The Not Happy Thread

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Spoiler: Who's down there?

So, because of the pandemic, we dont open to the public on saturdays. we do curbside pickup all day. but during the pandemic, we completely cleared out the lowerlevel which had the comic books and YA fiction. So now its staff cubicles, and storage for all the tables, computers and chairs that aren't in use. Anyway, my coworker was taking her lunch break down there and heard rustling... like someone was flipping through the the papers and folders in the file cabinet. So she went to go see if anyone else was down there with her. there wasnt. she was alone. She packed up her lunch and left.

Spoiler: Archives

there is this huge mural in the lower level that takes up the entire wall. There is a door on that wall that is painted over. It has become the archive room with boxes and boxes of old documents, yearbooks, pictures, etc. that has all been digitized and is just sitting there. no one really goes in there because, as i've said, its all digitize. Well, security called and said they detected movement in that room. Like it must have been a big movement for them to call about it. too big for a mouse or a bat (like another coworker thought).

Spoiler: Missing Elevator

The maintenance man always gets there at least 3 hours before opening. just him. no one else. he says he took the elevator up to the second floor... then as he stepped out of the elevator, he realized he forgot something in his office. so he clicks the button, expecting the elevator doors to open up again. nope. he says the elevator was called back down to the lower level and he had to wait for it to come back up. he said it was weird because it was just him in there. he also says that while he was vacuuming, he her what sounded like people whispering. so he turned off the vacuum and listened. he said it wasnt loud enough to hear what they were saying, but it was loud enough for him t make out whispers, so he went walking around the floor to make sure it was empty. it was.

Spoiler: Conference of ghosts?

coworkers were just about to lock up. As I said in one of the above Happenings, Saturdays are not open to the public. Out of habit, my coworkers walk the aisles as they turn out the lights. so they walked the aisles like normal. How the building is set up, if you are standing on mainfloor lobby, you can look up and see the second floor and the glass conference rooms. Just when they were walking out for the day, my coworker who had ben working up there suddenly looks up and shouts, "theres someone up there." so security and another coworker go up to the second floor to the conference room and they were all empty. We call them the "fishbowls" because all four walls are glass. like, you cant hide in there at all. My coworker swears she saw movement up there. to top it all off, the alarm wouldnt set because it still detected movement, this time on the second floor.

Spoiler: knock knock, who's there?

I was on the main floor talking to a coworker when we hear this loud banging. not like construction (we had construction going on too), but like someone was banging their fists on the table. we look at each other, then go to investigate. she checks the computer aisle, and i check the windows, thinking someone was outside banging on the windows to get out attention. nothing. so we meet back behind the desk, and the banging happens again. we both look up because it sounded like it was coming from above. so we go up to the second floor, and its empty except for my coworker sitting at her desk. we asked her if she heard anything, she said nope. it was just her up there. it was weird. but then instantly forgotten about because other work stuff happened. it only came up today as I was listening to what happened on Saturday when I realized that i also had that weird thing happen and another coworker was with me and heard it too.

 

And bookstore poltergeists are probably the scariest because you know they are well educated.

 

I swear to the sun I'm a grown ass woman, but I'm definitely sleeping with my Triforce on tonight.

I don't think I've ever witnessed hauntings, but at my old apartment, I'd get home and just felt off. Like someone or something was watching me and the feeling followed me until I got up to my door on the second floor. It was always right behind me, too. No, I never looked back. I saw PT before it was canned. The odd thing is I never had that feeling when someone was with me, like the guy I was with at the time. We'd get out of the car and I'd feel fine.

OH! there was ... I'll wrap this one in a spoiler.

Spoiler

I hated my neighbors because they always stole my parking spot or parked like assholes so they'd be half in my spot and half in the visitor spot. Well, one night I'd had enough so I parked reeeeeeeally close to the big ass truck in the spot next to mine. When I got out I was mumbling to myself and I stopped because I felt someone watching me. I turned around and I saw only eyes staring out at me from inside the pitch black truck. They'd left the window cracked so I thought maybe it was a dog inside, but the level the eyes were it had to be an enormous dog or there was someone/thing sitting in the dark watching me. I think I said something like, "what the fuck are you?" And then I ran to my door. Probably one of the scariest things to happen to me.

 

Radagast?

 

Ever read a chapter of a book that pissed you TF off???


.....but still i read on....

 

6 years ago I lost my mother to cancer then 3 years ago I lost my father in the same way. My mother did not get the chance to see my wedding and my father did not get the chance to know that I will be having a child.
After my father died, I had to take care of his business while working in my current job ( payed ok and the business was a long way from me ), help my wife with the furnituring since we also bought a new house.
Rest of the story is in the Happiness thread.

 

I went everywhere in my rollerblades as a kid/late teen. I was never a good skater but when the blades were released...offfffft

 

I want to whine and throw tantrums like a child.

 

I don't know if I'm understanding this right,

But the SNP's handling of the national exams in Scotland this year has turned into a bit of a nonsense. Instead of students getting marked on their individual performance they've been marked on their schools average performance. I don't even think an exam was even taken. A prelim result and the schools average was used to hand out students grades this year :|

So if you're a bright kid in an under funded school you'll likely get a series of F's instead of A'a because the average in your school is so low.

But if you go to a posh school you'll most likely get over marked due to it's average.

The kids are absolutely raging at this while some parents are delighted at their kids high grades.

It's very confusing but dearie me, just when you think the SNP have emptied the stupid out of the tin they give it one last shake and out falls this shitcookie.

Safely say the young'uns won't forget this in a hurry when it comes to the vote.

 

Sounds like they're getting shafted Kilroy Silk style. Bearing in mind it's the same SNP that enrolled a gynecologist to tackle a pandemic so I really shouldn't be surprised.

This could well be the straw that breaks the camels back for this lot.

Shambles.

 

Cause every day since Monday, something happened.
- Mon - dogs almost ran away
- Tues - Coworker maims himself
- Wed - I did a dumb thing and pissed my family off

So I’m scared of what will happen today. Maybe if I just stay in my car all day, it’ll be all right?

 

You could say that every day since monday, something GOOD happened

-your dog DIDNT run away
-your coworker survived
-your family didnt leave you (and, tho pissed,still loves you)

 

I'm eagerly checking the Happiness Thread for the repost, @Link the Writer ...

 

I'm postponing sleep tonight, as I have a slug on my bedroom ceiling.

 

fascism rising real fast down here.