Okay, who knows what WEDNESDAY is? Hump Day? No . . .

I'm not even going to look at the other posts before saying WTH Karen??!  I have been thinking all day that today is Thursday!  That I why I posted what I did earlier.   Sorry for being such a numb nut! 

First off, I want to rave  little before I rant. Bette, thanks for keeping these *****fests going. Somehow, they always lift my spirits. Somehow,  reading about other peoples' troubles helps me put mine in perspective.

I want to ***** about my lawnmower. It's been a piece of crap from the day I bought it. It's spent more time in the shop than in the shed and on the lawn combined. But THIS summer, it's outdone itself.

The blade was replaced this spring, along with most of the belts, the oil changed, the gas tank flushed, and something adjusted in the gear shift. In June, the blade came loose and ate up that belt. Had it fixed. Stayed in the shop a week.

In July, the blade came loose AGAIN. No belt this time, and my nephew fixed it, so it didn't have to go to the shop.

In August, the same thing happened.

First of September, blade came loose again, ate another belt. Stayed in the shop until TODAY.

At 11:30, I went out to mow the lawn, which by this time was knee deep. I can usually cut it all in about 45 minutes, but today was slow going because the grass was so tall. At the 45-minute mark, I had about 15 minutes' worth left, when...

The blade came loose.

I'm seriously considered either buying a goat or sowing a wildflower meadow.

I would be pissed about the mower too, but I'm chuckling imagining this: weeds be gone.

Another *****fest, another story about my dumb ass boss.

A fellow employee came into my office and told me that there was water on the floor in my boss's office.  She mentioned it to him, but he told her not to worry about it.  The water was coming from his private bathroom, and that the cleaning people could mop it up when they came later that night.  I called the maintenance department to go take a look and see if they could figure out what the problem was.  The maintenance guy went into his office and my boss told him there was no problem and to leave.  My boss left the office shortly thereafter.

Later, one of our vice presidents came into my office and asked if I knew there was water in the boss's office.  I told him that we tried to have someone take a look at it and the dip**** refused to let anyone in his bathroom to check the problem.  Well, NOW the water was about 2" deep and going into the VP's office, the hallway, the conference room, and the executive secretary's office.  I again called maintenance AND a plumber.  The moron had overflowed the toilet and the water kept running.  And running.  And running.

It flooded not only the executive offices, but the basement as well where we store files.  The basement carpet was saturated with water.  Water was pouring down the walls.  Ceiling tiles fell to the floor.  We had to send some guys to Home Depot to buy some shop vacs to suction up the water.  We had a crew come in over the weekend to rip out the carpet in the basement so it wouldn't get mold.

I took pictures because I couldn't believe this idiot would refuse entry to his private bathroom because he was embarrassed that he clogged the toilet.  I sent him an email with pictures and suggested that he let someone know there was a problem in the future so we wouldn't destroy the building.

Here's his office and the bathroom:

Here's the basement:

If you watched Sons of Anarchy last night, please believe me when I say I want him to die a painful death like the Asian that Jax killed.  I want to rub salt in his open wounds and make him suffer.  Then shove a sharp object into his skull.

You may need to call the insurance company - if the water was on the walls - it is in the walls.. it is not good...

 Holy **** How does he still have a job? 

Darling husband says this guy is the reason the aquaducts are dry

Oh, I guess I forgot to mention that HE IS THE PRESIDENT OF MY COMPANY  

My company is owned by a huge multinational Japanese corporation.  We do not have permanent presidents.  Every few years they send someone new over to **** up the zen.  We've had great men (one of whom became my mentor and I just adore) and we've had idiots (like this moron we have now).   Everyone here hates this guy and we all are counting the days until they ship his ass back to Japan.  I have a countdown app on my phone and I'm tracking the days until March 1 (171 days) when they announce personnel changes.  We all hoped he would leave this year, but it didn't happen. 

He was stationed in Mexico for seven years prior to coming to our company.  In all that time, his wife in Japan has never come for a visit and she never moved out here.  They don't have young children or grandchildren.  I think she hates him too. 

Ah, that makes sense. I imagine his wife is depressed her seven+ years of peace are coming to an end. You'll have to throw him one hell of a going away party

Had his higher ups by chance told him that was his last day prior to his overflow?  If not, it should have been!