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| Thursday, April 27, 2006 |
| The Good, The Bad, and the Really Ugly |
Okay, this sums up my experience thus far this week.
(Addendums in their respective colors, 4/28)
The Good
- Escaped from work to have a lovely Thai dinner with Socially Inept, wherein I drooled over a massive amount of digital photos (utterly beautiful!) from The Trip, plus the good food and company. Really, really lovely. I've already exhorted SI to upload these photos some place where I can nick them and claim them as my own.
- Mum again found some very lovely and brand new clothing from our basement.
- The weather has been decent.
- I've caught up with editing my authors' lurid manuscripts, except for 2.
- I found out from 2 coworkers that I've been nominated for a company award for a second year.
- I splurged and bought a nice pendant for me mum. No reason really except that she liked it. I suppose it could double as a Mother's Day present. :-)
- A former coworker gave birth to her second daughter.
The Bad
- One of my dead accounts has suddenly resuscitated.
- One of my live accounts, which was tapering off, not only hasn't done so, but is gaining more work.
- Another of my live accounts, which was pending a whole slew of client comments for several jobs, is now active again and already beginning the next round of insanity.
- The last of my accounts is giving me an ungodly headache daily from trying to verify data.
- My pile of laundry is now taller than I am.
- One of my preferred neighborhood fast-food places closed overnight.
- A coworker's mother, who has battled cancer on and off for several years, had her cancer come back last fall, underwent more chemoradiotherapy, and apparently has taken a turn for the worst.
- One of my coworkers is leaving the agency to work at a nonmedical-related journal. - I had to meet face to face with one of our clients. And while the client was perfectly civil (with a nice UK accent), it's never a good thing when you're meeting with the client to address mishaps.
- As a consequence of the all of the above and the ick below, I splurged and got a ring for myself (don't nag, SI! It matches Mum's pendant!).
The Really Ugly
- As I got off the train last night, a young man followed closely behind. I figured something was up so I walked faster. Because the platform is long, I still had a bit of ways to go before I could exit.
The guy caught up with me, then said 'Excuse me, miss'. Of course, I thought he probably wanted to know the time and I reckoned I'd maligned him due to my own nasty cynicism and suspicions.
Turns out I was right.
As I looked sideways at him, he exposed his nether parts. Great, wonderful. Not. So I snorted disdainfully and said, 'No, thanks!' and walked even faster. By this time I was about 5 yards from the stairs.
I got about another yard before he grabbed my free hand and tried to make me touch his manhood (well, I'd say the proper slang word but I'm trying to be PG-13 here). Naturally, I pivoted and swung at him with my other hand (which held a book I'd been reading). Too bad he moved quicker than me and had a longer reach.
I missed his face. At least he was forced to let go of my other hand and moved far away from me.
Grrrrr!!
I did inform the stationmaster but he didn't seem inclined to do anything.
Massive grrrrr! |
posted by Cheshire Cat @ 4/27/2006 04:23:00 pm   |
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The Good: Wow, what a coincidence, I had Kaeng Phed Thai just the other day at a Thai restaurant. I wish I knew you were there - we could have sat together.
The Bad: Keep in mind there are different grades of dirty laundry and stuff near the top of the pile is probably ok to wear in a pinch.
The Really Ugly: Think concealed weapon permit
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How horrid. when I was 14 (yes, back when dinosaurs ruled the erth) I was walking to my dad's office because he was going to give me a lift home. A nasty bloke flashed at me and I felt upset and kept walking. then I got cross and walked back, looked at him, laughed and said - is that the best you can do and stormed off. (There were other shoppers about so I am not completely insane - only close). Rotten fink
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I missed this post!
How dreadful. I hope it didn't alarm you too much. This kind of thing happened to me a few times in Greece. It's nasty. Cretins like him should be locked up. Take care xxx
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Oh, T&B, how awful, I mean that really ugly incident. Glad you thwarted him, hope the bad vibes from that encounter fade away soon.
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Hey, PK, if I'd have sat next to you, you likely would have wanted to flee, lol. :-)
Re the laundry, you're right but I really need to get it done. As for the concealed weapon permit, I need to learn to use a gun first. Working on it.
Hi, Mummy. Good for you! Sorry you had to undergo that though. Sadly, I've experienced more than a few groping incidents since my lettuce days. And it's not because I'm a spectacular beauty or anything but that some men are absolute swine. Grrrr!
Hi, Fairscape; I did tell. Unfortunately, although the police do appear at my station rather regularly, that night was not one of them. And the stationmaster didn't seem interested. >:-(
Thanks, Charlie. I wish I had kneed him in the groin. But I was at a bad angle because he was beside me and had a hold of one of my hands. He was also younger, taller and reacted faster. Grrrrr!
Thanks, Fuff. I wasn't alarmed, more like disgusted and very angry. Similar things have happened too many times, though not in recent years.
Suz: Thanks very much. I'm not letting it get me down. :-)
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Jeesh Tea, how'd I miss this post? What a dreadful experience for you (the cretin - not the laundry!). Sorry - humor is my defense against the dark arts (and yes I'm using the term 'arts' loosely here - just so's I can quote Harry Potter!). I'm truly sorry you had this experience, and doubly glad you are safe. Not to change the subject or anything, but how's the laundry coming?
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Hi, EC! Thanks for the sympathy and the well-wishes. You better believe I wish I could have used the Cruciatus Curse on him. Gah! lol.
Huh. My wv is 'yarnbyet', which makes me think 'bayonet', lol.
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The Good: Wow, what a coincidence, I had Kaeng Phed Thai just the other day at a Thai restaurant. I wish I knew you were there - we could have sat together.
The Bad: Keep in mind there are different grades of dirty laundry and stuff near the top of the pile is probably ok to wear in a pinch.
The Really Ugly: Think concealed weapon permit