A place to rant about things that wind you up ( keep it clean lol)

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Siikibam said:
Sorry but I had to laugh at that. It’s sad when people feel they have to lie 🤷🏾‍♀️☹
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I laugh about it regularly. She was part of one of them dreadful pyramid schemes so her whole page was "look at my great life" to try to pull other ppl into the pyramid scheme.
 
Siikibam said:
I had trouble registering the result for one of my sons tests last week! I kept getting an error so gave up. It was negative.
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I dont bother registering mine either. Would obviously report if it was positive but too much hassle to report a negative.

We test twice weekly for work, its voluntary. I'm supposed to log my negative test on the NHS/government whatever site and log it somewhere else for my work. Just no. Pick 1 easy place and I'd do it.

I already have to not eat or drink for half an hour, sanitize a surface to put the test on, faff about doing the test and then come back to check on it another half an hour later. I'm not then wasting more of my time logging a negative in 2 places. We have to do them at home so it's not work time that I'm being paid for, this is my own time.

When they trailed them lateral flow tests miss 40% of people with COVID, making a negative quite meaningless anyway.
 
@ThatPurpleB i also have to test twice weekly for work. I do it in the morning before brushing my teeth. I get my son to do the same as well. It’s a faff reporting in two places but I do it. What I’d prefer is to get either a text or an email, not both. But I shouldn’t complain.
 
I've never been asked for a test site ID ?
The instructions that came with our tests, actually in the box, were wrong and we were given separate instructions? Never actually bothered to look at the difference, could that be an issue?
 
Siikibam said:
@ThatPurpleB i also have to test twice weekly for work. I do it in the morning before brushing my teeth. I get my son to do the same as well. It’s a faff reporting in two places but I do it. What I’d prefer is to get either a text or an email, not both. But I shouldn’t complain.
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I'm with you on that, both my children and myself are testing, 3 lots to report on the gov.UK site, 2 to the children's school, thankfully I only have to tell my school if there is a problem.
 
Siikibam said:
@ThatPurpleB i also have to test twice weekly for work. I do it in the morning before brushing my teeth. I get my son to do the same as well. It’s a faff reporting in two places but I do it. What I’d prefer is to get either a text or an email, not both. But I shouldn’t complain.
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I took on the piggies the week before I stopped working from home and went back into work so I don't think I wanted to add another new thing to my routine on top of caring for them in a morning. I'm barely up for half an hour before leaving for work too. Glad I have the tests and I do them regularly, that's the main thing.
 
Sar said:
It still wants a test site ID. I give in!
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That looks like where I have been doing the results for my son's tests ( provided by his school), and I've had no issues.
Are you doing the tests because you work at a school or similar, and ticking the button that mentions schools and nurseries etc? That page slightly confused me the first time, but it then allows you to put in the postcode of the organisation and select the correct one. No need for an external test centre ID then.
 
Argh hubby got some chicken out the freezer for dinner tonight while I was out... Only he didn't close the freezer properly. Most things have stayed safe except all the small portion stuff I make for Jessica. Over the next few days she needs to eat 6 chickpea patties, 11 flapjacks, a spaghetti Bolognese, 5 pitta breads, 5 lots of prune and pear puree, and a shed load of fruit. Coupled with the week groups start back so it's a busier week... I take it I won't be getting any sewing done again this week
 
One of my curtains fell off the rail this morning and there's no way of putting it back up and keeping said curtain open. No more curtain on that window!
 
Lorcan said:
One of my curtains fell off the rail this morning and there's no way of putting it back up and keeping said curtain open. No more curtain on that window!
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Oh no! Why can’t it go back up and stay open? Is the rail or the curtain the issue?
 
Siikibam said:
Oh no! Why can’t it go back up and stay open? Is the rail or the curtain the issue?
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It's the rail. There's a bit of plastic that goes at the end of the rail to keep the curtain on, and it fell off about a week ago...but the curtain stayed on, so I had no idea what this chunk of plastic was when I found it in a plant pot and tbh I probably chucked it out. Can't find it now, anyway. But the curtains stayed on, being opened and closed, until this morning when they finally fell off when I opened them.

I probably need a new rail. I'm not buying a new rail.
 
Defiance 😁 you could probably find something to pop on the end so it doesn’t fall off. A clamp or something maybe.
 
When I've nothing in my flat for food that's not pasta and rice, it'd be nice if Amazon's delivery for snacks was before 16.45. Or if my anxiety would let up, so I could walk 5 minutes up the road and buy a bag of crisps.

It's a tad early for ice pops but, TO THE FRIDGE.
 
Blinking nursery germs. Since Jessica started nursery I keep coming down with colds thanks to a none existent immune system. Today I booked a walk with a friend and then finally had a hairdressers appointment so great news when I woke up feeling like death. Bit of a tickly cough and a horrendous sore throat and headache. Luckily we had lateral flow tests so I could make sure I was safe to keep my plans. Except hubby had thrown away the instructions but I was told it's easy and he knows what to do. He couldn't remember how long to leave them for before reading the result so I looked it up only to find I had done mine wrong as shoved it up the side of my nose where my piercing is so had to do a second one! We've been together for years, you'd think I'd learn not to place blind trust in "it's ok I know what I'm doing anyway"
 
Lady Kelly said:
Blinking nursery germs. Since Jessica started nursery I keep coming down with colds thanks to a none existent immune system. Today I booked a walk with a friend and then finally had a hairdressers appointment so great news when I woke up feeling like death. Bit of a tickly cough and a horrendous sore throat and headache. Luckily we had lateral flow tests so I could make sure I was safe to keep my plans. Except hubby had thrown away the instructions but I was told it's easy and he knows what to do. He couldn't remember how long to leave them for before reading the result so I looked it up only to find I had done mine wrong as shoved it up the side of my nose where my piercing is so had to do a second one! We've been together for years, you'd think I'd learn not to place blind trust in "it's ok I know what I'm doing anyway"
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Hope you feel better soon! My niece and nephew are constantly bringing stuff home from nursery! My brother and sister-in-law are always complaining about something they've picked up from them - at least once a month!
 
@Lady Kelly hope you feel better soon! Nurseries are definitely breeding grounds. This change of temperature is definitely affecting the little ones at the minute!

I had a disastrous driving lesson today. I know it's only my second lesson back since Dec & I should cut myself some slack but... why are roundabouts my undoing? Why can I do something 3 times in a row & then get completely frazzled & lose my head?!
 
Internet down and I’m unable to finish my online study. It sounds like such a lame excuse but it’s the truth! I’ve reset and it still blocked access. I didn’t change any settings.

I’m going to eat my toasted baked bean sandwich and hope it’s back up and running tomorrow morning.
 
Sar said:
@Lady Kelly hope you feel better soon! Nurseries are definitely breeding grounds. This change of temperature is definitely affecting the little ones at the minute!

I had a disastrous driving lesson today. I know it's only my second lesson back since Dec & I should cut myself some slack but... why are roundabouts my undoing? Why can I do something 3 times in a row & then get completely frazzled & lose my head?!
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Just think of it as you need more practise to become confident at roundabouts. And yes, do cut yourself some slack. Try and ignore the other silly drivers who are making you rush. I know some can be like that, even when it’s not a learner 😒 How many lessons have you had in total? You can do it, there is no rush.
 
My two year old will not keep his clothes on while outside. Makes it really difficult to cook dinner. Plus the neighbors are trying to eat their dinner outdoors. :doh: And if anyone wants to know, he won't keep his clothes on inside either. :hb:
 
RedLoredAmazon said:
My two year old will not keep his clothes on while outside. Makes it really difficult to cook dinner. Plus the neighbors are trying to eat their dinner outdoors. :doh: And if anyone wants to know, he won't keep his clothes on inside either. :hb:
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I won’t laugh as it’s really not the right response. Could you convince him to wear swimming trunks? Is it the texture of the clothes that he doesn’t like?
 
Siikibam said:
I won’t laugh as it’s really not the right response. Could you convince him to wear swimming trunks? Is it the texture of the clothes that he doesn’t like?
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That's ok if you do laugh; I have to laugh at these things as it is quiet ridiculous. He is autistic so that is some of it. Mostly this is a thing he likes to do in order to control a situation. He likes to get attention if I'm not watching him all the time and it doesn't matter if it is for negative or positive attention. I have tried ignoring it, but you know the poor neighbors and he keeps sitting in the flowers the bees like. I did bring him inside and he waited till the family was sitting down to eat (he eats his dinner earlier as he is hungry at 4:30) to take his clothes off and pee behind the couch.

I know he will grow out of this eventually, but it is rather maddening right now.
 
RedLoredAmazon said:
That's ok if you do laugh; I have to laugh at these things as it is quiet ridiculous. He is autistic so that is some of it. Mostly this is a thing he likes to do in order to control a situation. He likes to get attention if I'm not watching him all the time and it doesn't matter if it is for negative or positive attention. I have tried ignoring it, but you know the poor neighbors and he keeps sitting in the flowers the bees like. I did bring him inside and he waited till the family was sitting down to eat (he eats his dinner earlier as he is hungry at 4:30) to take his clothes off and pee behind the couch.

I know he will grow out of this eventually, but it is rather maddening right now.
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Sorry to say but my nephew is 8 and still doesn't like wearing clothes :doh:
 
Siikibam said:
Just think of it as you need more practise to become confident at roundabouts. And yes, do cut yourself some slack. Try and ignore the other silly drivers who are making you rush. I know some can be like that, even when it’s not a learner 😒 How many lessons have you had in total? You can do it, there is no rush.
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That was my 12th lesson. It's probably not helped that I've had long breaks from lessons due to lockdown version 2 and 3. It's always the big posh cars that overtake & intimidate... do they not remember being a learner!?! This is one reason why I've not told anyone I'm learning either, all that "well I was doing that by then..." isn't going to help me.

To top my day off, my laptop froze 10 minutes into my office time. Took 20 minutes to come back, then refused to do anything until I'd ran a security scan & an update scan. Two hours later I gave up trying so now have to fit it into my weekend somewhere...
 
Sar said:
It's always the big posh cars that overtake & intimidate... do they not remember being a learner!?!
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There's a personality type that trends towards "somewhat aggressive" that tends to lead to earning a quare bit of money. And if you're earning that money, what do you spend it on? Cars. It's not that they don't remember, but that they're making a statement.
 
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