I try not to
be, but it is so darn hard!
It seems
like, lately, that more and more things really bug me and make me feel like
lots of people are just idiots and I don’t know how they manage to take care of
themselves or anything else. (Oh, and I
am really in a good mood today, so this feeling is not just because I am
cranky.)
I ride the
bus into work every day. It is a nice pleasant ride and I spend the 20 minutes
or so reading. It starts for a very relaxing day…except when another rider
feels that I MUST be party to their phone conversations. Usually, I just shake
my head. If they are really annoying, I plug in earbuds to block them out. The
other morning a “girl” behind me…early to mid-twenties…was talking on her
phone. I was not eavesdropping as she clearly did not mind everyone hearing her
conversation. But she did make the best comment ever:
“I was worn
out yesterday from texting all day.”
It was
all I could do not to burst out in hysterical laughter. All I
could think was what would this woman do if she had to do any real work. It
made me sad for whatever company has hired her or hires her in the future.
Then I got to
work and looked around and it is astounding how many people are surfing the internet
and/or playing on their personal phones when I walk down the hall to my desk.
Admittedly, it is 8 am, BUT many of these people “start” work at 7:30. So how
is it fair to the company that they are not actually working?
It is not
really my concern, BUT a few months ago, I was “spoken to” about being on the internet.
Ummmmmm…I was at lunch…made clear by the fact that it was lunchtime and I had
food in front of me. Other members of my team regularly eat at their desks and
surf the net, but because “someone” said something and my boss is so concerned
with appearances, I had to be spoken to. So, now, I leave my desk and go eat
lunch somewhere else. And I am unavailable to my boss for that hour every day.
His loss.
Of course, I
can look at most other team members at any time during the day and they are on
the internet. Sure, they could be researching, but I don’t think any of our
jobs have anything to research on Facebook, Yahoo’s entertainment page or on
Youtube. Of course, that is just my opinion.
I think maybe
my boss says something to me as he knows it will bother me that he might think
I was not working when I was supposed to be. Other members don’t care. LOL!
Also, his loss.
I was worried
that maybe I am just jealous that others get away with what I don’t, but I am
worried about the state of my company. If all of these people are surfing, who
is doing the work? We find out when we hear of some crisis where something did
not get done correctly and everyone needs to drop what they are doing and help
get the issue corrected. I just shake my head that any business is run this
way.
I also get
irritated by people who cannot walk across the street without looking at their
phones. Come on people you need to look at the traffic lights…not your phone.
If it is so urgent, stop walking. I can’t even count how many people I have
told to “stop” because they were so intent on their phones that they didn’t see
the train coming. The freaking TRAIN! How can you cross train tracks and not
make sure there is no train coming first? But we hear almost weekly about
someone getting hit by the train in downtown Houston. I am sure those people
thought they had no fault in it. But I can assure you, the train is not
invisible and it is not silent.
Oh, yeah, and
Hubby and I went to the movie on Sunday. We sat in our preferred spot away from
all others in the theater…there were only two other couples there when we sat
down. And the very NEXT family of five that walked in sat RIGHT BEHIND US. We
are so freaking magnetic!
I guess I
could go on all day about things that people do that are so idiotic that it
annoys me to no end. Or, I could just try not to think about them. Maybe I will
try that for a while. Just be oblivious like everyone else. LOL!
Oh, and I
took a break to write and post this. LOL! Why not, everyone else does.
