Is the average teenage population really have a lack of respect?
Appointment booked for 7.30pm last night. Quick c++ basics lesson and homework help as a favour for my wife’s classmate’s kid. I never used c++ by trade so I spent some time getting familiar with it, and how to play Farkle.
7.30pm comes and the 17yo just bails and says they’re having dinner, no apology. Wife and I were like, fuck it, dumped the appointment and went to sleep at 8pm.
Sent another message this morning reminding them to be there or cancel 4hr before, some notes and a reminder that they don’t have enough time now, and don’t chicken out. Straight up says they promise, no greetings.
You won’t have manners if they are not taught to you.
I was traumatised to the point of enforcing them lol.
“The beatings will continue until
moralemanners improve”
Sent another message this morning reminding them to be there or cancel 4hr before, some notes and a reminder that they don’t have enough time now, and don’t chicken out. Straight up says they promise, no greetings.
Nope. Message 'em back and say “Sorry no longer able to assist you”. If they ask why just be blunt “Mate, you were disrespectful as heck, I was helping you as a favor, if your gonna be rude then I dont have to do shit”
This is the way.
As the owner of a teenager, I second this
Lack of consequences is also part of it.
If they got charged for not cancelling in time they’ll learn real fast.
They did go through a few years of covid that probably fucked them up in ways like this. You could let them know their tone seem unappreciative of being given a tutoring favour. Mind you, I’d’ve thought there was enough online about learning C++ in a self directed manner so maybe the kid just isn’t interested. Don’t measure all 17yo’s by Baku’s level of maturity.
I didn’t directly use Baku as a reference.
But I did have Overwatch friend, so mature I thought they were 25, until they mentioned they suddenly mentioned that they were 15 at the time. So that was the baseline I had since then.
How do we even know Baku is actually 17 🤔 lol but yeah some teens are just… Something else. I think most teens are like normal and respectful, they just test boundaries, it’s what growing up is about lol
Vaccinations aren’t on the PBS, getting hep a/b and whooping cough. $110ish.
Get the cough one! I didn’t know the one you get as a kid wears off. Very unpleasant lesson.
Same. Misery for months. Not sure if throwing up buckets of frothy sputum for a week or 2 months of cough tickle was worse.
I had six months of cough until you vomit. And my gag reflex has never recovered. Have trouble eating yoghurt!
Sounds like a good investment. Would cost you more to treat either them.
very worthwhile to get these
Tasks on my list of fixing up stuff continue to be ticked off. :)
Good night everyone.
Night mega goon
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Could I pls have a Fire-engine (raspberry spider) and maybe 3/4 of whatever is on the kids menu.
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Thank you chef. Cooked to perfection. I’m still going to throw a tantrum though.
as long as it is not at us
Ice-cream Friday please chef.
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I think I need a drink to make me forget about everything today.
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Whiskey in a jar-o with a side of Musha-ring dumma-do-damma-da followed by a Whack for the daddy-o
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I would like meat on sticks please
Ooh, sticky meat for me too please!
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just heard a long time raver friend passed away.
Her family went over to hers’ on father’s day to see why she wasn’t picking up. She had a fall in the bathroom and hit her head. Apparently she’d been there for 2 days. She was only in her 30’s. I really cannot imagine what that’d be like finding your daughter and sister that way.
I’m at a loss for words. edit and by that I mean shocked
That’s awful. I’m so sorry.
Woke up in sweat from a bad dream. Now the wind is keeping awake. I think the bad dream is a manifestation of some catastrophising I’ve been been doing lately over an issue.
Hugs and, uhh, chamomile tea
I had a bad nightmare that ended up like that yesterday. Didn’t need to be up until 9-10ish, and ended up sleeping at 1:30-2, but woke up at 7. I tried to get back to sleep and ended up with a pretty disturbing nightmare, and more sweat then I thought I could produce
Same. I wonder if the wind itself is adding stress.
My dreams and sleep have been bad lately too.
I woke up crying.
Aww man 🫂
I used to have lots of bad dreams which were realistic and traumatic. I’m the sort of person that regularly uses reverse psychology on myself, or turns things on their head. So one day I thought, “you know what these are Sheila? FREE MOVIES!” and decided I was going to enjoy the free entertainment provided by my apparently fertile imagination. Promptly stopped having dreams.
Cat and general rambles
Antibiotics finishing soon… relieved. With the normal routine of mixing meds into wet food morning and night, adding 2x daily antibiotics could have been easy.
Unfortunately bumping the pain meds to 3x daily for the uti spaced the doses out awkwardly and Melbcat stopped accepting medicated food, so I’ve been having to catch and wrestle her 5 times a day.
I have an appointment tomorrow so will be too tired then, but I plan to declutter and sort the bathroom next. The shower stool was a good idea in theory but is actually more of a space hog and a trip hazard.
The shower stool was a good idea in theory but is actually more of a space hog and a trip hazard.
put the stool in the bath and have one of those small shower heads on a hose , it’s what I used to do when my leg was plastered up
and hugs for you and Melbcat, hope she gets better real soon
I don’t actually have a bath. I did try using it but feel safer/more stable on the shower floor and find the stool a bit of an obstacle.
I hope so too. She’s getting heaps of cuddles and the vet has sent her info over to the specialists for if she needs more help
If the kids go down well enough tonight I think I’ll go watch British Lion.
You have to respect Steve Harris’ organisational skills to bring his side project along with his main band and play the Croxton one night, then Rod Laver the next. He’s been playing stadiums for decades now, so there must be something humbling about playing such a comparatively smaller venue like the Croxton before the big show.
I’m really sorry if my mood lately is affecting anyone else. I used to tough things out, macgyver my way around problems or distract myself with projects but life has been really difficult for a long time now and I am struggling severely.
If I seem really fractious, getting upset at what seems like small things, or oddly rough/blunt in my manner it is not at you.
-big hugs-
Melba, please stop it. You’ve got so many horrible things happening at the moment, and as you said yourself the other day, can’t seem to catch a break. Nobody expects you to be all happy and upbeat
And I haven’t noticed you being short, rude, or disrespectful to myself or anyone else. So keep venting as you need, and when things improve, you can shout us brekky at Bacon’s food truck :)
It’s okay Melba, I havent noticed you being blunt or anything :) besides, being fractious is understandable with having to deal with your health and melbcat’s, and the stress of it all.
We love you, I don’t think you could do anything to turn us against you :D
^^ this. I have never thought you were whiny or otherwise antisocial. Please vent away. You are going through shit and we are here for you. I like to hear your updates, and I feel good when you have little wins.
dogs NOT happy with weather. Kelpie has engaged shadow mode.
I’m onto the second dreading true crime video of dumb pam smart.
nothing is easy for a psycho, they always give long complicated reasons
the incredible thing about her testimony is that all the other members of the conspiracy independently confessed and it is so obvious she is just making shit up
Blergh. Damn wind.
I’m doing an open day trial at a co-working space today as I seriously need to get out of the house at least one day during the week, full time WFH gets super monotonous and negatively affects my mood. As sad as this sounds, I was excited today to get dressed up and leave my house on a work day. The office I’m at is new and super nice, if a bit loud. It’s nice to be around people during work time but nobody doing the trial (I think we’re all sitting in the same area) is talking to one another? I’m not sure it’s worth paying to use a co-working space where I just keep to myself, I can do that at home for free. I need to suss whether the place organises networking opportunities for members to mix, to make a membership worth it.
I like working at home, but only the boringest bits of my job can be done there. Te good stuff requires being on site. Unfortunately I lost my ‘office’ to Covid rules and now have to be around other people while there. This sucks rancid donkey gnads
I also get this, I know most commentators online would rather WFH all the time and don’t get me wrong, I do love 1-2 days WFH in the week - but every single day would drive me to depression (and has done so). Not necessarily because I have no friends/life outside of work but because I like my work to feel like I’m not operating like a slave in solitary confinement all the time (worse yet having that dungeon of confinement be a permanent fixture of my home). I’m really glad I have at least 2-3 work days involving positive colleague interactions that take me out of my headspace
I totally get it. I come in to the office every day to help my mental health
But how do you have your daily afternoon siesta?
I do that while working
There’s phone booth pods, sound proofed, good for snooze
Ha we have those here too, we call them screaming booths.
I wonder if constant strange weather is going to effect each of our psyche’s and well as national mood.
it’s known hot weather and windy weather effects us, what if strange weather was a constant
The Void has discovered that he is actually athletic enough to get to the top of the fridge. The house parkour range has been noisily expanded.
Come over for a parkour play date.
I really want to do one of those whole room cat runs at picture rail level, with the steps and stuff.
Nice little weekend project for you
After the whole buy a house part…
Oh Lordy!!
