What Grinds Your Gears? :)

[plastroncafe]

Originally Posted by Netkeeper

Sure. But this was a required thing, he had to do this, and he didn't want to. Like, it was a disability check thing, specifically.

A necessary evil, to be certain, but not something that should warrant a threat of violence from you.

[Netkeeper]

Originally Posted by plastroncafe

A necessary evil, to be certain, but not something that should warrant a threat of violence from you.

Nobody else bothered him and put our livelihood at risk for 13 years.

[plastroncafe]

Originally Posted by Netkeeper

Nobody else bothered him and put our livelihood at risk for 13 years.

I hardly see medical attention as a "bother."
Clearly your mileage varies.

[Netkeeper]

Originally Posted by plastroncafe

I hardly see medical attention as a "bother."

It is when he doesn't want it and if he isn't what they like, they'll just take his money from him.

That's ****ed.

[plastroncafe]

Originally Posted by Netkeeper

It is when he doesn't want it and if he isn't what they like, they'll just take his money from him.

That's ****ed.

This is how the system, for what we've got of one, works.
If he wants to continue receiving benefits from the State Government, then he must comply with the regulations in place to police those funds.

I wish you and your family, in particular your brother, the best of luck, but...this is how it is. Unless people step forward for reforms, then this is how it'll be.

In conclusion, don't work yourself up into a lather. That kind of ungrounded anger isn't going to be helpful to you, or to your brother.
And most importantly, do not resort to threats of violence, no matter how hyperbolic you think you're being.

People are taking stuff said online a whole lot more seriously now.

[Netkeeper]

Well I wouldn't say he WANTS to receive those benefits, he just has no choice due to the nature of his disability. He wants to work, he does, he just can't hold one down.

[plastroncafe]

Originally Posted by Netkeeper

Well I wouldn't say he WANTS to receive those benefits, he just has no choice due to the nature of his disability. He wants to work, he does, he just can't hold one down.

Yeah, I've got a cousin with the same issue.
Same diagnosis and everything.
It's rough.

[Electric]

Originally Posted by plastroncafe

This is how the system, for what we've got of one, works.
If he wants to continue receiving benefits from the State Government, then he must comply with the regulations in place to police those funds.

I wish you and your family, in particular your brother, the best of luck, but...this is how it is. Unless people step forward for reforms, then this is how it'll be.

In conclusion, don't work yourself up into a lather. That kind of ungrounded anger isn't going to be helpful to you, or to your brother.
And most importantly, do not resort to threats of violence, no matter how hyperbolic you think you're being.

People are taking stuff said online a whole lot more seriously now.

This^

Hope everything works out, but just because he doesn't want it doesn't mean that he shouldn't have to do it.

They have to have some sort of monitoring for this system.

[IndigoErth]

It's probably just an automatic thing going through a list of names to check up on every person, simply because there are probably those who no longer need it. Those reaching out probably don't have any say in it, nor any official power or knowledge of anyone's diagnosis nor its present state, they're just doing the job they were told to do.

Look at it this way, their doing this and likely checking in on most recipients probably weeds out those who only needed it temporarily but are still unnecessarily getting it, and in turn it keeps more funds in the pot for those who really do need it, like your brother.




Personal grind... I am 99.9% certain some b*tchy customer basically scammed the store out of a cheaper price on a damn toaster oven.

Three identical ones sitting on a shelf. She pulls an attitude over the sticker on the edge of the shelf under one of them being cheaper than the sticker under the other two. So, what... you specifically picked up that one, somehow expecting that an IDENTICAL item was magically $20 less than the other two??

Thing is... I pealed that sticker off, and behold! there was a second sticker with the correct price underneath. Normally... we don't put these stickers on top of another, we peel the first off and replace it. When I looked again a bit after this woman had finally left -- after managing to get the item for $59 instead of $79 -- I noticed that the sticker was missing from underneath a small toaster oven (one she'd already been looking at before deciding on the big one, even asked me to open the box of the small one so she could see it, which I'm not really supposed to do but obliged her anyhow - and any "thanks" after assisting her - nope). So I am pretty sure this you know what peeled it off of there herself and put it under the bigger, more expensive one. Terrible thing though that we have no proof that she did so we can't blame her. I really wish security could instantly review tapes or something and see her do it.

Naturally she had to have an attitude, claiming that the price issue shouldn't have anything to do with her, like she should automatically get it cheaper. No lady, it probably has ALL to do with you and you're just pulling an attitude to try to get your way. We're not unfamiliar with that game. I HATE that stores let people get away with this and other crap because it just teaches the public that they can do it and that it's okay.

Worse, she did this right in front of her two young kids. Thanks for teaching a whole new generation of terrible people. Wonder if you also teach them to shoplift.

Edit: Cashier offered the usual credit card offer that they have to offer to customers, with the promise of getting an extra percent off of their purchase, and supposedly this woman even tried to push for getting even MORE money off than normal if she was to fill out the application. Wtf... The cashier has zero control or say over that. Talk about bold, opportunistic (where opportunity doesn't even exist) and trying to take advantage any which way she possibly can, even in abnormal ways that don't work that way. I feel for those kids (and the community) for what they will likely grow into. People like that just make me hate this species...

[Netkeeper]

finally the phone rings and its social security looking for my brother. on my mom's phone, instead of his OWN phone.

thanks for tying up the line while i'm waiting on something, assholes!!!

[Netkeeper]

should i stop waiting after 5pm or 6pm? dunno when these places usually close.

[IndigoErth]

Originally Posted by Netkeeper

should i stop waiting after 5pm or 6pm? dunno when these places usually close.

Is there a website that might show their hours somewhere? Personally I hate not knowing when I can relax and stop watching the phone.




Grind.... I just have to say, I adored spending 6 1/2 hours on the second floor at work where it was quite hot and the AC was not on. Well... it kicked on for maybe 10 minutes max just after I got there, and then it was shut off again. According to the cashier up there, it had not been on at all while she was there. I HOPE it's working again Wed. when I next work a shift.

To add insult to injury... the first floor was nice and cool. Did I ever see the lead for my team or my manager show up upstairs to check in and see how things are going - since, you know, I'm the only one covering that floor while others are downstairs -- nope. Cripe, if I died of heat stroke they wouldn't even have known until morning.

[Utrommaniac]

The cats got into a situation where I determined that Bubba will have to go to Ft. Worth and stay with my mom, and possibly get adopted through the foster system we were in.

The house I'm in is too small for the number of cats we have, and Mink gets really confrontational with him.

[MsMarvelDuckie]

Aww that is too bad. It's always hard to have to rehome a kitty especially if youare already attatched. I've had to do it a few times and I akwayd felt so guilty. Like I was betraying them for letting them believe they had a permanent home with us only to have to find them another.

[Utrommaniac]

Especially considering that he'll have some special needs down the line, since he could develop glaucoma in his bad eye, has some drooling issues, and still has some BB pellets in his side.

[BubblyShell22]

Sorry to hear about your cat. That has to be hard.

I feel you guys on the heat thing. We have hot weather here now and it's only going to get worse as the week progresses.

[IndigoErth]

That sucks about the cat. But great that you seem able to have a plan for him rather than just being dropped off at a shelter.



Yeah, the heat... we've been in the 90s so often this summer and will be back to it tomorrow. A few scattered 90s here and there is normal in this area, but this frequently and sometimes for a week or more straight... eesh. Think most of this country is going to fry to a crisp at this point.

[Powder]

Dreams of a romantic (I guess?) nature.

Every so often, I fall asleep & dream that I've met someone new & wonderful, fall head over heels in love, go through all sorts of wonderful stuff with them, & ultimately wake up with a rather awful, bittersweet feeling. It's so nice while it lasts, but as you can imagine, coming to find it wasn't real is sh*t city. I really hate when this happens.

Same goes for similar dreams where you & an ex rekindle the flame.

I had BOTH last night AND a third where the friend of someone I nearly had something go on with told me I should confront her about why we were never open about our feelings. Brain, heart, y'all really need to piss off.

[Utrommaniac]

We might just start giving him a few minutes outside every day, since that seems to mostly be what he wants to do anyway. It might help to keep things calm between him and Mink. I highly disagree with the concept of outdoor cats, for environmental and safety reasons, but I have no choice but to make an exception for this particular case. Plus he won't go too far in a short amount of time. He even came around from the other side of the house when I called him.

[ProactiveMan]

Originally Posted by Powder

Dreams of a romantic (I guess?) nature.

Every so often, I fall asleep & dream that I've met someone new & wonderful, fall head over heels in love, go through all sorts of wonderful stuff with them, & ultimately wake up with a rather awful, bittersweet feeling. It's so nice while it lasts, but as you can imagine, coming to find it wasn't real is sh*t city. I really hate when this happens.

Same goes for similar dreams where you & an ex rekindle the flame.

I had BOTH last night AND a third where the friend of someone I nearly had something go on with told me I should confront her about why we were never open about our feelings. Brain, heart, y'all really need to piss off.

I hate having vivid dreams like that, only to wake up 6 am Wednesday morning and realise that not only is the dream not real, but that I have to drag my miserable bones out of bed and go to work for eight hours.

It’s not only romance either, I sometimes dream that I’m on holiday, or that I won a bunch of money only to be faced with that point early in the morning when you’re still mostly asleep, but you realise that it’s all a dream. It’s like being swept out to sea and seeing the beautiful, golden shore getting further and further away.