Dear So and So

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Originally Posted by indysteel

@Limewave. Good for you for recognizing you need a time out. A lot if people don't recognize that as an option.

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This. It's true. Just go with it.

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Originally Posted by Biciclista

tomorrow tomorrow! he's coming home!!! I will drive him absolutely bananas because he's so weak and i want him to get up and do stuff!

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Yay!!! Fantastic!!!

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Originally Posted by Biciclista

tomorrow tomorrow! he's coming home!!! I will drive him absolutely bananas because he's so weak and i want him to get up and do stuff!

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Hallelujah!

Dear Mimi, yaaaaaay!!!! hugs hugs hugs all around!! So happy for you guys. :D

Dear all, thanks for the muffin mix-in suggestions. If you smell gingerbread muffins fumes coming from the equator, that'll be moi. :p

Dear Skyrim, never again. Oh my aching head...

Mimi, you must be thrilled. Don't harass the poor guy! Keep us posted.

Limewave, putting ourself in time out means you know to self-regulate. I spend most of my time teaching moms and dads how to do this. If you want, I can email you a copy of the "Safe Space" concept, and how it is different from time out. It really works, especially when kids (and parents) know how to use calming strategies when they are in the Safe Space. The article is written for preschool teachers, but I have had several families institute it at home.
PM me, if you want, with your email.

Wow, Mimi! That is such wonderful news. I hope Don soon regains his strength and that your lives return to normal.

Oh Mimi, yaaaaaay!

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Originally Posted by indysteel

Wow, Mimi! That is such wonderful news. I hope Son soon regains his strength and that your lives return to normal.

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Oh Indy, it's not my son, it's my husband, the infamous Raleighdon
http://www.sersale.org/bike/katdbike.jpg

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Originally Posted by Anelia

Who's he?

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Her husband, he has been in the hospital for some time.

That was a typo on my part, Mimi. It was supposed to say "Don," not "Son." That's what I get for posting first thing in the morning.

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Originally Posted by Biciclista

A note to the toilet paper woman can't HURT! It might not help, but we all want to hear what happens after you do it.

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I'm so glad you said that so I don't have to.:D

Hooray for homecoming!

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Originally Posted by Biciclista

A note to the toilet paper woman can't HURT! It might not help, but we all want to hear what happens after you do it.

:D:D:D

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LOL. I just passed the suspected TP Bandit in the hall as she was headed to the bathroom. She's already visited the bathroom once today as there was a ginormous wad of toilet paper in the trash. When I say ginormou, I'm guessing that she puts about 6-6 layers of TP on the toilet seat each time she goes to the bathroom.

All I can say is that I'm glad I'm not a germaphobe. What she goes through each time she uses the restroom looks exhausting I wonder if she does the same thing at home. Of course, the irony is that our public bathrooms--to the extent they are cleaned every day and don't get heavy use--are likely cleaner than my home toilet.

As for the note, I'm likely not going to do that. If I worked in a different environment or a largely workplace, perhaps. You'd have to know a lot more about the politics of the Courts to know why leaving a note could leave egg on my face.

But the TP Bandit does make for some interesting stories.

Great news, Mimi!! So glad he's coming home.

Wishing him continued recuperation and a return of his stregnth.

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Originally Posted by indysteel

That was a typo on my part, Mimi. It was supposed to say "Don," not "Son." That's what I get for posting first thing in the morning.

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I'm glad you made it, or we wouldn't have gotten to see that fantastic photograph!

Great news, Mimi!!

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Originally Posted by jessmarimba

I'm glad you made it, or we wouldn't have gotten to see that fantastic photograph!

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True, true!

P.S. Got your PM. I'll be putting the top in the mail in the next couple of days!

Indy, could you maybe ask building maintenance to put locks on the TP dispensers? A lot of places have those, and then at least you wouldn't have to deal with half-used rolls in the trash.

You must have good plumbing, anyway. It's a wonder the toilets don't back up.

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Originally Posted by OakLeaf

Indy, could you maybe ask building maintenance to put locks on the TP dispensers? A lot of places have those, and then at least you wouldn't have to deal with half-used rolls in the trash.

You must have good plumbing, anyway. It's a wonder the toilets don't back up.

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Oh, she just throws all that TP away in the trash. I don't think she flushes any of it. I'll see about the locks though.

She most likely has some form of nasty OCD or phobia. Locking the paper up could cause her a lot of suffering, is it worth it?

it's taxpayer's money; she should bring her own TP!!

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Originally Posted by Pax

She most likely has some form of nasty OCD or phobia. Locking the paper up could cause her a lot of suffering, is it worth it?

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I doubt it. I keep going back to the simple fact that she probably needs professional help. While it bothers me that she's using taxpayer pai TP to "deal" with her issues, I don't think there's anything I can or arguably should do to intervene.

@Pax, there's nothing to stop her from bringing her own TP if she feels the need (and it definitely would create less waste if she didn't throw away whole rolls). I'm not sure that providing her an unlimited supply at public expense is a necessary accommodation....



Dear depression gods,

My body really needs a recovery day. Can you just let me do that please? I've already run more miles this month than I did in all of November.


Dear drivers in my county,

I've been back five days, and in that time two of you have killed cyclists and another one has gotten the word that you won't be prosecuted for killing a cyclist while driving drunk. Way to remind me where I am.

I guess with my work history I just see a person suffering and would have no desire to make her life more difficult. She is not hurting anyone and the argument of wasting taxpayer money seems a bit mean spirited. There are so many other, more emergent/painful/pressing, things in life to fret about.

We just look through different lenses on this topic.

Seriously? 20 posts about TP? Even if it cost $1.00/roll of TP, we are talking $250 or so over the course of a year. I suspect the 20 minutes or so each person has spent to talk/write about the subject while on company time adds up to way more waste than that. We all need to pick our battles. Just chalk it up to another amusing thing at work, shake your head, and move on.

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Originally Posted by withm

Seriously? 20 posts about TP? Even if it cost $1.00/roll of TP, we are talking $250 or so over the course of a year. I suspect the 20 minutes or so each person has spent to talk/write about the subject while on company time adds up to way more waste than that. We all need to pick our battles. Just chalk it up to another amusing thing at work, shake your head, and move on.

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I appreciate and agree with Pax's point of view about this and the diplomatic way she stated it. My original post that started this discussion was in keeping with the intent behind Dear So & So. It's a chance to vent, complain, celebrate, share, etc. What happens from there is the nature of an online forum. Things often take on a life of their own. We've certainly discussed sillier things in this thread in the past. I personally don't need you to wag your finger at me/us about it.

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Originally Posted by OakLeaf

Dear depression gods,

My body really needs a recovery day. Can you just let me do that please? I've already run more miles this month than I did in all of November.

Dear drivers in my county,

I've been back five days, and in that time two of you have killed cyclists and another one has gotten the word that you won't be prosecuted for killing a cyclist while driving drunk. Way to remind me where I am.

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((((Oak)))),

I'm sorry you've been battling some depression (or at least that's what I'm inferring from your above). I hope the extra sunshine in Florida will help.

I'm sorry to hear that the state isn't improving its bicycle safety. Please be careful out there.

Speaking of FL sunshine, I'll be there for a week as of 12/26... can't WAIT!!!

I've never been to Destin, but it looks beautiful.

I hope you feel better, Oak. When your body needs a rest, it needs a rest.
Those cycling statistics about your home in Florida sound scary.

re: 20 posts about TP, sometimes it's REALLY nice to NOT be dwelling on surgery, ICU, cancer, suffering. I like dear so and so because it ranges from the silly to the sad to the ironic to the giddy happiness that all of us experience. I have felt awful about this thread being way too much a how's Donald thread and I would prefer to dwell a little on the sensation of walking into a rest room expecting to find something really odd like mounds of TP.
We used to have a lady in our office who was way way way too much into makeup and scents. We'd go into the bathroom and see makeup sprinkled on the floor near the mirror and, of course ON the mirror. She left a vapor trail when she walked down the hall. We enjoyed endless conversations about her eccentricities and speculated for ages about what she did when she went to her next job... and sure she had emotional problems of a spectacular level, but there was not much we could do about that.

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Originally Posted by indysteel

I appreciate and agree with Pax's point of view about this and the diplomatic way she stated it. My original post that started this discussion was in keeping with the intent behind Dear So & So. It's a chance to vent, complain, celebrate, share, etc. What happens from there is the nature of an online forum. Things often take on a life of their own. We've certainly discussed sillier things in this thread in the past. I personally don't need you to wag your finger at me/us about it.

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Just consider it another vent.

Yeah, I guess that did sound mean. Sorry. As germs apparently are to this person, waste is to me. Seriously. It's how I was raised, and that was before I ever heard the phrase "carbon footprint." It's a good thing I don't work in your building, because I would be the one pulling the unused rolls of TP out of the trash and putting them back on the spindles. Yes, I do know that's gross. :o

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Originally Posted by OakLeaf

It's a good thing I don't work in your building, because I would be the one pulling the unused rolls of TP out of the trash and putting them back on the spindles. Yes, I do know that's gross. :o

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Gross, yes, but discussing it would make this thread even funnier.

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Originally Posted by PamNY

Gross, yes, but discussing it would make this thread even funnier.

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:p:p:p:p:p

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Originally Posted by OakLeaf

because I would be the one pulling the unused rolls of TP out of the trash and putting them back on the spindles. Yes, I do know that's gross. :o

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Hey, that's not gross, I'd do it right there with you :p

I was brought up the same way.

More toilet idiosincracies....

I used to work with a woman that took the idea of waste not to a higher level. One day she asked why we don't save the paper toilet seat liners so they can be used again. :eek: I guess we were supposed to hang them up.......

I have more..........

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Originally Posted by Biciclista

re: 20 posts about TP, sometimes it's REALLY nice to NOT be dwelling on surgery, ICU, cancer, suffering. I like dear so and so because it ranges from the silly to the sad to the ironic to the giddy happiness that all of us experience. I have felt awful about this thread being way too much a how's Donald thread and I would prefer to dwell a little on the sensation of walking into a rest room expecting to find something really odd like mounds of TP.
We used to have a lady in our office who was way way way too much into makeup and scents. We'd go into the bathroom and see makeup sprinkled on the floor near the mirror and, of course ON the mirror. She left a vapor trail when she walked down the hall. We enjoyed endless conversations about her eccentricities and speculated for ages about what she did when she went to her next job... and sure she had emotional problems of a spectacular level, but there was not much we could do about that.

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I am more than happy to provide a diversion for you, Mimi!

And, Oak, I have come really close to retrieving the unused rolls of TP from the trash. But I keep going back to the Seinfeld episode where George gets caught eating an eclair out of the trash.

Dear Indysteel

PLEASE don't eat the toilet paper.

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Originally Posted by Biciclista

Dear Indysteel

PLEASE don't eat the toilet paper.

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LOL. That was good for an awesome belly laugh! Thank you!!!!

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Originally Posted by Biciclista

Dear Indysteel

PLEASE don't eat the toilet paper.

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Originally Posted by indysteel

LOL. That was good for an awesome belly laugh! Thank you!!!!

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Ohh, don't make me laugh :(
I was sick last night and hurt from "worshipping at the ivory alter" several times.


Yay for RD going home!! :D:D

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Originally Posted by Biciclista

Dear Indysteel

PLEASE don't eat the toilet paper.

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ROFLMAO at the mental image... :D:D:D

Dear Hamstrings,

You've been stiff for a week. I've been trying to stretch you, but it's time for some professional help. We're going to see a therapist tomorrow to see if we can't work out our differences. A massage therapist *WINK*. Yayyyyy.

Mimi - such good news! I hope you both find Don being at home to be restful.