Shoot the Wall (A.K.A. The Rant Thread)

[Pseudonym]

Up to my eyes or up to my eyeballs is fine here. 

 

A phrase that always makes me snort is 'better than being poked in the eye with a pencil' (or sometimes with a hot poker, stick etc). Always makes me snort because, really, is there much that isn't better than being poked in the eye with a pencil?

[Artemis]

Here in Indiana, all I've ever heard is "up to my eyeballs" (not just "eyes") -- or if things aren't quite that bad, "up to my butt."

Opposite for me, I’ve mostly heard ‘eyes’, and only occasionally ‘eyeballs’. I doubt it’s a regional thing; just depends on what you’ve heard the people around you say.

 

I’ve also heard ‘up the neck’, ‘ears’, ‘nose’, ‘chin’... can probably be whatever body part you want, lol. Haven’t heard ‘butt’ though.

[Pseudonym]

I've heard neck. None of the others. 

 

*squirms* Why do layers never stay where they should?

[Artemis]

^ That's partly why I don't layer; I just make my best guess and take my chances, lol.

 

 

[Pseudonym]

My office is freezing so I have to, but I have one jumper riding up, one slipping off my shoulder, another falling down over my hands, my bra strap keeps falling down and digging under four jumpers to find it is not easy. Eurgh, such a pain. 

[Artemis]

That's a lot of jumpers!  Is there anything else you could wear instead, like a warm jacket, or wrap, or poncho?  That's what I do when I know I'm going to be cold, but then I also get hot easily, so my problem comes chiefly when I run out of things to take off, lol.

 

Also, are you wearing warm socks?  My overall body temperature can change considerably depending on how warm my socks and feet are, especially when I'm sitting.

 

 

[Pseudonym]

Well, my outer hoody is fleece lined and my base layers are thermal so not much else I can try really. If I was out and about and going into shops or walking I'd be fine, it's the sitting at a desk not moving much that makes me freezing. I have two pairs of trousers on too. :wacko:

 

Yep, two layers of fleecy socks.

[Artemis]

Can you plug in a space heater?  Can you get up periodically to do some jumping jacks?  Lol sorry, I wish I had more helpful suggestions.

 

 

[Pseudonym]

Well, I could, but no way I have that kind of energy this time of morning. I'll stay cold. :)

[Artemis]

I know what you mean, I'm not a morning person either.

 

 

[Artemis]

I'm really frustrated with myself right now.  I'm having a miscommunication with someone and I suspect it boils down to me misinterpreting a social convention due to my Aspergian brain, but I'm not sure... and I don't know how to explain myself in a way that they will understand.  It's not going to make any sense to them.

 

 

[Pseudonym]

Can we be of any help? 

[Van Buren Supernova]

I have to say that I'm utterly and absolutely disappointed that your eyeball stuffs are not in literal meanings.
As fans of Sherlock, is that too much to ask???
I'm disappointed guys. Sigh..

 

Are you dealing with ice underfoot?

I'm guessing you were asking if I slipped on ice, answer is no. It's slippery from combination of rain and worn out slipper.

I like to kick off my shoes at work, and wear slipper with socks instead. We don't have toilet (our office is isolated behind main office, which I'm very grateful of) so we need to walk this treacherous path.

 

 

Other topic, do you guys have little things you can't stand when watching TV?

Beside food fight that I've mentioned previously, I can't stand watching people brushing teeth. And it happens wayyyyy too often.

I feel like gagging and have to look away. It makes me nauseous and I think I would seriously retch or even vomit if I don't look away. Can't see it in real life too. Eugh. Gah. Not sure why.
 

[Van Buren Supernova]

Sorry cross post.

Do you want to talk about it, although I'm not sure if I'd be any help because most probably I'd interpreted it the same way with you.

[Pseudonym]

Mwaahaaahaaahaaahaaahaaaaa!

 

 

Doesn't bother me. Though the fact that's meant to be someone else's toothbrush grosses me out a bit. 

[Artemis]

I'm not sure... I don't know how to convey all the nuances without recounting the entire story, which would be super long for you and way too daunting for me.  :wacko:

 

The very condensed version is:

 

My ex-fiancé and I agreed to stay friends after our breakup, but we still haven't seen each other since then, it's all been through phone and text.  He's been wanting to know when we can spend some time together face-to-face.  So finally I suggested that we could do something together soon, but added offhandedly that with certain circumstances in both our lives, it might be a little hard for us to meet up regularly.  I guess I thought he would be glad, but instead he got angry and upset, which confused me.

 

He said that was bull, because at any point I could have asked to say hi to him at work (he works in the back room at a store I frequent).  I told him (and this is where I'm having the issue) that it didn't occur to me to say hi to him at work.

 

I grew up being told that it was rude and unprofessional to interrupt someone at their workplace; and what I saw in the media was that it could reflect badly on them, and possibly even get them fired.  Like that episode of "Seinfeld" where Kramer's girlfriend gets fired because he keeps calling her at work.  It's one of those social etiquette thingies that I never really understood all that well, so I just took society's word for how I was supposed to behave.  It wouldn't occur to me to talk to *anyone* at their workplace.

 

I started trying to explain that to him, but again he said it was bull, that I was lying and not to text him again with any more "excuses".  And then he said my communication skills "suck ass".

 

But it really didn't occur to me.  :/  In my brain, that's just something you don't do.  And had anyone else suggested it, I would have said "No, that would be rude," because I thought it was.  And now I'm just confused, and I don't know how to communicate something I myself am confused about, especially when that person has essentially shut down my side of the communication by telling me what I can and can't say.

 

 

[Artemis]

 I can't stand watching people brushing teeth. And it happens wayyyyy too often.

I feel like gagging and have to look away. It makes me nauseous and I think I would seriously retch or even vomit if I don't look away. Can't see it in real life too. Eugh. Gah. Not sure why.

 

Same, I can't watch anyone brush their teeth.  Never have been able to.  It makes me gag.  I once threw up at the dentist's office from seeing someone else brush their teeth.

 

Actually I may be liable to gag at anything involving saliva.

 

 

[Pseudonym]

Hm, I think for me it would depend on the type of job. If he's stocking shelves or something in the main part of the shop I'd probably say a quick hello, perhaps a sentence or two, but I wouldn't go out of my way to do it. If he's not out in the public part of the shop, or you'd have to go to the backroom to see him then I wouldn't do it either, and I don't think that's weird. Depends a lot on the workplace, how relaxed the bosses are, etc. I obviously don't know him, so sorry if this sounds a bit nasty, but it just sounds like he's just being argumentative to me. 

[Artemis]

But how do I explain to him *why* I haven't said hi to him at work, in a way that he'll get it and not think I'm just making excuses?  :/  He thinks it didn't occur to me because I just don't care about him, but that's not true.  I really just didn't think of it as something I could or should do.  But that doesn't seem to make sense to him at all.

 

He stocks mostly in the back.  Sometimes in the main, but that's not usually until after the store is closed.  His bosses don't seem particularly relaxed, the way he describes them.

 

 

[Pseudonym]

Did you say you didn't want to get him in trouble? That you didn't say hi because you care about him and didn't want to cause him problems?

[Artemis]

Yeah, I was trying to, but he just thinks that's bull and shut me down.

 

 

[Pseudonym]

Sounds like that's the way he's decided to think of it and that's that. I don't see how he can't understand what you're saying unless he's just determined not to. 

 

Maybe someone else will have a better suggestion later. 

[Artemis]

Thanks, Pseud.  It's just really frustrating, I don't know if it's me saying or doing something wrong, or what.

 

 

[Arcadia]

Artemis ... based on what you've told us, I think it's him and I think you should stay away from him, period. He has no business getting angry with you to that extent, and it's wrong for him to shut you down. You're never going to win with someone like that, imo.

 

Sorry. That's probably not the kind of advice you're looking for. But if he refuses to let you have your say, then I don't think you owe him anything.

 

 

[SherlockedCAMPer]

Artemis ... based on what you've told us, I think it's him and I think you should stay away from him, period. He has no business getting angry with you to that extent, and it's wrong for him to shut you down. You're never going to win with someone like that, imo.

 

Sorry. That's probably not the kind of advice you're looking for. But if he refuses to let you have your say, then I don't think you owe him anything.

I second Arcadia. He is what several business people I know would refer to as a toxic person. Staying friends with him doesn't seem healthy if he's acting like that by text.