Sunday, July 05, 2009
the universe got my address wrong
Sometimes when you're single and looking, the universe will throw someone your way. Unfortunately, it isn't very selective...I was at work today, sweeping the floor before closing time. A woman twice my age sang "sweep a sweep a sweep" to me as I swept. When it comes to customers, I tend to take what they say lightly or ignore it altogether. Granted, most of what they say is not very clever or funny, but I might fake a laugh or smile if it's good enough. No need for rude customer service, right?
She declared, "Aw, why aren't you smiling? You were a lot happier this morning."
"Well it's the end of a long day, and I am happy though - just tired," I responded before realizing, "hey, but I wasn't even here this morning."
We continued to awkwardly converse a bit, and she appeared to be quite "happy" herself, (as in possibly dee-arr-yoo-enn-kay). After she purchased whatever item to contribute to her nocturnal adventure, she playfully kicked me lightly on the butt, bid me adieu, and exited the store.
Age wasn't the issue at all, nor was it whether or not she was attractive (because she was).
Please, universe, send me a man to flirt with me next time...
Saturday, July 04, 2009
bah hambug
Happy 4th of July, my ass......more like Happy let's-have-yet-another-excuse-to-drink-alcohol-and-party-and-blow-shit-up-in-the-sky-for-the-sake-of-feeling-patriotic Day.
PS: Hey, subconscious? Where have all my wildly vivid and abstract dreams gone?
Friday, July 03, 2009
abridged DC and catching up
It took forever to get back to this thing, but I type therefore I am.Because I took my sweet time getting up to writing about my visit to Kaythi in DC, it's not as fresh in my memory as it should be. It had been the first time in 3-4 years that I had been there. Remembering how the Metro worked was a cinch. The weekend was joined by Fatima and Haley. We went to the Zoo to see Snow Leopards, Elephants, Capybaras, Octopi, and one of two Pandas present in this country. It was a wonderful day exploring. Later that day, we all caught up with Ben, after months, (and in my case, probably years) of not seeing him. It was like an old time shindig. Later on that weekend, we stopped by Kaythi's relatives. I had hard shelled crab for the first time, (cut my thumb eating and didn't even care). It was a pleasant excursion and totally worth restarting the summer job a weekend late.
At last, there was the big No Doubt concert at Jones Beach. As for using up the two extra tickets, I was a bit of a nervous wreck trying to find someone to go (last second, of course). I offered them to Abby and she had Cody in mind to go with. Both are huge No Doubt fans, so it was a perfect group of people to go (including Amy). I only saw Mr. Geo and Jen in passing, and only gave him a hug and we all made brief small talk.
There was a part of me that would have wanted to make a day out of hanging out with him (which would have been taking and using that meet and greet pass), but that part of me is no longer there. I wasn't going to jump through hoops on a day that I wanted to relax, rock out, and just have a fun time.
It's Fourth of July weekend coming up here, and I don't want to be here. I have examples:
Dude: What kind of kegs do you have available?
Me: Only Budweiser is left if you didn't reserve one beforehand.
(This answer should have been good enough).
Dude: There's nothing else?
Me: Not unless you already reserved a keg. Everything else has been reserved a week ago.
Dude: Well, could I reserve a keg then?
Me: Well, when would you need it?
Dude: Two minutes from now.
Me: ...
Dude: I'm serious.
...
Man: Can I have a case of Arnold Palmer?
(explanation: it's a specific brand of Arizona with Arnold Palmer on the label - it's actually just half iced tea and half lemonade).
Me: (walks all the way to the back of the store to get it) Here you go.
Man: I wanted Snapple, not Arizona.
Me: Arizona is the only company that makes it. Did you just mean half and half?
Man: Yea.
Me: (walks all the way back again) Here.
Man: Oh, I wanted it in diet.
Me: We don't have any diet left.
Man: I'll just ask the people at the register then.
Me: But we don't have it at all. I was just over there twice.
Man: I'll just make our lives easier and just ask.
Brandie (girl at register, very obviously going by what I stated): No, we carry it regularly, but there's none left.
Man: Oh. You do normally have it though right?
Brandie: Yes.
The same man wanders to the back of the store where it's located to see for himself that it's sold out.
Me: Only Budweiser is left if you didn't reserve one beforehand.
(This answer should have been good enough).
Dude: There's nothing else?
Me: Not unless you already reserved a keg. Everything else has been reserved a week ago.
Dude: Well, could I reserve a keg then?
Me: Well, when would you need it?
Dude: Two minutes from now.
Me: ...
Dude: I'm serious.
...
Man: Can I have a case of Arnold Palmer?
(explanation: it's a specific brand of Arizona with Arnold Palmer on the label - it's actually just half iced tea and half lemonade).
Me: (walks all the way to the back of the store to get it) Here you go.
Man: I wanted Snapple, not Arizona.
Me: Arizona is the only company that makes it. Did you just mean half and half?
Man: Yea.
Me: (walks all the way back again) Here.
Man: Oh, I wanted it in diet.
Me: We don't have any diet left.
Man: I'll just ask the people at the register then.
Me: But we don't have it at all. I was just over there twice.
Man: I'll just make our lives easier and just ask.
Brandie (girl at register, very obviously going by what I stated): No, we carry it regularly, but there's none left.
Man: Oh. You do normally have it though right?
Brandie: Yes.
The same man wanders to the back of the store where it's located to see for himself that it's sold out.
I'm just some crazy kid who obviously has no reasoning skills. I don't know what I'm talking about, even though I've worked in the store for going on my 7th summer. I could do the job walking backwards all day.
I don't know why these people exist.
They obviously don't think, therefore they are not!
Sunday, June 21, 2009
ad in dc
Just returning from the weekend visiting Kaythi in DC. Fun time to be had by all. Her cat, Zoomer is a ball of fur and fun. Will update more later.Thursday, June 18, 2009
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