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[Willfor]

It wasn't supposed to make sense, man. It was supposed to sound like something out of a terrible secret society fanfic. I hoped that you'd pick on the theme and run with it, given the OOC thread and our propensity for derailing. I maintain it was worth a shot.

But ... the derails on this thread generally happen naturally as a function of what people are saying. :(

[Scoops Novel]

It wasn't supposed to make sense, man. It was supposed to sound like something out of a terrible secret society fanfic. I hoped that you'd pick on the theme and run with it, given the OOC thread and our propensity for derailing. I maintain it was worth a shot.

But ... the derails on this thread generally happen naturally as a function of what people are saying.

I WAS IMPATIENT. Alright, if somethings worth doing may as well do it right.

[Solifuge]

As a follow up to this.

I was behind on rent this month. My roommate and I had spoken about it last month, and though he'd said it was okay, apparently it wasn't.

Earlier this week, I'd been having issues connecting to our router. Passive Aggressive stuff isn't new for my roommate, and I suspected he'd done something out of quiet spite, but after some probing he said nothing about it. I found a way to do a factory reset, and was able to get a little bit of work done for a client that night, though I lost most of the day.

This morning, when I woke up for a Skype meeting with another client (a bit twitchy about the freelancing thing, but offering high pay), I was puzzled to find that I had no internet access again. Walking into the living room, I discovered that my roommate had apparently decided to disconnect and take the modem to work with him this morning. General inconvenience aside, after I walked 30 minutes to the Library for net access, I got a very disappointed email informing me that after my no-show, the client decided to go with their fallback candidate. Over a week of careful negotiations for nothing, a valuable long-term client burned, and a month and a half of living expenses down the toilet in an instant.

As I said, the passive aggressive stuff isn't new for him. Loud sighs whenever he walks past my room, stomping around and slamming cabinets late at night, ignoring me when I say hi, pointing the cat laser at my door so the cat scratches and leaps into it while I'm trying to sleep, locking the latch on the front door so I can't get in without asking. I tell him I'm proud of something I cooked, and later he insults the smell of it. I talk about how I used to be self-conscious of my thinning hair, and later he asks me to sweep the floor because I'm "shedding so much hair" all over the place, etc. I have little patience for Passive Aggression as it is, but the modem stunt went beyond that, and sabotaged my ability to make a living. An attack on something I've committed months and months to making work. This wasn't just stupid... it was personal.

I'm moving out at the end of the month. And I have no idea where I'm going to be staying. Possibly my car. But fuck this.

[Frumple]

Condolences, Soli, and g'luck. If you were closer, I could probably arrange a place to crash for a while, but...

[Sirus]

If I were a solo driver I'd offer ya a place on the rig, if only for a little while.

Sadly, that won't be an option for at least six weeks 

[Gamerlord]

*bro hugs Sirus*
Good luck man.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

If my roommate did that to me I think I might respond in a fashion that would not be considered socially acceptable.

[Sirus]

*bro hugs Sirus*
Good luck man.

...Not that I don't appreciate it, but Solifuge is the one who needs all the brohugs right now.

[Gamerlord]

*bro hugs Sirus*
Good luck man.

...Not that I don't appreciate it, but Solifuge is the one who needs all the brohugs right now.

Wait... FUCK. DAMN YOU FLU AND SLEEP DEPRIVATION, YOU'VE GOTTEN THE BETTER OF ME ONCE MORE!

BUT I WILL NOT BE DEFEATED!

*grabs everyone in for brohugs while screaming at the top of his lungs*

[Vector]

Hugs for Solifuge.  I despise people like that.

[Bauglir]

Holy shit, what an asshole.

[SalmonGod]

That really sucks.  Good luck, Soli.  Hope you'll find a way to stay around and keep us updated.

[Max White]

Good luck Soli!
Also, if you ever face a similar problem, paint your door green. That way laser pointers won't show on it. No idea what to do about assholes though, they are pretty much a universal constant.

[Steelmagic]

I'd offer to let you stay at my house, but being 16 doesn't really give me that option. Nonetheless good luck, Solifuge

[Ross Vernal]

Dude's a prick, straight up.

***

Today's RAGE for me: At work, hours get cut if fewer than 75% of the people who go through our line aren't members of the reward program.
a) I have no control over who gets in my line out of the open registers.
b) I cannot force people to join the program.
c) Many people deliberately choose to NOT join the program because they don't want the hassle.
d) On average, I have 61% of the customers as members, and get maybe 1-2 people to join every week or so. Most who say no say "No, I don't want to join" or "No thanks" or "I don't shop here that often."
e) You literally told me that customers who are not members endanger my job. Therefore, customers who are not members are enemies.
f) It is 100% crap to punish employees for the choices of customers.

This is not a good way to motivate workers. It's motivating me to find a better job.