Senioritis / Quitting-my-job-soon-ioritis Forum

[Smallville]

I've got a good sour grapes award:

I'm in the car with my boss on the way to see a client and he just swerved and spilled his FULL, HOT coffee all over my crotch.... Now I've got burnt crotch, soaking wet grey pants (why couldn't I be wearing black like usual?!), smell like an espresso machine exploded on me, and need to dry clean these pants. Worst part - instead of saying sorry he starts making fun of how it looks like I peed myself and says I'll "survive"

on the bright side you only have a little bit longer till you no longer have to deal with him.

and feel a bit lame asking but no idea what this whole sour grape thing is (aside from the little context info) downside of coming to the party ~80 pages late

[EnderWiggin]

I've got a good sour grapes award:

Now I've got burnt crotch
soaking wet grey pants
smell like an espresso machine exploded on me
it looks like I peed myself

this definitely wins, lemon

also this is the strongest evidence yet that yls admits still have human tendencies after all. hmm must revise theory

[slippin_jimmy]

I've got a good sour grapes award:

I'm in the car with my boss on the way to see a client and he just swerved and spilled his FULL, HOT coffee all over my crotch.... Now I've got burnt crotch, soaking wet grey pants (why couldn't I be wearing black like usual?!), smell like an espresso machine exploded on me, and need to dry clean these pants. Worst part - instead of saying sorry he starts making fun of how it looks like I peed myself and says I'll "survive"

on the bright side you only have a little bit longer till you no longer have to deal with him.

and feel a bit lame asking but no idea what this whole sour grape thing is (aside from the little context info) downside of coming to the party ~80 pages late

Every Monday Wiggs has announced his Monday Sour Grapes Award. Just. It is what it sounds like.

[TheKisSquared]

I don't think I can beat Lemon but yesterday I filled up my gas tank and suddenly gas started spewing out of the bottom of my car.
For those following along at home this is right after (I literally picked it up Friday) I spent >$1000 getting it to pass the stupid emissions test.
Took it in this morning and my gas tank has rusted through. He sent me pics.
WHEEEE

Also guys guys guys I'm 3 posts away from 500.

[archipm]

I've got a good sour grapes award:

I'm in the car with my boss on the way to see a client and he just swerved and spilled his FULL, HOT coffee all over my crotch.... Now I've got burnt crotch, soaking wet grey pants (why couldn't I be wearing black like usual?!), smell like an espresso machine exploded on me, and need to dry clean these pants. Worst part - instead of saying sorry he starts making fun of how it looks like I peed myself and says I'll "survive"

Lemon, that's terrible!! He sounds like an awful boss

[Smallville]

I don't think I can beat Lemon but yesterday I filled up my gas tank and suddenly gas started spewing out of the bottom of my car.
For those following along at home this is right after (I literally picked it up Friday) I spent >$1000 getting it to pass the stupid emissions test.
Took it in this morning and my gas tank has rusted through. He sent me pics.
WHEEEE

Also guys guys guys I'm 3 posts away from 500.

I feel ya with the car thang... I have had some rough luck b4 with cars -_-
but yayyyyyyyy so close

[SlithyTove]

I don't think I can beat Lemon but yesterday I filled up my gas tank and suddenly gas started spewing out of the bottom of my car.
For those following along at home this is right after (I literally picked it up Friday) I spent >$1000 getting it to pass the stupid emissions test.
Took it in this morning and my gas tank has rusted through. He sent me pics.
WHEEEE

Also guys guys guys I'm 3 posts away from 500.

That. Sucks. Cars are the worst. I really hope I get to live somewhere that I don't need one.

Do you have a plan for the big 500? I'm excited. Too excited. It might be weird.

[confused_humpback]

Real talk people. Don't forget to use ALL of your vacation time up.

[Generally]

Doing four days in Michigan for the asw has totally destroyed my will to work. Four months seems way too long.

[TheKisSquared]

I don't think I can beat Lemon but yesterday I filled up my gas tank and suddenly gas started spewing out of the bottom of my car.
For those following along at home this is right after (I literally picked it up Friday) I spent >$1000 getting it to pass the stupid emissions test.
Took it in this morning and my gas tank has rusted through. He sent me pics.
WHEEEE

Also guys guys guys I'm 3 posts away from 500.

That. Sucks. Cars are the worst. I really hope I get to live somewhere that I don't need one.

Do you have a plan for the big 500? I'm excited. Too excited. It might be weird.

Ugh same. It's one of the big draws of NYC for school.... I technically live in a place where I don't need the car now, but it's just too useful and fully paid off and the insurance is paid for 4 more months and I couldn't even sell it until it's fixed anyway.

also OMG JUST ONE AWAY NOW. I really have to make it count. I'm looking for the perfect gif as we type.

[Bearlyalive]

I don't think I can beat Lemon but yesterday I filled up my gas tank and suddenly gas started spewing out of the bottom of my car.
For those following along at home this is right after (I literally picked it up Friday) I spent >$1000 getting it to pass the stupid emissions test.
Took it in this morning and my gas tank has rusted through. He sent me pics.
WHEEEE

Also guys guys guys I'm 3 posts away from 500.

That. Sucks. Cars are the worst. I really hope I get to live somewhere that I don't need one.

Do you have a plan for the big 500? I'm excited. Too excited. It might be weird.

#1 reason I'm most excited to get the hell out of LA is that I will no longer need to drive EVERYWHERE. My car is in that fun little spot where the check engine light is on every other day, but no mechanic can find a problem (2009 VW Jetta, ~70k miles). It's absurd.

I'm so jealous of the trains and subways and functional public transport ya'll have on the East Coast, and so ready to call it my own.

[BirdLawExpert]

#1 reason I'm most excited to get the hell out of LA is that I will no longer need to drive EVERYWHERE. My car is in that fun little spot where the check engine light is on every other day, but no mechanic can find a problem (2009 VW Jetta, ~70k miles). It's absurd.

I'm so jealous of the trains and subways and functional public transport ya'll have on the East Coast, and so ready to call it my own.

As a Houstonian, +180.

[capricasixx]

#1 reason I'm most excited to get the hell out of LA is that I will no longer need to drive EVERYWHERE. My car is in that fun little spot where the check engine light is on every other day, but no mechanic can find a problem (2009 VW Jetta, ~70k miles). It's absurd.

I'm so jealous of the trains and subways and functional public transport ya'll have on the East Coast, and so ready to call it my own.

As a Houstonian, +180.

Be careful what you wish for guys. I've lived in the San Francisco area for 13 years now where supposedly public transit is fantastic and I got fed up and bought a car six years ago, never looked back. Sure, cars are costly and you have to keep up on the maintenance but it's worth it not to have to add 20 minutes of waiting time each way any time I want to go somewhere, and to cut the actual travel time in half (unless there's traffic - but that's what Waze is for!) Dunno about NYC but around here the transit systems are decaying faster than anyone has the money to fix them, and there are way more people riding than they have capacity to carry - i.e. at least 15% of the time the bus you're waiting for won't stop because there's no room on board. Not to mention the fares have more than doubled in the last five years.

[BirdLawExpert]

#1 reason I'm most excited to get the hell out of LA is that I will no longer need to drive EVERYWHERE. My car is in that fun little spot where the check engine light is on every other day, but no mechanic can find a problem (2009 VW Jetta, ~70k miles). It's absurd.

I'm so jealous of the trains and subways and functional public transport ya'll have on the East Coast, and so ready to call it my own.

As a Houstonian, +180.

Be careful what you wish for guys. I've lived in the San Francisco area for 13 years now where supposedly public transit is fantastic and I got fed up and bought a car six years ago, never looked back. Sure, cars are costly and you have to keep up on the maintenance but it's worth it not to have to add 20 minutes of waiting time each way any time I want to go somewhere, and to cut the actual travel time in half (unless there's traffic - but that's what Waze is for!) Dunno about NYC but around here the transit systems are decaying faster than anyone has the money to fix them, and there are way more people riding than they have capacity to carry - i.e. at least 15% of the time the bus you're waiting for won't stop because there's no room on board. Not to mention the fares have more than doubled in the last five years.

Houston is so big that you can barely use Uber. I work evenings sometimes, and if I hit the traffic wrong it will take me 90 minutes to get somewhere that is on the same side of town as me. Literally anywhere else would be less stressful than commuting here, and if I take public transport I can be productive instead of singing the entire Hamilton soundtrack for the 150th time.

[JeanLucPicard]

Houston is so big that you can barely use Uber. I work evenings sometimes, and if I hit the traffic wrong it will take me 90 minutes to get somewhere that is on the same side of town as me. Literally anywhere else would be less stressful than commuting here, and if I take public transport I can be productive instead of singing the entire Hamilton soundtrack for the 150th time.

That sounds pretty productive to me.

[capricasixx]

Houston is so big that you can barely use Uber. I work evenings sometimes, and if I hit the traffic wrong it will take me 90 minutes to get somewhere that is on the same side of town as me. Literally anywhere else would be less stressful than commuting here, and if I take public transport I can be productive instead of singing the entire Hamilton soundtrack for the 150th time.

That sounds pretty productive to me.

Yeah, you can't sing on the bus or people will mistake you for one of the many crack addicts with whom you'll be sharing the transit system.

[SlithyTove]

Houston is so big that you can barely use Uber. I work evenings sometimes, and if I hit the traffic wrong it will take me 90 minutes to get somewhere that is on the same side of town as me. Literally anywhere else would be less stressful than commuting here, and if I take public transport I can be productive instead of singing the entire Hamilton soundtrack for the 150th time.

That sounds pretty productive to me.

That's the key for me; public transit may take a bit longer (or not, in places like Minneapolis where the bus barrels down the shoulder of the freeway while everyone else is at a dead stop in rush hour traffic) but at as soon as I get on that bus or train, getting from point A to point B stops being my problem. I can read a book, close my eyes, look at the scenery, and chill. If someone goes 10 miles under the speed limit right in front of the bus, I don't notice or care. I'm willing to wait a little bit longer for the transportation circus to be someone else's problem.

[lymenheimer]

Real talk people. Don't forget to use ALL of your vacation time up.

Use it all...Or bank it for a check when I leave?

[Bearlyalive]

Houston is so big that you can barely use Uber. I work evenings sometimes, and if I hit the traffic wrong it will take me 90 minutes to get somewhere that is on the same side of town as me. Literally anywhere else would be less stressful than commuting here, and if I take public transport I can be productive instead of singing the entire Hamilton soundtrack for the 150th time.

That sounds pretty productive to me.

Personally, I use my commuting time (2-3 hours a day) to listen to German Learning CDs. It's mildly productive, until I have to cut myself off in mid-"practice sentence" because some jackass is attempting to murder me crossing over the double yellow carpool lane to cut me off while going half my speed. Guess I gotta learn how to cuss in German so that even that will be somewhat useful.

[Smallville]

Real talk people. Don't forget to use ALL of your vacation time up.

Use it all...Or bank it for a check when I leave?

if it can be cashed out I vote $, unless you have a useful reason to take off

[lymenheimer]

Real talk people. Don't forget to use ALL of your vacation time up.

Use it all...Or bank it for a check when I leave?

if it can be cashed out I vote $, unless you have a useful reason to take off

Yea. I guess I should check with HR (closer to leave date), but I'll have like 3 weeks of vacation...So if I wanted to take an excessively extended break before LS, I could skip out 3 weeks early. But, I'll have two or three weeks before LS starts anyways so I'll probably just take the cash.

[BirdLawExpert]

Houston is so big that you can barely use Uber. I work evenings sometimes, and if I hit the traffic wrong it will take me 90 minutes to get somewhere that is on the same side of town as me. Literally anywhere else would be less stressful than commuting here, and if I take public transport I can be productive instead of singing the entire Hamilton soundtrack for the 150th time.

That sounds pretty productive to me.

Personally, I use my commuting time (2-3 hours a day) to listen to German Learning CDs. It's mildly productive, until I have to cut myself off in mid-"practice sentence" because some jackass is attempting to murder me crossing over the double yellow carpool lane to cut me off while going half my speed. Guess I gotta learn how to cuss in German so that even that will be somewhat useful.

I was learning German since the girl I was dating's whole family spoke it, but now that we broke up I don't know if I care enough about to language itself to keep learning it.

That being said, once in college I had a German friend teach me an insult to shout at a German basketball player who started for Nebraska. I waited until he drained a three pointer, which quieted the arena, at which point I shouted "I ate out (with) your mother last night," and he turned back to the student section and looked like he was going to murder someone. Easily the highlight of my career as a spectator, he didn't make another shot the rest of the night.

[CJRpnw]

Houston is so big that you can barely use Uber. I work evenings sometimes, and if I hit the traffic wrong it will take me 90 minutes to get somewhere that is on the same side of town as me. Literally anywhere else would be less stressful than commuting here, and if I take public transport I can be productive instead of singing the entire Hamilton soundtrack for the 150th time.

That sounds pretty productive to me.

That's the key for me; public transit may take a bit longer (or not, in places like Minneapolis where the bus barrels down the shoulder of the freeway while everyone else is at a dead stop in rush hour traffic) but at as soon as I get on that bus or train, getting from point A to point B stops being my problem. I can read a book, close my eyes, look at the scenery, and chill. If someone goes 10 miles under the speed limit right in front of the bus, I don't notice or care. I'm willing to wait a little bit longer for the transportation circus to be someone else's problem.

That's exactly how I feel. Bus in my city is pretty reliable, and it has relieved me of a LOT of traffic stress.

[herecomesthesun]

Doing four days in Michigan for the asw has totally destroyed my will to work. Four months seems way too long.

Wow. This. I'm so unmotivated.

[confused_humpback]

Damn you guys can cash out your vacation time? F'ing lucky.