The Suck is strong within this one.

[secondlina]

It was a pretty horrible day yesterday. The day before I had workd 13 hours to finish preparing an event at work. So I dragged in myself for another day of work bright and early on tuesday morning despite that. It was a pretty bad day. One of those days where you feel deeply bored & tired but you have a ton of work to do and you kinda fight the sweet sweet sleep all day long. I also walked all the way to a clinic to get my Health insurance card renewed only to be told then even though I had all the required documents, I needed the letter they sent me to prove that they asked me to renew it. It doesn't matter if the card is clearly saying it's expiring, i'm obviously cheating. I really need this card to go to the dentist now... my teeth hurt....

General lots of work, little sleep and technology failling on me didn't help. My work computer went boom. I just discovered my answering machine hasn't worked in a month.

Can I use MSN on a mac? My home pc has been down for a month and I miss online chatting. I have IM but I have more people on MSN. Is it possible to integrate both on ichat?

Oh, and the best part about yesterday - woman bitching about our phone message being bilingual with french first. We are in Ottawa, so obviously english should go first, according to her. Since she lives on the Quebec side, she whined that she had to DEAL with french first all the time and that she was amazed and outraged that she also had to deal with french first in Ottawa. Because after all, french is a horrible, horrible language. Long story short, she left a pretty bad and angry  message describing to us why using french in Ottawa FIRST is bad because french is useless since obviously, nobody speaks it in Ottawa and we just keep it for appearances and it should always come in second. Or not at all. Because she added that it made our message long and annoying.

Never mind that everyone in the office in french canadian. Yes, nobody was offended by this. At all.

*grumbles*

MAN, I miss spending a whole day JUST PAINTING. Need a break from B.S. and a hug.

-Isa

Comments

[auriga]

*huggles* "Vacation from stupid people" should be a work benefit. (That woman about the message just boggles my mind. What the hell.)

[yukinoomoni.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure you don't need Windows to use MSN. Don't you just download it online?

[dqbunny.livejournal.com]

Yes, you can most definitely use MSN on a Mac. You can even use Adium, a program that will let you run more than one IM program at the same time.

*gives you a HUGE HUG*

And is that Anlise? ANLISE!!!!! Been such a long time! *snuggles her*

[ichiban-victory.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah, and oblivious customers are... Gah! You can never win! It reminds me of the baker telling me never to speak to people in German since many would be offended, but also at the customer that mouthed off and told the cake decorator she didn't understand English just because she had an accent. The meanness and stupidity of some people...

[isabiunleashed.livejournal.com]

*BIGGEST HUG IN THE WORLD!!!*
Also, maybe this will make you feel better? :D
(i made one and couldn't stop myself....)

http://s585.photobucket.com/albums/ss293/isabellec22/

[earthstar-moon.livejournal.com]

*Tries not to think WHY it took so long to get the toaster back*

*grumbles about costumer* If she hates French so much, she better never go to Europe then. I've lost count on how many countries speak French there.

It's part of living in a bilingual country, if she doesn't like it she could just move to a deserted island and that way she doesn't have ever worry about hearing a language she doesn't know ever again. Good grief. -_-;

I'm sorry you had a rough day. *hugs* Not sure if this will cheer you up, but I found it amusing.
Steampunk Speedracer: http://nautilusl2.deviantart.com/art/Steampunk-Racers-86363840
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[snapdragon76.livejournal.com]

The bilingual thing:

We have sort of the same deal here in Florida (obviously not with French though). I mean, true we're an English speaking country and those people who move here should ideally learn to speak it with some proficiency in order to communicate with others in the general populace. Unfortunately, there are those who refuse to do so and i makes things... interesting for those of us who don't speak Spanish.

I have no issue whatsoever with wanting to continue to speak your native language and retain your culture. I'm all for it, but at least make an effort to learn the dominant language of the area you're living in. It's a bit of a courtesy.

And those of us who come across people who don't speak English: be patient and courteous? I mean, cut them a little slack. They come here because they want a better chance at life. Just like we all do.




Did I completely go off track here? Sorry...

*gets off of soapbox*

[amelia-seyroon.livejournal.com]

If it helps any, the comic makes a good giggle fit. ^^

[http://users.livejournal.com/_ashlinn_/]

It's because you make us look bad! Stupid french with your sexy rrrrrrrrrr's and your pamplemousse!