Driving in FL has never been more of a challenge than it has been recently. up until now I could deal with all of the ridiculousness, but now that I do not live here and drive here constantly I just add to the noise. I have become as bad as those vans of Asians that I see every where ( I constantly see that happening now a days). So I was going to Orlando, to see Between the Trees, and I was not wearing my prescription glasses (problemo number one) and so the signs were not that clear to me. Well we forgot the fast pass so Fl now has these exit lanes for the non "E-pass" people or as I like to call them the arian race of FL, so we had barely enough toll money and it did not dawn on me that a dollar bill for a dollar toll was not exact change so, I had to maneuver my jeep over two lanes to get to the right toll booth, luckily some Asians(In a Van) were not paying attention so I cut in there. Well we got to the concert and I thought all that drama was over but o no it had only begun.
Well the concert was at a spiffy venue so that was solid, NOT, but we scored some stools so we thought the night would be golden. This was not a hardcore show or rap show so movement was not necessary. Only problem was our seats were right in the path that way too many people would be trying to walk through, so unfortunately there was movement. I try not to be judgmental but sometimes when it comes to clothing, particularly when it pertains to male clothing, but tonight it was not easy for me to stay impartial and nonjudgmental when certain "fashion" choices were in front of me. For instance, during the first band this couple (i guess) decided to stand in front of us. Now the majority of the people at the concert were between the ages of 15-22, and these people looked about 25-30ish and it was painfully obvious that they were trying to be hip. They were dancing awkwardly and the women looked like she semi knew what was going on, but he had no idea. At first I thought he had his life together, but then he took his jacket off and I realized how wrong I was. The man was wearing a button up long sleeved shirt, but witha short sleeve screen tee on top. This was so wrong, but I did not know how wrong until he turned to me and I saw that the shirt had a huge picture of a cat. What the heck was going on I swear he must have lost a bet. Now I am trying to refrain a little on this word but he was a fool, and looked like it, and his dancing was a bunch of awkwardly placed pelvic thrust so it was not a good time for me to have to see that. Thankfully they caught on to my disapproving glances and moved. But I also decided that I need to relax my face sometimes because I was not aware of how evil my glances appear sometimes. And this came to haunt me when some guy kept walking past with a horrible shirt (basically it was real ugly) and I kept looking at him, well turns out he was in the band, and he was hilarious but because of my shenanigans I could not talk to him after. My life. The concert was real good and We just had the drive back...problems begin.
After getting in the car we had a fun discussion about how my sister one time lost the parking garage ticket and the guy was like o it cost 60 dollars for a lost ticket. And I was like man that would stink good thing I have my ticket, well pulling up to the ticket thing turns out my ticket is not a ticket, but rather a coupon to lifeway...let the drama begin. So we are desperately searching the car and cannot find it and there are people behind me, and it is just not going well. Well then we find it but when I put it in it said sorry try again. And in my mind I am just like ok how am I supposed to do that it did not give the ticket back.Time passes and one of the precious workers comes over with a walkie-talkie I explain what happened and he tells me he'll be right back. He returns and tells me that he could not get a hold of anyone, and I am just like ok well can I just pay an go and he is all like yeah I guess what time did you get here. Well 6, so it should only be 9 dollars can I just give it to you, and he was like wait, just a second and walks away again. i do not understand why there is so much difficulty, I mean this is a parking garage in Orlando not the pentagon. Well another precious man with "authority" walks over and tries to help. By this point I am stress eating a lot of sour gummy worms, just wanting this to be over and he is like we have to find your ticket. He takes the thing apart and there are a million of them in there and he tells the other guy to look through them. (well this is real quality work) And I am like can I just pay you, and he is like yeah but it is 30 dollars for a lost ticket (this is when my attitude kicked in, along with the sugar so it was not pretty) and I was like I did not loose it, it is in the machine its not my fault. Then he snaps back at me fine then we will find it, but you have to wait. Waiting is not good for me, thankfully he found it and he tried to put it in and it did the same thing VALIDATION! and then he is all like o I have to run it inside, well I was like i do not care that will work. 6 minutes later I am out of there. total time 15 plus minutes. time I will never get back.
O and if you think the trouble ends there...wrong-o. I proceeded out, got a little lost and then ended up going down a "road closed" street. I saw a police officer do it so I thought that I could do the same thing,like just one lane was closed, but i was really wrong. It was just that he was a cop and could do what he wanted, and so when I did it all the people were just starring at me and I had to make a three point turn so it was heavily obvious that I had no idea how to do life. Then we got lost again, but finally made it back after stopping at steak-n-shake (where we made the drive through worker feel uncomfortable, just by being ourselves) and the night was finally over. I honestly do not know if I can ever go anywhere without a production, I am trying but it is not working...Maybe in the new year (not likely)
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Friday, December 18, 2009
O happy Day...I got a cookie
Today I ran errands with my sister, and that was the highlight of my day. Sad to admit but true. Anyway, i have developed a personal vendetta against our Starbucks here(long story) which is a problem because it is the only one, and the other coffee shop has inconvenient hrs, and location. So my vendetta against them makes my life difficult. So I will only go there if someone else is buying or my friend is working.Well today I hit the big time because not only did my sister treat, but my friend was working!
While at Starbucks I noticed that their cookies were labeled wrong, so I figured this was false advertising so I should take advantage of this situation. So when it was my turn, i started out by telling them that the cookies were labeled wrong so I needed that for free. He said so you want the cookie, and I was like only if you have a free button over there on your touch screen. Well he did and I got a cookie for free.Combining my two favorite things free stuff, and baked goods! I love cookies and I do not like the fact that the cookie monster can no longer eat as many cookies as he wants. He was my role model and if America is telling a puppet how to live I am afraid I might be next. They can take the monster away from the cookies and feed him carrots cause he says they are delicious, but I will not drink that kool-aid. I know that it is just another form of "the man" making him speak those blasphemous words. So I will not trade in my cookies for carrots even if this pleasant blue monster tells me too. SO America deal!
I drank my delicious green tea latte (which I was told makes them upset to make cause it makes the steam wand all nasty) while watching a unhealthy amount of Disney Channel GLORIOUS! And then I closed the day off by seeing The princess and the Frog (again) and eating Sonny's with the Family. and that is what I call a good day.
While at Starbucks I noticed that their cookies were labeled wrong, so I figured this was false advertising so I should take advantage of this situation. So when it was my turn, i started out by telling them that the cookies were labeled wrong so I needed that for free. He said so you want the cookie, and I was like only if you have a free button over there on your touch screen. Well he did and I got a cookie for free.Combining my two favorite things free stuff, and baked goods! I love cookies and I do not like the fact that the cookie monster can no longer eat as many cookies as he wants. He was my role model and if America is telling a puppet how to live I am afraid I might be next. They can take the monster away from the cookies and feed him carrots cause he says they are delicious, but I will not drink that kool-aid. I know that it is just another form of "the man" making him speak those blasphemous words. So I will not trade in my cookies for carrots even if this pleasant blue monster tells me too. SO America deal!
I drank my delicious green tea latte (which I was told makes them upset to make cause it makes the steam wand all nasty) while watching a unhealthy amount of Disney Channel GLORIOUS! And then I closed the day off by seeing The princess and the Frog (again) and eating Sonny's with the Family. and that is what I call a good day.
Thursday, December 17, 2009
I found the new Bremuda Triangle
So I have a 11 and a half hour drive to Florida, but that is a desired result, and not once has proved itself to be a reality to me. Maybe the physics in my mom's car apply differently to the time space continuum cause she always hits that mark, and yet I am always putterin down the highway for a good 12 hours. I swear there is something North Carolina has against me, but I just do not understand why. I got lost for 2 hrs. the going home for thanksgiving, got stuck in three hr. traffic on the way back, and got lost for an hour this time! I think this is the new Bermuda triangle, I am lucky I made it out alive, because honestly I had a good 3 min. breakdown this time. Someone was walking past my car while I was having said breakdown(basically me yelling at my sister about the situation, while using dramatic hand gestures)and he started walking faster. I know I looked fierce! But there is something about this state that just sucks you in and mentally you begin to die. North Carolina you have made my hit list. I do not know how I would go about killing a state, but the second I find out you are the one I choose, till then you are dead to me in my mind!
Well when we finally made it out of that horrible excuse for a lovely state we hit the road hard, trying to get home asap. But the only problem is I cannot speed. I am a recovering lead foot(true story I have documentation) and so I have to not let myself speed which is really hard when you have an almost open road and just want to be home. But I resisted and just accepted the fact that I would be in the car for a while. I feel sorry for drive through workers when I decided to stop for food, because I have not had a real conversation with someone other than my narcoleptic sister in about 5hrs. and I already am indecisive. So I order at arby's but I do not like the cheese on my sandwich so I use a napkin to wipe it off and then go to taco bell and ask if they have bbq sauce. They did not so I just looked foolish especially when I found out that there was already sauce in my bag. After that adventure I just keep driving. My sister randomly falls asleep so one second we were laughing, talking, singing etc. i look over and she is asleep. She does not recline the seat or anything, I mean she does not need to trouble herself with all those buttons because she will just be awake and hungry in 10 min. so she just sleeps sitting up, but creates an awkward double chin, so for me its worth it too. hahaha. only problem is I cannot operate a camera while driving so that image is just going to have to remain mental for everyone else.
You would think that driving with my sister would be fun. But i am here to say thinking and reality are totally different. i love her and it was fun but in the car she becomes so needy. I mean she would be the least needy clingy girlfriend UNLESS you took her on a car trip lasting longer than 30 min. she then morphs ( and I say morphs cause if I said transform she would think she was a transformer and think she was cool or this behavior was accceptable which it is not) into the equivelant of a 5 year old. She needs a lot of snacks and liquids. For a good 23 miles she could not stop saying how she just needed some liquids(she already had a small soda and half my drink) so we stop to get her drink, I want a snack, so I ask her opinion "pretzels of popcorn?" Definitely pretzels do not get popcorn, well I get it anyway and the girl who only wanted a drink is now munching on my popcorn. She then travels back into her mini coma only to wake up to ask if we can get milkshakes earlier than planned. What am I to do with this? We make it home(yes we got the milkshakes, mine was midget sized, which I was not happy about and said that a little to loud forgetting that our waitress was real little-my bad)and Katie wants to watch Harry potter, but I have to convince her to watch it in my room cause I know she will want to go to sleep halfway through and if we were in her room I(being able to stay up for a movie) would have to leave. Well it is less than halfway through and she is struggling, I ask if she is only up to prove a point she says yes so I tell her to stop trying and just give in. And I thought my life was in shambles.
So in summation we made it back. I hate North Carolina. And my sister is not the best travel buddy. It is a good thing that we weren't hiking I foresee fatality if that was our mode of transportation.Katie will make a great companion one day, but I feel like that day will only be when telaportation becomes a reality.
Well when we finally made it out of that horrible excuse for a lovely state we hit the road hard, trying to get home asap. But the only problem is I cannot speed. I am a recovering lead foot(true story I have documentation) and so I have to not let myself speed which is really hard when you have an almost open road and just want to be home. But I resisted and just accepted the fact that I would be in the car for a while. I feel sorry for drive through workers when I decided to stop for food, because I have not had a real conversation with someone other than my narcoleptic sister in about 5hrs. and I already am indecisive. So I order at arby's but I do not like the cheese on my sandwich so I use a napkin to wipe it off and then go to taco bell and ask if they have bbq sauce. They did not so I just looked foolish especially when I found out that there was already sauce in my bag. After that adventure I just keep driving. My sister randomly falls asleep so one second we were laughing, talking, singing etc. i look over and she is asleep. She does not recline the seat or anything, I mean she does not need to trouble herself with all those buttons because she will just be awake and hungry in 10 min. so she just sleeps sitting up, but creates an awkward double chin, so for me its worth it too. hahaha. only problem is I cannot operate a camera while driving so that image is just going to have to remain mental for everyone else.
You would think that driving with my sister would be fun. But i am here to say thinking and reality are totally different. i love her and it was fun but in the car she becomes so needy. I mean she would be the least needy clingy girlfriend UNLESS you took her on a car trip lasting longer than 30 min. she then morphs ( and I say morphs cause if I said transform she would think she was a transformer and think she was cool or this behavior was accceptable which it is not) into the equivelant of a 5 year old. She needs a lot of snacks and liquids. For a good 23 miles she could not stop saying how she just needed some liquids(she already had a small soda and half my drink) so we stop to get her drink, I want a snack, so I ask her opinion "pretzels of popcorn?" Definitely pretzels do not get popcorn, well I get it anyway and the girl who only wanted a drink is now munching on my popcorn. She then travels back into her mini coma only to wake up to ask if we can get milkshakes earlier than planned. What am I to do with this? We make it home(yes we got the milkshakes, mine was midget sized, which I was not happy about and said that a little to loud forgetting that our waitress was real little-my bad)and Katie wants to watch Harry potter, but I have to convince her to watch it in my room cause I know she will want to go to sleep halfway through and if we were in her room I(being able to stay up for a movie) would have to leave. Well it is less than halfway through and she is struggling, I ask if she is only up to prove a point she says yes so I tell her to stop trying and just give in. And I thought my life was in shambles.
So in summation we made it back. I hate North Carolina. And my sister is not the best travel buddy. It is a good thing that we weren't hiking I foresee fatality if that was our mode of transportation.Katie will make a great companion one day, but I feel like that day will only be when telaportation becomes a reality.
The last battle
So before I was able to return to my native land of old people and mass tourism I had to turn in that lovely project for bible 350. Well when I went to work on it that night my computer decided that this would be a GREAT time to reconfigure and shut down all my word documents. So in a tantrum like state I trot on over to the CLab where I decide to just go hardcore on this beast and finish. What I did not know is that I would be making a new best friend that night.
The computer that was next to me was occupied but no one was sitting there for a good thirty min. I began to think that they would not be coming back. Well all hope was lost when at 11:50 the kid meanders back to this seat. He looks over at me and first thing say "looks like some pretty in-depth reading there." and I respond "yeah it's for my bible class" then he proceeds to tell me that his favorite verse is in Philippians, imagine that the very book I am reading about. Well as much of a conversationalist as I am I wanted this one shut down so I block him out of my sight (which is not hard cause I have no peripheral vision) and I continue to work. 5 min. later, "hey you got a dollar?" NO I do not who is this kid. At this point I begin to question why he is even at the C-Lab he has yet to turn his computer on. Then he lays down on his computer and tries to sleep but he is on the keyboard so iy keeps beeping at him, finally it frustrates him (I was frustrated already) and he shoves the keyboard away and continues to nap. I ask myself again why is he here. Then I swipe in and keep working he wakes up and just stares at me then asks what time is it? "12:40" what time did I go to sleep, who am I your mother? "um idk 12:10" o and its 12:20 now? "no 12:40" o this place is open all night right? "yeah" then he turns the computer on and starts laughing at weird animated movies. I have no idea what this kid is doing! it was so weird, anyway I finished my project and then had to make the C-Lab workers actually do something besides walk around and count people with a clipboard to look official. Life is golden at this time as I am putting it all together, when I realize I have two page 37's, of course I would this is my life so it was inevitable. Well I am not going to print again and so i become a master at the white out, and get myself out of there. Well after trying to exit out of a locked door I get halfway out and realize I did not log off, and I dont want that kid to steal my identity so I go back log off, and walk out again. But guess what my jump drive was still there so I had to go back a second time. My life! Anyway I turned that beast in and guess that is all that matters, but now I see why they say the journey is half the fun or half the torture.
The computer that was next to me was occupied but no one was sitting there for a good thirty min. I began to think that they would not be coming back. Well all hope was lost when at 11:50 the kid meanders back to this seat. He looks over at me and first thing say "looks like some pretty in-depth reading there." and I respond "yeah it's for my bible class" then he proceeds to tell me that his favorite verse is in Philippians, imagine that the very book I am reading about. Well as much of a conversationalist as I am I wanted this one shut down so I block him out of my sight (which is not hard cause I have no peripheral vision) and I continue to work. 5 min. later, "hey you got a dollar?" NO I do not who is this kid. At this point I begin to question why he is even at the C-Lab he has yet to turn his computer on. Then he lays down on his computer and tries to sleep but he is on the keyboard so iy keeps beeping at him, finally it frustrates him (I was frustrated already) and he shoves the keyboard away and continues to nap. I ask myself again why is he here. Then I swipe in and keep working he wakes up and just stares at me then asks what time is it? "12:40" what time did I go to sleep, who am I your mother? "um idk 12:10" o and its 12:20 now? "no 12:40" o this place is open all night right? "yeah" then he turns the computer on and starts laughing at weird animated movies. I have no idea what this kid is doing! it was so weird, anyway I finished my project and then had to make the C-Lab workers actually do something besides walk around and count people with a clipboard to look official. Life is golden at this time as I am putting it all together, when I realize I have two page 37's, of course I would this is my life so it was inevitable. Well I am not going to print again and so i become a master at the white out, and get myself out of there. Well after trying to exit out of a locked door I get halfway out and realize I did not log off, and I dont want that kid to steal my identity so I go back log off, and walk out again. But guess what my jump drive was still there so I had to go back a second time. My life! Anyway I turned that beast in and guess that is all that matters, but now I see why they say the journey is half the fun or half the torture.
Monday, December 14, 2009
swivel seats are not conducive for working
So today I spent the majority of in the C-lab (computer lab for those who need the tabs on their bibles). It was a productive day in some aspects but as a whole I feel like today was a day lost. I got there and set up shop at a computer where no one else was, well that was changed and so I had to then concentrate on my work and my random outburst that I so frequently want to make (generally they are noises). So I had my popcorn DELICIOUS and I was ready to go. Already a girl was eyein me and making me all kinds of uncomfortable, either I was chewing loud or she was jealous that she did not have the sweet nibblets of popcorn that i did. So one of my dearest friends came to "help" me on this beast of a project, her only help was trying to check me out a reference book FOOLISH, so instant entertainment was added to the 3rd floor when we began to converse. I was really proud of myself for the work I was accomplishing despite her efforts to disrupt me by showing me pictures of taxidermy(which we all know I have a problem with). But then I hit a wall and needed a break, bad idea because since that "break" to get a drink I feel like I never went back to work fully. Anyway I wanted a drink with a straw and apparently that is grounds for mockery from everyone because when I was walking back everyone was staring and smirking, also every time I went to take a sip chelsea (crap I was not going to name her) had to snicker and call me precious like I was a child or something. So after my liquids I could not stop taking advantage of the swivel chair so chelsea decided to tape me...well the critique reviews are in and I am only funny in sped up time. when the footage was regular I wanted to put those watching out of their misery, but in cut time(so to speak) I became a comical genius. maybe that is why alvin and the chipmunks are a big hit it is kinda the same thing.
Then my project took a back seat as I surveyed the room and made a mental note of all the fashion mishaps. Can I just say you are inside take that little precious knit cap off!I ended the day with some Christmas carols in which I did not realize the guy two computers over was listening until I hit the power verse in o come o come Emmanuel and he burst with laughter I then tried to shove as much of my body into the little cubical. FAIL! So it was time for me to say good bye to the 3rd floor I packed up all my stuff logged off left a glorious popcorn trail and happily trucked off. that was until I remembered an hour later I left my jump drive at my station! three flights of stairs does not leave a girl looking feminine and quaint when one reaches the top. So i bust up in there lookin fresh grab my jump drive and leave head held low and project not dominated. UGH! C-Lab we will regretfully meet again tomorrow
Then my project took a back seat as I surveyed the room and made a mental note of all the fashion mishaps. Can I just say you are inside take that little precious knit cap off!I ended the day with some Christmas carols in which I did not realize the guy two computers over was listening until I hit the power verse in o come o come Emmanuel and he burst with laughter I then tried to shove as much of my body into the little cubical. FAIL! So it was time for me to say good bye to the 3rd floor I packed up all my stuff logged off left a glorious popcorn trail and happily trucked off. that was until I remembered an hour later I left my jump drive at my station! three flights of stairs does not leave a girl looking feminine and quaint when one reaches the top. So i bust up in there lookin fresh grab my jump drive and leave head held low and project not dominated. UGH! C-Lab we will regretfully meet again tomorrow
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Can I just use websters?
So I was doing my bible commentary( I know I am shocked too) and I realized that, actually it was pointed out that, I cannot use just any old dictionary to define these terms, I need a bible dictionary. Problem! All my books are overdue, in hindsight not a good idea. twenty cents a day sounded like a far trade for not having to go down there and renew them, but now it does not seem like a good trade because I owe a lot of money(mental math never s strong point in my life) and I need to check out said stupid dictionary. this project is really testing me emotionally and physically. Emotionally because I am getting real stressed, physically because I am solving my stress not by doing the project but by eating. This is not good. Other things that this project has given me... the Cuban missal crisis aka my pimple laden face. what was once the Spanish armada is now the beginnings of the cold war. Honestly this class has not added anything to my life, I mean I only physically was present in that class, some biblical studies major challenged my life(did not go over well), and now my life is in shambles because of this project.
Also I thought to myself hmmm I really need to stay awake so I can get work done, I will allow myself to drink an energy drink and do this. Well I drank the energy drink and that is about it. I lost all steam on the project, all I did was copy ans paste the verses in and bold some stuff. Let us just state that, that will not be sufficient. And now I have all these chemicals streaming through my system and I do not know what to do with myself. In the past hour I have stuck my head in a popcorn bucket, ate some apples, explained to someone that selling drugs is not an act of terrorism, even if they are from another country(true story), and now I am about to pace the room for a little bit until I crash. I think that was not my goal at all and yet I am feeling no remorse, huh I do not foresee a good attitude tomorrow though.
If you want to see the true repercussions of procrastination and screwing around for a whole semester even though you have 18 credit hours, come see the saga unfold on the 3rd floor tomorrow, as I desperately try to fix this. O and this is an open invitation but if video is taken I expect part of the proceeds and they will go to that bible dictionary and overdue library books. O and how is this for sweet biblical irony...this is part of the passage I am commentating "be anxious in nothing but in everything prayer and supplication, giving thanks, let your request be known to God, and he will guard your heart and mind in Christ Jesus" hahaha
Also I thought to myself hmmm I really need to stay awake so I can get work done, I will allow myself to drink an energy drink and do this. Well I drank the energy drink and that is about it. I lost all steam on the project, all I did was copy ans paste the verses in and bold some stuff. Let us just state that, that will not be sufficient. And now I have all these chemicals streaming through my system and I do not know what to do with myself. In the past hour I have stuck my head in a popcorn bucket, ate some apples, explained to someone that selling drugs is not an act of terrorism, even if they are from another country(true story), and now I am about to pace the room for a little bit until I crash. I think that was not my goal at all and yet I am feeling no remorse, huh I do not foresee a good attitude tomorrow though.
If you want to see the true repercussions of procrastination and screwing around for a whole semester even though you have 18 credit hours, come see the saga unfold on the 3rd floor tomorrow, as I desperately try to fix this. O and this is an open invitation but if video is taken I expect part of the proceeds and they will go to that bible dictionary and overdue library books. O and how is this for sweet biblical irony...this is part of the passage I am commentating "be anxious in nothing but in everything prayer and supplication, giving thanks, let your request be known to God, and he will guard your heart and mind in Christ Jesus" hahaha
Saturday, December 12, 2009
um...I'll take the bread chips
So I know there is NO way that I will be able to fully capture my true emotions toward customers that challenge my life in panera, through their indecisiveness, and other various points of annoyance, but for the sake of those who read about my life I will try.
So you probably have heard the bread chip story before. The one that goes "would you like bread chips or an apple?" (said boldly)"I'll take the bread chips!" And in my mind I have a mini meltdown of frustration. WHAT THE HECK IS A BREAD CHIP, AND IF YOU DO NOT KNOW WHY WOULD YOU ORDER IT! And if this story seems intriguing to you just ask me about it sometime, cause I would love to explain the total severity of this situation. But that is not what I am here to do now. I am here to write out all the things that just blow my mind that people do in panera, and leave me wondering "why must I work in food services?"
1. When there is a line all the way around the resturant and yet when the person at the back arrives to the front they still do not know what they want, claiming "I guess I should have been thinking about that huh?" I mean do they really want me to answer that? No its fine that you just spent the last 20 min. doing everything but think of what you wanted to order, the very thing you cam in here to do. Really?!
2. When they say "can I have..." (I do this too sometimes, but it is still funny) I just want to be like no you cannot go away.
3. When they mumble their order to each other and expect you to put it on their order, and God forbid you forget their drink.
4. When they expect their u-pick two to come with a drink. I understand it is a bit pricey but it does not come with one. So they come up to me in an angered state saying, "um...I did not get my cup" while I am with another customer. So I crumble in this confrontation stand off and just give them a stupid cup.
5. The fact that to all panera guests it is crazy that they should have their meal without a drink. And I am so wrong to not offer them one cause I mean it is obvious that water will not suffice and a 1.77 drink must be added. And it is not so much the drink it is the tone in which they explain to me why they need a drink.
6. This is just hilarious. When people butcher the names of our sandwiches with boldness, it is a glorious site. um the chi-pot-al chicken
7. When I wear my name tag and people have to make our little conversation personal so they use my name. Um you don't know my life, were you invited to my party...NO! geez
8.When people ask what I would order/like, or ask for a trillion samples and then get the broccoli soup.
9. The fact that we are out of bread bowls or bread is my fault, the cashier. I guess i look more talented than I thought, and they just assume that I can control these things. Guess what I cannot! So look elsewhere to place your complaints and disappointments.
10. when people throw away whole apples or bags of chips, it is so wasteful.
11. when people cannot remember their name for their order.Me "can I get a name for the order?" Them "blank stare..O yeah dennis haha I can't believe I forgot my name" Me(in my mind this time) O I know you are so funny it is not like you are the 12th person to do this in 10min.
12. When they make up their own names for our u-pick two. My favorites...the twofer the 2, the combo, choose two thingy, half-in-half and many other variations.
13. Parents who just let their children run free while they have a good lunch with the girls. Then I have to clean up their game of lets waste coffee lids and sprinkle cinnamon all over.
14. The fact that whenever I have to restock the drink station, it all of a sudden is where everybody needs to be at that moment. They complain when the stuff is out, but they disappointingly sigh behind me cause I cant move fast enough when I am trying to refill it. We are dealing with lemons her blue hairs not missals! O and when I have trays in my hands or dishes(like a lot) it is craziness for me to want to get past them before they enter the dinning room, I mean they are carrying that heavy pager and all.
And lastly, as if this list had a real end.I am just stopping here cause I cannot go any further without shouting and that is not good for me to do right now.
15. The simple fact that on my employee card(which I am encouraged to carry around) it says "no jerks allowed" and do you know what that means...I am not allowed at my own place of business. I beat the system but now it is beating me cause now I am to abide by this.
Well I hope you enjoyed those, trust me there are many more. And I will gladly share them to the interested. But for now let me leave you with this, our customer service motto ...at Panera Bread the answer is always yes!...revised edition...at Panera Bread the answer is always yes!unless Danielle is working then you might just not even want to ask.
So you probably have heard the bread chip story before. The one that goes "would you like bread chips or an apple?" (said boldly)"I'll take the bread chips!" And in my mind I have a mini meltdown of frustration. WHAT THE HECK IS A BREAD CHIP, AND IF YOU DO NOT KNOW WHY WOULD YOU ORDER IT! And if this story seems intriguing to you just ask me about it sometime, cause I would love to explain the total severity of this situation. But that is not what I am here to do now. I am here to write out all the things that just blow my mind that people do in panera, and leave me wondering "why must I work in food services?"
1. When there is a line all the way around the resturant and yet when the person at the back arrives to the front they still do not know what they want, claiming "I guess I should have been thinking about that huh?" I mean do they really want me to answer that? No its fine that you just spent the last 20 min. doing everything but think of what you wanted to order, the very thing you cam in here to do. Really?!
2. When they say "can I have..." (I do this too sometimes, but it is still funny) I just want to be like no you cannot go away.
3. When they mumble their order to each other and expect you to put it on their order, and God forbid you forget their drink.
4. When they expect their u-pick two to come with a drink. I understand it is a bit pricey but it does not come with one. So they come up to me in an angered state saying, "um...I did not get my cup" while I am with another customer. So I crumble in this confrontation stand off and just give them a stupid cup.
5. The fact that to all panera guests it is crazy that they should have their meal without a drink. And I am so wrong to not offer them one cause I mean it is obvious that water will not suffice and a 1.77 drink must be added. And it is not so much the drink it is the tone in which they explain to me why they need a drink.
6. This is just hilarious. When people butcher the names of our sandwiches with boldness, it is a glorious site. um the chi-pot-al chicken
7. When I wear my name tag and people have to make our little conversation personal so they use my name. Um you don't know my life, were you invited to my party...NO! geez
8.When people ask what I would order/like, or ask for a trillion samples and then get the broccoli soup.
9. The fact that we are out of bread bowls or bread is my fault, the cashier. I guess i look more talented than I thought, and they just assume that I can control these things. Guess what I cannot! So look elsewhere to place your complaints and disappointments.
10. when people throw away whole apples or bags of chips, it is so wasteful.
11. when people cannot remember their name for their order.Me "can I get a name for the order?" Them "blank stare..O yeah dennis haha I can't believe I forgot my name" Me(in my mind this time) O I know you are so funny it is not like you are the 12th person to do this in 10min.
12. When they make up their own names for our u-pick two. My favorites...the twofer the 2, the combo, choose two thingy, half-in-half and many other variations.
13. Parents who just let their children run free while they have a good lunch with the girls. Then I have to clean up their game of lets waste coffee lids and sprinkle cinnamon all over.
14. The fact that whenever I have to restock the drink station, it all of a sudden is where everybody needs to be at that moment. They complain when the stuff is out, but they disappointingly sigh behind me cause I cant move fast enough when I am trying to refill it. We are dealing with lemons her blue hairs not missals! O and when I have trays in my hands or dishes(like a lot) it is craziness for me to want to get past them before they enter the dinning room, I mean they are carrying that heavy pager and all.
And lastly, as if this list had a real end.I am just stopping here cause I cannot go any further without shouting and that is not good for me to do right now.
15. The simple fact that on my employee card(which I am encouraged to carry around) it says "no jerks allowed" and do you know what that means...I am not allowed at my own place of business. I beat the system but now it is beating me cause now I am to abide by this.
Well I hope you enjoyed those, trust me there are many more. And I will gladly share them to the interested. But for now let me leave you with this, our customer service motto ...at Panera Bread the answer is always yes!...revised edition...at Panera Bread the answer is always yes!unless Danielle is working then you might just not even want to ask.
Friday, December 11, 2009
I have never seen silent night done so seductively
So coffee house...pretty sure the most random combination of my life(well not exactly but top 5 material). Anyway, first off the second there is a semi decent event at Liberty the campus becomes ridiculous. There are throngs of people everywhere coupled with the fact that no one knows how to operate in minor traffic so it becomes a mess rather quickly! So I had to park my car in a spot that until tonight I never knew existed, and I am still debating whether or not it is even attached to the campus(minor exaggeration). Then I am walking in the cold all alone in a ridiculous coat, passing people left and right(mainly couples who refuse to walk separately because they are a couple and now they loose all sense of coordination and can no longer handle walking) and all the while people are staring at me wondering why I am serpinting through these random clots of people. I make it inside and there are even more people...what a shocker! I have never seen my holiday joy dwindle so quickly. I heard this old lady talking to her friend one time and she said(about being in crowds) when all else fails stop moving, well let's just say all of the LU campus adopted that theology and decided proper application was inside the vines center. Funny thing about all this was the only place where it was not teeming with people was the women's restroom...um RANDOM because that is a place I generally run into the problem of too many people.
So the show begins and i swear people do not know how to arrange music properly because every band that tried it um lets just say i should not be surprised and confused when the other melody begins to play. Also on that note paramore(especially 2 yr. old paramore songs) do not and should not be arranged with a Christmas song it was totally a FAIL in my musical opinion. On the bright side the show was heavily seasoned with AMAZING Asian talent and polygamy is looking like a good idea(for me and asians that is). Also for a good portion of the night I was resting my foot on what I thought to be the seat back...nope turns out it was a person's back which in the dark looked the same to me...sorry.
Then there was a band I had ot hold in my comments because there were family members of the band behind me, let us just say that was one of the hardest things, they had a good instrumental set going for them but I do not think that constitutes an automatic awesomeness for the singer. It was my favorite Christmas song slain by some random screams of another songs and to this moment I have no idea if they thought they were rock or hardcore, because I do not think they even knew.
But on the bright side my favorite little keyboard player(Branden) showed up to the fullest. He almost lost a lot of points because he asked me to stand and then played the Jesus card to try and validate the claim, but I would not budge. He still won me over because he showed the whole vines center the only proper way a short sleeve dress shirt should be worn...and trust me this is something Liberty really needed to see. Now his band on the other hand um....they were good minus two of the members looked like they were wearing my fur coat attachment on their faces, and we all know this is a problem.
well just thought I would share that...
So the show begins and i swear people do not know how to arrange music properly because every band that tried it um lets just say i should not be surprised and confused when the other melody begins to play. Also on that note paramore(especially 2 yr. old paramore songs) do not and should not be arranged with a Christmas song it was totally a FAIL in my musical opinion. On the bright side the show was heavily seasoned with AMAZING Asian talent and polygamy is looking like a good idea(for me and asians that is). Also for a good portion of the night I was resting my foot on what I thought to be the seat back...nope turns out it was a person's back which in the dark looked the same to me...sorry.
Then there was a band I had ot hold in my comments because there were family members of the band behind me, let us just say that was one of the hardest things, they had a good instrumental set going for them but I do not think that constitutes an automatic awesomeness for the singer. It was my favorite Christmas song slain by some random screams of another songs and to this moment I have no idea if they thought they were rock or hardcore, because I do not think they even knew.
But on the bright side my favorite little keyboard player(Branden) showed up to the fullest. He almost lost a lot of points because he asked me to stand and then played the Jesus card to try and validate the claim, but I would not budge. He still won me over because he showed the whole vines center the only proper way a short sleeve dress shirt should be worn...and trust me this is something Liberty really needed to see. Now his band on the other hand um....they were good minus two of the members looked like they were wearing my fur coat attachment on their faces, and we all know this is a problem.
well just thought I would share that...
Thursday, December 10, 2009
so you blog now?
So I decided that starting a blog would be a good idea. I am not quite sure yet who or what it is good for, but all in all I think it will be good for something. And if you disagree please do not tell me, I have enough negativity directed toward my life day to day. Anywho I decided to make this finally happen because of a couple of factors; my roommate is asleep so the light is off and I am not tired, I am full because I decided to eat at 11 and I cannot go to bed like this, and lastly the only thing I can do when the lights are off is go on facebook(no one is doing anything of interest there) or check my email(no new ones). So I decided that this would be a good time to just start off my blogging. Honestly I have no idea who is going to read this, or who would want to so I am realizing now that I am just typing out randomness to waste time. My life is in shambles...
So altogether my life today was rather productive. I went to convo., then went to lunch, where I paid for someones lunch and they not knowing went to a seperate line and paid for theirs...um ok I love paying for something that was already purchased. Anyway, then I worked on my Bible 350 project for close to 3hrs. and in that time probably only talked for about 10min. if you know me then you will know that not only is that hard but extremly dangerous. Because the next time I am around people it is not pretty, I cannot help it but after being quite for so long I feel the need to make up for and will not be quite for the next 6hrs. I went to Panera(my place of business) and bought bagels for open dorms. This was my mindset going into it...there are too many pretty girls on this hall for guys to just walk into my room, so I had to have a catch and that was executed through highly caloried carbs. But to my dismay this dd not work as planned for I was still without men(that's an awkward statement) for a good majority of the time and when some did show up they just ate and it was weird. But through this open dorm experience I saw how pointless they really are. I mean you just hang out with your friends goofing off hoping some cute guy will come in and if not then all it was was a normal night but with your door open. Dumb! I did enjoy my day though.
So this blog is not funny has no point but I had to write one to start it all off so hopefully they will get better, and if not then I will just delete this account pretend it never happened and let this be a unspoken reminder of another failure of mine(and no I am not depressed, just emotional)
So altogether my life today was rather productive. I went to convo., then went to lunch, where I paid for someones lunch and they not knowing went to a seperate line and paid for theirs...um ok I love paying for something that was already purchased. Anyway, then I worked on my Bible 350 project for close to 3hrs. and in that time probably only talked for about 10min. if you know me then you will know that not only is that hard but extremly dangerous. Because the next time I am around people it is not pretty, I cannot help it but after being quite for so long I feel the need to make up for and will not be quite for the next 6hrs. I went to Panera(my place of business) and bought bagels for open dorms. This was my mindset going into it...there are too many pretty girls on this hall for guys to just walk into my room, so I had to have a catch and that was executed through highly caloried carbs. But to my dismay this dd not work as planned for I was still without men(that's an awkward statement) for a good majority of the time and when some did show up they just ate and it was weird. But through this open dorm experience I saw how pointless they really are. I mean you just hang out with your friends goofing off hoping some cute guy will come in and if not then all it was was a normal night but with your door open. Dumb! I did enjoy my day though.
So this blog is not funny has no point but I had to write one to start it all off so hopefully they will get better, and if not then I will just delete this account pretend it never happened and let this be a unspoken reminder of another failure of mine(and no I am not depressed, just emotional)
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