Everyone knows that I am thankful for this blog, your readership, and my cats. You know what I’m NOT thankful for?
- [Revised] Terrorist attacks in India
- [Revised #2] My grandmother is back in the hospital. Details to follow. Ugh.
- A bad economy
- Record unemployment
- Plunging consumer confidence
- Two wars
- Terrorism
- Somali pirates
- Animal abuse
- Child abuse
- Hunger
- Poverty
- Malaria
- Cancer [in humans and cats]
- AIDS [also FIV]
- Anxiety & Depression
- Kashmir/Pakistan/India
- Violence in Thailand
- No Child Left Behind
- Rabies
- Distemper
- Dictators
- Gun Violence
- Climate Change
- Vladmir Putin and Dimitri Medvedev
- Bad dye jobs
Just so you know, this list also serves as an accurate account of what keeps me up at night…
…especially the Somali pirates.
I’m kinda thankful for daily distraction of the failing economy — as it keeps me from obsessing about foreign and diplomatic issues that I can’t control.
What are you NOT thankful for?
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The McRibb, that’s bullshit.
@HR Underling I’m not thankful for McDonald’s pies. They are gross.
Here’s what I’m not thankful:
-Greedy Executives
-The one year annversary of Sean Taylor’s death
-Bacon beating Fries
-The crowded Metro (or subway if you live outside D.C.)
-Bands signing exclusive contracts to one store.
-Christmas Music before Thanksgiving
-Gift cards
-Henry Paulson
I’ll think of more.
Oh man, I gotta disagree with Tran, I loooove me sum gift cards!
@HR Underling. Only big companies can do gift cards, but with families and small businesses, there has to be a thoughtful gift. I’m not saying spend $100 bucks on something. Something reasonable people can cherish. Mostly, gift cards are cop outs so some wouldn’t thinking of getting a gift. It ain’t that hard to find one gift ain’t it? Ok, except for the Jewish when there’s 8, but just one?
My boss who said he would leave early after lunch but is still here so I can’t leave early! (deep breath) I feel better now.
I’d rather focus on the positive!!!
I’m thankful that I can listen to music and respond to your blog at 4 pm on the night before Thanksgiving (while I do emails and clean my office)!!!
Happy Holiday to you and all the HR bloggers out there!!!
- The lack of a Libertarian revolution (non-violent, of course)
- The closing of our Starbucks, now the nearest ‘bucks is 70 miles away
- The way my hometown of Cleveland is dying on the vine
- The loss of George Carlin
- Vanity license plates
- Partisanship
- The 500 watt car stereo my neighbor bought for his son
- being a widow
- being unemployed
- greedy people
- homelessness for people, cats, and dogs
- Karl Rove, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Lee Atwater, et al
- people who abuse other people or animals
- people who kill things for fun
Honestly, this list depresses me. Like some of the other posters, I’d rather be positive. So I’ll make a lighter list of un-gratefuls for:
- bell peppers
- bad typography
- bad design
- poor writing
- chili with chunks of soggy tomatoes floating in it
- mosquitoes
- raindrops down the back of my neck
- Barney
I just had the last one happen. It’s worse than all the others you listed!
that rookie cop who gave just gave me a $150 speeding ticket for driving 36 mph the day before thanksgiving.
- THe evetual return of $4 a gallon gas
– daily commutes in excess of 90 miles
– predicted unemployment exceeding 7.5%
– shifting health care costs to employees
– dishonesty in so many corporations
– stupid people
– so many flavor choices for Moutnain Dew
– the Starbucks at the corner of Hillsborough & Sheldon in Tampa, which is the worst Starbucks ever
– my lost Blackberry
– Michael Vick getting a suspended sentence
– Alec Baldwin
– More Brad and Angelina, (also more Katie and Tom, and really any news about celeb couples marrying, divorcing, sexing, pregging or anything..
- Christmas, which I have never liked since I was a letter carrier
My not thankful list would include
1) Human Rights abuses
2) Violence against women
3) Prop 8 passing
@Tracy good list — bring it on.
@HRU I have some rules: gift certificates are good for co-workers and acquaintances but bad for parents. The rest is iffy.
@HR Minion Did he leave, yet??
@Mark I’m not surprised, Mr. Positivity.
@Jimmy I’m with you on vanity plates.
@Robyn The lighter list makes me feel better. Ugh.
@Rachl You have my bad-dye-job sympathies.
@gemllen fuck. that. shit. are you for real???
@michael More than one flavor of Mountain Dew is one too many.
@MegBear Totally perfect list.
Criminy people, I don’t GIVE gift cards! I am way too creative (and cheap) for that! But I enjoy getting them!
First- I’m not *thankful* for Somali pirates, but I do get a little giggle imagining Captain Jack Sparrow each time a pirate attack happens. Honestly, I don’t get the whole pirate issue. You’re in a boat…in an ocean…it’s not like they sneak up on you. Hit the gas peddle and get away from them smarties!
Here’s my list:
- Receiving a refund notice for the perfect online xmas purchase because they are indefinitely out of stock. FAIL.
- TiVo cutting off the last 3 minutes of Fringe.
- Anything to do with any of the following: Jonas Brothers, Hannah Montana, Miley Cyrus, Selena Gomez, Spencer and Heidi, Rosie O’Donnell, and the Big 3 CEO’s.
- The MySpace mom who bullied a teenager online only getting a misdemeanor.
- Getting home and realizing your eyeliner has descended and you’ve been unknowingly rocking the raccoon look all day.
- Hearing your dog throw up in the middle of the night and bot being able to find the spot the next day.
- Seeing family at T-giving time, and receiving a 10 minute quilt trip about how long it’s been since they saw you last.
- Hearing about The Pet Connection (a no-kill animal shelter in Mission, KS) whose $4,000 of building supplies for a new wing were stolen last week.
@gemelen i feel your pain. last night as i was traveling out of state i got a speeding and exp registration ticket, cop tried to impound my beamer,
Since negativity is my natural state of being, and I fight so hard against it, I just had to point out something positive.
I saw AIDS on your list and remembered reading an article about a doctor that managed to cure AIDS in his patient. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122602394113507555.html
It’s not currently a very practical cure, but it is something that may be useful someday. Science and the human desire to improve are something to be thankful for.