Dear So and So

[emily_in_nc]

Dear mental health hiring gods,
Please hire me. I spent 60K on my education. I promise to be good.

Dear mental health hiring gods (and goddesses),

Please hire Crankin. She rocks!

[Xrayted]

Son of a b__ch. *sigh* Oh well, it could be worse. I could be out of a job altogether...


I'll just keep on dreaming of a better place while this one continues to eat my soul.

[OakLeaf]

Dear whatever's going on with X and Kit, give them a break, will ya?

[Pax]

Son of a b__ch. *sigh* Oh well, it could be worse. I could be out of a job altogether...


I'll just keep on dreaming of a better place while this one continues to eat my soul.

The hiring freeze stuck? Sorry X, that truly sucks.

[Veronica]

Dear Co-Workers;

I don't mind you borrowing my art supplies and sample projects. But could you please return them when finished, so I can use them with my own classroom? Geez... you have had some of this stuff for over a year!

Veronica

[bmccasland]

Dear person yacking loudly on your cell...
Why do you leave your cube to have the converstion and wander down to our cubes? Ever hear of speaking softly? So you don't want to disturb the people in your work area, what makes it OK to disturb us?

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Dear person yacking loudly on your cell...
Why do you leave your cube to have the converstion and wander down to our cubes? Ever hear of speaking softly? So you don't want to disturb the people in your work area, what makes it OK to disturb us?

yeah, that is such a bummer. Put up a sign of some sort in the area where she's doing it maybe? You could get creative!
Or if there is a bunch of you annoyed by it, someone could turn on a radio really loudly when she starts in.

My new neighbor likes to spend all day out on her deck yakking aimlessly on her cell phone. She goes on hour after hour. She's not hollering, but her voice is one of those that strongly carries over distances. She's about 40 yards from me, but I can hear every word as though she were standing next to me. I swear she has no idea how her voice carries. I cough, I sigh, I bang shovels and make noise so she knows I'm right there gardening or trying to relax in my yard. She's clueless. I'm a captive prisoner to her boring endless yakfests.
Once my DH started saying "BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH!!!" really loudly, but she still didn't 'get it'. lol! We'll see how the situation progresses this summer.

[withm]

yeah, that is such a bummer. Put up a sign of some sort in the area where she's doing it maybe? You could get creative!
Or if there is a bunch of you annoyed by it, someone could turn on a radio really loudly when she starts in.

My new neighbor likes to spend all day out on her deck yakking aimlessly on her cell phone. She goes on hour after hour. She's not hollering, but her voice is one of those that strongly carries over distances. She's about 40 yards from me, but I can hear every word as though she were standing next to me. I swear she has no idea how her voice carries. I cough, I sigh, I bang shovels and make noise so she knows I'm right there gardening or trying to relax in my yard. She's clueless. I'm a captive prisoner to her boring endless yakfests.
Once my DH started saying "BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH!!!" really loudly, but she still didn't 'get it'. lol! We'll see how the situation progresses this summer.

Oh I sooooo know what you are going through. When I bought my house, there was nothing but woods for an entire block in the back yard. I came home after being away for a week, and found the entire block had been cleared. The house behind me is probably about 5,000 sf, and not 50 feet away - built right up to the setbacks. My neighbor, her husband, their grown sons all use their "outside voices" all the time. And then there's the 3 little yippy dogs that bark at the wind, at shadows, at cars, at people walking down my street - 500' away... The fun never stops. Even if I am behind closed doors, with my own TV or stereo on, and with the A/C or Furnace running I can hear them talking on the phone, or watching TV on their screened porch. Yikes! I've been tempted to crank up my music to overpower them, but it would overpower me too.

[Trek420]

My new neighbor likes to spend all day out on her deck yakking aimlessly on her cell phone. She goes on hour after hour. She's not hollering, but her voice is one of those that strongly carries over distances. She's about 40 yards from me, but I can hear every word as though she were standing next to me. I swear she has no idea how her voice carries. I cough, I sigh, I bang shovels and make noise so she knows I'm right there gardening or trying to relax in my yard. She's clueless. I'm a captive prisoner to her boring endless yakfests.
Once my DH started saying "BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH!!!" really loudly, but she still didn't 'get it'. lol! We'll see how the situation progresses this summer.

I would just start asking her ... "And is Priscilla feeling better yet? Hydrocepalus is a serious illness and it is going around. Your uncle Bob stilll has it too? We're all so worried about them. Did Priscilla like the bread pudding with candied ginger and prunes? She's always liked that. We sent some, thought that would make her feel better at least...." or ....

Whenever she's outside start running towards her house in your beekeeper outfit, the hat, mask, the smoke thingie yelling "the bees, the bees, get inside, go inside the bees are coming!" Once she's inside calmly walk away.

[Kitsune06]

yeah, that is such a bummer. Put up a sign of some sort in the area where she's doing it maybe? You could get creative!
Or if there is a bunch of you annoyed by it, someone could turn on a radio really loudly when she starts in.

My new neighbor likes to spend all day out on her deck yakking aimlessly on her cell phone. She goes on hour after hour. She's not hollering, but her voice is one of those that strongly carries over distances. She's about 40 yards from me, but I can hear every word as though she were standing next to me. I swear she has no idea how her voice carries. I cough, I sigh, I bang shovels and make noise so she knows I'm right there gardening or trying to relax in my yard. She's clueless. I'm a captive prisoner to her boring endless yakfests.
Once my DH started saying "BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH!!!" really loudly, but she still didn't 'get it'. lol! We'll see how the situation progresses this summer.

I don't know that there's any way to really deal with these people... I mean, at school we're always seeing people going on with their long, meandering conversations in the bathroom. I mean, really. I really love my friends dearly, but unless they are in a terrible jam, or are really emotionally distraught, if I hear a toilet flush in the background of a conversation, I am hanging up. I mean, talk about tacky. Eww. And if people are rude enough to yak in public bathrooms, you might be stuck with that lady yaking in the yard.

[Xrayted]

The hiring freeze stuck? Sorry X, that truly sucks.

Ya.

They are now pushing them to drop a few jobs too. I feel kinda lucky that I didn't end up starting there and be the 1st one gone, right off the bat. But still... we were spending a lot of time looking to move, checking all kinds of stuff out, preparing for all of this and now... pfffft. I can wait for another shot somewhere but the out of the blue freeze and timing of it all just stinks. Were they just not paying attention or what?

Back to the carnage and massive OT and no sleep and high stress and less $$ and paying to park at my own job and >>>>

the cool little kids I get to help feel better who end up with all of my stickers and the lonely elderly patients who just want to talk a bit and the moms and dads who just want to get well and go home to their families and the mangled few who are grateful for someone who knows how to do an xray without moving them and the wonderful coworkers I have and the interesting research studies I get to help with and the rare thank you from the nurses and >>>

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Withm- OMG that situation sounds way worse than mine- I'm so sorry- how awful!
When my other neighbors' son took up drumming, we had to suffer through his rock drumming drifting over the neighborhood (whenever he'd forget to close the windows like they agreed to)- but we knew in 3 yrs he'd be GONE, off to college. And sure enough, he's now gone.
Sometimes you just have to pin your hopes on the fact that things do usually change over time...

X- that's too bad about your job. But good thing you didn't give notice at your current job!

[redrhodie]

Dear New Neighbor,

It's fine that you're going to have your floors sanded, but it's a bit worrying to me that you said it won't be loud. I would have felt better if you told me that it's going to be loud and awful, followed by smelly chemicals that will make me want to vomit, and probably give me cancer, and I'd be wise to leave while the work was in progress, sorry for the inconvenience. At least then I'd know you were honest and or smart. Now I think you're a dimwit. Please prove me wrong. If the floor sanding is not loud, I will apologize to the world right here.