so i have an eye dr appt on monday that i totally forgot about (until they called yesterday) because i made it like 6 months ago or whatever. and they called my parents house (dumb - i've given them MY number like 17 times). so my dad naturally didn't call to tell me until today AND they are closed today so i can't call and cancel until monday morning (like an hour before my appt).

but i have class on monday in greensboro (eye doctor appointment is here in raleigh)

normally i'd just cancel and reschedule but i have been having REALLY bad headaches for 2 weeks now and a lot of pain in one of my eyes when i move it (esp after a headache). and i'm having trouble seeing as clearly as i normally do. so i kind of want to see if there has been a change in vision or something. plus i need to pick up my glasses i ordered in like october.

HOWEVER this would involve skipping class on monday and i had a migraine last monday so i skipped those classes. HOWEVER two of the classes i already sat through last year soooo i think i'm okay to skip them. plus i would tell the profs it is for a doctor appt. BUT i'm supposed to go to a concert in chapel hill monday night so if i go to my doctors appointment and miss the one class i will probably just stay here in raleigh and skip my other two since i'm driving all the way here already.

now that i typed this entire thing out i think i decided i'm just going to reschedule the appointment and hope my eye doesn't explode in the mean time.

/tww is a blog.

2/12/2010 1:13:45 PM

k

2/12/2010 1:14:09 PM

tl;dr

i think you should go into the porn industry

2/12/2010 1:15:10 PM

Perhaps you should take some medication to relieve your headache and just wait it out? Or consult webmd if you're that concerned about it.

2/12/2010 1:15:14 PM

Quote :

"i think you should go into the porn industry "

YES! decision made

^ haha. i did that already. the results are: brain tumor, brain tumor, migraines, cluster headaches and foreign object in eye. and some other stuff i don't remember how to spell

[Edited on February 12, 2010 at 1:16 PM. Reason : .]

2/12/2010 1:15:59 PM

doctor > class if you are actually having a problem

2/12/2010 1:16:38 PM

I didn't read your post

thus, I have no input

2/12/2010 1:17:05 PM

yo homes to bel-air?

Skip your class IMHO. But you have already decided. Let's go hope we don't see a RIP Eye goodnight sweet prince thread soon...

2/12/2010 1:17:13 PM

hahahaha. rip left eye

i will be kh right eye cadwakle

2/12/2010 1:17:51 PM

Brain tumor? That sucks.

But I'll remove it for $100. It's a total bargain.

2/12/2010 1:18:07 PM

I realize this thread is about skipping class for an eye doctor appointment....which I have not. Hear me out, maybe I can offer some insight.

I am in outside sales, which is currently salary+commission, but will move into straight commission starting at the beginning of July 2010. I have been in this position since July 2009. I have competition from several direct manufacturing sales reps, large distributors, and local distributors. Here are the advantages and disadvantages of each:

Direct Advantages: Immediate knowledge of new technology, no middle man mark up, one shipping bill (paid by manufacturer or buyer of goods), access to larger range of non-commodity items, control inventory, have access to many distributors that can effectively sell their goods which increases market share, and set prices of commodity they manufacture.

Direct disadvantages: Typically have 1-3 sales reps per region (i.e. southeast, mid-atlantic, northeast, etc.) limiting the number of accounts they can successfully manage/cold-call, lack physical customer service or physical technical service available to or affordable for smaller users or altogether, are sometimes not trustworthy because they will go in behind their distributors that sell their commodity to one account in large quantities (i.e. they missed a big account, and have found out about it through a distributor selling their particular product) which leads to the distributor not selling their product anymore, have too many distributors selling the product ultimately driving the set price down through deviations, possibly rely on distributors to actually sell the product, and competition from other direct sources.

Large distributor advantages: have access to other commodities that go hand in hand with other manufacturers (poor example- grocery stores sell milk as well as cereal), get direct pricing, many locations regionally or nationally easing the shipping burden of buyers with multiple locations, personal service either customer or technical, many sales reps that are able to cover a broader territory, access to multiple manufacturers of the same commodity allowing to keep prices in check, service programs that smaller companies can't offer and direct providers can't match in price or value, and experts of many many commodities as opposed to one or a few.

Large distributor disadvantages: smaller local distributors creating price wars (think Michael Scott Paper Co vs Dunder-Mifflin), direct mfg's going in behind and stealing business, limited access to all of the mfg's (you won't find Harris Teeter name brands in Food Lion and visa versa), can't truly set prices because it's based on both supply and demand, territory management, and tough growth prospects in slower economies (this is true for direct as well really)

Local distributor advantages: Typically a good ol' boy setting where the seller and the buyer know each other for years (this does happen at all levels, but mostly at the local level), local folks are right down the street and can be used in emergencies, if the local guy buys at high enough volumes then there is no shipping charge to the end user, and access to both direct mfg's and large distributors.

Local distributor disadvantages: easily beaten in price, array of commodities, array of technology, lack of trained staff, low cash flow, etc etc etc.

This is what I have noticed in my six months, I am sure there are plenty more that need mentioning. The way I am setting myself apart as a sales person is this: I go after the big accounts right now while I am new. The big accounts, if I land them, will take care of me while I am new and building a customer base. The money made off of those allows me to focus free time on smaller accounts that get me higher margins. I build up big accounts, I would like to have 5-10 of these, then get 20-30 medium accounts. If I lose 1 or 2 big accounts, the 20-30 medium accounts keep me afloat while I go after new big accounts. I don't really waste time on small accounts simply because they basically pay for breakfast or something really small.

I will say this, if you can't get a big account in the first 6-8 months (assuming you have cash flow that you can ride this long) you could be in a world of trouble. If you can get one, it will really make going after the others a lot more enjoyable and less stressful. It's simply just very exhausting wasting any time on anything other than big accounts in the very beginning. You work just as hard on the medium sized accounts and see 1/3 to 1/36 of the money in my situation.

If you have any other questions, you can PM me. I hope this helps in the slightest!

2/12/2010 1:18:51 PM

Quote :

"HOWEVER this would involve skipping class on monday and i had a migraine last monday so i skipped those classes. HOWEVER two of the classes i already sat through last year soooo i think i'm okay to skip them. plus i would tell the profs it is for a doctor appt. BUT i'm supposed to go to a concert in chapel hill monday night so if i go to my doctors appointment and miss the one class i will probably just stay here in raleigh and skip my other two since i'm driving all the way here already. "

use dr appointment to validly skip other classes as well, cite travel time, rush hours, bad weather etc as reasons, hell even eye drop drugs that prevent you from operating heavy machinery.....

you should be ok, get notes/recording from someone else.

2/12/2010 1:20:04 PM

She's in law school. It's not like she's skipping English 101

2/12/2010 1:21:42 PM

ok now i kinda think i should go to the appt

i have a headache right now, too. i honestly think my vision has changed and i'm just straining to see but it is getting annoying. and since i do a shitload of reading its prob a good idea to have that corrected

and i think i need to reorder contacts, too

^ yea but 2 of the classes i took last year before i withdrew so i already sat through this part of them. AND the 3rd one is tax. which is tres boring anyway.

[Edited on February 12, 2010 at 1:22 PM. Reason : .]

2/12/2010 1:22:00 PM

Are you on any allergy meds?

2/12/2010 1:31:34 PM

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2/12/2010 1:32:42 PM

Quote :

"Are you on any allergy meds? "

no i only take bc and antidepressants and i've been on them awhile. i don't know what my problem is but i've had AWFUL headaches the past 2 weeks. like debilitating. and i've never had headaches like this in the past even when my vision has changed. and the eye pain is the weirdest part - it hurts when i move my left eye side to side. like when i look over at something it really hurts.

do you think it is allergies? sinus infection?

headaches are like right above my eyes. usually only on one side. i mean my whole head hurts but like the major pain is one one side right above my eyebrow.

[Edited on February 12, 2010 at 1:37 PM. Reason : .]

2/12/2010 1:36:31 PM

Try Zyrtec, and see if the headaches go away. A friend of mine has been complaining about bad headaches that recently began as well. She started taking Zyrtec and they haven't returned since. Worth a shot.

[Edited on February 12, 2010 at 1:40 PM. Reason : -]

2/12/2010 1:39:22 PM

that is a good idea. will def try. thanks!

2/12/2010 1:40:30 PM

I think you could start jumping and then along with it go "ooooooooooooo" and get louder like "OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH" and then switch to "PACK! PACK! PACK! PACK! OOOOOO PACK! PACK! PACK! PACK! OOOOOOOOOOOO! POWER PACK! POWER PACK! BACK THE PACK!" and then play a loud rockin rap song or somethin. i think it would get things crazy.

2/12/2010 1:42:02 PM

I honestly don't care. If you guys want to give me the incentive, fine. I've already done everything else before. When I first came online nobody believed the story I had a snake. BOOM. i posted my snake. When the lakers won it all everyone thought I was a bandwagon alias. BOOM. I posted pics of my celebrations with lakers stuff. Then, some fools claimed I was just a fan when they got good. BOOM. I posted a pic of little teenage me outisde the staples center. After a while, I realised I was on the internet and what the internet was and who the interneters I was dealing with were. Its not in my best interest for you guys to 100% know who I am anyway.

2/12/2010 1:42:14 PM

This would have been more effective in a Choose Your Own Adventure format... and more fun in Mad-Libs format.

2/12/2010 1:52:56 PM

Quote :

"headaches are like right above my eyes. usually only on one side."

Like in your sinuses?

http://www.webmd.com/migraines-headaches/guide/sinus-headaches

2/12/2010 3:45:40 PM

Quote :

"She's in law school. It's not like she's skipping English 101"

NO RLY?

thus having a actual valid reason for not going to class other than 'i don't feel like it'

it sounds like health wise she should skip the classes (one day isn't really gonna affect you (even in law school) unless there is a exam which i doubt it the case here)

2/12/2010 3:50:01 PM

^^ yea that is where it hurts. on one side. well where the "frontal sinuses" are i guess

but i read this:

Quote :

"Whether your headache symptoms can actually be attributed to the sinuses will need to be determined by your doctor. If your headache is truly caused by a sinus blockage, such as an infection, you will likely have a fever"

no fever. but i mean...it could still be that right?

2/12/2010 5:44:09 PM

Decide my Friday for me. I'm indecisive.

I have the following choices:

- Go out drinking and inevitably spend more money than I should given I am already committed to an "event" tomorrow night that involves drinking heavily and spending money.

- Watch whatever gay ass figure skating event is on TV tonight in the Olympics and drink beer at home.

- Watch re-runs of TV shows on DVD, have no alcohol and go to bed early.

[Edited on February 19, 2010 at 7:24 PM. Reason : this was the first thread with 'decide' in the title that was still bump-able]

2/19/2010 7:24:24 PM

^ D) Watch men's hockey Finland vs. Germany at midnight.

2/19/2010 7:26:04 PM

I'd watch it if Dirk Nowitzki was in goal.

2/19/2010 7:27:09 PM

so khcadwal you talk to anyone about going into pr0n yet?

2/19/2010 7:32:47 PM

1 - go out. just don't drink a ton!

the other 2 options sound lame

^and no i didn't know that was an option.

2/19/2010 7:36:42 PM

OK DECIDE MY LIFE:

should we

A) go see shutter island

B) drink w/ friends

C) other....???

2/19/2010 7:44:55 PM

Shutter Island parlayed into drinking with friends afterwards

2/19/2010 7:49:22 PM

my roommate wants to go see Shutter Island but I'm really not in a movie watching kind of mood

anyways

B

2/19/2010 7:50:36 PM

in shutter island the guy's wife dies at the end

go out and drink

[Edited on February 19, 2010 at 8:13 PM. Reason : b4 i get suspended, i have no idea what shutter island even is]

2/19/2010 8:13:21 PM

HAYYYY its me

i'm going out ton but i just got home from school

should i reshower

or not to reshower?

i showered this am but i've been at school for like 9ish hours so i dunno if that warrants a re shower.

2/25/2010 7:33:47 PM

Buy a bullet, rent a gun.

2/25/2010 7:36:38 PM

listen we already talked about this

i'm not helping you commit suicide.

2/25/2010 7:37:19 PM

ewww you must shower

2/25/2010 7:37:54 PM

ewwwww girl you nastee

2/25/2010 7:39:35 PM

but i showered this morningggggggggggggggggggggggggggg

2/25/2010 7:39:59 PM

what do you care

you got a bf

oh wait.. he may announce you stink over the mic..


get a shower

2/25/2010 7:43:32 PM

just because you have a boyfriend dont mean you can go around stinking

2/25/2010 7:44:48 PM

because only single people worry about BO

duh

2/25/2010 7:46:45 PM

look, just come on over here already
im tired of waiting

2/25/2010 7:50:55 PM

LOLZ you guys

i just took a shower

and FTR (that means for the record) tonight i'm SINGLE

ok not really but i'm going out sans boyfriend so...watch out greensboro.

2/25/2010 7:55:36 PM

hey what's up

2/25/2010 7:58:19 PM

oh snap i forgot people on here actually lived in greensboro

PLS NOT TO STALK ME

2/25/2010 8:00:17 PM

2/26/2010 9:41:19 PM

2/26/2010 9:42:01 PM

Hey girl

I want you to smear your butt paste all ova muh body

2/26/2010 9:42:54 PM