The Venting Spot

[lampliter87 8]

Junior hockey bullsh*t.

Was dropped from my team tonight due to said bullshit.

[WSjo22 1]

Was dropped from my team tonight due to said bullshit.

Sucks to hear man... The only thing you can do is learn from it and work as hard as you can to make them regret it. Sometimes disappointment like this can be the best thing for you

[tips09 0]

Was dropped from my team tonight due to said bullshit.

same thing happened to me man, they said i dont seem commmited enough to my fitness which is complete bullshit. They said i have until the jan 1 deadline to prove that i belong on the team or they wont sign me again. Cant stand that bs, i think im just going to use the icetime to keep improving until i can hopefully find another team to sign with

[chippa13 1844]

Might be tough to find another team. What starts out as a perceived lack of commitment to fitness turns into a reputation for laziness. Did they give you specifics such as they see you fading late in games or losing too many battles for the puck? Is it your diet that they see as a problem and you're carrying around a couple more pounds of fat than they'd like? I'd say that you are better off trying to prove that you can be committed and belong.

[WSjo22 1]

Chippa's right... Sometimes you have to bite your toungue in situations like this... Tips and Lampliter, I would suggest you swallow your pride and talk to the decision makers and see what they suggest you work on.... It's a learning experience for you guys. You can't win them all right? Here's an oppurtunity for you guys to swallow your pride, learn from your mistakes and use it as motivation to improve and shove it in their faces. I don't know about everyone else but all the hours I spent in the gym and on the ice were because of the people that said I wasn't good enough or didn't have it, not the ones that did

[Trippingblue 1]

My company announced layoffs this morning, effective immediately. 350 layoffs systemwide of hourly and salaried employees, and 82 in my park alone. Management hired private security to deliver the bad news and escort laid-off employees out.

[Rustpot 1]

My company announced layoffs this morning, effective immediately. 350 layoffs systemwide of hourly and salaried employees, and 82 in my park alone. Management hired private security to deliver the bad news and escort laid-off employees out.

You still have a job right? Sucks to hear, but little sympathy from someone who's going into month 7 of unemployment.

Mini job search rant;

The upside is I'm getting more interviews, either the talent pool is drying or there are more jobs in my field. The downside is driving all over the state for a 30 minute interviews and trying to do long distance phone interviews for the rest.

I got a call yesterday before 9am and had a quick impromptu interview, but I was incredibly groggy since I'm not on a normal schedule. Didn't think to ask him to call back and ended up loosing out on the job. It was only a 2 month temp position, and it was for converting backlogs of 3D SolidWorks to 2D AutoCAD so it's not so bad that I missed the chance.

[maxamillion 3]

screw health insurance companies. Broke my ankle 5 months ago, filed 3 claims for a company that claims to cover all emergency room visits, and I keep getting bills for $475 every time I make a claim. this is such bullshit.

[sickwilly 37]

Should be mentioned that a perfectly good shaft was broken by the US postal service en route to my house!

At least it wasn't made outta XN10, no longer produced and in wicked shape, right?!

[chippa13 1844]

screw health insurance companies. Broke my ankle 5 months ago, filed 3 claims for a company that claims to cover all emergency room visits, and I keep getting bills for $475 every time I make a claim. this is such bullshit.

So you had to hit the emergency room 3 times for the same broken ankle?

[maxamillion 3]

So you had to hit the emergency room 3 times for the same broken ankle?

No, filed 3 claims for the same incident over the last 5 months. each time I call back, they know nothing about it. it's frustrating.

At least it wasn't made outta XN10, no longer produced and in wicked shape, right?!

haha exactly.

Edited December 3, 2010 by maxamillion

[chippa13 1844]

Stop just submitting the claim and get a hold of their grievance department. You should have better luck as long as you've still got evidence of the 3 submissions that were "lost" by the insurer.

[lampliter87 8]

Chippa's right... Sometimes you have to bite your toungue in situations like this... Tips and Lampliter, I would suggest you swallow your pride and talk to the decision makers and see what they suggest you work on.... It's a learning experience for you guys. You can't win them all right? Here's an oppurtunity for you guys to swallow your pride, learn from your mistakes and use it as motivation to improve and shove it in their faces. I don't know about everyone else but all the hours I spent in the gym and on the ice were because of the people that said I wasn't good enough or didn't have it, not the ones that did

Unfortunately in my case this was a largely political decision, not based on on-ice performance.

[Chadd 916]

FAA required us to change days/times for our 2011 training review, now I have to fly out on Sunday before I could get back from Winterfest.

[tips09 0]

Might be tough to find another team. What starts out as a perceived lack of commitment to fitness turns into a reputation for laziness. Did they give you specifics such as they see you fading late in games or losing too many battles for the puck? Is it your diet that they see as a problem and you're carrying around a couple more pounds of fat than they'd like? I'd say that you are better off trying to prove that you can be committed and belong.

Chippa's right... Sometimes you have to bite your toungue in situations like this... Tips and Lampliter, I would suggest you swallow your pride and talk to the decision makers and see what they suggest you work on.... It's a learning experience for you guys. You can't win them all right? Here's an oppurtunity for you guys to swallow your pride, learn from your mistakes and use it as motivation to improve and shove it in their faces. I don't know about everyone else but all the hours I spent in the gym and on the ice were because of the people that said I wasn't good enough or didn't have it, not the ones that did

Chippa they basically told me in practice i look a step behind, i have played barely any games this year due to suspension for sticking up for our goalie getting ran (which the coaches love) and a concussion about 2 weeks ago. I have decided to pursue proving them wrong the head coach pretty much told me he needed to send a message to me so im going to try and improve. The fact that they gave me a workout plan which i have been following and told them i have been following it. They said they dont see it at all which is bs as i feel much better conditioning wise since i have started the workout plan. Its just very frustrating to be told this when i have been working on it and the fact that there is other players on our team smoking a pack a day and drinking nights before games and that sort of stuff which the coaches know. Anyways thanks for the advice guys. Hopefully i can make the best out of the situation and come out of it a better player

[gxc999 7]

Wow, everyone else's problems seem better than mine. My wife is having a major surgery tomorrow, my car just died again and I'm flat broke. Livin' the dream, baby!

Edited December 4, 2010 by gxc999

[sharks25 9]

My x60s blade just broke. Right at the beginning of my season. And now I need to play with my 105 flex dolo when I should be using a 77 flex. Life is swell

[shotty 7]

^ chop it and throw a blade in.

[saba 0]

Dear Ahole:If you want to walk down a narrow path towards me and my dog quickly. You sir of wisdom coming at me and my dog while both of us are preoccupied grabbing her ball out of a tight spot under a bush. You sir genius should not be surprised nor taken aback when my Aussie turns and barks at you. My dog is protecting her old man, her alpha. Monsieur Dumbass you surprised us while carrying 2 rackets in your hand(cause dogs know tennis rackets or is that a weapon to her?), and you chose not to give me and my dog a wide berth. No home boy, I am not going to correct/scold my dog. No I am not going to socialize my dog better, and oh professor dogster, negative on the too high strung angle and she has every right to be out in public. What my dog did do was cover her alpha/dads ass and protected a member of her pack. What she will receive is a pet or 10 on the head, some treats, and a long drawn out belly rub. If your afraid of a 50lbs Aussie that you startled, then you SIR need to grow a pair and learn how to be around a dog.

Hey lady with waaay too much make up on. We are at the REI attic sale and I am trying to transport a bike stand at 75lbs in a 12x12 room with about 100 people jammed into it. No need to give me shit to watch my bag and be more careful. I am doing the best I can. Why don't you give some crap to the woman with 3 kids with mega stroller with all the fixins, who is herding her kids like we are all part of the little clan. You know the one over there who thinks its a good idea to let her kids play around everyones feet in this small ass 12x12 room? Go tell her to be more careful with that stroller the size of a golf cart.

Doing all of this with 2 broken ribs and feeling like your breathing through a straw sucks.

[EBondo 232]

Oh Jayson Werth....why Washington?

[Krev 86]

Phone call two days ago:

Assignor: "Hey, I'm super short on refs this week and I need you to fill some AAA games Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday night. They all liked the way you called their games two weeks ago, so just keep it up."

Me: "Oh, awesome. I can make all of those."

Assignor: "Awesome, I'll put you in those tomorrow on the site."

Me: "Perfect, thanks."

-End call-

Checked my assignments a few minutes ago, got nothing scheduled. Pop up the master schedule, and those games are filled by a well known crappy ref. Guess who's not going to be covering games for your horrible referees that either don't show up or call in sick? Me.

Gah. What the hell?!

Up yours, assignor.

[gxc999 7]

So my wife and I are finally about to get discharged from the hospital and her best friend calls. BF's husband was in a very serious car accident, like potentially intensive care. The hits never stop coming.

[pass the bisk 0]

Went to the doctor four years ago and mentioned something about my ankle hurting a lot. A month before that I had landed on the side of it and it got black and blue and insanely swollen, but I didn't get it checked out. Anyway, the doctor told me there was nothing wrong with it. Now, four years later, after experiencing constant pain in my foot, my knee feels weak. While I'm running, I blow out my knee and when I go to the doctor they tell me that I had torn tendons in my foot which went unrepaired and over time weakened my knee which cause me to tear my mcl.

[17D1998 1]

I've known one "normal" goalie in my life and he wasn't very good...

So true

[dsjunior1388 81]

Just got thrashed by that math exam. I honestly felt nauseous walking out of that room. I really thought I was prepared for that one too.