Just whining...feel like a bucket of ice water dumped on me.

by Gregor 9 Replies latest jw friends

  • Gregor
    Gregor

    A couple of days ago I had finally forced myself to set down and fill in a form document that was downloaded with Adobe as a PDF. I had been putting this off as long as possible because it was so tedious and boring but I now HAD to complete it. Four hours and a gallon of coffee later I was on the 11th and final page when I backspaced to correct a typo...yeah, that's right...poof! it was gone. I spent another hour trying to find it and then another later in the evening after I got a couple of screwdrivers (the kind with orangejuice). No luck.

    This is the kind of thing that really tests my character. I'm happy to say I didn't kick my dogs or yell at my wife, I just wimpered and I'm going to do it over again like a big boy. But this time I'm going to do it on Word, print it out , then cut and paste it onto the form, copy it and FAX the damn thing!

  • luna2
    luna2

    Nothing more annoying and frustrating than working forever on something and have it disappear! Ugh! You feel like you totally wasted all that time...or at least that's what I always feel like. Of course, you can usually fill it out faster the second time around so it wasn't really a total waste but its still a major pain in the butt.

    Sorry, Gregor...glad to hear you didn't take it out on the wife and dog, though. lol

  • kristyann
    kristyann

    Awww, sorry to hear it! Glad to hear you handle it without taking it out on someone else, though.

    Did you re-do it better the second time? Probably. :-)

  • greendawn
    greendawn

    I know the feeling I had a similar experience, but you finally found the way to save yourself a lot of heartache, it's much worse if one loses all the data on a hard disk at a time when he has no back ups.

  • Apostate Kate
    Apostate Kate

    That sucks Gregor!

    Sorry

  • nsrn
    nsrn

    And just where does stuff like that go? Is there a Twilight Zone?

  • KW13
    KW13

    wow, such self control! i'd be really annoyed

  • Gregor
    Gregor

    "And just where does stuff like that go? Is there a Twilight Zone? " My thoughts exactly. I was so flabbergasted I sat there and said "naw, can't be gone. That would be unthinkable" Two hours later I was gasping for breath and using words I will not repeat here.

  • Es
    Es

    ahhhh bugger

    es

  • Gregor
    Gregor

    Es,

    Thanks, you expressed my feelings very succinctly!

    Hope things are going well with your procreation project.

    Gregor

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