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September 14, 2004
Stupid People
This Morning…..
How does the song go? “Woke up, got out of bed, dragged a comb across my head”… That about sums it up for waking.
Lets talk about stupid people for a moment. Where do they come from and why do they exist?
Starting with last night, I was chatting online and mentioned in the main chat room that work had been a bitch of a day. Someone decides to ask what happened and I kindly said “It’s in the past and Id like to leave it there but I appreciate you asking”. Now for most people you would think that would be an indication to let it rest. Not for this moron. He proceeded to try and drag it out of me like some specific event must have happened or he must have thought I wanted to talk about it all night and drag on a bad day. Finally I had to tell him “I’m done with the conversation. Let it go!”
Here’s the scoop. As we all know work isn’t perfect. We have good days and bad days. Most everyone has them without having anything specific or major event happen. It was just a typical bad day. Some people may talk about it all night however I choose to leave it in the past, move on to better things, and enjoy what’s left of my day. Simple as that!
So morning is here and I am on my way to work via Muni/Bart. I’m not sure why I get annoyed with people however if you understand the Muni stops, it goes Castro (where I get on in the morning), then Church Street Station which both stops you enter and exit on the right hand side of the car. Every stop after that enters and exits on the left side. So what I try to do is stay on the right hand side, let the people on at Church St. and remain on that side so I don’t interfere with the people getting on at Van Ness, Civic Center, Powell, and finally get off at Montgomery. Today as I moved obviously to let people on, other people decided my space was a quick vacancy and jumped into my spot. One woman saw a guy say excuse me so he could get off and she still proceeded to jump in my spot as I let him by. Everyone this morning seems to move in the opposite direction as me. Have you ever had those mornings where everyone seems to be working against you? That’s how my mornings been.
Starbucks…. Hello, my name is stupid and I write names on a cup for a living. Busy Starbucks with lines out the door and only one register going while the other stupid people write names on a cup and pass it along. Why can’t everyone just have regular coffee and a simple order like me? Venti House Coffee Black and a Cranberry Apple Muffin. Easy! Easy! Easy! Its funny but I pick on Josh about the world catering to him (something his aunt said in humor a few months ago), and here I am venting about the world catering to me (which it should mind you because I’m Desmond and *should be thanked*). Disclaimer – this is the Oakland Starbucks and this opinion does not reflect any other Starbucks that may be out there (on the next corner that is). I’m sure the ones that I haven’t been in have very fine employees since they aren’t waiting on me. Ben, I think you are an exception to the rule and do your job very well. Come work in Oakland.
Ok now on to work. I just got here about 20 minutes ago and I’ve decided to write these thoughts down while I remember them. I’m going to try and focus on a good day but there are certain people around me who could become quite annoying. Picture it, Oakland, 2004… A man sits quietly at his desk while a straight man proceeds to inflict his straight lifestyle on the people within earshot. Setting his cell phone loud to play Ina Gadda Davida, when ever it rings (which is constantly). He uses terms like “Big Guy”, and has his email volume set on max. Go figure an IT guy (no offense to IT guys out there. Some are good friends of mine lol). Enough for now…… stay tuned for later.
…..Now the rest of the day went quite well. A bit tiring but definitely was a decent day. I decided I like the snowball effect and started to take the “do unto others approach”. You know, letting the elevator door close when someone is coming and pretending not to see them, not holding the door for people, and most of all not saying thank you when other people hold the door for me. Ok, I didn’t really take that approach but it sounded good for a bit.
Actually I did just the opposite. I decided I was going to make my day the best day ever and no one would get to me so I started becoming overly charming and nice to people and if they were in a bad mood, so be it, I would still be nice and enjoy my day. So that’s what I did.
Now the evening! Work is done for the day, I checked my email, and called my friend Nadine. What a great conversation and a great way for me to end my day. I haven’t talked to her outside work since I left and lord knows there was a lot to talk about that couldn’t be discussed in a work environment. We talked for about 2 hours and made me really miss our sharing sessions. I miss ya Na!
Posted by Des at September 14, 2004 08:03 PM
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