The Cranky, Grumpy, Irritable, No Good Day
Um…you know how when you take antibiotics, there’s always this warning about your birth control pill possibly becoming less effective? I think that happened to me.
No! No pregnancy scares or anything like that!
Please. You’d actually have to have sex for something like that to happen.
Since I’ve been back on the pill, I’ve felt pretty level in terms of moodiness and being bitchy, fatigue etc.
But today…OMG…I’ve been super aggro and grouchy and I feel horrid. Very bad. Think PMS on steroids.
I think it’s because I’ve been taking antibiotics for a sinus thing and they are interfering with my BCP’s. I was in serious bitch mode today, as you will see in the story below.
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I hope everyone had a fun Halloween! TQ had a blast trick or treating with Wendy’s daughter, Girlie, but P was kind of cranky and ended the evening with full-on howling and crying in the car. Come to find out…his shoe was hurting his toe. Poor little guy…
Today he absconded with yet another remote for our other DVR. He’s already lost one and I strongly suspect he put that one in the trash can, insuring we will never, ever find it since that bag is long gone. But after he took off with our one remaining remote today and I turned the house upside down trying to find it, I only succeeded in finding the battery cover. *sigh* So…I had to get another one because the DVR, which also functions as a cable box, is useless without a remote.
After a fruitless trip to our local Circuit City, where I’m fairly certain you have to have a negative IQ to secure employment, I decided to hike it all the across the city to a Verizon Plus store to procure a replacement Motorola remote. The nice lady on the phone from Verizon (my phone & cable company) assured me they would have them so after I got TQ from school, the threeof us drove in gridlocked traffic only to be told by “Dino” that they don’t have them there.
As mentioned, I was pretty irritable already and this news didn’t help my mood. I politely asked “Dino” to find out where in fricken creation I have to go to get a replacement remote. He begrudgingly got on the phone with somebody from Verizon and with a very blatant eyeroll said, “I dunno. She says someone told her she could get them here.”
To clarify that I didn’t get this info from the homeless guy on the corner but rather from a Verizon representative, I interjected:
“I was told by the Verizon business office…” and he put his hand up at me and starts SHUSHING ME!
Because I had my kids with me and ONLY because of them, I decide to forgo this battle and start to walk away towards a waiting area sofa and he says:
“Yeah…you go over there”
THE HELL??? WAS I JUST DISMISSED???
Me: *whipping around* “WHAT did you just say to me???”
Dino: “Blah blah blah blah…blah blah blah I’m a rude asshole with man boobs and an ugly shirt blah blah blah”
Me: “What is your name?”
Dino: “Dino” said in a most smarmy tone which is even more irritating when coupled with his smugly face. Oh, and his jiggly little man-boobs. Ugh. Jerk.
I was still seething as I gathered the kids and went over to the guy on the other side of the store, who very kindly offered me the manager’s business card so I could complain about Dino, who apparently has a habit of mistreating customers. I know. It’s so hard to believe…
Anyway, this fabulous guy, Mike, ordered me two new remotes and LOANED ME one of their demos to use until mine arrive. How COOL is that??
Blood pressure drops about thirty points. Faith in human nature is restored. I thank Mike profusely for his kindness and sneer at Dino as I exit the store, making extra sure that he sees the loaner remote AND business card in my hand.
Hahhhhhh beyotch! Take that!
Good triumphs over evil and I don’t kill anyone despite my sincere desire to do so! *happy sigh*
What is it about those electronic mega stores! I had the female version of Dino recently, complete with smacking gum and eye rolling! Little did she know I have been a bitch for much longer than she, and Husbandman put on his best prick face to match her attitude…
Hope your Hormone Warzone gets better and the antibiotics work.
Oh hell no! I would have ended him right there. How is it even possible that he still has a job there, if that is his regular MO with customers?
Can’t wait to hear what the manager had to say! What a complete ass, and I’m not saying that b/c I’m PMS’ing.
I have no idea how you kept your composure! I’d have had a meltdown right there, even without PMS. So glad it all worked out for the better. I’d say call the pharmacist or a doc to see what they say about the pill and antibiotics.
“Dino: “Blah blah blah blah…blah blah blah, I’m a rude asshole with man boobs and an ugly shirt blah blah blah”
That is the funniest line I have heard all day!
hmm, maybe interfering with the hormone levels. all i know if BCP made me a fucking lunatic (okay, MORE of a fucking lunatic), which is why i had to get off that shit.
i recommend some wine and bad tv. always does me right.
Antibiotics for a sinus problem - how mad is that!!
Yer mood is far more to do with you than the pills - call it what ya like but it’s just that yer a grumpy tart same as the rest of us. There’s nothin’ up with that.
As for Halloween, just see my post n then you’ll know exactly what I think about that ;-}
What is it with customer service anymore? It just gets worse and worse! Good for you for saying something and doing something. These young morons think they don’t have to work while they are working. Glad to hear your mood has been lifted!
How did you NOT get a picture of Dino? I’m shocked he was spared. I would have also liked to see his man-boobs. tee hee
My best friend got pregnant due to antibiotics interferring with her BCPs.. but a lot of things can screw with your hormones. And what is it with man-boobs today? I was interviewed by a guy whose melons were bigger than mine-AND when I stopped to get gas the gigantic Speedyway cashier-I swear-I saw nipplage.
Dino… and his man boobs…eeeewwwweeee….
Hope you are feeling better… Luckily you will…
Dino on the otherhand… well he has to live with himself… and that can’t be pretty…
It’s good that nobody got hurt… tho’ some people - especially egregiously rude man-boobed people - need to get hurt. For the lesson.
(Who’s grouchy?)
Was he wearing a Bro?
Last summer I posted about how Verizon Wireless screwed me. If they didn’t have such good coverage (in the places where I need it), I’d have kicked them to the curb long ago.
Wow, that is some rude service. Hopefully he’ll be looking for a new job, and a new attitude, soon.
As for the BCPs and antibiotics, I suppose it could be possible for hormone fluctuations due to the antibiotics. I can’t say for sure - on BCP, I was always grouchy and grumpy.
I got into an ALTERCATION in the grocery store last night. WTF is going on?!
There’s no telling what antibiotics can do to your hormones. Anything that can result in a yeast infection is suspect in my book.
ah..sister. points to you for keeping it together.
remember, this too shall pass. it’s just the meantime that sucks.
remember, this too shall pass. it’s just the meantime that sucks.
Listen up, Peeno! You don’t mess with Izzy, ya hear?
Wow, you got the remote AND you didn’t kill that rude, obnoxious jerk! I imagine that you’ll have some fun writing that letter…
oooooohh, the shushing would have gotten the man killed by a hugely pregnant woman and no jury in the country that has at least one woman who has ever been pregnant would convict me. Seriously. Shushing = flattening.
And I found the same problem with the BCP - I felt fine until something, anything, interefered with them (of course, that anything could have been planetary alignment or something), then I was, uh, grouchy. Yeah. That’s it. Grouchy.
P.S. And some days are like that. Even in Australia. (Thanks for the reference to one of my all time favorite kids books).
Poor little P’s foot. No wonder he was cranky. As for Dino, make that letter to his manager one for the ages, would ya?
Dino should know better than to mess with IzzyMom!
Dude. You went trick-or-treating with WENDY?? This is me, being jealous.
And Dino-bah. Some day karma will come around and bite him in his fleshy ass.
ewww- Dino sounds like an asshat- and to be honest even if you weren’t in pms or whatnot mode- he deserved your scorn- gotta hate the srevice biz folks who act like it hurts them to act like a human when its thier JOB to be helpful- long time lurker first post ( i think) p.s can i link your site on my blogroll?
I can see Izzy now, “Say: ‘I’m a man-boobed asshole with an ugly shirt’ Dino!” *snap*!
What’s that they say about celebrities? The more they run their names down the more their price goes up. Seems booby manned Dino would be getting his fifteen minutes! ;)
Now make sure you actually talk to the manager and complete oblideration of Dino for the next poor schmuck who walks in that store.
Ewwwwwww! Jiggly man boobs!
Doesn’t it feel good to totally diss Dino on your blog?! You go girl!
Glad you found the good employee so your trip wasn’t fruitless!
Make sure to compliment him too while you smear Dino to the manager.
I would have shoved the loaner remote in Dino’s mouth, torn his head off and then mounted it on a stick
If it makes you feel better, I am on antibiotics…..but not BCP…..and I’m still a bitchy witchy. I guess some of us are destined for it. It’s a gift. ;)
I love your “Izzy takes on the shitty establishment” stories! And glad to hear that the Brooklyn Circuit City is not the only 6th circle of hell and home for workers incapable of performing menial tasks. Ugh.
What a bastard. No one puts Izzy in the corner! NO ONE!
Ok…I am cracking up over Jenny’s comment…as usual!
No wonder the guy has problems with people. With a name like that and jiggly man boobs to match, who wouldn’t be a human hating a$$?!
Seriously, I hope your infection clears up and your feeling back to your old self soon. :)
This is so funny! My head would’ve EXPLODED if man boob dude had said those things to me!
Thanks for coming out of the shadows! And of course you can link to me : )
Holy crap. Dino was a SERIOUS jackass!
Hope you feel better soon!