Hello all!
23 more shopping days til the most economically exploited holiday of the year. If you don't believe me, ask a 10 year old what Christmas is all about. Guarantee you that the kid will mention something about getting presents. Oh yeah, they'll say something cute that he or she was fed from some holiday movie or a parent like: "It's about good will towards men, or it's the day Jesus was born." The truth is very few people know what Christmas is really about. Heck, I don't even know. I have so much in my head, I couldn't begin to tell ya. The worst part is people are actually offended by the term, "Happy Holidays." C'mon. Whatever happen to good will towards men? Yes, there are other holidays out there in the same time frame. Amazingly, kids don't know this for whatever reason. I leave that up to you to figure out. So this year, I'm doing my part!
Take a look at other holidays around the same time. This year, take sometime to familiarize yourself with them. These holidays include, Hanukkah (sundown on Dec. 25 through Jan. 2; Chanukah Basics ; User-Friendly Chanukah How-To Guide ), Yule ( Dec 21 at 1:35 p.m. EST, when winter begins in the Northern Hemisphere; Winter Solstice: The Unconquered Son; Winter Solstice Is A Celebration of Light), and Kwanzaa (26 Dec. to 1 Jan;.The Symbols of Kwanzaa). Education time. Go ahead and take a look at some of these sites. In fact, I'm throwing in a bonus: Maria's Christmas Archive ; How Christmas Works. Voila! Enjoy and teach a friend.
So I have two separate rants. Well, other than the holiday one. The first is for my hubby. He is a real estate agent and this in no way is his opinion. It's mine!!!! The wife of a realtor. Yep, all you decisive and ignorant buyers out there. Let me serve you some humble information pie.
Realtors are professionals. They're time is MONEY!!!!! Every second they waste on a futile attempt to please finicky people costs them. That's how these professionals pay their mortgage/rent, car note, utilities, groceries, kid's education, etc. So when you purposely misled them into showing you property that you have no intentions of considering. It's people like me who suffer. STOP IT!!!!!!! Wait, I'm not done! It is also pissy to work exclusively with a realtor and do this: because the agent couldn't make an appointment, contact another agent to show you property. Let me tell you why a-holes who are guilty of this. You are officially screwing 2 professionals. 1. The agent you are working with. For whatever reason, such as they are sick, family emergency, booked solid, etc. it hurts their image if you go to another office and tell another agent yours couldn't help you for the moment. Like you never get sick. Stop in your tracks! 2. The agent you go sulking too doesn't receive any money for taking time out of his schedule to show you stuff. Your agent will, but this poor person loses money by not working with people who are available and will not go running back to another agent. I mean you have one. That's the person that make the commission. Don't be a Sh*thead! If you worked a whole day at your job and didn't get paid a dime, I bet you'd be pissed! So for the people who have and/or are doing this, CORRECT YOURSELF!!! If you aren't' this is a heads up. Don't do it. Karma is a vengeful force. It will come back to you.
Whew. Now onto mine.
I have only been working at my current location for about 4 months. First retail job. It's amazing. I should have written most of these crazy ass questions and comments down. I thought of one that was kinda disturbing:
I am helping a customer in the college/study aid section. She is looking for a book on the consequences of not going to college.
"My daughter wants to go to a technical institute for HVAC tech. So, I'm looking for a book that will discourage her from this crazy idea. She is just so smart. She is in the top 5% of her graduating class. She needs to go to college and get a good job. I mean, tech schools are only for those kids that were either too poor or weren't quite smart enough to get into a good college, right?"
Does this offend you too? The woman was dead serious. I really kept waiting for the punchline. It never came. After an awkward silence, I tried to find such a book. No Luck. Surprise. Surprise. I mean, don't you want a somewhat intelligent person to work on your A/C and Heating system? Heck, I know I do. Dude, I really need to get out of Ivy League land. The warped perceptions here are killing me.
I'm on my lunch break and I notice a guy standing in a trench coat and driving hat standing at the customer service desk. So I put my piece of vanilla bean cheesecake down, and tell him I am getting someone for him.
"Look here sweetheart, can't you just do it. I mean don't you get paid to take care of people like me?"
The nerve. If he were outside in the back, I would have shanked him!!!!! What the hell do I like like, F-ing room service!!!!! Fricking escort for hire. This leads me into the next one. I understand that people like to hit on the waitress that serve them or the cashier that rings them up, but how F-ing rude is it to do it to them at their job!!!!!!!! Especially if you are a regular customer. Isn't that mental stalking? Every time that person sees you, they are PRAYING you don't come over to them. Today, I got hit on.
"So, I see you working hard here all the time. I just thought I would come over an introduce myself. So if you would like' we could go out some time? (I explain I'm married) Oh, that's cool. I'm sure a pretty thing like you could use a friend. Someone to talk to or have a drink with. Here is my phone number. Call me. I own a beauty salon. I would live to twist your hair. If you don't call me, I know where you work."
Let me go ahead and tell you. This was a girl!!!!!!! Not that I am offended. Wait. I am. How cuntish is it for you to do that at someone's job! Stupid customer-stalker! I don't want to be your friend and don't give me your phone number. I didn't ask for it! I am somewhat uncomfortable about the incident. Not only because it was a woman( who wasn't attractive)and I'm married, but because now my job is a hostile environment. Apparently it's common that this happens to customer service workers (retail, food, medical, office). I was told if it get unbearable, contact a manager. By the way, one of the receiving guys and I torched the phone number.
The stupidest comment today was:
"I'm looking for a book with pictures. The pictures are by a photographer. I don't know his name or what the book looks like. Can you help me?"
Weather miracle of the day: When I woke up this morning at 4:50am, 1 December 2006, it was a balmy 61 degrees outside. Yes, Massachusetts is a global warming victim. That or this is were the devil does his winter vacationing.
I hope you enjoyed the rant. Also the pics of Miss Chiaki Kuriyama (Gogo Yubari, Kill Bill vol. 1). She is my new favorite villaness. Here are some other films she's done: Battle Royale and Kagen no Tsuki (Last Quarter) check her out: http://chiaki-kuriyama.zanlius.com/ . By the way, In Japanese slang, apparently "Ferrari" is not just a fast car!
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