Warning: Rant Leak Ahead!
In light of last night, I have the need to continue on my rant.
1. People who don't understand that the mall has closing hours (my mall closes at 7pm on Sundays, and we had people in our studio until about 8pm or so. We tried to explain that we stop taking pictures about an hour before we close so we can show the portraits to the last sitting, but our pleas fell on deaf ears)
2. District Managers who don't understand that the mall has closing hours (she insists that we show every sitting their pictures that night, regardless of when the sitting was. If you try to explain that we need to get out of the store at a decent time, she 'reminds' you about the walk-in who bought $500 worth of portraits after closing (something about employees being in the store after midnight because the sitting was so long, and it took the people forever to decide on their pictures). It makes for a very hard morning the next day, especially if you have to wake up at the butt-crack of dawn like I do.)
3. People who take your apology and shove it up your butt (you try to make nice, but they obviously don't care. By the way, apologies hurt when they're shoved up the wrong way)
4. People who know they're good, and let you know just how good they are (I have a co-worker who is like this. She takes really great portraits, but the problem is she knows it. She 'helped' me in a sitting by taking over it. I only needed help posing the people, but the second I stepped off the step-ladder, she jumped on and started taking pictures. She only offered to help pose, too! A former co-worker tried to pull this with me on another matter, but I (playfully) told him where to shove it.)
5. Boring Math Teachers (I really enjoyed my last math instructor, but this quarter I have the single most boring math teacher known to man. At least Norse God Math Instructor made math intresting. My new instructor will stand with his back to the class as he looks over his notes and writes on the board. He talks very softly, and doesn't make anything sound fun at all. Norse God could make lying on a bed of nails sound like a barrel of laughs, but this guy can't even make Robin Williams sound funny. The other day, he stood in front of the class looking at his notes for a full two minutes after I asked him a question. Flip...flip...flip...)
That's about it for now. I'm in a grumpy mood today since it was a late night and a very early morning. I was going to go to a baby shower last night for my manager, but I realized that by the time I got to the shower, I would have to give her the gift, then turn around and drive all the way home. I've been having some rather serious issues with my truck these past few days, so I didn't want to tempt fate on the way home from the party. I think it's the alternator, but I'm hoping not (I really can't afford to have my alternator fixed right now). Maybe the truck just doesn't like the cold (she starts up just fine in the afternoon time, but this morning there was a little hesitation and a very tense drive to school). Either way, this is going to be a very intresting week.
On an upside, Himself starts vacation next week (?I think), so we'll be able to spend a lot of time together. He is going to clean the Mini Manor so we can shampoo the carpet and possibly throw a halloween party (of sorts) the week after vacation. Also, on the upside, today should be pretty slow at work, and my manager liked the baby shower gift I gave her when I went in today (I went in early so I could catch her before she went home for the day). Things are looking up...
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1. People who don't understand that the mall has closing hours (my mall closes at 7pm on Sundays, and we had people in our studio until about 8pm or so. We tried to explain that we stop taking pictures about an hour before we close so we can show the portraits to the last sitting, but our pleas fell on deaf ears)
2. District Managers who don't understand that the mall has closing hours (she insists that we show every sitting their pictures that night, regardless of when the sitting was. If you try to explain that we need to get out of the store at a decent time, she 'reminds' you about the walk-in who bought $500 worth of portraits after closing (something about employees being in the store after midnight because the sitting was so long, and it took the people forever to decide on their pictures). It makes for a very hard morning the next day, especially if you have to wake up at the butt-crack of dawn like I do.)
3. People who take your apology and shove it up your butt (you try to make nice, but they obviously don't care. By the way, apologies hurt when they're shoved up the wrong way)
4. People who know they're good, and let you know just how good they are (I have a co-worker who is like this. She takes really great portraits, but the problem is she knows it. She 'helped' me in a sitting by taking over it. I only needed help posing the people, but the second I stepped off the step-ladder, she jumped on and started taking pictures. She only offered to help pose, too! A former co-worker tried to pull this with me on another matter, but I (playfully) told him where to shove it.)
5. Boring Math Teachers (I really enjoyed my last math instructor, but this quarter I have the single most boring math teacher known to man. At least Norse God Math Instructor made math intresting. My new instructor will stand with his back to the class as he looks over his notes and writes on the board. He talks very softly, and doesn't make anything sound fun at all. Norse God could make lying on a bed of nails sound like a barrel of laughs, but this guy can't even make Robin Williams sound funny. The other day, he stood in front of the class looking at his notes for a full two minutes after I asked him a question. Flip...flip...flip...)
That's about it for now. I'm in a grumpy mood today since it was a late night and a very early morning. I was going to go to a baby shower last night for my manager, but I realized that by the time I got to the shower, I would have to give her the gift, then turn around and drive all the way home. I've been having some rather serious issues with my truck these past few days, so I didn't want to tempt fate on the way home from the party. I think it's the alternator, but I'm hoping not (I really can't afford to have my alternator fixed right now). Maybe the truck just doesn't like the cold (she starts up just fine in the afternoon time, but this morning there was a little hesitation and a very tense drive to school). Either way, this is going to be a very intresting week.
On an upside, Himself starts vacation next week (?I think), so we'll be able to spend a lot of time together. He is going to clean the Mini Manor so we can shampoo the carpet and possibly throw a halloween party (of sorts) the week after vacation. Also, on the upside, today should be pretty slow at work, and my manager liked the baby shower gift I gave her when I went in today (I went in early so I could catch her before she went home for the day). Things are looking up...
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