What's upsetting you today? - Page 38

DanaC · 09-16-2007, 07:52 PM

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Almost cried twice so far
When I get back, it's only 3 1/2 more hours...right?

Razz, that sucks. Is work often like that? It's horrible when work makes you miserable; we spend such a large portion of our lives in our workplace.

Razzmatazz13 · 09-16-2007, 08:18 PM

Retail is like that, it's rather soul-crushing. If the customers don't hate you for something you have no control over...then your managers are mad at you for something someone else did...and the employees are all talking about something you didn't do. I'm just dealing until I can find something better....that's how life works.

piercehawkeye45 · 09-20-2007, 12:03 AM

Well......found out a few hours again that one of my very good friends and teammate died of a heart attack (supposedly genetic) earlier today. He was 19, athletic (not fat), straight A student with a 34 ACT, etc. Damn...

I was high at the time which just made it ten times worse because you're really sad and really happy at the same time and it just splits you apart.

09-20-2007, 12:07 AM

I am really sorry to hear that.

lookout123 · 09-20-2007, 01:04 AM

i recently launched my business and most of my clients (at least the ones i've invited) have followed me over from the old firm. but i got a call today from one client, who happens to be an old friend, that pissed me off. he and the mrs are staying at the old firm "because firm______has made us a lot of money and has taken good care of us."

are you freaking kiddin' me? the firm doesn't even know you exist. THE ADVISOR did the work fixing some serious problems and setting up a good plan and walking you through estate planning, etc... THE FIRM is going to fill my vacated office with some kid that is literally two weeks out of licensing and not even able to advise independently yet.

Whatever. I actually don't mind losing them as clients because they are pretty high maintenance/low return clients anyway. it's just the principle.

BigV · 09-20-2007, 01:52 AM

l123, you're pissed off because you got a free dose of honesty, revealing your good fortune at dodging a high maint/low retn luuuuuser?

time to recalibrate, bro.

DanaC · 09-20-2007, 10:04 AM

Pierce, that's awful. It's never an easy thing to lose a friend, but it's less unexpected as you get older, I think, as you hit 'the zone'. Must have been terribly shocking to lose a friend so young. My condolences.

lookout123 · 09-20-2007, 11:57 AM

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Originally Posted by BigV

l123, you're pissed off because you got a free dose of honesty, revealing your good fortune at dodging a high maint/low retn luuuuuser?

time to recalibrate, bro.

yeah, i know. don't know why it irritates me either. i think i'm probably more irritated that in a month they'll sit down with the new guy who will dismantle the accounts to reshuffle money into something he was taught in a class - and charging them a few thousand.

piercehawkeye45 · 09-20-2007, 03:10 PM

Thanks rkzenrage and Dana. Actually, I think what scares me the most is how he died, not the actual fact that he died, which still does scare me. From from I've heard, he just had a heart attack out of nowhere with no prior warnings.

Sad thing is that I might not be able to make the funeral since it is a state away.

Griff · 09-20-2007, 03:13 PM

Sorry ph, that is pretty depressing stuff.

Sundae · 09-20-2007, 04:09 PM

Sorry to hear it too PH.

It happened to the brother of a close friend of mine. We were 23 and he was 21 - the pathos is he'd been drifting for a couple of years and had finally got his life sorted and had a place at Uni in the Autumn. It seems odd to remember, but it was the 50th anniversary of VE Day - unusually warm for May and everyone was celebrating. He was playing a game of kickabout on the village green. Dead before he hit the ground.

The thing I will always carry with me is my friend singing and playing a song at his little brother's funeral, and how brave and old-world courteous his Dad was, thanking everyone individually afterwards, especially the friends.

Griff · 09-21-2007, 02:47 PM

This is kinda small potatoes in comparison, but a rabbit is staring at me through the screen door. An hour or so ago I accidentally crushed the rear legs of one with the tractor... eyes filled with terror dragging himself around with his front legs... everything zen?

Shawnee123 · 09-21-2007, 02:49 PM

Wait, the rabbit you smashed is the one staring at you? Might be zombie rabbit. If not, you may have made some serious enemies in the Bunny Kingdom, my friend.

Griff · 09-21-2007, 02:52 PM

We will travel in pairs for a while. Two go out one comes back.

Griff · 09-21-2007, 02:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Shawnee123

Wait, the rabbit you smashed is the one staring at you? Might be zombie rabbit. If not, you may have made some serious enemies in the Bunny Kingdom, my friend.

09-16-2007, 08:18 PM	#557
Razzmatazz13 Vicariously, I live... Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: USA Posts: 1,221	Retail is like that, it's rather soul-crushing. If the customers don't hate you for something you have no control over...then your managers are mad at you for something someone else did...and the employees are all talking about something you didn't do. I'm just dealing until I can find something better....that's how life works. __________________ I have some people I need to have smoted. ~ SteveDallas

09-20-2007, 01:04 AM	#560
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	i recently launched my business and most of my clients (at least the ones i've invited) have followed me over from the old firm. but i got a call today from one client, who happens to be an old friend, that pissed me off. he and the mrs are staying at the old firm "because firm______has made us a lot of money and has taken good care of us." are you freaking kiddin' me? the firm doesn't even know you exist. THE ADVISOR did the work fixing some serious problems and setting up a good plan and walking you through estate planning, etc... THE FIRM is going to fill my vacated office with some kid that is literally two weeks out of licensing and not even able to advise independently yet. Whatever. I actually don't mind losing them as clients because they are pretty high maintenance/low return clients anyway. it's just the principle. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

09-20-2007, 01:52 AM	#561
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	l123, you're pissed off because you got a free dose of honesty, revealing your good fortune at dodging a high maint/low retn luuuuuser? time to recalibrate, bro. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

09-20-2007, 03:13 PM	#565
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Sorry ph, that is pretty depressing stuff. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

09-20-2007, 04:09 PM	#566
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Sorry to hear it too PH. It happened to the brother of a close friend of mine. We were 23 and he was 21 - the pathos is he'd been drifting for a couple of years and had finally got his life sorted and had a place at Uni in the Autumn. It seems odd to remember, but it was the 50th anniversary of VE Day - unusually warm for May and everyone was celebrating. He was playing a game of kickabout on the village green. Dead before he hit the ground. The thing I will always carry with me is my friend singing and playing a song at his little brother's funeral, and how brave and old-world courteous his Dad was, thanking everyone individually afterwards, especially the friends. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

09-20-2007, 12:03 AM	#558
piercehawkeye45 Franklin Pierce Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Minnesota Posts: 3,695	Well......found out a few hours again that one of my very good friends and teammate died of a heart attack (supposedly genetic) earlier today. He was 19, athletic (not fat), straight A student with a 34 ACT, etc. Damn... I was high at the time which just made it ten times worse because you're really sad and really happy at the same time and it just splits you apart.

09-20-2007, 12:07 AM	#559
rkzenrage Guest Posts: n/a	I am really sorry to hear that.

09-20-2007, 10:04 AM	#562
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	Pierce, that's awful. It's never an easy thing to lose a friend, but it's less unexpected as you get older, I think, as you hit 'the zone'. Must have been terribly shocking to lose a friend so young. My condolences.

09-20-2007, 03:10 PM	#564
piercehawkeye45 Franklin Pierce Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Minnesota Posts: 3,695	Thanks rkzenrage and Dana. Actually, I think what scares me the most is how he died, not the actual fact that he died, which still does scare me. From from I've heard, he just had a heart attack out of nowhere with no prior warnings. Sad thing is that I might not be able to make the funeral since it is a state away.

09-21-2007, 02:47 PM	#567
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	This is kinda small potatoes in comparison, but a rabbit is staring at me through the screen door. An hour or so ago I accidentally crushed the rear legs of one with the tractor... eyes filled with terror dragging himself around with his front legs... everything zen? __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

09-21-2007, 02:49 PM	#568
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Wait, the rabbit you smashed is the one staring at you? Might be zombie rabbit. If not, you may have made some serious enemies in the Bunny Kingdom, my friend. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

09-21-2007, 02:52 PM	#569
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	We will travel in pairs for a while. Two go out one comes back. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

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