The First World Problem Thread

[MusicChick]

	Quote:	araqyl
	I actually wake up about six in the holidays anyway, although my normal alarm is about 5:20 ... for which I wake up a few minutes before it starts.

Same here. I think it's a teacher thing (aside of programming yourself to a regular routine). It's not like we can ever be late. To anything.

I haven't made enought tater salad. It's always better the day after..

[Bossa Nova]

Was baking a triple chocolate cake today. The three chocolates are cocoa powder + melted plain chocolate in the batter, with chocolate chips stirred in at the end.

Got too busy trying to prepare lunch at the same time, and was only half paying attention to the cake preparation.

My cake is in the oven and half-risen already, but just noticed that there is still an unopened packet of chocolate chips on the counter. Quelle horreur!

We will have to endure a pathetic "double chocolate cake". I am sure it will be horrible. Might as well feed it to the pigs.

[MusicChick]

	Quote:	bossie
	Was baking a triple chocolate cake today. The three chocolates are cocoa powder + melted plain chocolate in the batter, with chocolate chips stirred in at the end. Got too busy trying to prepare lunch at the same time, and was only half paying attention to the cake preparation. My cake is in the oven and half-risen already, but just noticed that there is still an unopened packet of chocolate chips on the counter. Quelle horreur! We will have to endure a pathetic "double chocolate cake". I am sure it will be horrible. Might as well feed it to the pigs.

Is it still warm?

Hmmmmm....

[araqyl]

	Quote:	MusicChick
	Same here. I think it's a teacher thing (aside of programming yourself to a regular routine). It's not like we can ever be late. To anything. I haven't made enought tater salad. It's always better the day after..

It's an Aussie tradition to eat Christmas lunch leftovers for at least the next week ... we have to make sure that nothing runs out on the day!

	Quote:	Mélusine
	My whole family decided it was more practical to offer my kids vouchers rather than actual toys... which means that’s it’s me who have to run after them in crowded shops while they choose what they want

While I was growing up one of my aunts used to wait until three or four of us (my cousins & sisters) had had their birthdays, then take us birthday shopping at the local shopping centre. We each had a budget, and could top it up with our own money.

[Flying Kite]

...yesterday on Christmas hangover( my holiday 18.12 to 04.01) have to write an comprehensive email to stop a stupid thread of 30 emails that start at 14.00 on 18.12, obviously when I already left the office...all year I was the eyes on the ground, all of them working from home...obviously they didn't get holiday, they find to debate client comments exactly when I gone in holiday, as they lost perception of space working from home, stupid comments starts trickle...no choice, have to put in place all the cogs, otherwise when will come back from holiday have to answer to a hundred emails...

[curley]

	Quote:	Flying Kite
	...yesterday on Christmas hangover( my holiday 18.12 to 04.01) have to write an comprehensive email to stop a stupid thread of 30 emails that start at 14.00 on 18.12, obviously when I already left the office...all year I was the eyes on the ground, all of them working from home...obviously they didn't get holiday, they find to debate client comments exactly when I gone in holiday, as they lost perception of space working from home, stupid comments starts trickle...no choice, have to put in place all the cogs, otherwise when will come back from holiday have to answer to a hundred emails...

Imagine you hadn't read business emails on your holidays, you wouldn't know, it wouldn't bother you and ..... you're going back to work on the 4th anyway. Now what are you gonna do on your first day back?!?

[greenmount]

	Quote:	araqyl
	It's an Aussie tradition to eat Christmas lunch leftovers for at least the next week ... we have to make sure that nothing runs out on the day! .

I think it's general. But I try to educate myself for a few good years to cook less food so I won't have to force anyone in my family to eat the same things for a week. They're very picky.

My mom would just throw it away if she thinks it's a bit off, but I literally feel a pain when I have to bin food here...

[araqyl]

	Quote:	greenmount
	I think it's general. But I try to educate myself for a few good years to cook less food so I won't have to force anyone in my family to eat the same things for a week. They're very picky. My mom would just throw it away if she thinks it's a bit off, but I literally feel a pain when I have to bin food here...

Yeah, throwing out food is the result of poor planning most of the time - it's rare that something is off when you buy it (although it does happen), most of the time discarding food is because you either bought too much and didn't cook it in time, or cooked too much and didn't eat it in time.

As for eating the same thing for a week, my kids would be happy with that if it was "the right thing".

[k_and_e]

The crown was too small

[MusicChick]

You have to get a bigger cake. And eat it.

[Ato]

Realizing that your first world country can't have a peaceful transfer of power.

[jlanzon]

	Quote:	Ato
	Realizing that your first world country can't have a peaceful transfer of power.

Yes it's difficult to watch. Every day is like something out of a dystopian drama series. House of Cards had nothing on reality.

[Castro]

Removing my mask to unlock my phone

[Axa]

I hate writing the amounts in text form for contracts: 91 751,29 becomes quatre-vingt onze mille sept cent cinquante et un et vingt-neuf centimes

Also hate the base-20 system.

[Castro]

My remote control doesn't work from underneath the blanket

[MusicChick]

	Quote:	Axa
	I hate writing the amounts in text form for contracts: 91 751,29 becomes quatre-vingt onze mille sept cent cinquante et un et vingt-neuf centimes Also hate the base-20 system.

Nonante-et-un...prettier.

[Axa]

	Quote:	MusicChick
	Nonante-et-un...prettier.

Of course, but.....foreign customers!!!

Excuse me, I have to take care of my foot I just shoot

[st2lemans]

	Quote:	Axa
	I hate writing the amounts in text form for contracts: 91 751,29 becomes quatre-vingt onze mille sept cent cinquante et un et vingt-neuf centimes four score and eleven thousand seven hundred two score and eleven and one score and nine cents Also hate the base-20 system.

FTFY.

Tom

[Axa]

	Quote:	st2lemans
	FTFY. Tom

I thought you were joking, the score number exists

[3Wishes]

A friend sent me shortbread biscuits as a Christmas gift. They're all gone, but I'm still in quarantine so I can't pop out to a shop and get more.