What's on your mind?

[MehGuy]

Sunday evening blues... although this week... it's sort of sobering/peaceful.

 

[Saucy]

@Saucy, How are you holding up? Is the pain gone? I hope so.

I overheard a conversation on the absence of men in the trad space. They’re correct. The majority are women. Maybe you can add your voice?

@MehGuy, have you settled the fun thing?

~bella

Yes the pain is about 99% gone. I get a little tweak here and there if I overdue it, but otherwise feeling great! What is the "trad space"?

 

[bèlla]

I haven't really.

Just enjoying the latest Call Of Duty game. Although I wish video games were as magical when I was younger. Seems like everything was a little more fun back then.

Don’t worry about it. You’ll find something.

I see an upside to this companion wise. Look for someone who excels in this area. She’s a lot of fun and has great suggestions you enjoy. That might be the missing link and an angle you can explore.

~bella

 

[bèlla]

Yes the pain is about 99% gone. I get a little tweak here and there if I overdue it, but otherwise feeling great! What is the "trad space"?

That's wonderful news!

As for your question, trad space refers to traditional marriage or relationships. Most are authored by women in secular or Christian marriages. You need to be committed to the principle and have thick skin.

@MehGuy can attest to that! Detractors are vocal. But the need is great and I think you’d do well. So would he but that’s another conversation.

~bella

 

[linux.poet]

But man, the beats from those maddeningly awful R&B and gangster-wannabe rap songs are like a repeated rail spike through my ear canal

Is it possible to employ earplugs in this instance? Obviously if people need to talk to you frequently that isn't an option, but maybe if you have to just work by yourself there for minutes or hours at a time you can put the plugs in for some relief and take them out when your boss comes in.

 

[GodDoesListen55]

No matter what I say or do, it will never be good enough or even right for that matter, so what's the point?!

 

[SarahsKnight]

Obviously if people need to talk to you frequently that isn't an option, but maybe if you have to just work by yourself there for minutes or hours at a time you can put the plugs in for some relief and take them out when your boss comes in.

I am considering it, honestly. I have had much experience with utilizing ear protection in the past in many situations outside of work, to be sure, since back then I was not dealing with my minor case of misophonia as well as I seem to nowadays, but, to say the least, wearing ear plugs for any extended period of time, much less for the greater portion of the twelve-hour shifts that I work, takes its toll on me in terms of discomfort. I don't know if a mere 20 decibels or so less in the sound intensity from that blasted radio will be worth dealing with ear plugs again. Like, they really do keep it that loud, now.

But thank you for caring and the suggestion, Miss Linux. As I said in the first post about this problem, there is hope that I may not even have to deal with it for much longer in the future thanks to a few different possible avenues. One of them being a new one that has arisen since the first post: that the guy who straight up told me that he'll keep it that loud every moment he is in the lab working, will soon be transferred to the other plant.

other than that, as I also said, right now as much as the loudness can take a mental toll on me, I don't think it will be worth bringing a fight right out into the open by narcing on anyone or protesting to the guys who keep this radio so loud in a more direct way than I already have.

 

[SarahsKnight]

No matter what I say or do, it will never be good enough or even right for that matter, so what's the point?!

I'm sorry this kind of feeling is befalling you now, Chelsea. That is rough. I actually got that sense out of many of the characters in the movie I just sat through in the theatre earlier this evening, that that was the kind of struggle they were having, and it did make me empathize with them.

 

[SarahsKnight]

Although I wish video games were as magical when I was younger. Seems like everything was a little more fun back then.

There was always - what I think most gamers our age and older have appropriately called it - that sense of wonder you got back then going through a new game for the first time ... even the ones that weren't so great in the end.

 

[DragonFox91]

Pray for revival!

 

[mojoboy31]

I am considering it, honestly. I have had much experience with utilizing ear protection in the past in many situations outside of work, to be sure, since back then I was not dealing with my minor case of misophonia as well as I seem to nowadays, but, to say the least, wearing ear plugs for any extended period of time, much less for the greater portion of the twelve-hour shifts that I work, takes its toll on me in terms of discomfort. I don't know if a mere 20 decibels or so less in the sound intensity from that blasted radio will be worth dealing with ear plugs again. Like, they really do keep it that loud, now.

But thank you for caring and the suggestion, Miss Linux. As I said in the first post about this problem, there is hope that I may not even have to deal with it for much longer in the future thanks to a few different possible avenues. One of them being a new one that has arisen since the first post: that the guy who straight up told me that he'll keep it that loud every moment he is in the lab working, will soon be transferred to the other plant.

other than that, as I also said, right now as much as the loudness can take a mental toll on me, I don't think it will be worth bringing a fight right out into the open by narcing on anyone or protesting to the guys who keep this radio so loud in a more direct way than I already have.

Have you considered fighting fire with fire? Getting your own speaker, and blaring music that doesn't make your skin crawl? See how they like it...

 

[mojoboy31]

Oooof. So I decided to hire someone off the Salesfloor, emailed the store manager, and my candidate's supervisor to give them a heads up, and also let them know the process will take 6-8 weeks, so they would have plenty of notice.
Got a nasty email back, and then Store Manager came over in person to tell me what I did was super inappropriate, because it's the Holiday season, and how dare I?

1. Store Manager has no control over my staffing decisions.

2. I gave them 6-8 weeks notice. I'm not expecting the State to process them before Jan 1st anyway, which was in my email.

Yet somehow, I still feel like I got called into the Principles Office. Yucky feeling in my tum-tum.

But I was diplomatic and reiterated that I wouldn't be pulling them until after the holidays anyway, but I wanted to get a start on the paperwork because it takes so long, and even if by miracle the State processes before then, I can still wait until after the 1st to Officially pull her over. All I was doing was giving them a heads up and trying to get started.

 

[mojoboy31]

 

[DragonFox91]

McDonald's toys were better when I was growing up.

 

[DragonFox91]

Maybe if TV shows & movies were better, people wouldn't find watching YouTubers play video games as entertaining as they do.

 

[SarahsKnight]

Got a nasty email back, and then Store Manager came over in person to tell me what I did was super inappropriate, because it's the Holiday season, and how dare I?

Did you ask this guy why he was freaking out? Because I sure didn't get it.

 

[SarahsKnight]

Have you considered fighting fire with fire? Getting your own speaker, and blaring music that doesn't make your skin crawl? See how they like it...

I have many times already tried upping my radio to a moderate volume just to be able to hear it well enough over the loudness next door, and it creates a cacophony that's even more unbearable to my ears than the crap blasting off their radio by itself. Let's just say their speakers are that much bigger. Even an ear bud in both ears wouldn't be loud enough to begin to drown it out, not without acutely damaging my ears, I imagine. Vengeance does not seem feasible in this case.

 

[MehGuy]

Don’t worry about it. You’ll find something.

I see an upside to this companion wise. Look for someone who excels in this area. She’s a lot of fun and has great suggestions you enjoy. That might be the missing link and an angle you can explore.

~bella

Yeah, that might help. Although I do like someone who is somewhat of a homebody. These days, I feel too tired to do anything. Works really made me into a zombie this past year.. and I don't see it ending anytime soon.

 

[MehGuy]

There was always - what I think most gamers our age and older have appropriately called it - that sense of wonder you got back then going through a new game for the first time ... even the ones that weren't so great in the end.

I agree. When I was younger... whenever there was a video game boundary... I always imagined there might be something behind it. Games just felt much larger. Now... while not a game developer... I know more about how a game is made. So the sense of wonder is less.

I'm not sure if I'm explaining myself properly. Only a few rare games like Red Dead Redemption 2.. do I feel a real sense of wonder like I did when I was a kid. And that's a game.. that takes an incredible amount of man hours to produce.

 

[sampa]

Just got back from Aqua jogging. I seem to be progressing as long as I can keep with it on a weekly basis. Got my shingles vaccine right before and the lady was very worried because of reactions to flu mist and covid vaccine before. I canceled my strength training session tomorrow to make sure I get extra rest just in case I get flu-like symptoms. Already got my early voting out of the way. Praying that I am well tomorrow and no adverse reactions. I thought it was worth the risk because of how awful I have heard shingles can be.