Lessons
I've learned a few lessons this week:
1. It's not fun wearing damp boxer shorts.
2. Bagging groceries is not as easy as it looks.
3. Things done with good intentions can, and will, backfire.
The Saga of The Broken Dryer, Part. 2
You may have read a few posts ago about my dryer. Well, I did a load of laundry on Monday and put them in the dryer, only to find out that my dryer was broken... again. So I called Mr. Fix It from the apartment complex... three days later it's finally fixed... again. In the process, I didn't have any clean boxers so I had to wear damp ones for a day. I did get my clothes dry at a laundromat but for that one day... it sucked.
A Day In the Life of a Bag Boy
Scotts, a local grocery chain, had their annual Cancer Day this past week. Cancer Day is where they donate 2% of their total sales for the day to the American Cancer Society. For that day they had volunteers come in to bag groceries. All of the jocks in my building were baggers and let me tell you... bagging groceries is not as easy as it looks. You gotta remember to keep certain items seperate, not to smush the bread, watch the eggs, etc. Thanks to that two hour shift at Scott's, I now have a new appreciation for grocery store baggers. The job is actually tough! And the abuse... it was incredable. But all in all, it was a good day and a learning experience.
One of the things that stuck out in my mind about that two hours was the interesting people that I met. I probably couldn't tell you any of the names or anything like that but I did meet some really unique people. There was this one little girl that I shall never forget. She was trying to play with the credit card machine and her mom would always move her hand away from it. The little girl saw me looking at her while I was bagging her mom's order and she winked at me, as if to say "watch this." As they were leaving, she pushed one of the buttons on the machine and just looking at her mom, smiling. I laughed out loud. It was priceless.
So Much Drama In the Club
I can't get into too many specifics because this is a work thing... but there was an incident at a club recently that really could cause some trouble for me and my station. Nothing really bad, mind you, it's just going to take a little bit to clean up. Things like this have happened in the past and it's always just kind of gone away... hopefully this time won't be any different. By the way, I apologize for the vagueness of this but, again, I can't really get into specifics right now... sorry.
Fast forward to Friday night... I was there and decided to try and smooth things over with the other person involved. Bad idea. By the time all was said and done, the situation was made worse. We didn't fight or anything, he just refused to accept my extention of a proverbial olive branch and the fact that I was even talking to him was apparently not a good idea. In hindsight, I should have stayed away and had I know that things would be made worse, I would have.
Lesson learned here: Any action with good intentions can, and often does, backfire.
Epilouge
I actually wrote most of this yesterday (Saturday). Today is Sunday and as I look back on what I wrote, I realize just how crazy the past week has been. Some of the things that have happened are petty, some are eye opening and enlightening, while others are possibly damaging even though you didn't intend for them to be. Aside from the lessons that I talked about above, I have to add one other one to this list: I learned that I have a great support network of friends in place who are there for me and who love me no matter how badly I may unintentionally screw up. You all mean the world to me and I don't know what I would do without you. So thank you. :-)
--Jonathan
1. It's not fun wearing damp boxer shorts.
2. Bagging groceries is not as easy as it looks.
3. Things done with good intentions can, and will, backfire.
The Saga of The Broken Dryer, Part. 2
You may have read a few posts ago about my dryer. Well, I did a load of laundry on Monday and put them in the dryer, only to find out that my dryer was broken... again. So I called Mr. Fix It from the apartment complex... three days later it's finally fixed... again. In the process, I didn't have any clean boxers so I had to wear damp ones for a day. I did get my clothes dry at a laundromat but for that one day... it sucked.
A Day In the Life of a Bag Boy
Scotts, a local grocery chain, had their annual Cancer Day this past week. Cancer Day is where they donate 2% of their total sales for the day to the American Cancer Society. For that day they had volunteers come in to bag groceries. All of the jocks in my building were baggers and let me tell you... bagging groceries is not as easy as it looks. You gotta remember to keep certain items seperate, not to smush the bread, watch the eggs, etc. Thanks to that two hour shift at Scott's, I now have a new appreciation for grocery store baggers. The job is actually tough! And the abuse... it was incredable. But all in all, it was a good day and a learning experience.
One of the things that stuck out in my mind about that two hours was the interesting people that I met. I probably couldn't tell you any of the names or anything like that but I did meet some really unique people. There was this one little girl that I shall never forget. She was trying to play with the credit card machine and her mom would always move her hand away from it. The little girl saw me looking at her while I was bagging her mom's order and she winked at me, as if to say "watch this." As they were leaving, she pushed one of the buttons on the machine and just looking at her mom, smiling. I laughed out loud. It was priceless.
So Much Drama In the Club
I can't get into too many specifics because this is a work thing... but there was an incident at a club recently that really could cause some trouble for me and my station. Nothing really bad, mind you, it's just going to take a little bit to clean up. Things like this have happened in the past and it's always just kind of gone away... hopefully this time won't be any different. By the way, I apologize for the vagueness of this but, again, I can't really get into specifics right now... sorry.
Fast forward to Friday night... I was there and decided to try and smooth things over with the other person involved. Bad idea. By the time all was said and done, the situation was made worse. We didn't fight or anything, he just refused to accept my extention of a proverbial olive branch and the fact that I was even talking to him was apparently not a good idea. In hindsight, I should have stayed away and had I know that things would be made worse, I would have.
Lesson learned here: Any action with good intentions can, and often does, backfire.
Epilouge
I actually wrote most of this yesterday (Saturday). Today is Sunday and as I look back on what I wrote, I realize just how crazy the past week has been. Some of the things that have happened are petty, some are eye opening and enlightening, while others are possibly damaging even though you didn't intend for them to be. Aside from the lessons that I talked about above, I have to add one other one to this list: I learned that I have a great support network of friends in place who are there for me and who love me no matter how badly I may unintentionally screw up. You all mean the world to me and I don't know what I would do without you. So thank you. :-)
--Jonathan
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