Things you wish you could say

[Nabiki]

Have you even read the constitution?!

 

[CombNWattles]

Have you even read the constitution?!

Hear, hear!
And it’s not an ambiguous pile of putty to stretch any way you want! It’s really sad if you don’t understand the vocab/word usage, because a 16yr old Jane Austen nerd can. Go get some qualification for your extremely important job!
May I suggest you start with Emma, a tale of a rich busybody who thinks she can control everyone’s destiny, gradually learning that she isn’t God…

 

[MROO]

Have you even read the constitution?!

Don't get me started, because I HAVE, even though *you* (insert appropriate name here) obviously need a review.

 

[SourRoses]

Have you even read the constitution?!

Right!
And some who carry one in their pocket are perfectly okay, when pressed, with dispensing with some aspects of the constitution in favor of only the bits they like.
They ignore the conditions the founding fathers were trying to prevent from repeating even while it's happening in front of us all.
Like the folks who claim to be patriotic but would be happy to break the country into pieces.
Can't they see how hypocritical that is?

 

[Buckeye Amy]

You told me you need to remember to ask your PT some questions. I suggested you make a list so you can be sure to ask all of them.

"Lists don't work for me, and the questions are different each time. I feel like I'm in this all alone."

I wanted to say, "Huh? How does a list not work? And you can make a new list for each visit. I make a new list for every trip to the store." And as far as PT goes, yeah, the work is all on you. Been there myself. It sucks, but the only way out is through.

I am going to stop asking how you are. Well, no, I'll still ask, but I won't try to make any helpful suggestions. They never work for you, so I'll stop.

I stopped making suggestions years ago when I realized people aren't seeking answers...they just want to gripe.

 

[Sally PB]

I stopped making suggestions years ago when I realized people aren't seeking answers...they just want to gripe.

I think this person enjoys her misery.

I thought it was stress at work. She got a different job. I thought it was stress at the new job. She got a different job. (Rinse and repeat a couple more times.) I thought when she retired, she'd feel better about her life, because the job stress was gone.

Nope.

 

[MROO]

I stopped making suggestions years ago when I realized people aren't seeking answers...they just want to gripe.

"You don't want to hear my opinion. You want to hear your opinion falling out of my mouth!"

 

[NatJ]

"You don't want to hear my opinion. You want to hear your opinion falling out of my mouth!"

Of course! That way I know I was right all along. It is important for me to have other people confirm that I am always right!

(Play-acting that I am the person being addressed here, even though I know I am really not.)

 

[MROO]

"... that I did NOT just give in to the weird impulse to drip melted peanut butter into my coffee, that I did NOT like it and so I will NOT do it again ... maybe with a little bit of chocolate or cocoa?"

 

[MROO]

Have you even read the constitution?!

"Is anyone else a bit sore from all that walking, yesterday?"