The vent

I wasted most of my freakin' weekend raking %*$ leaves! My garden is not that big but all the leaves from our trees and the neighbor's trees seem to fall in our yard. I never raked so much in my entire life!! Today, I hate trees!

i am trying to install my vodafone internet connection and somehow it doesn't want to work. whenever i managed to solve one thing, the next problem comes up.

The bastards are sending me maddddddddddd

I had forgotten how many bullshit calls are generated in the UK telling you that you have won cash/a holiday/free windows etc

Most are computer generated and indeed Carphone Warehouse have been threatened with a fine by Oftel for too many open line calls with nobody there to take over from the computer when someone answers.

If it's not them it's some dozy prat who wants to tell you that you are paying too much for your phone/gas/elec.

Arggghhhhhh just fook offffffffffffffffff !!!

Yet again the heating has packed up and there is no hot water. I am showing remarkable restraint by not gratuitiously using the word Fuck in this post

I hate it! The company I work for has been sold twice this year and a third time is dooming on the horizon!

I think you mean 'looming' on the horizon - although I don't know that I've spelling it correctly.

My absentee ballot came back to me yesterday!!! I put more than enough postage on, the stamp wasn't canceled, and there was no reason stamped on the envelope as to why it came back. §&$§/§!% at the Deutsche Post took away my right to vote this year.

I'm crossing my fingers that all turns out well in Wisconsin (and the rest of the US too!).

Don't fret AlysonJoan, the same thing happened to me for the last Presidential election - and it came back to me twice!

That really does suck guys. My best friend made sure I left my ballot with her to send off before I left. *fingers crossed also*

I, along with pretty much all other females in my company had to spend an hour in my companies other building down the street learning how to use the new coffee machine this morning.

That's an hour of my life I will never get back.

I tripped up & fell over in C&A near HBF at lunchtime fell flat on my face and scuffed my knee. no one stopped to help me up or ask if I was ok, they just stared at me, even the shop assistants!

Sorry about that Moonboot! Not surprised though - wankers!

Funnily enough our heating in the new office packed up yesterday morning, and in the whole block.

Turns out the landlord had forgotten to buy any oil. Twat. Sorted again now. And I thought my organisaational skills were crap.

What is it with fucken German arse wipes who storm onto the u-bahn or bus or whatever before you can even get off ? They need fucken slammin!

Funny you should mention it...but sometimes the universe takes it own revenge...a couple of weeks ago i was on U Bahn into the city and the same thing-people were trying to get on and some granny realised too late that it was her stop and pushed all the on-coming people out of the way...and she completely misjudged her step and actually fell down into the gap between the train and the platform!!..mmm..poetic justice?

Poor granny! How was that poetic justice...? if it was "late" then wasn't it fair enough that people had already started getting on? And if she was panicked and rushing to get out before the doors closed, wasn't it fair enough that she might've been a little pushy??

I've adopted the German way now and just bark at people who try to push in before I've gotten off.

What is it about germans and the 'work is work, play is play thing'?

A girl I worked on a project with for 5 weeks, meeting regularly, speaking every day totally blanked me on the u-bahn this morning when I said hi. Just kind of looked at me, then back to her paper. I thought 'fine, it's early, I look a bit different now to the summer , I'll let it be'.

She's just emailed to say sorry for ignoring me, but she doesn't like socialising with people she works with! Socialising? I said hi on the u-bahn. Soooooo rude.

Ok, that's weird. I assumed the girl was like me- a bit dopey in the mornings and maybe blind without her glasses, not seeing/remembering someone.. but seriously?! Bizarre.

I know lots of people who don't fraternise with work colleagues outside of the workplace but that's the most extreme example i've ever heard of

I'll bet she was at one of those "Eyes Wide Shut" orgy type parties and was kind of mortified that anyone might recognise her ... is she hot ? Would I wanna "socialise" with her ? This seems plausible.

That is too funny. There is only one thing you can do here Lassie and that is totally take the piss out of her. You don't get many golden opportunities like that. Sounds like a scene from The Office!
Send her an email reply saying sorry but you but don't reply to emails referring to socialising outside of the office whilst at work, and perhaps she would like to bring it up again outside of work hours.

Ok, today it's my turn to rant and rave about how stupid Americans are. I just got into the airport this morning and had about 3 minutes to buy my sbahn ticket from the machines. I got stuck behind this group of 3 Americans, hogging 3 machines, trying to figure out how to buy a ticket. Seeing as how I was in a bit of a rush, I said "Hi. Do you need help?" When she said yes, I said, "Ok, where do you need to go?" and non-chalantly pushed ahead of her and got my ticket.

So she goes, "We need to go here" pointing to place called HOHENPEIßENBERG. So I help them figure out the ticket machine and the total for a ticket was 15.50. So then she's all "That's not right. It should only be 9 Euros." At this point I'm ready to piss off and catch my sbahn, but then she goes "You know, that place like right in the middle of the city." Me: "Do you mean the Hauptbahnhof? The train station?" She's like, "Yeah, exactly."

Then she got all flustered and started going "I don't know what to do. I don't know what to do. I don't know what ticket I need." And just started randomly pushing buttons. So I suggested the Tageskarte XXL for 8.60 or whatever it is.

At that point her friend comes over from another machine and says, "I pushed button 4. It costs 9.80" And I'm like, "Yeah, that's a one way, single trip ticket. If you want to use the ticket all day, you can get the Tageskarte XXL and you can at least reuse it."

So then all 3 of them just stand there staring at me and the one I was helping all along goes, " but that's cheaper than the other ticket." And I'm like, "Yeah, I know."

At this point I've just missed my sbahn and THEN the stupid cows-- after all this hemming and hawing about getting the right ticket-- were like, "Well... we're just going to get the number 4. Thanks anyway though."

Fine. Be stupid then.

Hey JennyL - if I were you, I'd hit that EDIT button real fast and change your rant about 'Stupid Americans' to 'stupid people' - because it ain't just us Americans that stand in front of those machines looking stupid all the time.

*mental not to self - write rant about arrogant Brits knocking down Americans for no reason.

Yeah, I realize there are loads of stupid people out there. But since I'm American and they were American, I thought the bond of our Americanness would make them trust me, take my advice without doubting me. It just irked me that I missed my train and helped them find the better price and in the end they were like, "Nah. We'll buy a more expensive, less useful ticket...for no reason other than we don't trust our own fellow countrywoman to help us out." The American part, you see, was a vital element in my story.

my rant is quite petty, but here goes.
the cleaning lady is driving me crazy! it seems whenever i need/want to shower she's in the bathroom. now i'm starving and want to make rice and she's in there.
don't get me wrong she's a super nice lady, but i have a limited amount of time when i can make food until 9pm and while she's dicking around in the kitchen i'm starving and my window of food making is ticking by.

I don't mean to be pedantic or something, but in all fairness if you were in the airport a Tageskarte XXL would have not been the right ticket to buy for them. That ticket is only valid until ring 8 and the airport is in the 13th. For them the best option would have been a Gesamtnetz Partner-Tageskarte.

I hate coming into this bloody thread. Everybody is always bleedin' moaning.

I hate it when people read threads they know they won't like to start with and then moan about my right to moan.

I have been eagerly counting down the hours until my bf returns from China. I woke up this morning thinking the wait was almost over only to find out his trip has been extended by 2 days.

9am lectures grrrrrrr

I have never seen more stupid people as those working in kidergarten where my son goes.

Bought one of those metal sheds the other week and decided to put it together yesterday - I would recommend that you never buy one. These things have so many bloody screws it's ridiculous and as for the instructions, I'm betting the guy that wrote them has never actually attempted to put one together. So 6 hours in , had to stop due to darkness, I still only have a frame with the roof still sitting in the middle of the garden. And it's peeing down with rain today so won't be able to get it finished.

i need to find a new job and preferably one that doesn't suck. and a job where the boss has a clue about life and isn't always taking my dog to use with work (use your own damn dog!)

oh and it's frustrating when you annoy yourself because you don't have the balls to tell people things.

Good grief, I am so exhausted from working in my garden all weekend (leaves suck, BTW) and then going out Saturday night and having a hangover on Sunday plus having a dinner party last night for 8 people (boyfriend's idea). Didn't get to bed until 1:30 this morning.

Rant: I have to work today. I need a vacation!!!

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

I had my mobile phone stolen from my hotel room yesterday and now a chinese construction worker is telephoning at the company's expense. The phone was mine, the sim card was the company's. also my private sim card was hidden behind the battery so i have lost all my private contact details as well.

On top of that, i have to extend my trip here which is causing me a nightmare. No flights available and no hotel rooms available because of some damned stupid Motor Show in town from Friday.

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

I can't find my grammar book anywhere. And I have to go try to teach dumb people the difference between present perfect and past simple.

I hate promises of free porn but then no free porn.

4.30pm and just having a bite to eat. What a fucking day. Key worker did not turn up and we were rushed off our bums all day. Bastard.

Delivery turned up, we had no forklift and had to shift the lot by hand, despite being 100% specified to the supplier and on the paperwork that they MUST send a truck with a tail-lift. Wankers.

And the whole place stinks 'cos the farmer has spread the field over the road with the most eye-watering stinking muck. Tossers.

Is physically assaulting a project manager a crime ?

I need to know for a meeting starting in 5 minutes.

Answers in the negative will be appreciated.

A long time ago an ex-girlfriend of mine really pissed me off
She said to me after a lovely dinner and a nice bottle of wine
"Darling there is something I have to tell you"
"Yes" says I, as you do!
"You may soon be washing nappies"
Overjoyed I threw my arms around her and showered her with kisses and terms of endearment!
"When is the baby due?" asks I all agog.
"What baby ?" She replied very sweetly.
"The one whos nappies I shall be washing?"
" No baby." She replied, " I was at the doctors and all the muscles in my arse have packed up!"
Bitch!

I have something to vent about!

Why is it that so many people just assume that being an expat means you have deep pockets?!
I would have never thought that before until trying to get my son in school here. He is bilingual English-German and speaks a little French. The schools, even the State funded, free international school is trying to blow me off!

So far about 9 people (seriously!) have told me, "oh you should just put him in a private international school here". They say it like it is nothing...nothing except 12 to 15,000€ a year tuition!

aarrrggg.. makes me want to cry with frustration
I am a single mum and earn well, but not THAT well!

I decided to finally overcome my laziness and go to the gym this morning. I looked like crap, but figured it didn't matter as I'd just be getting all sweaty and gross anyway. I'm not even sure if I bothered to brush my hair.

So I walk into the fitness center and this incredibly attractive man standing by the front door looked at me, smiled and and said, "Hello!" I was so pleasantly surprised that I stood there for a second staring at him, smiled a big dumb goofy grin and said, "Well... Hello!" THEN it suddenly occurred to me that I looked like CRAP and I didn't have any makeup on and my hair was a mess, which instantly made me feel self-conscious and want to escape/crawl in a hole and die.

THEN, I turn the corner and realize why he was standing there at the front door. In front of me was an entire camera crew- and the cute man talking to me was a stupid report for GQ. And they were filming a thing about boxing at my fitness studio.

Woohoo, jenny's a TV star

Woke up this morning and feel like shit. I've got golf balls for tonsils and and my legs feel like someones been using them as a punch bag all night. Really don't need this right now

Positive mental attitude - lots of rest and fluids... you must be on form for the weekend!

I've been on hold with United Airlines for the last 32 minutes. I like Rhapsody in Blue but this is getting a little tedious.
The pricing agents in Chicago are all still pounding their ears, lazy bastards.

Why is the ebay server always so fucking slow. I would have thought the bastards made enough money to invest in something that is not so dog slow.

I would do a lot more business with the twats if it did not take 3 days to add a frigging listing.

For the second day in a row, my helpless can't think for herself co-worker is wearing a necklace with little shells that tinkle against each other every time she moves. Where is Mr. Freeze when you need him?

stuck at home with kids since they're being little shits and our movie plans are now out grrrr...
if i ever (doubtful) have kids they better be like the youngest, because if i get a kid like the oldest i'll pay people to take her!

oh, and i cannot decide if i should go to school and work part time or just get a real job and work fulltime and i'm down to a month to decide.

the list goes on...

okay, to be honest the oldest isn't 100% horrible, but today they're driving me crazy!

My neighbors have been drilling all day... And I have a hangover. And I just got my daughter to take a nap until they started drilling...again. I realize they have every right to do it and that this may be the only day they have to drill 5,000 holes in their walls... but it's still very irksome.