Why are you unhappy today?

Because Northworst Northwest canceled a leg of my return flight, so now I must endure a five-hour layover at AMS on my way back from the US.

Because I can't sleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep!

Sleep is overrated

been working my ass off to get something then get the news the bar has been raised even higher than before and realistically out of my range. FUCK SAKE I FUCKING HATE LIFE!!! totally gutted

I am totally pissed off because although I have a part-time job (contracted for 24hr/wk) the rosta for next week gives me 25 hours of overtime and I have to work EVERY day, and apparently the Regional Manager has said that the rosta is just fine how it is.
I am normally a very co-operative member of staff - I do not complain when I have to work 40hrs, or when I have to stand in for somebody who is sick, but expecting me to work nearly 50 hour and 6 days is just TAKING THE PISS!!!
AAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

(looking at his, maybe I should have posted it under "vent" instead, but it has made me VERY unhappy!!!)

been working my ass off to get something then get the news the bar has been raised even higher than before and realistically out of my range. FUCK SAKE I FUCKING HATE LIFE!!! totally gutted


understand that Schotte - poor you.

Beware! Vacant Gaze is prepostering.That doesn't make me sad - just uneasy.

Cos the whining of underachievers is boring.

emm... that's what this topic is for isn't it?

Because

I'm sad because I broke Nick's favorite coffee cup and it doesn't look it's going to be fixable.

Because I fucked up my interpreting entry exam. Sigh! No uni for me then.

sorry to hear the Islandchick!

I´m unhappy ´cos I seem to have lost contact with a very good friend - he´s not answering his e-mail, and doesn´t call me, and I´m really getting quite worried about him!

You were probably nasty with him...

What do you expect?

You are just as loveable as ever today aren´t you Piggy??

I’m just sorry that i cant find the glue in time

I´m unhappy because I came back from a nice vacation feeling energized and motivated for work and promptly got sick.

i'm happy because i have a loving husband who provides for my baby and i, i get to see hungary in 3 weeks and i cant wait. i'm also happy that i movedhere although i'm unhappy because the floor im sitting on it cold and we dont have furnature, i sleep on an airmattress! :*( maybe someday!
love this thing! finally something POSATIVE on here!

I'm unhappy because between you and I, I have to point out that this is the UNHAPPY thread.

Ah I see the love is still on this site. Carry on

Not usually unhappy rather irritated with life in Germany.

Today I am unhappy though cos my elderly Mum and Dad just went home after two and a half weeks here. I love them like mad and my four year old cried when they went.

After being to the Dentist yesterday and getting a tooth ripped out, today I look like a fecking Hamster, my left side is so swollen that I cannot possibly leave the house...

I feel so sorry for you. Is it the whole left side or or just that of your face? Hug a dog and it'll go away

Because the jetlag is starting to set in and I have 3 more days until I can sleep in.

I am BORED. Fed up with living here, always said I wouldn't live in Germany again but then took pity on husband. Beam me up Scottie.

Because this baby whale thinks a boat is his mother.
It is only a few weeks old and probably won't survive.

@Marie-Claire - yes, that made me sad today too. Really sad. :-(

Being a pathetic wimp this short news item (and picture) brought a lump to my throat this morning

Ape's agony as baby dies

Marka, it is really heartbreaking to look at that picture. I am trying to hold back my tears right now.

because I dont understand why, and what I have done to deserve such horrible things to happen....

Cos a 25 yr old guy is on life support after having the shit kicked out of him in my home town after being out in the very place i always go out when back in the UK.

My depression over the state of England just deepens daily.

Because sometimes I can't figure out for days what is bothering me so, until I realize I just really miss someone very special to me who passed on a while ago, and I can't call them and hear their voice.

German society lets you be unhappy. They're all fine with that. I think I've become a lot less easy-going in Germany, probably because I don't find germans to be easy going at all.

For example, I was biking home with my woman, in a sort of "leader - wingman" formation on a wide sidewalk. She drove by him a bit close, but with surely enough room. (If you live in Berlin you know to walk in straight lines and the bikers are no worry). He saw her perhaps suddenly, overreacted and jumped backward, which incidentally was right in front of my bike. Now I tried to brake in time, but no, I ran into him (not very fast).

In Canada, people on all sides of this confrontation say "Oops." "yeah shit, oops. sorry about that. Are you ok?" "yes yes, no problem. sorry to you too." etc.

Germany, people spend 5 minutes debating who was in the right and who was in the wrong. I think this has to do with general malcontent, so that people really want to feel like they are in the right (for once in their miserable ordentlich life).

I dunno. But I've noticed that after 2 years here, I can become really fecking annoyed with things, and the extent to which I can't let the things that bother me go, I start to worry and get a bit unhappy. That and the fact that the things annoy me also make me unhappy.

But funny thing is, people deal with grumpy people a lot better in germany than they do elsewhere. probably because there are so many of them.

oder??

Because Emily, the Three-Legged Mighty Hunter, has found a new home.

Because I hurt someone that I care deeply for, and I don't know how to fix it

Because I know Sarabyrd had to give away a wonderful cat.

Because I can't seem to upload photos onto the gallery, and I'd love to show off some proper photos of Emily.

Been there, worst feeling in the world.

The Internet still does not work at home and I feel lost!!! Have to go to a dodgy internet cafe!!! Please please somebody help meeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!

Because, like Horeseshoe7, I had another 'I just do not get the Germans moment today'. And they happen all too often.
At lunch, in a restaurant, a man knocked a pepper mill off a table as he was putting on his jacket and, because I was passing by at that moment, I just picked it up and replaced it on the table. As you do. No-brainer?
Apparently not.
I was harangued, by the Man with the jacket, for several moments. He: 'Did you knock the pepper mill off the table? It can't have been you. So, why did you pick it up? Is it your job to pick things up that have fallen on the floor? Wer hat es tatsächlich getan? and on and on...'. Me: Whatever. Kann ich bitte zu meinem Tisch gehen?
How can you can hurt a person's ego by simply being considerate? What's wrong with 'Oops, thanks'. 'You're welcome' and then a mutual 'have a nice day'?.
Why do simple incidents become confrontations? It's these sort of storm in a dolls house teacup encounters that I find the most disturbing. I know I should have just knocked it back of the table and walked on but I'm fond of common courtesy. And worse, after years in Germany, I still waste my time trying to understand.

Beatstick, I had a similar thing happen today. Approached a mailbox at the same as another woman. I had my letter ready to throw in, while she was still digging through her purse looking for hers, so I held the box open for her as she pulled her letter out of her bag. Did she smile? Say danke? No, she gave me a dirty look and mumbled something under her breath.

So, I'm unhappy because I don't understand the Germans and suspect I never will.

@ beatstick: Next time, take the pepper shaker and drop it back on the floor. Walk away quickly.
I am unhappy because my printer is out of paper and the paper packs are buried away in the basement downstairs.

I'm unhappy because last night, while trying to apply de-worming stuff to my cat, she freaked out and used my neck as a launch pad and our couch as the landing pad. Only 4 holes in my neck and 5 scratches on the new leather Rolf Benz couch. :-(

auaaaaaaa i had the same problem

I’m not much of a one for sharing my feelings with total strangers on the internet but here goes:
Because my best friend died yesterday evening after a horrible summer. The actual end was quick, painless and peaceful. I shall miss her all my life, but Im just glad right now that she’s at peace.

She was really amused to hear that her cat Tibia was living on in cyberspace so I reckon she ought to get a mention too. This one’s for you, Barbara.

my 14 y.o. dog is dead

I lost my best friend a few months ago, and today I burst into tears thinking about him whilst driving on the highway.

I thought I was doing better and getting over it, but I guess I'm just as lost and devastated as ever...

Wednesday evening started seeing little white flashes in the corner of my eye. Thursday morning still seeing flashes, as well as little black things floating around. Went to see the eye doctor, vaguely hoping to be given an immediate appointment at the eye clinic, or - better still - rushed there in an ambulance with sirens wailing and blue lights flashing, and maybe also a nice red carpet to be rolled out for me on arrival. Nada. Doc said nothing to worry about, and come back in 3 or 4 weeks. So now everywhere I look I see this great big black jellyfish with long tentacles swimming around in my field of vision. How long do these things take to biodegrade?

Because everything is falling apart and I wish I knew how to make it stop...but I don't, so all I can do is wait for everything to come crashing down.

Really sorry to hear that Rilana, its one of the worst feelings.
I too feel unhappy as I guess somethings are just not meant to be

Cos someone really nice helped me last week and I could not find proper time for him this week... I am sorry...