The Like/Hate Thread

[Ashe]

Like: I trapped Kaden in a WoW Rogue stunlock earlier... by way of AIM rant. (I don't really care about the info in this post, btw. I'm not overly secretive about my personal life, nor am I looking for any kind of sympathy or trying to make a big deal out of things that likely aren't, just to preface. Its all stuff that I just accept as part of life but felt like bitching about for a moment to get some shit off my chest.)

Also, hopefully the formatting is readable. I tried to fix it.

[spoiler]Kaden16 2:12 am
(2:12:57 AM): ARE YOU WRITING YET!?!?!?!
(2:13:07 AM): I was told I'm not pestering you enough about that.
(2:13:11 AM): So this is me
(2:13:23 AM): Hopefully inconveniencing you.

ASHE 2:13 am
(2:13:24 AM): Whoops, was off tucking Erin in

Kaden16 2:13 am
(2:13:39 AM): HOW DARE YOU ATTEND TO YOUR WIFE!!!!!!

ASHE 2:13 am
(2:13:42 AM): :-(
(2:14:38 AM): See, the thing is, since the computer is in the living room, I have a very hard time writing when she's awake, but also have an equally hard time writing after 5am or so, because that's when the cat decides to start showing its ass while I'm focusing (messing with shit, scratching walls, knocking shit over, all trying to get me to play with it)

Kaden16 2:15 am
(2:15:13 AM): You haven't kicked it through a window lately, have you?

ASHE 2:15 am
(2:15:30 AM): she tends to channel flip a lot on the tv when she's awake, with the tv up quite loud, so I end up just having a terrible time focusing
(2:15:55 AM): and I can't really crank up my own music with a headset as that makes it tough on me too, so it sucks :-(

Kaden16 2:17 am
(2:17:22 AM): That does suck.

ASHE 2:17 am
(2:17:23 AM): Also got passed up on the promotion to bartender at work the other day, so kinda been pissed about that (first chance in years for it) and additionally a good friend of mine's dad died a couple days ago, and I have to work tomorrow during the funeral

Kaden16 2:17 am
(2:17:59 AM): That...
(2:18:08 AM): Is like a nice big sandwich of shit.

ASHE 2:18 am
(2:18:34 AM): plus I'm trying to catch up on a few more IRL things like actually getting the state tax payment sent out as well as get with said friend when shit settles down and get to try to talk to the school about trying to go while being after their stupid ass early deadline (March 1st for financial aid for Fall semester using the tax info you only got a month before it)

Kaden16 2:19 am
(2:19:09 AM): Oh awesome.

ASHE 2:19 am
(2:19:21 AM): Add in that I've been trying to go back and forth with another friend about getting my wife a job at T-Mobile so that we can actually make our bills (pretty much out of savings now) and one thing after another causes us to have to wait and try again two days later XD

ASHE 2:19 am
(2:19:46 AM): So... yeah, sorry for not keeping up much. I mean, I know everyone's got stuff going on, but add it all to my tendency to procrastinate XD
(2:20:30 AM): I really wish I could have been more active in general in this saga and probably shouldn't have joined it, but it was just really set up for the type of thing Ashe would be great in
(2:20:46 AM): Though now people are writing my character better than I am haha
(2:20:54 AM): Fucking Peeps, why didn't I think of that

Kaden16 2:21 am
(2:21:10 AM): HAHAHAHAHA
(2:21:37 AM): Ashe is a great character to have around, at the very least.

Kaden16 2:21 am
(2:21:55 AM): Sometimes you need someone to just say something hella random, and I can only occassionally pull it off with Kaden.

ASHE 2:22 am
(2:22:35 AM): I think what really pisses me off about the bartender thing is that my manager made a comment about me not following rules, yet I've only called in twice in 7 years, I'm not on any of the call in lists we've been keeping on the wall the last year or so, I'm not on any of the "caught using your phone at work" lists that date back months either
(2:23:10 AM): yet the person he put into the position and the other people closest to it are on both lists repeatedly and frequently, with the one guy on his last warning for phone use before suspension.
(2:23:23 AM): So... I'm...

Kaden16 2:23 am
(2:23:27 AM): Uh...

ASHE 2:23 am
(2:23:28 AM): I mean... yeah.
(2:23:35 AM): You get my thoughts on that?

Kaden16 2:23 am
(2:23:37 AM): Wow, what criteria were they using for that promotion?
(2:23:41 AM): Amazing.

ASHE 2:23 am
(2:23:46 AM): I don't know what else to do to get some type of flack

ASHE 2:24 am
(2:24:05 AM): Sorta like I keep getting fewer and fewer days on the schedule

Kaden16 2:24 am
(2:24:16 AM): What did you do to piss off your boss?

ASHE 2:24 am
(2:24:21 AM): The reason cited is "well, its because you can't work Saturdays"
Kaden16 2:24 am
(2:24:26 AM): Slay his first-born?

ASHE 2:24 am
(2:24:36 AM): So I swap and stop working Friday and start working Saturday
(2:25:01 AM): Giving me Fri, Sun, and Mon off each week. Yet they still only schedule me two days each week, with one of those now being every single Saturday
(2:25:14 AM): So they still use the same excuse that my schedule is too difficult to work with
(2:25:25 AM): But I'm not going to just open it entirely because their reason is bullshit
(2:26:04 AM): There are multiple people that have Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, all three, requested every week entirely because they just don't like those days, and those people get the most hours available on Monday - Thursday of each week

ASHE 2:26 am
(2:26:17 AM): Meaning more days a week than me, despite having an ever more ridiculous set of days off
(2:26:26 AM): Frustrating.

Kaden16 2:27 am
(2:27:37 AM): Yeah, man, I'd be pretty frustrated about it, too.

ASHE 2:27 am
(2:27:42 AM): Yeah.
(2:28:13 AM): The reason Erin's trying to get a different job at T-Mobile (hopeful 12/hr with guaranteed 40 hours a week, plus benefits and cheaper phone bill)

ASHE 2:28 am
(2:28:23 AM): is because she gets three days per two week schedule right now where I work
(2:28:38 AM): She used to cashier, but now she's only scheduled as hostess ever since the system change
(2:28:42 AM): now a cashier is quitting
(2:28:49 AM): she mentioned that she can work any day of the week as it
(2:29:04 AM): They go to a different hostess who's never done anything other than hostess and train her to be the new cashier

Kaden16 2:29 am
(2:29:10 AM): ...

ASHE 2:29 am
(2:29:24 AM): Then take ANOTHER hostess who has ragequit during her shift three times and returned each time, and give her 5 days a week
(2:29:42 AM): and leave Erin as working Wednesday only of the first week on next schedule, and Tues/Wed of the second.

Kaden16 2:29 am
(2:29:47 AM): When you quit, you should burn that mother fucker down.

ASHE 2:29 am
(2:29:53 AM): inorite?

Kaden16 2:29 am
(2:29:57 AM): Good lord.
(2:30:15 AM): It's like they're just screwing with you.

ASHE 2:30 am
(2:30:19 AM): I mean, I can't exactly go get a different job myself because if I'm going to go to school, I need to keep part time (thus why I'm not trying for T-Mobile)

ASHE 2:30 am
(2:30:38 AM): Yeah, seriously, I feel that we are both being pushed out at this point, but no one will be straight with me.
(2:30:46 AM): And I don't really want to actually make such accusations

Kaden16 2:30 am
(2:30:52 AM): Yeah.

ASHE 2:30 am
(2:30:55 AM): despite having pretty obvious reasons to be suspicious

Kaden16 2:30 am
(2:30:58 AM): That would just be giving them what they want.

ASHE 2:31 am
(2:31:16 AM): Add to it that her family is bitching when Erin mentions how rough bills are
(2:31:48 AM): Her parents are calling us again demanding (not asking) 200$ because "we're family" and they just want some "help" (beer and cigarettes got in the way of bills again and they don't want to get a job)
(2:32:30 AM): So when she tells her grandmother, her gmother bitches her out saying that I should get a second job and stop being a slackass waste of space, forcing her to support me, etc (Yeah, Erin supports me with her 3 days per two week schedule, news to me)

Kaden16 2:32 am
(2:32:33 AM): Wow.

Kaden16 2:33 am
(2:33:06 AM): Yeah man, why haven't you just magically gotten yourself a better job?
(2:33:14 AM): That's obviously your fault.

ASHE 2:33 am
(2:33:18 AM): She told Erin that I should have at least two full time jobs if things are tough and stop making Erin have a tough time in life

Kaden16 2:33 am
(2:33:47 AM): How... do you even respond to that?

ASHE 2:34 am
(2:34:06 AM): I'm like "Yeah, because two full time 8/hr day jobs, totalling to 16/hrs a day, plus going to school full time for 8/hrs a day, TOTALLY works. I should TOTALLY do that and stop being lazy. I mean that only adds up to 24 hours a day, right?"

Kaden16 2:34 am
(2:34:36 AM): Only slacker pieces of shit need to eat, sleep, or travel

ASHE 2:34 am
(2:34:41 AM): yeah, no shit

Kaden16 2:35 am
(2:35:03 AM): Or maybe you're just not working fast enough.

ASHE 2:35 am
(2:35:04 AM): More or less, I don't care what they think, but it does cause for some drama when she cares

Kaden16 2:35 am
(2:35:12 AM): Well sure.

ASHE 2:36 am
(2:36:10 AM): we got our taxes back which was practically nothing (apparently married filing jointly with the two 400$ bonuses only got us 1100$ back) and its already practically gone just trying to keep up with rent and shit
(2:36:36 AM): so been picking up for people any days I've been able
(2:36:52 AM): Though I only made like 30 today :-(

Kaden16 2:37 am
(2:37:01 AM): I'm sure it's plenty stressful.
(2:37:05 AM): Are you paid against tips?

ASHE 2:37 am
(2:37:27 AM): you mean "if your tips don't meet minimum wage, we'll match to what that would be"?
Kaden16 2:37 am
(2:37:52 AM): Yes

ASHE 2:38 am
(2:38:32 AM): yeah, but due to the hours of being open, technically my hours don't actually make said numbers to have the average from all my days on the weeks be less than wage
(2:38:44 AM): And if it gets to the point, they tend to tell you to get another job

Kaden16 2:39 am
(2:39:04 AM): Of course they do.

ASHE 2:40 am
(2:40:38 AM): Yeah, I think I've been fighting going into depression over shit for like 6 months now, haha. Just been out of it and I don't like being depressed, so I've tended to force myself into better moods with random entertainment.
(2:41:07 AM): WHICH OF COURSE SUPPORTS THE OPINION THAT ALL I DO IS SIT AND PLAY GAMES/WATCH MOVIES/MASTURBATE AND NEVER WORK OR TRY TO IMPROVE LIFE LAWL

Kaden16 2:41 am
(2:41:09 AM): Yeah, I can imagine it's not making life easier.
(2:41:23 AM): I was just about to say...

ASHE 2:42 am
(2:42:00 AM): I mean, you know, if you sit down and take a break after a week or so and play some computer game for a couple hours and family shows up, of course they'll immediately say "So why aren't you out looking for a job" or "so you sit here playing games instead of doing something about _____"?

Kaden16 2:42 am
(2:42:31 AM): Do you respond by punching them in the throat?

ASHE 2:44 am
(2:44:36 AM): I... would love to
(2:44:53 AM): Except I actually forgot to mention that my grandmother's been having her health plummit as well over the past two months

Kaden16 2:45 am
(2:45:10 AM): =(

ASHE 2:45 am
(2:45:23 AM): She had some kind of stroke two months ago, and while they are both fairly young (60s?), she now can't really walk without a walker (despite having been quite active)
(2:46:08 AM): So she apparently came in with my mom and my mom's fourth husband and my grandfather yesterday when I wasn't working and from what I heard, she had to stop multiple times to rest when trying to make her way out the building, and had been in and out of the hospital again
(2:46:31 AM): which will REALLY REALLY suck if anything happens to her or my grandfather, given that if I had to pick favs, they'd be the closest of all my family members

Kaden16 2:47 am
(2:47:47 AM): Yeah, that's awful.

ASHE 2:49 am

(2:49:48 AM): Sage2:46 am
(2:46:07 AM): kk
(2:46:21 AM): I was just fucking around with Nick and we came up with that idea
(2:46:25 AM): I thought it was too awesome to not use
ASHE 2:46 am
(2:46:39 AM): k
Sage2:46 am
(2:46:43 AM): lol
(2:46:51 AM): You're so detached today. =(
ASHE 2:48 am
(2:48:34 AM): haha, sorry, been... ranting at Mario actually about how things have been going lately for me
(2:48:41 AM): he just kinda walked into it by accident
(2:48:42 AM): BAM
Sage2:48 am
(2:48:44 AM): =(
ASHE 2:48 am
(2:48:47 AM): rant trap sprung
(2:48:52 AM): he can't escape
Sage2:48 am
(2:48:53 AM): Feel free to rant at me
ASHE 2:48 am
(2:48:55 AM): its all over

(2:49:53 AM): Thought you'd find that of interest
(2:49:54 AM): XD

Kaden16 2:53 am
(2:53:11 AM): XD
(2:53:27 AM): It's totally cool, I don't mind being a rantee.
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I'm terrified to think of how much xp that would have gained me. That said, hopefully this gives some people more insight about me. Again, I didn't post it to get advice, act like my life sucks, act like my life rocks (), or well, any reason. I just found it interesting and was like "Hey, I'll go post a rant in the Hate thread for old time's sake."

Enjoy?