I WANT TO HURT SOMEONE!

I have not been this mad in a LONG time. I want to scream. Maybe I'm overreacting, but we've been planning this for over a WEEK! Two groups of us were going to leave for Tel Aviv at 8:30 to go to the beach and do shopping and stuff. We have a whole day off, so it was perfect. This morning though, three of us had to go get money changed because we were a little short. We waited 20 minutes (not exaggeration) for a girl to get ready to come. 20 minutes after our PLANNED meeting time. So we left a little after 8. I would have left without her to walk to the city but we have to go in threes.... so we had to wait. We walked to the city, I was trying to hurry but the other two were kinda just taking their time, saying the people would wait for us. We got to the money changers, changed our money to shekels, and I said we should take a taxi back because they're going to leave in about 2 minutes. They didn't want to pay the 1 dollar (also not an exaggeration) to pay for a taxi to cut out 15 minutes of walking, and it would be breaking the rules for me to take one alone. So we meandered back. Got there 15 minutes late. Then, we waited almost 10 minutes for her to get her stuff together that she obviously hadn't done before, before we could walk up the million and a half flights of stairs to the top of our Center and then out onto the street where our taxis should be. They were probably gone by the time we originally got to the center anyway. So we finally got up there, and guess what? Everyone had left us. They knew we were changing money but we just had to take almost an hour to do that and come back, which should have only taken 30 minutes and we would have been just fine. SO, I don't get to go to the beach with people I wanted to spend the day with, including a cute boy, and now I have to change out of my swimsuit and settle for staying in yet ANOTHER day this week studying all day long. I simply can't wait for that exciting adventure...

I shouldn't hold grudges but how inconsiderate do you get? I might not be able to talk to her for days. That's fine, she kinda ignores me anyway half the time.

Guys.

A few words of advice to the sometimes unaware male:

FACT: It does NOT make YOU look smarter, when you make a girl feel stupid. It actually makes you ten THOUSAND times more unattractive to her.

FACT: If you want to have a normal relationship/friendship with a normal girl, have a normal conversation with her once in a while. {NOTE: stupid comments, teasing remarks, singing ridiculous songs in her face, trying to trip her, or smacking her butt with the pizza peel do not count. This can sometimes be funny and some guys can get away with that, but you are probably not that guy. don't take the chance. and that guy does all that in addition to having normal conversations.}

Gaaaaaahhhh.

EDIT: This was not directed toward the only guy (that I'm aware of) that reads this blog. He is not a jerk, and has never made me feel stupid.

FREE PIZZA!!!!! {in a high-volume, hoarse, and utterly obnoxious tone}

The restaurant I work for has a concessions trailer at the local community college, which I run on weekdays during lunch. We sell a few different items, our biggest seller being pizza by the slice.

When I was setting up today, I noticed that the student body campaign had started (I didn't even know they had those for community colleges...). One of the campaign reps for a particular candidate came up to me and announced that his campaign would be handing out free pizza during lunch time, and that they had gotten the college's approval.

He was very nice about it, and I wasn't upset with him.* It was just really frustrating that the college didn't realize how that type of thing affects our already-incredibly-slow lunchtime business.

Now this is what really got me in the mood to vent:

Because of the "free pizza campaign," I had almost a full pizza still in the warmer, waiting to be sold. Hawaiian--ham and pineapple, to be exact.

At one point, this woman comes by and asks if we have a different kind or if I could put one in the oven.**

What I said: I apologized and told her that because of the free pizza campaign, I haven't been selling hardly any, and since we were about an hour from closing, it isn't likely that I could sell it. Basically, sorry but this is the pizza we have right now.

She looks at me. Rolls her eyes. And says,

"Oh My Freak, FINE. I won't buy from you anyway."

And stomps off like a two-year-old who was just told they can't have another cookie.

For a minute, I felt bad.

What I really wanted to say (after the alleged tantrum): I'm SORRY but it's not worth wasting an entire pizza for the one slice that you will buy. We already barely break even out here every single day. Also, you look like you should probably be getting a salad instead.

People just think the world was created to please them, and everyone around them should do the same.

newsflash: Sometimes you DON'T get your way. And sometimes the other person is right. It's okay to be upset, but you don't have to be so rude.

-LC




*The candidate he was supporting, the alleged shouter of "FREE PIZZA," (whom some would classify as a "shim"), was slightly more annoying.

**Normally, this is a perfectly justified request because we usually sell plenty of pizza.