Small Talk: 1, 2, 3 Non-Cheerleader Conversation

[QuiteCalM]

2 minutes ago, Oranaiche said:

Exactly why I walked away from management. My district manager practically begged me to take the store manager position when it became available, and I told her sorry, but never again. I did it for years and I WILL go literally postal on someone if I step back into that role. So then we got stuck with this fucking guy who is like twelve years old and thinks he's hotter than the devil's shit.

Manager at a salon sounds awful. Can you imagine the complaints when people aren't happy with their haircuts, etc? 

Oh I know! Don't even worry about it. At the very least, likes let me know the cool people are reading. ?

Well, the cool people.....and me.

Right?! Bitch bitch bitch. I'd NEVER want to do that. Women who are deeply invested in their own beauty can be the biggest pain in the ass.

From what it sounds like, you're still sort of a manager in practice. Maybe not in title, but in practice.

[Oranaiche]

18 minutes ago, QuiteCalM said:

Well, the cool people.....and me.

Right?! Bitch bitch bitch. I'd NEVER want to do that. Women who are deeply invested in their own beauty can be the biggest pain in the ass.

From what it sounds like, you're still sort of a manager in practice. Maybe not in title, but in practice.

Yeah...well it's either that, or watch the store literally crash and burn. I always thought I had a little anarchist in me, but I guess maybe it's not as prominent as I thought.

I just got a picture in my head of a client with a Kate Gosselin haircut yelling at you because it's not what she wanted, and you're just like:

Edited May 18, 2017 by Oranaiche

[pizzaislife]

26 minutes ago, Oranaiche said:

God @ByTor you just HAD to say "auditor," didn't you? ? It's my first day off in two fucking weeks and my boss just called me panicked because the internal auditor is at our store (for a normal yearly audit, not because we did something bad). I basically barked at him that it's my DAY OFF and that I've already gone over everything I can think of with him that will help him pass the audit. I come from a long management background with our company so I know these things. He, on the other hand, has no experience and has never been through an audit. The store will probably fail for things that I told him to change, and he didn't. And hey, it is NOT my problem because he's the manager and the audit is on him.

I'm almost kind of sad because I've known our auditor for ten years but I haven't seen her since 2014. I would have liked to see her. But at the same time I'm not sad because getting audited sucks, lol.

Anyway...uh, /seriouspost.

Ugh we just got audited and our guy was a super douchenozzle. So super nitpicky. Like he couldnt stand to give us a great score so he had to dig to find crap.

23 minutes ago, QuiteCalM said:

I got a call from a recruiter for a major chain salon asking if I'd be interested in interviewing for a management position. I flat out said "I'm not management material". I HATE it. I HATE telling people what to do, hiring, firing, taking shit from pissed off people, and all that goes with management. I'd rather keep my head down at work, have my clients and go home and not have to worry like @Oranaiche is today LOL! Sorry gal, that's a lousy spot to be in, because I can tell you still feel a sense of responsibility. I would too!

Amen! This is why I pass on promotions... I am not what you would call a "people person"

[QuiteCalM]

1 minute ago, Oranaiche said:

Yeah...well it's either that, or watch the store literally crash and burn. I always thought I had a little anarchist in me, but I guess maybe it's not as prominent as I thought.

I just got a picture in my head of a client with Kate Gosselin haircut yelling at you because it's not what she wanted, and you're just like:

OMG I think this needs to go at the front desk! Those poor girls. I used to work the desk at a medspa and it was HORRIBLE. There are a couple older women at the desk now that are just dried up and humorless. I think that's what it turns you into. No thank you!

Also, I'm watching The Facts of Life, the college years. I have so much to say about the fashions and the music, I don't even know where to begin. Here's the band that's playing on this ep.

1 minute ago, pizzaislife said:

Ugh we just got audited and our guy was a super douchenozzle. So super nitpicky. Like he couldnt stand to give us a great score so he had to dig to find crap.

Amen! This is why I pass on promotions... I am not what you would call a "people person"

No, you're a PIZZA person! haha!! Get it?!

*crickets*

[pizzaislife]

Pizza is delicious. I ate half a large for lunch and then ran four miles. Life is all about balance. And... pizza doesnt talk back and say dumb things. 

[ByTor]

25 minutes ago, QuiteCalM said:

I got a call from a recruiter for a major chain salon asking if I'd be interested in interviewing for a management position. I flat out said "I'm not management material". I HATE it. I HATE telling people what to do, hiring, firing, taking shit from pissed off people, and all that goes with management. I'd rather keep my head down at work, have my clients and go home and not have to worry like @Oranaiche is today LOL! Sorry gal, that's a lousy spot to be in, because I can tell you still feel a sense of responsibility. I would too!

That's what stinks with my profession.  If you don't progress to manager you're stuck being a senior accountant with all the crap work that goes with it, but I'm not manager material myself.  I work for a consulting firm, and currently my title is manager, but the only thing I manage is my own work.  Now if they send other staff with me at an engagement who I'll have to manage, I may then be screwed haha.

[Oranaiche]

2 minutes ago, pizzaislife said:

Pizza is delicious. I ate half a large for lunch and then ran four miles. Life is all about balance. And... pizza doesnt talk back and say dumb things. 

I can easily eat half a large, but if I tried to run after that (or any time really), I would literally vomit on everything in a five mile radius.

[QuiteCalM]

Just now, pizzaislife said:

Pizza is delicious. I ate half a large for lunch and then ran four miles. Life is all about balance. And... pizza doesnt talk back and say dumb things. 

Pizza is patient, pizza is kind, pizza does not envy, pizza does not boast. Pizza is not proud, pizza is not rude, pizza is not selfish or easily angered, pizza keeps no record of wrongs, pizza does not delight in evil, pizza rejoices in truth, pizza always protects, trusts, hopes, perseveres.

1:Pizzafarians, 30 minutes or it's free

Also, I will have you know, I think everyone on here is a meter maid. It's just my default occupation. Just like "Deb" is my default name when I don't know someone's name.

So you're all named Deb, and you're meter maids.

[pizzaislife]

1 minute ago, Oranaiche said:

I can easily eat half a large, but if I tried to run after that (or any time really), I would literally vomit on everything in a five mile radius.

I waited an hour... its a struggle to keep my not acceptable for a dcc figure. I would have eaten the whole thing but there was turtle chexmix involved

2 minutes ago, QuiteCalM said:

Pizza is patient, pizza is kind, pizza does not envy, pizza does not boast. Pizza is not proud, pizza is not rude, pizza is not selfish or easily angered, pizza keeps no record of wrongs, pizza does not delight in evil, pizza rejoices in truth, pizza always protects, trusts, hopes, perseveres.

1:Pizzafarians, 30 minutes or it's free

This is getting printed and hung in my office. In a pizza frame.

[QuiteCalM]

4 minutes ago, ByTor said:

That's what stinks with my profession.  If you don't progress to manager you're stuck being a senior accountant with all the crap work that goes with it, but I'm not manager material myself.  I work for a consulting firm, and currently my title is manager, but the only thing I manage is my own work.  Now if they send other staff with me at an engagement who I'll have to manage, I may then be screwed haha.

Damn. I wish I was level-minded, reasonable and smart like that. I last five minutes in an office before I've pissed off half the building and am marched up to HR.

[ByTor]

7 minutes ago, pizzaislife said:

I waited an hour

Even if I waited an hour, I'd be screwed.  I always run 1st thing in the morning, even if I wait a few hours after a meal I get a terrible stitch in my side.  Plus, if I do it early, I don't have all day to make excuses and not do it :)

[QuiteCalM]

4 minutes ago, ByTor said:

Even if I waited an hour, I'd be screwed.  I always run 1st thing in the morning, even if I wait a few hours after a meal I get a terrible stitch in my side.  Plus, if I do it early, I don't have all day to make excuses and not do it :)

You're my spirit animal. Problem is, I'm just as good as making excuses at 6 am as I am at 6 pm.

Do you just do cardio? Or do you lift? I LOVE lifting and hate cardio. Have you done yoga? I know it'd be sooo good for me but I just can't sit still that long!

[Oranaiche]

Personally I think I thrash around in my sleep enough that by the time I wake up, I don't even need to work out. The roll at the top of my jeans might disagree, but I like to keep it around in case I get caught in a snowstorm and need some extra insulation. #reasonstobelazy

[ByTor]

3 minutes ago, QuiteCalM said:

Do you just do cardio? Or do you lift? I LOVE lifting and hate cardio. Have you done yoga? I know it'd be sooo good for me but I just can't sit still that long!

We are complete opposites here, I love cardio and can't stand lifting (thus explaining my old lady upper arms).  I took one yoga class and didn't care for it, I didn't feel like I got much out of it.  Maybe it was just the type of yoga, but I never tried another.  Years ago at an auction my sister won a free at-home Pilates class, which of course I went to.  It was tough, but I come from that 80s high-impact Jane Fonda school of thought, where unless I'm sweating buckets & heaving for breath I didn't do anything :)

By the way, I always thought doing sit-ups like this was unacceptable, did things change?

[pizzaislife]

18 minutes ago, ByTor said:

Even if I waited an hour, I'd be screwed.  I always run 1st thing in the morning, even if I wait a few hours after a meal I get a terrible stitch in my side.  Plus, if I do it early, I don't have all day to make excuses and not do it :)

Morning exercise is right up there with morning hair and makeup. Just not happening for this girl. I am so envious of people who wake up more than 15 before work.

[QuiteCalM]

1 minute ago, ByTor said:

We are complete opposites here, I love cardio and can't stand lifting (thus explaining my old lady upper arms).  I took one yoga class and didn't care for it, I didn't feel like I got much out of it.  Maybe it was just the type of yoga, but I never tried another.  Years ago at an auction my sister won a free at-home Pilates class, which of course I went to.  It was tough, but I come from that 80s high-impact Jane Fonda school of thought, where unless I'm sweating buckets & heaving for breath I didn't do anything :)

By the way, I always thought doing sit-ups like this was unacceptable, did things change?

HAHA! Remember The Firm workouts from the 80s/90s? I STILL do them. They're amazing! But they do incorporate a lot of weight lifting so you may not have been a fan.

Why were those sit ups a no no? I don't remember hearing anything about that!

Just now, pizzaislife said:

Morning exercise is right up there with morning hair and makeup. Just not happening for this girl. I am so envious of people who wake up more than 15 before work.

HAHA! I force myself to wake up a couple hours early but NOTHING happens other than coffee. I'm paralyzed before my second cup.

[ByTor]

2 minutes ago, QuiteCalM said:

HAHA! Remember The Firm workouts from the 80s/90s? I STILL do them. They're amazing! But they do incorporate a lot of weight lifting so you may not have been a fan.

Why were those sit ups a no no? I don't remember hearing anything about that!

Oh, I had SEVERAL Firm videos...on VHS!!!  They weren't all that effective for me, but damn I was jealous of Susan Harris!

I thought full sit-ups were bad because they put too much strain on the back & could cause injuries, and is why "crunches" became a thing.

Edited May 18, 2017 by ByTor

[QuiteCalM]

9 minutes ago, ByTor said:

Oh, I had SEVERAL Firm videos...on VHS!!!  They weren't all that effective for me, but damn I was jealous of Susan Harris!

I thought full sit-ups were bad because they put too much strain on the back & could cause injuries, and is why "crunches" became a thing.

Ohhh I did not know that! 

Uhm, Susan Harris is a boss lady. Damn. I have to supplement them with more cardio, but I love them still. I have a few on VHS too lol. One with Janet Jones Gretzky! 

[ByTor]

16 minutes ago, QuiteCalM said:

Ohhh I did not know that! 

Uhm, Susan Harris is a boss lady. Damn. I have to supplement them with more cardio, but I love them still. I have a few on VHS too lol. One with Janet Jones Gretzky! 

I had the Janet Jones one...I was pretty damn jealous of her too!

[QuiteCalM]

1 minute ago, ByTor said:

I had the Janet Jones one...I was pretty damn jealous of her too!

The Sandahl Bergman one is my fave, by far.

[ByTor]

All those "Firm" classic women looked incredible!  Sandahl Bergman was strong, she used some heavy weights for those moves!  

[crazydegulady]

45 minutes ago, ByTor said:

We are complete opposites here, I love cardio and can't stand lifting (thus explaining my old lady upper arms).  I took one yoga class and didn't care for it, I didn't feel like I got much out of it.  Maybe it was just the type of yoga, but I never tried another.  Years ago at an auction my sister won a free at-home Pilates class, which of course I went to.  It was tough, but I come from that 80s high-impact Jane Fonda school of thought, where unless I'm sweating buckets & heaving for breath I didn't do anything :)

By the way, I always thought doing sit-ups like this was unacceptable, did things change?

 

I love yoga and yeah there's different sorts depending on what you want to focus on; flexibility, strength etc.

Edited May 18, 2017 by crazydegulady
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[kalibean]

3 hours ago, Oranaiche said:

Yeah...well it's either that, or watch the store literally crash and burn. I always thought I had a little anarchist in me, but I guess maybe it's not as prominent as I thought.

I just got a picture in my head of a client with a Kate Gosselin haircut yelling at you because it's not what she wanted, and you're just like:

Oh god, the horrors of being the manager when you have to deal with women who have the "I'm gonna need you to call the manager haircut." 

So glad I got out of customer facing roles before that haircut got popular, because I don't think I could keep a straight face. 

[DanceChick]

19 hours ago, pizzaislife said:

It is super humid from march to juneish due to all the rain and you know tornados. Blazing hot burning death end of june to september. October is nice. And then frigid finger snapping cold and dry the rest of the time.

I should move.

Another Okie! What part? That makes at least three of us! You ready for storms today? My daughter has dress rehearsal for her dance recital, and all the moms (myself included a little) are freaking out. We tried to get the hell out of here in the last few months to either Colorado or Washington. I got job offers in both states, but we didn't find anything for my husband ugh.

[pizzaislife]

7 minutes ago, DanceChick said:

Another Okie! What part? That makes at least three of us! You ready for storms today? My daughter has dress rehearsal for her dance recital, and all the moms (myself included a little) are freaking out. We tried to get the hell out of here in the last few months to either Colorado or Washington. I got job offers in both states, but we didn't find anything for my husband ugh.

I was just asking myself why I still live here. I am on the Northwest side. By the TX border. We are watching the news right now and my car is safely tucked in the garage.

[QuiteCalM]

37 minutes ago, kalibean said:

Oh god, the horrors of being the manager when you have to deal with women who have the "I'm gonna need you to call the manager haircut." 

So glad I got out of customer facing roles before that haircut got popular, because I don't think I could keep a straight face. 

haha! I couldn't do hair. I mean, I CAN do hair but I wouldn't do it for a living. People are attached emotionally to their hair, I can't deal. I do skin/makeup and I LOVE it. I rarely get an asshole client. There's one dude who comes in and hits on us. His wife makes his appointments and he tells us he's not married LMAO. I'm like, dude, do you ever think we TALK to the desk staff!? And each other?! I think he thinks he's going to get a happy ending....we're not that kind of spa. He's got short man syndrome.

[pizzaislife]

Here we go y'all

[Guest]

1 minute ago, pizzaislife said:

Here we go y'all

DYINGGGGG

[QuiteCalM]

@Oranaiche your avi!!!

[Guest]

I have the worst allergies and I just want to lay my head down on my desk at work. Half an hour left ugh

[Oranaiche]

21 minutes ago, QuiteCalM said:

@Oranaiche your avi!!!

Lol yours too! I get a little sad every time I change it from Corky, but this seemed to apropos.

[ByTor]

@QuiteCalM & @Oranaiche, thanks a lot for causing me to make an ass of myself at work by snorting, then trying to cover up by pretending it was a cough!!!  You two are hilarious! :)

[Oranaiche]

Just now, ByTor said:

@QuiteCalM & @Oranaiche, thanks a lot for causing me to make an ass of myself at work by snorting, then trying to cover up by pretending it was a cough!!!  You two are hilarious! :)

Always a pleasure to be of service! 

[QuiteCalM]

1 minute ago, ByTor said:

@QuiteCalM & @Oranaiche, thanks a lot for causing me to make an ass of myself at work by snorting, then trying to cover up by pretending it was a cough!!!  You two are hilarious! :)

HAHHA!!! Glad someone is amused by our tom foolery ignoramous behavior.

[Oranaiche]

1 minute ago, QuiteCalM said:

HAHHA!!! Glad someone is amused by our tom foolery ignoramous behavior.

Omg. I haven't heard anyone say "ignoramous" in YEARS. My granddaddy used to say that all the time and it's one of my favorite words.

[QuiteCalM]

1 minute ago, Oranaiche said:

Omg. I haven't heard anyone say "ignoramous" in YEARS. My granddaddy used to say that all the time and it's one of my favorite words.

I LOVE that word. Which is good, because my name and that word are frequent bedfellows....

It's a granddaddy type of word, for sure. Mine said it too LOL.

[QuiteCalM]

[QuiteCalM]

[Oranaiche]

Um, how much Chardonnay have you had @QuiteCalM? Because obviously it's NOT ENOUGH.

[QuiteCalM]

Just now, Oranaiche said:

Um, how much Chardonnay have you had @QuiteCalM? Because obviously it's NOT ENOUGH.

I swear, not a drop! So yeah, not enough. I am bored. Thank goodness I go back to work tomorrow. Three off, four on. Too much time on my hands. 

[Oranaiche]

1 minute ago, QuiteCalM said:

I swear, not a drop! So yeah, not enough. I am bored. Thank goodness I go back to work tomorrow. Three off, four on. Too much time on my hands. 

I'm blindingly jealous.

I might have had a jumbo margarita tonight and subsequently loudly called a few people hosebeasts on the way home. I'm never going to stop saying that for the rest of my life.

[woodscommaelle]

If you like documentaries, HBO has a new one.  Mommy Dead and Dearest.  One of the craziest stories I've ever heard of.

[QuiteCalM]

Just now, Oranaiche said:

I'm blindingly jealous.

I might have had a jumbo margarita tonight and subsequently loudly called a few people hosebeasts on the way home. I'm never going to stop saying that for the rest of my life.

Hahaha!!! Atta girl! Hosebeast is indeed special. 

[Oklahomama]

12 minutes ago, woodscommaelle said:

If you like documentaries, HBO has a new one.  Mommy Dead and Dearest.  One of the craziest stories I've ever heard of.

I am FASCINATED with that story!!

[ByTor]

The wig...yeah, I could see my Lilly letting me put that on her :)

Is the doll's name Crotch Fruit Barbie? :)

11 hours ago, woodscommaelle said:

If you like documentaries, HBO has a new one.  Mommy Dead and Dearest.  One of the craziest stories I've ever heard of.

Speaking of documentaries, last night I started watching Inside the American Mob on Netflix.  I'm fascinated by real life Cosa Nostra stories, especially since the Bufalino crime family is from the general area where I grew up.

[QuiteCalM]

26 minutes ago, ByTor said:

The wig...yeah, I could see my Lilly letting me put that on her :)

Is the doll's name Crotch Fruit Barbie? :)

Speaking of documentaries, last night I started watching Inside the American Mob on Netflix.  I'm fascinated by real life Cosa Nostra stories, especially since the Bufalino crime family is from the general area where I grew up.

OMG YESSS!!!!

I'll have to check that out! Sounds SUPER interesting! Wondering when Making a Murderer 2 is going to be out...

Edited May 19, 2017 by QuiteCalM

[ByTor]

2 minutes ago, QuiteCalM said:

Wondering when Making a Murderer 2 is going to be out...

I can't wait for season 2 of Glitch!  

[QuiteCalM]

1 minute ago, ByTor said:

I can't wait for season 2 of Glitch!  

Hmmm I never saw the first season! We are bingeing Breaking Bad but I'm finding it depressing.

[Ante]

23 hours ago, pizzaislife said:

Pizza is delicious. I ate half a large for lunch and then ran four miles. Life is all about balance. And... pizza doesnt talk back and say dumb things. 

You ran 4 miles?  I can't run 4 feet.  Period.  Even if I tried it would be a cardiac arrest type situation and really, that's unpleasant so why bother?

I would however, attempt to run if I was being chased.  Then 3 feet later, I would give up and try to diplomatically sort the situation.  "I will give you my wallet if you allow me to keep my phone.  No?  Then how about I give you the phone and 1 credit card?  Is that a deal?"

[QuiteCalM]

1 minute ago, Ante said:

You ran 4 miles?  I can't run 4 feet.  Period.  Even if I tried it would be a cardiac arrest type situation and really, that's unpleasant so why bother?

I would however, attempt to run if I was being chased.  Then 3 feet later, I would give up and try to diplomatically sort the situation.  "I will give you my wallet if you allow me to keep my phone.  No?  Then how about I give you the phone and 1 credit card?  Is that a deal?"

DYING