his final days, would occasionally lose bladder control when I woke up and he tried to get up. But that was my beloved 20 year old cat, it wasn’t really his fault, and he was dying. But a healthy cat, intentionally peeing on my bed, whether I’m in it or not? Dead Cat. ---
**Author:** ![dzeiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/46a35a/32.png) [@dzeiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dzeiger)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-bitchfest/677605/505 "2014-01-22T17:02:53Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Heh - that definitely shouldn’t be a surprise. What would a theatre group be without drama?!? It would be one that focuses on comedies? ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-bitchfest/677605/506 "2014-01-22T17:40:05Z")
I am working with Evil Bitch Supervisor today. EBS is a notorious cunt. EBS has been fired from many other projects with this company because we all hate her as she is a nasty, hypocritical cunt. I work from home. She is the sort of cunt who will yell at you and write you up because she can allegedly hear your kids in the background and thinks this is interferes with your work. She has to yell because her kids can always be heard in the background when she is speaking to people. So it is okay for her to have noisy kids but deeply offensive when someone else does so. We think she is still allowed near this company because she is either sleeping with someone important or has threatened to play the “I will sue you if you fire me because my skin is dark” card. EBS is the kind of creature who will yelp at you for being a minute late back from a break. The sort of asshole who thinks her job as supervisor should consist of attempting to get others fired. The kind of putz who is incapable of constructing a sentence or saying something without an insult stuck in there somewhere. I am sitting here just waiting for this shift to end. I had thought I was finally free of EBS as I have not encountered her in several months but she shows up like hail now and then, existing solely to cause trouble for everyone near her. I can only pray she gets anal cancer. Or a serious case of no ISP for the rest of her miserable life. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-bitchfest/677605/507 "2014-01-22T18:03:29Z")
Geez. Monday there’s a shooting (with victims) at Wiedner University in Philadelphia. Tuesday there’s a shooting (with victim) at Purdue University in Indiana. Right now they’re reporting shots fired (no idea beyond that) at University of Oklahoma. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-bitchfest/677605/508 "2014-01-22T18:37:50Z")
The more they play them up and broadcast them all over the place, the more that happen. One begets many through the complicity of the Media. \*We got the bubble headed bleach blonde who comes on at five She can tell you 'bout the plane crash with a gleam in her eye It’s interesting when people die, give us dirty laundry Can we film the operation? Is the head dead yet? You know the boys in the newsroom got a running bet Get the widow on the set! We need dirty laundry.\* Don Henley - Dirty Laundry ---
**Author:** ![Blackberry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecd19e/32.png) [@Blackberry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackberry)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-bitchfest/677605/509 "2014-01-22T22:02:38Z")
I’ve taken to occasionally writing complaints when I’m dissatisfied with a product or service, for fun and profit. Well, not fun really, but I like to get some coupons out of the deal and they presumably like feedback. Usually it’s easy to predict what possibly mitigating factors they will respond with, so when those aren’t the case, I make sure to clearly state that it is NOT what I’m talking about, so we don’t need to waste time with more emails back and forth. Half the time, no matter how clear I am, they still respond asking me if it’s possible that [thing I just said was not the case]. Read what I fucking wrote, assholes! I just had this happen with Domino’s. Every time I try to get a deal and order online, they overcharge me by a small amount (like $1-2 usually) and I just suck it up because who cares, it’s $1-2. But as I said, I want coupons, and I may as well tell them that their system has a problem, so I did. I know that certain items have surcharges, such if you order a pan pizza when the deal is for regular crust. So I made it VERY clear that that’s not what happened. It does it even if I’m ordering a plain cheese pizza with regular sauce on regular crust. Each item will show the correct charge, but the total will be a number higher than the real sum. The response was for a guy from my local store to CALL me (I emailed for a reason, friends) and leave a message suggesting that I may have ordered something with a surcharge, and asking me to call back. I’m not going to call back and try to get that person on the phone and remind him what I’m talking about, and repeat what I already said, blah blah blah. Just something I find kind of irritating. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-bitchfest/677605/510 "2014-01-22T22:08:21Z")
I had an appointment to get the crown placed on my tooth implant for right away tomorrow morning. They called to say they needed to reschedule the appointment for later in the day because my ‘lab kit’ didn’t come in today’s mail. Why the ever-lovin’ fuck would you trust something so expensive and fragile to the frickin’ USPS? And why would you not put tracking on it when you do? And as expensive as it is, you would think it would be able to be sent by FedEx or some other overnight outfit (even the USPS). ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-bitchfest/677605/511 "2014-01-22T23:14:33Z")
> [@Hey\_Hey\_Paula](#): > > Stupid cat. I thought that the combination of Prozac, keeping your fave litterbox clean, and somewhat less stress would mean you could cut back on the inappropriate peeing. In fact you haven’t peed on the bed with us in it for quite a while now…until the wee hours of this morning. News flash, kitty, I do NOT like waking up covered in your stinky pee! So now I get to spend my evening washing the waterproof mattress cover and all the blankets, and I get to take my comforter to the dry cleaners ONCE AGAIN. Come on, your favorite box was untouched by any of the other cats! Knock it off already! > > You’re so lucky we like you. Now to find you and give you your evening dose of Prozac. Hey Hey Paula, is it possible your cat has a bladder infection? ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2014, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-bitchfest/677605/512 "2014-01-23T01:41:41Z")
STOP SNOWING!!! The only good thing about driving on these shitty snow-covered slipperier than snot roads is that the snow has filled in the potholes. ---
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2014, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-bitchfest/677605/513 "2014-01-23T02:10:02Z")
Amazon Prime two-day shipping, my ass. They have two hours to make it on day four. I’m not in a huge hurry, but :rolleyes:. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_Hey\_Paula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hey\_Hey\_Paula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_Hey_Paula)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2014, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-bitchfest/677605/514 "2014-01-23T03:08:53Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Hey Hey Paula, is it possible your cat has a bladder infection? Highly unlikely, he’s been checked out by the vet. It’s a stress-related thing. And when he pees inappropriately, it’s a ton of pee, not the little dribbles that my other cat gets when his cystitis acts up. Plus he’s part-Siamese, so, kind of crazy. I think this was triggered by me putting something large and unexpected in one of “his” spaces the other day. But who can tell, with a crazy cat like this? ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_Hey\_Paula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hey\_Hey\_Paula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_Hey_Paula)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2014, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-bitchfest/677605/515 "2014-01-23T03:10:03Z")
> [@Dr.Girlfriend](#): > > STOP SNOWING!!! > > The only good thing about driving on these shitty snow-covered slipperier than snot roads is that the snow has filled in the potholes. Turn some of that snow into rain and send it our way, we’re in a drought here in So Cal! ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2014, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-bitchfest/677605/516 "2014-01-23T03:16:11Z")
> [@Dr.Girlfriend](#): > > The only good thing about driving on these shitty snow-covered slipperier than snot roads is that the snow has filled in the potholes. Not the only thing. I just love drifting around corners, and I NEED snow to slide my car around 180º and slip into the parking spot in front of my house. My kids love it; just another immature move in my quest to be Funnest Dad Ever. ---
**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2014, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-bitchfest/677605/517 "2014-01-23T04:07:33Z")
> [@Hey\_Hey\_Paula](#): > > Highly unlikely, he’s been checked out by the vet. It’s a stress-related thing. And when he pees inappropriately, it’s a ton of pee, not the little dribbles that my other cat gets when his cystitis acts up. > > Plus he’s part-Siamese, so, kind of crazy. I think this was triggered by me putting something large and unexpected in one of “his” spaces the other day. But who can tell, with a crazy cat like this? You terrible slave, how dare you do such a thing?!?! Joking, I had a crazy cat too, and they do stress out and stop using their litter boxes for reasons that we never know. Have you tried drugs? Some very high strung kitties really improve when they get something that takes the edge off their stress levels. I know someone who gave her exotic cat kitty Prozac every day and it really did seem to make him happier. > [@digs](#): > > Not the only thing. I just love drifting around corners, and I NEED snow to slide my car around 180º and slip into the parking spot in front of my house. > > My kids love it; just another immature move in my quest to be Funnest Dad Ever. Aren’t you the same guy who likes to take your kids out for Belgium Waffles with extra whipped cream on Saturday mornings? If so, you are right up there in the Epic Dad level 🙂 Oh, right…got distracted by thinking about playing in snow. My rant: My husband is back in Oklahoma. He left early yesterday morning and was supposed to be back home late tonight. This morning, protesters cut the fences and chained themselves to the equipment. As a result, everyone stood around drinking coffee and waited for the police to come with bolt cutters. Everywhere in Oklahoma is out in the middle of BFE, so it took hours for the police to round up enough vehicles to pick the protestors up. It didn’t get violent and the protestors loved getting their pics taken. I personally loved how they thought to bring pillows to sit on. The pipe line is still going through, the protesters are probably out of jail as I type, but Bill had to stomp this fire out before he could finish stomping the original fire out and now he won’t be home until Sunday. This means he won’t be here on Saturday, which is when my needle work is going to be judged at a very major needle work con. He won’t be following me around at the booths, helping me look at fibers and fabrics. He won’t get to look at patterns I want to use. He won’t get to look at the submissions, hear the discussions of technique and use of materials and he won’t be there to vote. If I didn’t know that Bill is a very honest and loving man, I might just suspect that he got word in advance or something. ---
**Author:** ![Chef\_Troy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Chef\_Troy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chef_Troy)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2014, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-bitchfest/677605/518 "2014-01-23T04:41:15Z")
I missed out on some books that have widely been hailed as classics of literature, so from time to time I assign myself one of them and read it. I just finished one such book: _Cat’s Cradle_ by Kurt Vonnegut. I feel like someone just played a practical joke on me. What a pile of crap! ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2014, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-bitchfest/677605/519 "2014-01-23T05:35:29Z")
> [@Chef\_Troy](#): > > I missed out on some books that have widely been hailed as classics of literature, so from time to time I assign myself one of them and read it. I just finished one such book: _Cat’s Cradle_ by Kurt Vonnegut. > > I feel like someone just played a practical joke on me. What a pile of crap! I read a bunch of classics a while ago; some of them were truly amazing, and some of them were the biggest waste of time ever. (I’m a Kurt Vonnegut fan - can’t agree with you on that one. 🙂 ) ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2014, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-bitchfest/677605/520 "2014-01-23T05:48:33Z")
> [@Chef\_Troy](#): > > I missed out on some books that have widely been hailed as classics of literature, so from time to time I assign myself one of them and read it. I just finished one such book: _Cat’s Cradle_ by Kurt Vonnegut. > > I feel like someone just played a practical joke on me. What a pile of crap! I do this, too. Mostly recently I read _Great Expectations_. I hadn’t read anything by Dickens except for one short story (_The Magic Fishbone_). I really enjoyed it. I slogged my way through _The Hunchback of Notre Dame_ and I’m very bitter that I wasted so much time on it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-bitchfest/677605.md?page=25) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-bitchfest/677605.md?page=27)