Dear So and So

[Kitsune06]

Dear TE "Dear So and So" thread:
You've helped me keep my sanity today. You an' my big sis.

Dear guy-who-sits-next-to-me
There is so much I don't like about you, I can't even outline them here. But what gets me most is that not only do you need to disagree with practically everything I believe in, but you also have this condescending, threatening, challenging tone in your voice with everything you say. I mean everything.
You try to soften your voice when greeting clients on the phone and you sound like a stalker. You greet men on the phone in a voice that sounds like it'd be a crushing handshake and plastered grin if in physical form.
You raise the hair on the back of my neck.
You may genuinely be a nice guy, with great kids and wife and such...
but the slime you ooze on the astral planes makes me very uncomfortable.
Please, just stay the heck away from me. Don't try to be friendly, don't try to tell me why evolution is a false 'theory', don't tell me how against abortions etc you are, don't shake your head and cough if I happen to say the word 'gay'.
...and I'll stop popping my knuckles, neck and back, sighing when you start tearing into fellow evolutionists and maybe even involuntarily shuddering when you call clients and use either of your client voices.
well... the last one IS involuntary.
You really are creepy.

[chickwhorips]

dear co-worker who has control issues.

i told you once, do not make me tell you again. since you started here i have always gone to the post office to get the mail. it is the ONLY time i get out of the office unlike you. do not take the post office trip away from me, i told you after march 29th you can get the mail any time you want, until then let me. i have gotten the mail every day since you arrived here, and much longer before that. so DO NOT GET THE MAIL. it is in MY job description NOT yours! got it?

thank you
your fellow co-worker with really bad short timers syndorme.
can't wait till i'm out of here.
only 61 working hours left to go.

[mimitabby]

Dear Rotten creep that stole my son's bike

My son looked for years for a bike that was low-end enough that
he could make into a fixie bike and be able to leave on the UW campus. He always locked it carefully using a pretty good lock (not a latte lock)

Do you really have nothing better to do than take transportation away from
others who are barely getting by?

I hope some other jerk steals it from you too. and the horse you rode in on.

PO'd mom

[Thistle]

Dear TE sisters

Thank god for this thread!

Dear co-worker

i have been here for 2 years and 364 days. tomorrow it will be 3 years. you have never failed to comment on my appearance even one of those days. every time i see you, you comment on my clothing. ENOUGH already. do i give a **** what you think of my dress choices? NO.

today, you berate me for wearing shorts instead of skirts. WHO CARES???? you commented on my breakfast (i make a smoothie at work cos i dont have time in the morning to eat at home, and when i ride in i like to eat AFTER the ride, not before). you comment on my new job and what a loser place i'm going to and how it's not a real uni. GET a FRIGGIN life.... do you think i want to stay here with you??? you deride me for no longer going to the gym.... you have no idea why i dont go anymore, yet you judge me for it. you tell me i cant finish my thesis before i start the new job, and i wont be able to finish when i start the new job. THANKS FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT! with support like that, how can i fail?

if you comment on my clothes tomorrow co-worker, i am going to tell you to SHUT UP even though you are seriously up the food chain from me. 3 years is enough for anyone and i'm pretty damn tolerant. i am damned tempted to go back round now and tell you where to go.

ENOUGH ALREADY......

[Thistle]

Dear TE "Dear So and So" thread:
You've helped me keep my sanity today. You an' my big sis.

Dear guy-who-sits-next-to-me
There is so much I don't like about you, I can't even outline them here. But what gets me most is that not only do you need to disagree with practically everything I believe in, but you also have this condescending, threatening, challenging tone in your voice with everything you say. I mean everything.
You try to soften your voice when greeting clients on the phone and you sound like a stalker. You greet men on the phone in a voice that sounds like it'd be a crushing handshake and plastered grin if in physical form.
You raise the hair on the back of my neck.
You may genuinely be a nice guy, with great kids and wife and such...
but the slime you ooze on the astral planes makes me very uncomfortable.
Please, just stay the heck away from me. Don't try to be friendly, don't try to tell me why evolution is a false 'theory', don't tell me how against abortions etc you are, don't shake your head and cough if I happen to say the word 'gay'.
...and I'll stop popping my knuckles, neck and back, sighing when you start tearing into fellow evolutionists and maybe even involuntarily shuddering when you call clients and use either of your client voices.
well... the last one IS involuntary.
You really are creepy.

this guy sounds like a 1st class jerk. my sympathies Kitsune

[Blueberry]

Dear Control Freak Partner:

I really would like a life. I mean, I know you need an SUV larger than the very large one you just bought, and that your upcoming 5000 square foot house is a necessity, and you've told me that you're paid based on how much you get me to work, but I'd like a life. I'm sick - so I worked 12 hours yesterday. I'm sure you're gonna scream when you find out I stayed home sick today - never mind the fact that I *still* did work. I'd like a weekend. I'd like to get home at a decent hour, instead of your deciding at 5pm that I'm staying in the office until 10pm for no good reason. I'd like to not be required to bill 200 hours per month. I'd like to be able to *ride* my bike - I don't want your advice on how to get a 20 minute high efficiency workout in at the gym. It's not what I want. My family would like to see me. I'd like to actually have time to clean my house before I move. You'd think you might have learned your lesson screaming at me last week when my step-dad had just had a heart attack, not nooooo........

Signed, your associate

[logdiva32]

Dear Control Freak Partner:

I really would like a life. I mean, I know you need an SUV larger than the very large one you just bought, and that your upcoming 5000 square foot house is a necessity, and you've told me that you're paid based on how much you get me to work, but I'd like a life. I'm sick - so I worked 12 hours yesterday. I'm sure you're gonna scream when you find out I stayed home sick today - never mind the fact that I *still* did work. I'd like a weekend. I'd like to get home at a decent hour, instead of your deciding at 5pm that I'm staying in the office until 10pm for no good reason. I'd like to not be required to bill 200 hours per month. I'd like to be able to *ride* my bike - I don't want your advice on how to get a 20 minute high efficiency workout in at the gym. It's not what I want. My family would like to see me. I'd like to actually have time to clean my house before I move. You'd think you might have learned your lesson screaming at me last week when my step-dad had just had a heart attack, not nooooo........

Signed, your associate

Sorry your job sucks. I had a boss like that once, only he was a divorce' who hated women and life. Even tried to fry me on evaluation on my way out. Stay positive keep planning and wait on your change. "Speak life into the desires of your heart"

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Dear Higher Powers in charge of the Universe,
Thank you for giving my two wonderful loving daughters who are such delights and for giving them in turn two wonderful partners, and thank you for somehow assigning me the world's most loving and caring man, and thank you also for giving us all good health (for now at least) and good work to do, decent places to live, and food. We are so incredibly lucky and blessed.
...And thank you letting us ride our bikes so much.

[Wahine]

Dear Bank of America,

When I electronically transfer money from my account to go towards my B of A Visa, I notice it immediately disappears from my checking account but takes 2 effing days to appear on my Visa. WTF do you think you are doing with MY money for 2 days? I need that money, in that account to pay for building materials for my house. Seeing as you think I'm a deadbeat and won't give me a decent credit limit because I "have not credit history in the US" even though I can show you how much I make per week and have a bloodly professional degree and am married to a man with a PHD, the least you could do is credit my account promptly!!

Not only that, when I add money to my account to provide increased credit above and beyond my credit limit, you still won't let me make a purchase above my credit limit at any one time. EVEN THOUGH THE MONEY IS ALREADY THERE!!

Arrrrrrrrrgggggggggghhhhhhhhhh!!

[lph]

Dear Powers that Be,

Thank you for five shining days in the itsy-bitsy, but surrounded by oh-so-beautiful islands and mountains, "town" of Brønnøysund. Thank you for the patience I needed but usually lack, to get through my crash course in driving something with a large and scary engine without yelling at my driving instructor. Pun not intended.

And thank you for the peace of mind at the right moment so I managed to pass my test and get my licence.

Now back to my sadly neglected bike.

[Duck on Wheels]

Dear Bank of America,

When I electronically transfer money from my account to go towards my B of A Visa, I notice it immediately disappears from my checking account but takes 2 effing days to appear on my Visa. WTF do you think you are doing with MY money for 2 days? I need that money, in that account to pay for building materials for my house. Seeing as you think I'm a deadbeat and won't give me a decent credit limit because I "have not credit history in the US" even though I can show you how much I make per week and have a bloodly professional degree and am married to a man with a PHD, the least you could do is credit my account promptly!!

Not only that, when I add money to my account to provide increased credit above and beyond my credit limit, you still won't let me make a purchase above my credit limit at any one time. EVEN THOUGH THE MONEY IS ALREADY THERE!!

Arrrrrrrrrgggggggggghhhhhhhhhh!!

This is why my parents dropped BofA way back when they were farming. They'd send in two checks on the same day in the same envelope -- one a deposit and one a bill payment. BofA would charge the bill payment the same day, but spend 2-3 days creditting the deposit -- and charge them for the overdraft that caused.

[LBTC]

Dear Bank of America,

When I electronically transfer money from my account to go towards my B of A Visa, I notice it immediately disappears from my checking account but takes 2 effing days to appear on my Visa. WTF do you think you are doing with MY money for 2 days?

Sorry to say, Wahine, but all of the banks do this. And do you know what they are doing with your money? They are investing and making interest on it. The interest they charge us isn't enough! Can you imagine how much they collectively invest every day? And how much interest that gets them? Seriously, if you ever have money to invest, buy bank stocks.

See if you can get a line of credit for your renovations, instead. Credit cards are notorious for calmly explaining...we are not a bank account. We don't treat your money as a deposit on future charges.

Good luck with your renovations!!

Hugs and butterflies,
~T~