# Vent About Something Crappy that Happened to You Today **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 2, 2009, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vent-about-something-crappy-that-happened-to-you-today/491766 "2009-04-02T20:55:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vent-about-something-crappy-that-happened-to-you-today/491766/21 "2009-04-02T22:49:30Z")
**Millit the Frail** , I retract my little pissant complaint in light of yours. ---
**Author:** ![picker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/picker/32/13969_2.png) [@picker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picker)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vent-about-something-crappy-that-happened-to-you-today/491766/22 "2009-04-02T23:03:02Z")
I’ve inadvertently become (minorly) addicted to Tramadol. Which I started taking as needed after ACL surgery because I didn’t want to take oxycodone and the like. I only take maybe 25-50 mg every two days or so as needed, but my stupid body evidently decided that was enough to get me at least partly physiologically hooked. So I don’t sleep for shit now that I stopped taking them. It’s like restless leg syndrome all over my body. My doc says it’s minor and will go away within a few days, but it still sucks to get no sleep and feel all twitchy. ---
**Author:** ![Millit\_the\_Frail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/51bf81/32.png) [@Millit\_the\_Frail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Millit_the_Frail)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vent-about-something-crappy-that-happened-to-you-today/491766/23 "2009-04-02T23:06:08Z")
> [@koeeoaddi](#): > > **Millit the Frail** , I retract my little pissant complaint in light of yours. Don’t! This is a venting thread. Vent!! And, though it’s not kidney stones, I’m sure it hurts like a bitch. :eek: ---
**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:** [April 2, 2009, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vent-about-something-crappy-that-happened-to-you-today/491766/24 "2009-04-02T23:17:18Z")
I have to work with the biggest complainer in the office tonight. Fortunately this is the last night I have to work with her. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vent-about-something-crappy-that-happened-to-you-today/491766/25 "2009-04-02T23:24:04Z")
I woke up this morning at quarter of five with intestinal cramps. It took a half hour that I could have been sleeping before anything…happened. But, an hour later, I was…productive again After that it occured to me that if I wanted to spend the day at work, which I really needed to, I’d need to drive to the store to buy something OTC since the only stuff I had was expired by a year. I left what seemed to be early enough, but found a guy going 15mph under the speed limit _and_ hit every light red. So I was a few minutes late to work. sigh. ---
**Author:** ![Capcha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/82dd89/32.png) [@Capcha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capcha)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vent-about-something-crappy-that-happened-to-you-today/491766/26 "2009-04-02T23:56:53Z")
I’m trying, i’m trying d\*\*\*it, but i’m at the end of my rope. Does anyone else feel like they are forced (by life) to be the not-important-just-comic-relief second character? Now that lead character is gone, you are forgotten by the writers and your world is crumbling slowly away. ---
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2009, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vent-about-something-crappy-that-happened-to-you-today/491766/27 "2009-04-03T00:16:39Z")
My mom and dad are increasingly convinced that they did something catastrophically wrong in raising me. They are convinced of this not because of, say, the time I flunked out of college, or the time I had to borrow money so I could pay the rent, or that I got rejected to all but one of the grad programs I applied to, or anything like that. No, they think I’m completely useless because A) I think it’s stupid for them to spend hundreds of dollars flying out here in May to see someone hand me a piece of paper while I wear a silly hat and B) I’d prefer not to _move back home_ after _graduating college_. Clearly, they must be right and I have no perspective on what’s important. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2009, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vent-about-something-crappy-that-happened-to-you-today/491766/28 "2009-04-03T00:38:07Z")
We think that Security finally caught the guy who’s been (at least once, but might have been responsible for at least 4 thefts) stealing wallets and other valuables from our office in the medical center. One woman whose wallet was stolen a few weeks ago saw someone who looked like him around the office area right before the theft, and he had claimed to be lost as well. The guy had asked her today about a particular office on the floor, claiming to be lost, but since she thought she recognized him, she called that office - he didn’t show up. She called Security. Then the guy was spotted at the other end of the floor, and caught by Security hiding in a broom closet. And they couldn’t or didn’t bust him on being in a non-patient area for no good reason. :mad: There’s a limit to how far we can secure our office area due to the setup and to needing to keep certain doors unlocked, while others don’t lock. So after years of never worrying, now we’re locking everything up all the time, wondering what’ll be next once we have the other stuff locked down. And now I’ll be looking suspiciously at every guy of that general description - or hell, everyone - who claims to be lost (which is common around that area) just because some opportunistic asshole keeps ripping us off. ---
**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2009, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vent-about-something-crappy-that-happened-to-you-today/491766/29 "2009-04-03T02:36:52Z")
> [@Beadalin](#): > > I usually cover my packages in paper grocery bags. My vodka box will be getting this treatment. ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2009, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vent-about-something-crappy-that-happened-to-you-today/491766/30 "2009-04-03T03:48:38Z")
I have a really painful, burning ‘female problem’. I have a doctor’s appoinment on Monday, but… that’s like…MONDAY. Days away. Ow. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2009, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vent-about-something-crappy-that-happened-to-you-today/491766/31 "2009-04-03T03:52:53Z")
> [@NinjaChick](#): > > My mom and dad are increasingly convinced that they did something catastrophically wrong in raising me. > > They are convinced of this not because of, say, the time I flunked out of college, or the time I had to borrow money so I could pay the rent, or that I got rejected to all but one of the grad programs I applied to, or anything like that. No, they think I’m completely useless because A) I think it’s stupid for them to spend hundreds of dollars flying out here in May to see someone hand me a piece of paper while I wear a silly hat and B) I’d prefer not to _move back home_ after _graduating college_. > > Clearly, they must be right and I have no perspective on what’s important. Just as perspective, and not to tell you what to think, but the fact that you did in fact flunk out of college once probably makes them want to watch you walk because they’re very happy for you. Now, why my parents made me walk for my _masters degree_, that I can’t tell you. ---
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2009, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vent-about-something-crappy-that-happened-to-you-today/491766/32 "2009-04-03T04:23:09Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > Just as perspective, and not to tell you what to think, but the fact that you did in fact flunk out of college once probably makes them want to watch you walk because they’re very happy for you. > > Now, why my parents made me walk for my _masters degree_, that I can’t tell you. Well, the good news is it stopped bothering me about half an hour ago. But that’s because I found out that a friend of mine is being pulled back onto active duty and sent to Iraq. So in short, _fuck_. ---
**Author:** ![Desert\_Nomad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desert_nomad/32/177_2.png) [@Desert\_Nomad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desert_Nomad)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2009, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vent-about-something-crappy-that-happened-to-you-today/491766/33 "2009-04-03T04:33:43Z")
I have to leave the USA (I have been visiting) for medical treatment that came up unexpectedly. I have no insurance in the US (due to our crappy system here) so have to get to Mexico, Canada or elsewhere for treatment that would cost $10K+ here in the US. Mexico is not far, but I can’t take my rental car there. ---
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2009, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vent-about-something-crappy-that-happened-to-you-today/491766/34 "2009-04-03T09:23:08Z")
I had to put my cat to sleep tonight. End-stage mast cell lymphoma; he was obviously in pain and had stopped eating. ---
**Author:** ![Critical1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Critical1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical1)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2009, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vent-about-something-crappy-that-happened-to-you-today/491766/35 "2009-04-03T09:38:04Z")
got robbed, they ransacked the bedroom, stole my gun that was the only thing I have from my father and…a clothes basket (no clothes) and another basket (also dumped everything out of it) and as far as I can tell thats everything…posting from the pc they left behind. I will know tomorrow after I get some sleep (and after I reassemble my fucking bed) weird ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2009, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vent-about-something-crappy-that-happened-to-you-today/491766/36 "2009-04-03T10:47:49Z")
Iraq is dusty. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2009, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vent-about-something-crappy-that-happened-to-you-today/491766/37 "2009-04-03T10:54:06Z")
> [@PapSett](#): > > I have a really painful, burning ‘female problem’. I have a doctor’s appoinment on Monday, but… that’s like…MONDAY. Days away. If it’s a UTI, there are some nice OTC meds to kill the pain. There’s one that goes under the brand name of UriStat, among others - phenazopyridine. (Warning - your urine will turn a day-glo orange, and any little drips will stain cloth.) ---
**Author:** ![Dottygumdrop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Dottygumdrop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dottygumdrop)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2009, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vent-about-something-crappy-that-happened-to-you-today/491766/38 "2009-04-03T11:22:51Z")
My 2 year old daughter was diagnosed with rickets. Sigh … ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2009, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vent-about-something-crappy-that-happened-to-you-today/491766/39 "2009-04-03T12:04:53Z")
I woke up in the middle of the night–night before last-- with gas. Gas turned into diarrhea. Spent most of the day feeling lousy, although things improved a little after I vomited (all over the bathroom). Today I am not as sick as yesterday, but I’m not really back up to snuff either. ---
**Author:** ![Wakinyan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wakinyan/32/352_2.png) [@Wakinyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wakinyan)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2009, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vent-about-something-crappy-that-happened-to-you-today/491766/40 "2009-04-03T12:11:26Z")
I burned my hand. I am very unhappy now. I’m typing this with the other hand, inside, w. the kids watching a movie while it is this year’s first day of spring outside. - This is not what I had planned for this sunny Friday w. the kids. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vent-about-something-crappy-that-happened-to-you-today/491766.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vent-about-something-crappy-that-happened-to-you-today/491766.md?page=3)