Customers... again

I had a gem of a customer last night. Yes, a real embodiment of a classy woman. Yes, I am completely lying.
I was getting the clean dishes from the back when I hear a woman yell "HEY." And by yell, I mean the entire store easily heard her. I was in the back maybe 15 seconds at this point since last checking to see if I had any customers waiting.
So I grab the dishes and make my way to the front and there is an ENORMOUS woman standing there with her very little boy. She tells me she'd like me to ring up a book for her because the line at the bookside registers is too long. I look over and there's a few people standing in line. So I ring it in then ask what she wants to drink. Her little boy starts to say something and she just rips into him "NO, YOU'RE NOT GETTING ANYTHING. DO YOU THINK SHE'S GOING TO GIVE YOU A FREE DRINK? BECAUSE I'M NOT PAYING FOR ANYTHING." Yes ma'am, public humiliation is a great way to teach your child. So it turns out she doesn't want a drink, she just wants me to ring in her book because her damn lazy ass can't wait 2 minutes in line to get rung up. So I have to be inconvenienced and not get the work done that I need to because she's too impatient to be treated like every other customer. Are you fucking serious right now? I'm surprised she wasn't too lazy to walk the 50 yards over to the cafe for me to ring her book up.

Oh my

In case you can't read the top, this is a sign for a church.... ha ha ha hahaha. How out of touch with reality do you have to be to think that this is appropriate? Dear old Idaho... there are just somethings about you I will never miss ha ha.


 So my new favorite quote from is from Patti Stanger, who is the Millionaire Matchmaker. Is the show mindless trash? Pretty much, but she does throw out some solid advice sometimes (OK, I admit it. I watch it to laugh at all the gold diggers). Anyways, now that that's all cleared up, the quote is "Beauty fades. Dumb is forever." Basically you can like someone, just because they're attractive, but that eventually goes away. But do you really want to be with someone who has the mental capacity of Barney when you're older. NO. 

Now I love this quote because I was never the pretty sister.Let me explain. Growing up, I had the dark hair and eyes and really messed up teeth. My little sister on the hand, pretty much was the epitome of an angel. Long blonde hair, blue eyes, and just a beauty people were drawn to. I grew up hearing compliment after compliment about how pretty she was, how lovely her hair was, how beautiful she was going to be when she grew up, blah blah blah.I, on the other hand, only got compliments for 2 things: Playing piano, and being good at math. Way to set a kid up to be a nerd! So basically growing up, I knew I'd have to bring something else to the table to set me apart from the other so-so looking girls. I'd have to have a sparkling wit, be semi-intelligent (yay math), and a great sense of humor. At least that's what the girls in the Jane Austin novels had so I figured that would be a great place to start.

Eventually I grew up to be smoking hot (ok maybe that is a slight/huge exaggeration) but I am grateful that at one point in life, I decided to be more than just a pretty face with a bimbo mind. There are after all, PLENTY of those to go around.


And yes, my sister still is the pretty one, all these years later. But she didn't let it go to her head and is also one of the smartest girls I know.

Kitty

Today is an absolutely beautiful (what Arizonans would call "late winter" and Idahoans would call "Midsummer") day. Warm outside, but still with a breath of lingering coolness from the night. I'm going to go running! I took a week off for umm, feminine reasons, and then another week because I had a head cold from hell (all while it was 70-80 degrees outside). How do you get colds in a state that is always above 60 degrees? I'm guessing that because I now live in a different place, with different cold and flu bugs, my body is more likely to get them. I have been sick at least once a month. I used to get sick once a year, MAYBE.

So anyways we have the craziest kitten. I call her Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde because one minute she's attacking your face, then the next she just wants to snuggle up with you and fall asleep. She's adorable and terrifying all at the same time. For some reason my family has always gotten cats with extreme personalities and this one is no exception. I'm pretty sure once we get her spayed she'll be better, less crazy hormones (please God). So I decided to use up my left over yarn and make some wash cloths. Yes, I am a geek, I was homeschooled and have many domestic passtimes to counter balance my boxing and football playing days, don't judge me. I put what I was working on down for a little bit to watch some tv and the cat jumped on the ball of yard and was playing with it (cliche, yes. Still absolutely adorable? YES!). I looked away and next thing I know she has my crocheted piece in her mouth and it proudly trotting off with it clenched firmly in her little jaws. By the time I catch her she has ran out of the living room (she knew I was after her) through the hall, into our room, and under the bed, unraveling as she went. I would have been mad but she just looked so cute doing it I couldn't ha ha. I'm pretty sure I'd go nuts with boredom if she wasn't home with me during the day.

Ignorance

Yesterday at work, I'd just finished some dishes in the back and with my arms full, headed back out front to put them away. A woman was standing by the cash register so I said "Hello" so she would know I saw her. I figured she'd put 2 and 2 together and realize I'd be with her as soon as I put down the dishes that were in my hands. WRONG.
Even with my backed turned to her, 8 feet away kneeling down to put them on their shelves, she starts ordering. Seriously? You can't wait 5 seconds until I put these down and am actually facing you asking your order? So I quickly put them away and asked her "You said you wanted a Tall Vanilla Latte... with what?" I was very polite. By this time she on her cell phone and couldn't be bothered, having a loud conversation about someone dating someone else. I HATE when people do this, not just because it's rude, but what am I supposed to do? I feel like I'm invading their privacy because I'm overhearing their conversation. I feel like those nosy old people in the commercial for Loud N Clear that are creepily in the background spying on their neighbors. So I just kind of avoid eye contact and try to pretend like I'm not listening, but who am I really fooling? NO ONE. People like this deserve to be slapped and I'm more than ready to volunteer for the job :D

Reason #1 I quit waitressing

I almost lost it one day with a customer. I was working as the to-go waitress so when I wasn't busy I'd help get food out to tables. I brought out an appetizer to a table to help out a server who was training a new guy. As I set it down on the table the woman at the end said to me, "Umm, maybe next time you should put the silverware on the napkins." I guess the new guy set the silverware directly on the table instead of on a napkin.


Well excuse me you fat stupid piece of shit. If you actually took the time to look at me you'd see that I'm not a man, and therefor, I didn't set your fucking table. But thanks for not looking at me and making me feel like I'm a not human being worth doing that for, you obese asshole.

I couldn't even speak to her. I just wanted to punch her double chins to the other side of her large head. So I just walked away. Why the hell would you ever do that to some who is handling your food? Enjoy your 2000 calorie appetizer. I'd say I hope it goes straight to your ass... but I don't think it would fit.

Draining

Working two jobs is really starting to drain me. I had nightmares last night about having horrible customers at the coffee shop. One man wanted mashed potatoes in his mocha and kept asking for things we didn't have... for 5 minutes while the line behind him got bigger and bigger. I finally woke up and felt like I'd just gotten off work. Stoooopid. I have to work both my jobs today and I'm trying to get up the will power to clean the apt... yeah that's not happening. Bioshock 2 on the other hand... I will be finishing you today ha ha.

There is a guy who comes in a gets a large coffee, and then 3 refills. Do you know how much caffeine that is?!?! Probably not so I'll let you know. A venti coffee has 400 mg of caffeine. To put that into perspective: A shot of espresso has 75 mg. A 12 oz. Red Bull has 114 mg. This man was having 4 venti cups... THAT'S 1600 mg OF CAFFEINE!!!! HOW IS HIS HEART STILL WORKING?!?! I see him in there a couple times a week! I thought I was a coffee addict but not compared to that. I would switch to coffee (instead of espresso) to get more caffeine, but Starbucks coffee tastes like burnt rubber.

Hangman

This is depressing. You can play hangman by yourself by scratching to reveal the letters. How sad is it that you have to buy this because you don't have and friends to play hangman with you? Is this supposed to be for adults that are closet-hangman lover's because no one over 13 plays it anymore? Of course if you were an adult and you're favorite thing was hangman I can understand why friends would be hard to come by....