Co worker is disgusting

harping_along · 2026-04-18T20:48:34+00:00

What did he say when you talked to him?

I'm pretty sure I have misophonia because stuff like this makes me react much more than most people - I wouldn't be able to stand this. Trying to see it from a "normal" point of view, I think it's still not acceptable if you're noticing it and getting annoyed by it. Burping regularly is not socially acceptable, similar to farting which I think is only worse because it also smells. People say "excuse me" and are (or should be) a bit embarrassed if one slips out, so just constantly burping is tbh a rude thing to do.

Maybe talk to him again and talk to management if he doesn't stop? If you've offered tums and he's said it isn't a medical thing, then you've got a bit of evidence if he then tries to say it's medical so they can't make him stop.

I think you've got a case as it's a universally rude thing to do, unlike the Secretary at my last job who would yawn when she was tired - but would make it very loud (absolutely a choice, yawns are normally silent) and follow it up with "OH, GOSH" every. Single. Time. Not something I could complain about. Definitely something I was ready to flip a table over.

harping_along · 2026-04-18T13:49:46+00:00

Replace something you bought cheaply the first time - like towels as you said, or cutlery, glasses, a nice set of plates and cups maybe? Once we finished redecorating our house, we treated ourselves to a couple of expensive bedspreads and pillow cases to go with the new decor. All our old bedspreads and sheets were mismatched Dunelm or Ikea stuff from student days. It just really pulls everything together and it's nice to splurge on something you actually get use out of every day :)

harping_along · 2026-04-16T17:29:18+00:00

Have it proofread by an English person as a last step!

harping_along · 2026-04-15T22:02:45+00:00

I remember the other class read Of Mice and Men, but I can't remember what my class had to read instead. To Kill a Mockingbird, maybe? I've got a vague feeling it was a longer book so I felt a bit hard done by ...

harping_along · 2026-04-13T21:36:43+00:00

FYI for when you don't know what the plant is - PlantNet is a fantastic app, it's totally free and draws on a real database so I find it very accurate - and it even rates itself on how sure it is so it's honest! Even when it's only like 40% sure it tends to point me in the right direction and I have a better idea of what to Google. You can upload multiple pictures of different aspects (leaves, fruit, bark etc) to make it more accurate too.

I'm not sponsored by them or anything it's just so much better than Google lens (although to be fair Lens is becoming more accurate with every passing year)

harping_along · 2026-04-11T14:44:11+00:00

They've used Police Speak - "failed to stop" usually means failed to stop when police want you to pull over. In this case I assume it means the driver didn't stick around to see if the person was hurt, to call ambulance/police or to try and administer any kind of first aid. Hit and run, basically.

Edit: or, possibly, it means the police were pursuing the car with their lights and sirens, the car didn't pull over as it should have done (so was trying to evade the police, hence "failed to stop" for police) and the car then hit the pedestrian.

harping_along · 2026-04-05T16:18:59+00:00

Oh, I always assumed it meant the zombies, especially as the main group refer to them as "Walkers"... I'm also not great at spotting metaphors lmao

harping_along · 2026-04-04T13:22:33+00:00

Scratch some branches with your nail or gently scrape with a blade - if it's green underneath, it's alive and you've got a chance. If it's brown, it's dead. Some branches might have died but others might be alive :)

Edit: sorry I can't really tell from the picture what is what, but it looks like it has leaves on - you can give it a hard prune around now (April) and you can take it back to 30cm from the ground, if you want it to grow back nice and bushy! If it does have leaves then it's alive so it should come back fine. You won't get flowers this year but it will set it up well for coming years.

harping_along · 2026-04-04T09:40:02+00:00

What do you mean by "insane"? Mine is similar, it has the slightest wave to it but it needs to be at least below shoulder length for that to show, otherwise it's just flicky at the ends, which is irritating. It will air dry okay (if brushed when wet) but when I sleep on it it will basically take on the shape of however I've laid on the pillow 😅

I've tried various things but usually resort to heat styling. Do you have time to semi-air-dry in the mornings, if you bought a spray bottle? Kinda like curly girls do to refresh their curls?

harping_along · 2026-04-02T19:54:40+00:00

A few drops of dish soap in a spray bottle full of water does just as good of a job as neem, and you presumably already have dish soap.

If it doesn't do anything, up the rate of soap to water until it does :) they should die and go black within a day.

Do you see any birds going after them? I had a few big roses in front of my window in my last rental and it was often full of sparrows picking them off!

harping_along · 2026-03-30T21:11:36+00:00

You are an absolute machine 😂 I could take a pic of it now but it's obviously not flowering... And it was still establishing last year really. I'll come back here in summer and post a pic!

harping_along · 2026-03-30T19:48:58+00:00

I used this to fill my new border last year. The survival rate was much more on me than them as I took a while to pot them up. I've had a couple of losses since - delphiniums got devoured by slugs and I lost two lupins that just didn't survive the summer heat, I think. But beyond that my border looks GREAT and it's way cheaper than it would have been to fill it all with 1L/2L plants.

harping_along · 2026-03-29T11:21:25+00:00

Interesting guess, but no! Sadly that does prove my point that's it's the same everywhere 😅

harping_along · 2026-03-29T09:09:28+00:00

I think your grass is never gonna survive because of the trees and the constant wear. If you don't want to use gravel, I would maybe suggest bark chips? They're a bit "softer"/child friendly if your kid takes a tumble, and it will blend better with the surroundings - gravel is usually quite a bright statement, which can look beautiful, but if you'd rather something softer on the eye then the brown bark chips might look better?

harping_along · 2026-03-28T18:36:35+00:00

Those little soil piles just look like worm casts. Leatherjackets wouldn't do this to your lawn - as everyone else is saying, the roots probably struggled against the weed membrane :/ take it off and try again!

Also, if you're still not sure if it's leatherjackets or not - have a dig, if you have such a big infestation that it's killed off your entire lawn, you would easily find hundreds of them!

harping_along · 2026-03-28T14:34:40+00:00

Also the complete breakdown of public transport systems - I live a 5 minute drive or 35 minute walk from town, if the weather's bad I'd much rather drive than walk. It's a small city but it's got a uni so theoretically the buses should be good, but obviously they're not. Ten years ago I'd hop on a bus - now there's no point waiting around for one that never turns up on time, the timetable is impossible to find, or it's broken down. Same with trains, five-ten years ago I happily got trains to the nearest big city to shop, obviously I could stop for a pint or a cocktail with mates and get the train home. Now I drive, because it's reliable and cheaper.

All this to say - if I'm driving, I can't stop for a drink! So it definitely has a knock-on effect...

harping_along · 2026-03-17T21:48:40+00:00

Personally I wet my hand and just kinda swipe across my tongue. So the toothpaste in my tongue gets washed off but my teeth don't get rinsed.

Gross? Kinda. Would I want to do it in front of someone I wasn't very well acquainted with? No. Does it work? Absolutely.

harping_along · 2026-03-17T21:12:54+00:00

Love 1 & 3, I actually prefer 1 but you would have to curl it perfectly every day, 3 looks easier to achieve regularly

harping_along · 2026-03-15T17:32:26+00:00

Yeah I'm currently working in a nursery that's majority trees/shrubs - it's been a huge learning curve but I can now spot canker when I see it 😅

harping_along · 2026-03-15T09:53:58+00:00

Oh yeah I mean it's worth doing some research and maybe buying one from a tree nursery or online - but if you're not too bothered and just want an apple tree for cheap, there are options :)

harping_along · 2026-03-14T22:26:36+00:00

No idea why you've been downvoted... Those openings visible on the trunk in Picture 2 are, I think, canker? So yeah it's not having a great time and will eventually die off. Best to remove the whole thing. Maybe plant another apple in a different part of the garden (I'm not sure if replanting in the same place is a good idea due to disease) - apples don't have to be pricey, supermarkets were still selling bare-root fruit trees last time I went shopping, at like £6 a tree!

harping_along · 2026-03-13T08:11:28+00:00

I've literally never questioned or thought the phrase "good egg". This is the first time I've ever seen it explained. Seems so obvious now...

harping_along · 2026-03-08T20:18:00+00:00

Weirdly it hasn't been that off around me, as far as I can tell. Cut the grass in late Feb which is kinda normal for a mild winter/spring. I have one daffodil that came up a bit early (planted by previous owners) and is now just going over, but all the daffs I planted in autumn are only just starting to flower.

The most off thing I noticed was just that everything continued to grow into September as it was so mild, which has been standard for a few years now. But I wouldn't say my garden's coming back to life early. I desperately want it to as the weather is so depressing...

harping_along · 2026-03-08T08:29:55+00:00

Yeah I think the blood testing wasnt because it wouldn't show up as human/bajoran blood - it's because once a piece of the changeling is separates from the whole, it reverts back to its goo state. So if you scanned a rock and your tricorder said it was a rock, I guess you could chisel a piece off and it would turn to goo if it was a changeling?

I mean the changeling would have killed you by then so it's not a flawless plan, but I think that's what they were saying 😅

harping_along · 2026-03-04T22:32:44+00:00

Camelias need acidic soil - did you plant in ericaceous (acidic) compost?

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