The moon is full here so I’m sure that’s the reason today
was so weird and pissy, Two clients in the office seemed to have coordinated
their efforts to be absolute jerks. By the time I left at 5:00:01 pm I was
ready to chew nails and spit rust. A few minutes of good conversation at my
evening coffee spot seemed to take the edge off a bit and then it was off to the grocery
store to scrounge up some evening sustenance.
The two express checkout lines were long and after I looked
to see which checkers were working I got in the line for the one that was
fastest. There was a guy who got in line behind me and spent about 5 minutes
grousing out loud about the wait. Finally he slammed his small basket down on
the top of a display and stalked out of the store. I’m thinking to myself that
he too is a jerk. As annoying as the wait was I realized that if I let myself
sign on to his bitching and moaning, I was going to give someone else the kind
of day I had.
I put on the happy face I didn’t feel like wearing tonight
and got myself to the car without spreading the gloom. I’m so proud of me….it
felt pretty good…smug and self-righteous to be sure but at least I didn’t pass
it forward and now my pissy day had a decent end.
I guess I could moralize on this theme for a bit but I won't. I just made the choice to not be a jerk and screw up someone else's day.
That’s my story and I’m stickin’ to it…
I always love doing that...smiling in the face of a shitty day. Its like spite...
Posted by: Susan | 16 March 2006 at 02:25 AM