Ho HO HO

Is it just me... or are people getting weirder?

I was shopping, as is the unfortunate habit at Christmas time, and was finally at the cash register at Best Buys. I inquired how to purchase a reserve copy of a video game that is due to be released in January. Stores do this, but I've never done it, so I was unsure of the procedure.

The cashier politely responded that yes, they have it, and yes I can reserve it, but I need the box. She then offered to send an employee to go grab one for me while she scans and checks out the purchases I've made. Great! awesome! I think until....

.... the bitch came....

The cashier called over this bitch girl and told her to go grab two copies of the game for me... to which the woman replied, while throwing her hands in the air, "Oh no. She gonna haf to do dat herself. I don't do that. Nuh uh." and then she walked away.

um yea. Did I mention BITCH. Great employees ya got there Best Buys. Real good customer service.

I requested the manager...... Just to complain. I'm sure it made his day.

Then...

To liven up the office, I bought the 5 guys here at the office that were not on vacation, weird holiday hats to wear when we had our company lunch. You know the kind.... fuzzy reindeer antlers, funny elf hats, etc. Just something to make the lunch more fun.

They stared at me like I had grown horns. Well I had, but mine were candy cane striped with little minny mouse bows on them, but still .....they balked at actually wearing them.

I ordered them to put on the hats, or no lunch.

They all traded around until til most were satisfied with their headgear, placed them on their heads and down the elevator and out the building we went.

Somehow, the hats never made it inside the restaurant. Seems the car had eaten them or something.

......but I had a back up plan.

Santa hats. Innocuous red and white santa hats. They all eagerly agreed to wear them. Later I would make them don the more fun hats when we were back in the office and take a pic.... and send it to my boss as a greeting card. lol

I still can't believe they balked at wearing those hats. Who cares if you are wearing an elf on your head.. it's Christmas.. have some fun!

Another, 'huh' moment was while we were at the restaurant having our company lunch.

As we were all laughing over the never ending supply of headgear I seemed to posses, and enjoying our meal, I looked down the table and noticed one of the employees was not eating. I asked what was up and found out his food hadn't arrived. Now guys, I don't know about you.. but if my food hasn't arrived, and everyone else is half way thru theirs, I'd do something about it; OR... if I knew someone's food had not arrived and everyone eleses food had... I'd do something about it.

So I did. I got up, went to the serving area and grabbed the first person I saw, and let her know we were missing a dish. She arrived with it in less than a minute. simple.

The poor guy had sat there doing nothing, and the people around him doing nothing .... I just found that very odd. le sigh. I guess if you're too shy to wear a funny hat, you're too shy to ask about your food.

Oh well... just some "huh"?! moments I thought I'd write down....

and now.... I'm on vacation for TWO WEEKS! YAY! Happy holidays everyone!

Christmas wishes

Two miscreants have been running wild in my house for the last few weeks. I've been living with "I don't know" and "Nothing".

"IDK" & "N" are turning the season into a seasonal nightmare.

Seriously. A nightmare.

I love Christmas (usually). I love walking downstairs Christmas morning and seeing all the presents under the tree. I love knowing that every child has a special gift under there that they really, really wanted but didn't think he was going to get.

I love watching them eagerly tear thru the paper and gasp or laugh at what they find when it's unwrapped.

and, I love having a secret. A secret is always the last present they open and are taken completely by surprise. Last years secret was the pool table.

This year... I have none of that. No awe, no surprise, no gasps. This year not one son has asked for anything and I haven't bought anything.

Am I going to have to resort to gift cards?!

Oh imagine the fun... walking downstairs to find....

.....envelopes(!) on the floor under the tree. Whoopee!


Last night I asked "Guys, it's 5 DAYS before Christmas, what do you want?"

"I don't know" one says with a shrug. "Nothing." says another.

Five days. There are 5 days left until Christmas morning.

and not one... not one present bought yet.

This is getting serious.

Tis the Season ?!

Ok.. what IDIOT tries to schedule job interviews with less than 2 weeks before Christmas? ....

...... Apparently one idiot in my company.

Do they not understand that the last two weeks before Christmas are sacred?

I mean c'mon folks. This is the time people run around like maniacs.

We sit in traffic for hours on our lunch break attempting to gain acccess to stores so we can race through searching for those hard to find gifts for people you love (or hate) all the while counting the minutes we are going to be late back to the office.

If we do have any days off before the big "C", we are home untangling Christmas lights, trees, ornaments, children, and THEN sitting in traffic for hours attempting to access a store, ANY store for those yet to be bought gifts.

We do not - N.O.T. - under any circumstance, try to squeeze in something as important as a new job opportunity......

.......Or make me set them up for 4 people! pfft!

My Blind Side

I've always embraced the "No news is good news" philosophy...

...... along with the "ignorance is bliss" and "why vaccum today when you can have a son vaccum tomorrow" line of thought.

Which is probably why I walked around never noticing alot of things.

1. This hair (on my head) has got to be changed. What woman my age has waist length hair?!
2. My coat is at least 15 years old... and looks it. I really should at least take notice of fashions.
3. The carpet near the baseboards is darker than the rest of the room. I either need to fix vaccum or employ someone that knows how to work the vaccum.
4. Crinkle lines now frame my eyes. And my mouth.
5. Let's not even start on the fact the size 8 jeans can't zip anymore.

Pfft.

I think I'm beginning to see a whole new set of resolutions for the new year.

Two sides of the same story

What do Books and the Internet have in common? Both generate billions.

Buying books. Reading. Romance novels are a billion dollar industry. Women are usually the ones buying romance novels. These Romance novels usually involves love and sex.

Buying Porn is also a billion dollar industry. Demographics show that men are the main group who is online buying porn. Porn usually involves sex.

So, it stands to reason if you give a woman romance you will get sex, and if you give a man porn, you'll get ... . ... . .. .. ?

err hmmm. Nevermind.