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When my husband & I were on our honeymoon, we went to a Pizza Hut that had a lunch buffet.  We had no waitress, there was only a hostess who took us to our table.  We got our own plates off the buffet & we got fountain drinks.  We left no tip, as we served ourselves.  Just about the time we got to our car, we hear "Excuse me!!  Were you not satisfied with your food or something?  Why didnt you leave a tip?  I'm not doing this for my health!"  The hostess actually followed us to find her tip!!!  We were in shock.  My husband handed her $2 & said "We got the buffet.  We didnt have a waitress."  She replied with, "Well, this is how I make my living.  If I dont get tips, I dont get paid."

For the last week, Ive had a song from a Digital Short on SNL- Ras Trent.  "Are you there, Jah its me Ras Trent"

My beagle wont sleep on a dog bed.  We thought for a while that it was the type of dog bed that he didnt like, but we've tried all kinds-he humps them and then chews them all up.  Finally about 2 months ago, my mother-in-law was going thru some of my husband's old stuff at her house & came across an 8-ball beanbag & asked my hubby if he wanted it.  He did, and to our astonishment, Cooper loved it!  He climbed right up in it and went to sleep.  What a weirdo.

Another thing he does is when you give him a dog biscuit, before he will eat it, he has to chase it and attack it.  He pushes it around with his nose and jumps at it for a few minutes, then he will eat it.  It's hilarious to watch.

Original Post by silentdeadlyrose:

Just be yourself, you shouldn't have to change for anyone. If anything just try to speak up more.

Sometimes it's best to not be into the clique that way you aren't brought into all of the drama and crap that goes along with people's gossip. Heh.

Just be friendly, assertive and be you. You're there to work to get a pay check, I would mostly focus on that. If there is some people at work you feel you can relate to, then try starting conversations with them. You don't have to hang with everyone.

I guess work is a lot like high school, huh? :P

 This sums it up-it is JUST like high school.  I didnt fit in there either.  I find that most of the folks that are at the top or at least closer to it than me got there by kissing butt.  It is not in my nature to do this and I wont.  Starting conversations isnt a problem for me.  I'm sure if you asked my coworkers, they would tell you that I am super friendly. 

 The more I read the other posts, the more I start to realize what my real problem is-I work with a bunch of bitches.  If they arent in their teens, they are stuck up and talk down to everyone not at their level.  I have zero patience for people who do that.

I guess what I need to do is either find another job or make friends with the only truly nice people in he building-the elderly folks & the janitor.

Original Post by mspw:

Fitting-in is overrated.  I have always reveled being different from most people.  I have worked in offices where there was a sorta matriarchal hierarchy.  If the main women didn't like me, I didn't last long.  That can be a problem when you have bills to pay. 

If you enjoy what you do then sink into that.  If its just a paycheck, do the work and take the money.  In that case, its just a job. 

I have always been a pretty talkative person, open.  Still, I've not had a lot of freinds.  I prefer it that way.  Its less complicated and dramatic. 

Also, if these people are rude enough to single you out, you probably wouldn't like them anyway.  Its not worth making freinds with people who are jerks.  People like to have a scapegoat, a target upon which to focus thier angst about life.  Sorry you're it at your job.  But there is always one wherever you go.  Silly humans. 

And a great way to bolster confidence is to take a marital-arts class. 

 Funny you should mention that-I've always wanted to take martial arts.

2 weeks from tomorrow-August 22.  I will be 30.

Thanks for the reassurance, ladies!  I am currently taking Levoxyl.  When I was taking Synthroid, my periods were the same as they had always been-predictable.  Since changing to the Levoxyl, they have been messed up.  Right now, I'm going thru what you described, rachael.  I started 10 days early & the flow is more like a trickle.  I'm on day 4 today & this morning my head started throbbing as if I was just starting.  What's odd is that just this past week, my hubby & I decided that we ARE going to have a baby in the next year.  I just hope this doesnt hurt our chances....

This is the reason I'm no longer on BC.  About 4 years ago, I started having trouble breathing.  Just walking across the room would cause me to be out of breath.  I went to see my family Dr. & she did a chest x-ray and ran some other test in the office that were inconclusive.  Because of my age (25 @ the time) and the fact that I was on BC at the time, she suspected that I had a blood clot in my lungs and sent me immediatly to the hospital for a cat scan.  At this point I had never had ANYTHING wrong health-wize in my life, so I was scared to death!!  The scan revealed no clots & I was diagnosed with adult onset asthma, but from that day on, I have never taken another BC pill.

I grew up watching Mr Carradine in Kung Fu and Shogun.  I really enjoyed his charater in Kill Bill.  I was a highly respect person in the business & he will be greatly missed.  Heaven will be a safer place with David Carradine in it.

Is this anything like a planter's wart?  I had some of those one summer.  My family & I had rented a house a the coast of NC.  By the end of the week, 3 of us had them.  At first, it felt like I had a piece of glass in my foot.  Then we figured out what it was, so I started soaking my feet in warm water & epson salt.  After about a week & a half of the soaks, you could see this grey thing comming to the surface of my skin.  When it got right at the surface, I used some tweezers and pulled it out-it was like a piece of pea gravel.  It was a little black rock like thing.  I kept soaking for another few days when it was all said & done, I soaked 6 of little rocks out of my feet.  I have had no other trouble since.

I'm here in good ole NC-Lake Norman to be exact!

I was diagnosed with Hypothyroidism in April of last year.  In the time since, I have been back to the Dr. 4 times for rechecks and have had my dosage changed that many times.  The first dosage I was given was WAY too high & that caused all sorts of problems: Extreme cystic acne (ping pong ball sized!), inability to sleep (would go 2-3 nights with NO sleep), shakiness, dizziness.  With the next dose, I felt much better & I slept better, but tests showed that it was too low.  The third dosage was too high, then my Dr. suggested that I switch to the name brand Synthroid.  I will find out how well its working in May.

Dont order it off of tv, go to a Target store & buy it there.  That's where I work, so I know they have it there.  I dont know if it works or not, but I DO know that the Smooth Away works.  I bought one and it works like a charm.

I had a friend in high school named Rhiannon!  My name is Chrissy.  My parents were big Threes Company fans apparantly.  I'm named after a moron.  My mother wanted to give me a normal name-Nicole-but my dad was afraid that people would shorten it to Nick and that sounded too masculine.  Chrissy is cute when you're 5, but someday (God willing) I will be someone's Grandma Chrissy & that just seems wierd to me.