[culturehandy]

Cob: People who mind fuck. Mind fucking players are assholes, you want to fuck me, then just come out and say I want to fuck you. don't lie about everything else! Christ on a crutch, I don't want a relationship!

[Moonpieluv]

Cob: when you have to initiate portions in what seems all the time with a relatively new or long-term relationship... come on you! don't you want my lovin'! I feel like I'm doing all the driving here! frustrating!

CoB: when someone won't stop looking over yer damn shoulder when you're having private time with yer own computer.

[konphusion26]

Cob: when you tell someone repeatedly that you are over your daytime minutes on your cell phone and they continue to call you during the day. WTF didnt you understand about me telling you I can't talk till after 7pm because I'm over my minutes and those bastards charge for overages! Geez. Get a clue please or put in some money on this phone bill.

[grrrlyouwant]

cob: people who tell you how great your new look is. followed by a litany of what was wrong with your old look. which is okay, because you don't look like that anymore, and it must be as big a relief to you as it is to them to finally be able to acknowledge and laugh at the horror of the look that was

cob: goddamned stupid-ass know-it-all been-there-forever-and-aren't-changing-their-cunty-ways-for-you-or-anybody-damned-else-including-their-own-superiors production supervisors telling their people to do the opposite of whatever the quality control reps, who are the final arbiters of whether or not a product meets specs, very nicely and respectfully tell them needs to be done in order for the product to pass inspection

anti-cob: qc and production plant heads who back your shit up, and tell cunty production bitches to get over their damn foolish selves

[doodlebug]

cob: why the fuck do they put all that stupid cotton-wadding in the pill bottles - even for the pills that there's no chance of them breaking (like gel-caps)? Is this really what we need when we are in fucking pain??? Six minutes to get into the Advil is a long fucking time when you hurt!

anti-cob: my nurses and doctors who were, once again, so terrific to me in the hospital.

[pollystyrene]

And they don't make the shirts longer, either- thank cod for scrubs, I can wear all these midriff-baring (ok, gut-baring ) shirts that I wasted $ on, just to have an extra layer and the scrubs cover them lengthwise. Grr.

I actually found an empire-waisted shirt that doesn't make me totally look pregnant. Maybe just a little, but it's so cute and comfy, i don't care. It's from Lane Bryant and I can't find it on their website, but it's close-ish to this one. It's not a knit, though- just a thin cotton, with a square neck and a washed out green color with black-ish print.

I'll wear it to the Chicago Bustie party tomorrow night and see what they think

[mornington]

pfft...

cob: the size 16 skirt I bought split when I wore it. Split. across. my. arse. It's not that wide! it's fucking jersey! It stretches!

and yes... and why is it, when stores make clothes in different sizes, they don't bother adjusting the sleeve width! size 12 people are going to have larger arms than size 6 people!

[girltrouble]

hee hee....

[culturehandy]

GT, is this what I think it is or am I being cocky and presumptuous?

[girltrouble]

cob:you-- for driving me crazy.

anti cob:you--goddamn you are amazing! now, uh, would you mind takinhg that cob out of my...oh never mind....*settles happily in...*

[culturehandy]

Cob: Underwriters at banks who are being assholes about loans.

AntiCob: The people at the credit union were lovely.

[lilacwine13]

Yeah, the sleeves with elastic look horrible on me too. Who decided those would be popular again?

I'm dreading the day when shoulder pads stage a comeback.

[snarky7]

oooh lilac...totally on with the short sleeves. and what about the short sleeves with the elastic around the arm band part? omg, how UNflattering! take my pudgy arms and only make them look worse.

[lilacwine13]

I miss fitted waists too, I'm another person who looks pregnant or twenty pounds heavier in an empire waist, or a sack dress.

Another thing I hate are really short sleeves on girls' tshirts, those are great for making my arms look huge, yet I have a lot of trouble finding short-sleeve shirts that don't have them.

And I third the cob of size inconsistency. It's inconvenient when I have to take in two or three sizes of the same item to figure out which one is going to fit me the best because well, right now I can be anywhere from a medium (Target) to an extra-large (American Apparel) without changing my weight.

[girltrouble]

cob: people who get all upset when they hear info contrary to what they think. really. if it's lies, then debunk them, if it's truths, consider them, but for godsake, have the soul to entertain a different idea. i can't believe that my friend couldn't possibly see 'the happening' because he had heard it has a xtian subtext. what, you aren't smart enough to resist a movie? do you think their case will be so strong, so hypnotic that you'd go to church right after? fucking take your head out of your ass.

[Moonpieluv]

OH GAWD! I am SOOO there with you guys on the prego-wear. I have to wear a belt under my boobs to disable the preggy or "mah-maw" (southern slang for grandma) loook.
Only chicks with small arms and small breasts look the best in such clothing. Both of which I do not have, AT ALL. and I don't even have that much cushion for the pushin' either. lol!
I would love to shop again. and feel.... like a sexy vixen, not a preggy one.

Other coB: when your beau says "so what are you irritated about NOW?" GRRRRRR!!!!! As if I concoct reasons to be irritated. Just poof! I'm irritated for no apparent reason... had nothing to do with you being a friggin fart-face at all!

[zoya]

count me in on the "empire waist" (aka "babydoll") cob. I cannot WAIT until the fucking waist comes back in style. I look like I'm either pregnant or a mushroom when I wear one of those dresses. I also hate when I go into a store and see a really cute dress that doesn't look like it's high waisted when it's on the rack, love it, go all the way into the dressing room with it, take off my clothes, put it on, and within about 3 seconds - before it even comes down over my shoulders - I can tell it's a FUCKING EMPIRE WAISTED dress and inevitably, will LOOK LIKE SHIT.

when, oh when will the fitted waist come back? I miss it.

[treehugger]

Cob: fricking ass minus 80 C freezers. Too damn picky.

Clarified cob: fricking ass Kelvinator circa 1985 food research freezer. It's been under my skin since April Fools day and I still can't get it going. I feel bad for you, whoever owns it, but, god, this thing makes me want to poke my eyes out. I apologize, but this damn thing SUCKS and you should just get a new one. I feel guilty charging anymore time to it but it's just a freaking pain in the ass. I'm lucky if I can get -40 out of it.

Cob: Supervisors who receive EMERGENCY repair calls for you and just stick them in your mailbox. Duh, I have a pager for a reason!! I don't need these people pissed off right off the bat 'cause their research is dying, cause you didn't page me. Excuse me, but tissue samples need to stay, um, COLD??? I mean, sending an email or sticking a service call in your mailbox is okay, if you are there to receive it!!! I am out in the field!!

Cob: Revco, who makes -80 C freezers, but goes out of their way to engineer them so they're utterly unserviceable. Why didn't you just mount the box ON THE SIDE WALL instead of UPSIDE DOWN in the evaporator so you can't see any of the connections????? Trust me, I know this equipment, and there was NOTHING preventing you from mounting the box sensibly.

Cob: People who take the spray nozzles off aerosol cans and don't. put. them. back. WTF????? this fricking can of coil cleaner is USELESS to me without a squirter!!!

Cob: I'm still dwelling on this crap during non working (not receiving pay) time.

[culturehandy]

Mornington, I agree about the lack of consistency in clothing sizes. Grrrrrr.

[mornington]

rudderless: I know that feeling. I have no desire to look pregnant, so whyohwhy can I not find a dress or top that's not freaking "babydoll"...

cob: being a 12 in one shop and a 16 in the next. fuck you, h&m.