Missing in Action
04/10/2021 07:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
izmeinaThe last time I darkened the door of the room with the Big Mac was more than four weeks ago. It did not take too long to remember exactly why,
I used to leave it in sleep mode but have taken to turning the infernal thing off lately since I so rarely go near it. So I was not amused to be confronted by a spinning beachball when I had nothing open but 2 web browsers. I restored Chrome but in spite of having only 7 tabs, the spinning beachball from hell was back in action. It took ages to be able to force quit only to get a bright shiny new Chrome icon that bounced up and down but would not open. Firefox with no restored tabs was not much better.
It takes ages to load anything and by the time the DW post page turned up, I was just about ready to call it quits. But I said, it would be crazy to go to all that effort with nothing at all to show for it.
So I decided I would lurk until 8pm before hitting the hay. Because if I had not already been tired before dealing with this infernal beast, I am absolutely exhausted now.
Unfortunately, I cannot log out for another 4 weeks because I have the pesky job mob to deal with which is the only reason I am here now in the first place.
There has been lots of things happening in Dursleyville. The zoo is open until 7.30pm for the duration of the school holidays. I normally wouldn't be caught dead near the place because of my allergy to kids but most of them have gone home by 5pm and the zoo really is very different at dusk. The birds and frogs start partying and an assortment of interesting weeds unleash their bewitching fragrance after dark.
There have also been 2 baby giraffes born in the last 4 weeks.
So I have been to the zoo 4 times last week and intend to go at least 3 times this week. That's where the annual zoo pass comes in handy. No need to DO the zoo. I just turn up for between 2 and 3 hours and lurk in one section.
Then there was Night at the Museum on Friday 24th September. Since it wasn't well promoted, I ended up having the whole top floor to myself where lots of interesting stuffed critters and corals lurk.
There has been lots of dramas with the plumbers who finally turned up to start the job six whole weeks after I paid the deposit.
The drains and tiling are now done and the only things left are a paint job, installing the shower screen and the shower itself.
It turns out that the hospital is also on Plumber Time. That letter saying that as a Priority 1 patient, i would have my operation within 30 days was just an empty promise. That 30 days expired on Friday 3rd September and any time I ring them, they just keep saying 'next month'
But the drama that just appeared out of nowhere and is totally doing my head in, the manager at one of the charity shops where I work has gone totally down the CovidCon anti vax rabbit hole.
All she now talks about - not talks but hisses and snarls - is the Global Elites, Communist Cabals, The New World Order, Illuminati etc etc.
Covid is a hoax, the vaccines are the work of the devil, the government is going to make cash illegal and all the parliaments of Australia both state and federal are all corporations. She waves some A4 sheets of paper around with the various ABN numbers as proof.
I said that every business entity requires such a number to deal with customers, suppliers etc for tax purposes. Now if you see the Parliament listed on the Stock Exchange, it's then I might be convinced.
But most amazing of all, this woman who used to loathe and despise trump is now spouting the "Stop the Steal" mantra saying that there is footage showing votes being switched in the 2020 election.
I replied that trump had his Stop the Steal appeals thrown out by not 1 but 60 courts.
Of course - the courts have all been BOUGHT and are under the thumb of the Evil Globalist Elite. It's like conversing with a clueless unicorn but in real life. At least on Twitter, you can always ignore the idiots.
As well as preaching at work, she has taken to sending me emails with the latest doings of the Communist Cabal who also happen to be filthy rich squillionaires pulling the strings behind the scenes. This was then followed by a barrage of text messages. She was angry because I did not reply to her email. Turns out she is sending this stuff to everyone on her contact list.
Soon she will be scaring the customers away too with her Infowars waffle.
At the rate she is going, I'm going to have to make an Illuminati 666 buzzword bingo card.
I used to leave it in sleep mode but have taken to turning the infernal thing off lately since I so rarely go near it. So I was not amused to be confronted by a spinning beachball when I had nothing open but 2 web browsers. I restored Chrome but in spite of having only 7 tabs, the spinning beachball from hell was back in action. It took ages to be able to force quit only to get a bright shiny new Chrome icon that bounced up and down but would not open. Firefox with no restored tabs was not much better.
It takes ages to load anything and by the time the DW post page turned up, I was just about ready to call it quits. But I said, it would be crazy to go to all that effort with nothing at all to show for it.
So I decided I would lurk until 8pm before hitting the hay. Because if I had not already been tired before dealing with this infernal beast, I am absolutely exhausted now.
Unfortunately, I cannot log out for another 4 weeks because I have the pesky job mob to deal with which is the only reason I am here now in the first place.
There has been lots of things happening in Dursleyville. The zoo is open until 7.30pm for the duration of the school holidays. I normally wouldn't be caught dead near the place because of my allergy to kids but most of them have gone home by 5pm and the zoo really is very different at dusk. The birds and frogs start partying and an assortment of interesting weeds unleash their bewitching fragrance after dark.
There have also been 2 baby giraffes born in the last 4 weeks.
So I have been to the zoo 4 times last week and intend to go at least 3 times this week. That's where the annual zoo pass comes in handy. No need to DO the zoo. I just turn up for between 2 and 3 hours and lurk in one section.
Then there was Night at the Museum on Friday 24th September. Since it wasn't well promoted, I ended up having the whole top floor to myself where lots of interesting stuffed critters and corals lurk.
There has been lots of dramas with the plumbers who finally turned up to start the job six whole weeks after I paid the deposit.
The drains and tiling are now done and the only things left are a paint job, installing the shower screen and the shower itself.
It turns out that the hospital is also on Plumber Time. That letter saying that as a Priority 1 patient, i would have my operation within 30 days was just an empty promise. That 30 days expired on Friday 3rd September and any time I ring them, they just keep saying 'next month'
But the drama that just appeared out of nowhere and is totally doing my head in, the manager at one of the charity shops where I work has gone totally down the CovidCon anti vax rabbit hole.
All she now talks about - not talks but hisses and snarls - is the Global Elites, Communist Cabals, The New World Order, Illuminati etc etc.
Covid is a hoax, the vaccines are the work of the devil, the government is going to make cash illegal and all the parliaments of Australia both state and federal are all corporations. She waves some A4 sheets of paper around with the various ABN numbers as proof.
I said that every business entity requires such a number to deal with customers, suppliers etc for tax purposes. Now if you see the Parliament listed on the Stock Exchange, it's then I might be convinced.
But most amazing of all, this woman who used to loathe and despise trump is now spouting the "Stop the Steal" mantra saying that there is footage showing votes being switched in the 2020 election.
I replied that trump had his Stop the Steal appeals thrown out by not 1 but 60 courts.
Of course - the courts have all been BOUGHT and are under the thumb of the Evil Globalist Elite. It's like conversing with a clueless unicorn but in real life. At least on Twitter, you can always ignore the idiots.
As well as preaching at work, she has taken to sending me emails with the latest doings of the Communist Cabal who also happen to be filthy rich squillionaires pulling the strings behind the scenes. This was then followed by a barrage of text messages. She was angry because I did not reply to her email. Turns out she is sending this stuff to everyone on her contact list.
Soon she will be scaring the customers away too with her Infowars waffle.
At the rate she is going, I'm going to have to make an Illuminati 666 buzzword bingo card.
