Okay…
So why is that some people think that what they have, be it a car, a state, job, anything else is so clearly the best?
I just had a guy come into my work and complain to me that the company I work for is no longer producing a specific product. He also complained that they still make it/have it/sell it in Europe. Great.
"Well, we have actually released two brand new products and completely revamped another one to fit that segment"
Apparently these new products are crap (even though they have literally improved them from the old products in every way… especially reliability) and there is nothing that will compare to the old thing. Where I can appreciate liking some things that are old… in the grand scheme of things, and even in this particular industry… this particular item is NOT old. Whatever.
On this same note… to those men out there driving really really huge trucks:
When people see you they don't think, "Wow, What a huge truck… he must be really manly!" they are actually thinking, "Poor guy… he must be compensating…" I promise no one thinks your truck is cool but you and your friends. Sorry.
Done Ranting.
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Thursday, March 10, 2011
BRING ON THE SPRING!
So, I currently live in a place that enjoys winter a bit longer than most other places in the US, but today… today we have had 50 degree weather, and it has been lovely.
There is something about the coming spring that is so exciting… new life? new opportunities? allergies? Either way, today was the first day that felt legitimately springy.
Something additional I find amazing is the first time you actually get to smell rain after a long winter. Not the kind of rain that actually just freezes the second it hits the ground, or the weird mix between rain and snow (not sleet or hail… you know what I'm talking about…), but real, clean, warm rain. I love it.
I've also been thinking a lot lately as to how human everyone is. My current occupation has a relatively poor connotation. Because of my occupation it seems people feel they can treat me as less than human. There have been so many times where I've wanted to stop people and say, "You do realize that you just treated me like less thank human because of my job. If you had done that to anyone else, in any other profession, you would actually feel bad about yourself right now…"
There is something about the coming spring that is so exciting… new life? new opportunities? allergies? Either way, today was the first day that felt legitimately springy.
Something additional I find amazing is the first time you actually get to smell rain after a long winter. Not the kind of rain that actually just freezes the second it hits the ground, or the weird mix between rain and snow (not sleet or hail… you know what I'm talking about…), but real, clean, warm rain. I love it.
I've also been thinking a lot lately as to how human everyone is. My current occupation has a relatively poor connotation. Because of my occupation it seems people feel they can treat me as less than human. There have been so many times where I've wanted to stop people and say, "You do realize that you just treated me like less thank human because of my job. If you had done that to anyone else, in any other profession, you would actually feel bad about yourself right now…"
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