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Reply #60 posted 04/28/09 4:42pm

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angel345 said:

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nod She was a personal friend of the boss and she treated the entire staff like filth. She was obsessed with me. On her last day I had to learn the distribution for some reports and as we were walking back from passing them out she says "I know you're happy I'm leaving". I didn't say a word and just kept smiling in the sun sun lol

And just because a lady is old don't mean I gotta let her shove me out of line and yell at me! lol I don't take no crap from old ladies. I'll cut them some slack but if evil is covered in wrinkled skin, I don't spare it. hmph!


Wow! that sounds like harassment, but you've handled that well somehow. What stopped you from taking legal action against this woman?


It was but truly, there was nothing I could do about it. It made me cry it pissed me off so bad. One time she was walking by as my soda pop exloded off my bottle and hit the wall. It missed her by a millisecond and I'm sure she thought I did it on purpose. I also found some of her triggers and pushed them often! biggrin Given the choice to beat her ass or win a lawsuit, I'd be mighty tempted to forsake the latter lol


I used to go to bingo halls a lot in the 90's with my friend and her mother. The most I've won was $400 dollars, and her mother won $3,000 dollars. The elderly ones I've seen were pretty cool, including the workers cool


My best night I took $25 and left with $2,000! woot! Most of the ladies are cool but there are a few that definitely need to know the time and [b]constantly![/]b lol
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Reply #61 posted 04/28/09 4:53pm

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It was but truly, there was nothing I could do about it. It made me cry it pissed me off so bad. One time she was walking by as my soda pop exloded off my bottle and hit the wall. It missed her by a millisecond and I'm sure she thought I did it on purpose. I also found some of her triggers and pushed them often! biggrin Given the choice to beat her ass or win a lawsuit, I'd be mighty tempted to forsake the latter lol


I used to go to bingo halls a lot in the 90's with my friend and her mother. The most I've won was $400 dollars, and her mother won $3,000 dollars. The elderly ones I've seen were pretty cool, including the workers cool


My best night I took $25 and left with $2,000! woot! Most of the ladies are cool but there are a few that definitely need to know the time and [b]constantly![/]b lol

Well, at least it worked out. How often do you go to bingo?
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Reply #62 posted 04/28/09 4:56pm

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angel345 said:

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My best night I took $25 and left with $2,000! woot! Most of the ladies are cool but there are a few that definitely need to know the time and [b]constantly![/]b lol

Well, at least it worked out. How often do you go to bingo?

It didn't really. I never got to punch her mad lol

I go once a week. Sometimes 2. It's my saturday thing nod
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Reply #63 posted 04/28/09 5:01pm

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angel345 said:


Well, at least it worked out. How often do you go to bingo?

It didn't really. I never got to punch her mad lol

I go once a week. Sometimes 2. It's my saturday thing nod

Well, at least you're not gonna see her again, and she's going to piss the wrong person out one day. I saw one bingo hall since I've moved south, but there's plenty in NY.
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Reply #64 posted 04/28/09 5:05pm

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angel345 said:

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It didn't really. I never got to punch her mad lol

I go once a week. Sometimes 2. It's my saturday thing nod

Well, at least you're not gonna see her again, and she's going to piss the wrong person out one day. I saw one bingo hall since I've moved south, but there's plenty in NY.

One day I'll create a fake email account and read her ass so hard her eyes will bleed reading my scathe nod
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Reply #65 posted 04/28/09 5:07pm

Anxiety

when did this thread become about richard's salty bingo daubers? lol
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Reply #66 posted 04/28/09 5:08pm

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angel345 said:


Well, at least you're not gonna see her again, and she's going to piss the wrong person out one day. I saw one bingo hall since I've moved south, but there's plenty in NY.

One day I'll create a fake email account and read her ass so hard her eyes will bleed reading my scathe nod

Oh boy! lol
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Reply #67 posted 04/28/09 5:15pm

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Anxiety said:

when did this thread become about richard's salty bingo daubers? lol

Who's Richard? lol
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Reply #68 posted 04/28/09 5:31pm

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Anxiety said:

when did this thread become about richard's salty bingo daubers? lol

Who's Richard? lol


hell if i know. i'm just gonna say my name backwards and go on home now. nuts lol
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Reply #69 posted 04/28/09 5:35pm

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Anxiety said:

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Who's Richard? lol


hell if i know. i'm just gonna say my name backwards and go on home now. nuts lol

Would you believe me that I have given up my proper name for supa? redface
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Reply #70 posted 04/28/09 5:36pm

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hell if i know. i'm just gonna say my name backwards and go on home now. nuts lol

Would you believe me that I have given up my proper name for supa? redface


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Reply #71 posted 04/28/09 5:38pm

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Anxiety said:

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Would you believe me that I have given up my proper name for supa? redface


eek

You did hah! lol razz

I won't daub on your thread anymore redface
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Reply #72 posted 04/28/09 6:38pm

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sometimes i feel like i should be more outspoken and opinionated, especially when i'm in situations where people around me are talking smack about things that i personally take offense to.

but i think it's wiser to consider where that would get me. would people really learn from what i have to say? would i open up any kind of meaningful dialogue? would i stand to gain anything from it? or would it just turn in to a nasty headbutting session that ends up in hurt feelings and resentments?

i think there is a point where it's perfectly acceptable to say, "okay, that's it, you're gonna hear from ME now," but mostly i think it's just as empowering for me to keep my mouth shut as it is to let it all hang out.


very well said!
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Reply #73 posted 04/28/09 7:51pm

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I'm more apt to do it in a non-work setting.

When I go back to visit my parents in small town Iowa (after living in Chicago for 6 years and NYC for 5 1/2), I am usually reminded of the close-mindedness of people. If it's something completely egregious, I'll usually say something. Last time I went home, some acquaintances were making sweeping stereotypes of the Indian guy who had bought the grocery store in town. So I calmly tried to provide alternate points of view. I didn't think I was being that agressive about it, but I am also not one to back down when I think I'm right.

At my previous job I used to get upset about a lot of stuff -- I thought (and still do) that my supervisors were poor managers and borderline unethical. I tried to fight the good fight and go through proper channels, but was met with federal, bureaucratic bullshit until I resigned.

In my new job I am trying to not care as much. It is easier because of the company size, but we utilize a lot of graduate school interns. Last Friday I had to break it down to one of them. She has proven to be incompetent at the simplest of tasks (making photocopies, for example), and when I was telling her what to do for an errand I needed her to run (to the post office) she was not paying attention (reading something else & not looking at me). When I called her out, she said it wasn't that complicated of a task. I pointed out that considering she had failed to complete simpler tasks correctly previously, she did in fact need to listen - and look at me - when I was speaking to her. talk to the hand
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Reply #74 posted 04/29/09 4:16am

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I've been pondering this myself lately.

After spending years cultivating nonattachment and learning to keep my mouth shut, lately I seem to be letting loose more and more often, especially when I feel I'm being taken advantage of. Not sure why.
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Reply #75 posted 04/29/09 4:19am

Imago

I don't ever get confrontational when somebody says something stupid around me.

How's your opinion going to change theirs? Let them drown in there own douche-baggery I say.

But if somebody I don't like fucks with me, they're toast. Hell, they're toast if I just get a wild hair up my ass. Basically, they're just toast.
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Reply #76 posted 04/29/09 8:26am

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I don't ever get confrontational when somebody says something stupid around me.

How's your opinion going to change theirs? Let them drown in there own douche-baggery I say.

But if somebody I don't like fucks with me, they're toast. Hell, they're toast if I just get a wild hair up my ass. Basically, they're just toast.


FUCK YOU!!
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Reply #77 posted 04/29/09 8:33am

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2the9s said:

Imago said:

I don't ever get confrontational when somebody says something stupid around me.

How's your opinion going to change theirs? Let them drown in there own douche-baggery I say.

But if somebody I don't like fucks with me, they're toast. Hell, they're toast if I just get a wild hair up my ass. Basically, they're just toast.


FUCK YOU!!


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Reply #78 posted 04/29/09 8:47am

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is this about what i think it is, anx?

lol
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Reply #79 posted 04/29/09 8:50am

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is this about what i think it is, anx?

lol


maybe not, but i'd see why there'd be confusion. lol
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Reply #80 posted 04/29/09 8:51am

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Anxiety said:

cborgman said:

is this about what i think it is, anx?

lol


maybe not, but i'd see why there'd be confusion. lol


lol
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Reply #81 posted 04/29/09 10:09am

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Reply #85 posted 04/29/09 10:34am

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Mara said:

peace

[Tina Turner buddist chant]

peace
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Reply #86 posted 04/29/09 10:38am

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SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

Mara said:

peace

[Tina Turner buddist chant]

peace
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falloff falloff falloff


I LOVE YOU. OMG. clapping
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Reply #87 posted 04/29/09 10:41am

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Mara said:

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:


falloff falloff falloff


I LOVE YOU. OMG. clapping

I need to learn that chant because despite my desire to Tina Turner my issues away, I want to become the major news story almost daily! lol
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Reply #88 posted 04/29/09 10:46am

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Reply #89 posted 04/29/09 10:52am

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Mara said:



I'll let Tina tell it for me because _____. peace [Tina Turner Chant x 1 million]
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mushy exclaim exclaim exclaim

2 things:

How brave of Tina to share her personal faith so publicly clapping

Angela Bassett got robbed of an acadamy award mad



Oh, one more thing..... hug
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