Stupid people

I had a coworker complain on his sinuses being stuffed up from his allergies and he forgot his medicine at home. I am possessive of my allergy medicine so I offer none. About 8 PM he decides to leave to buy some medicine at the pharmacy down the street cause he can't take it anymore. He comes back saying he just wasted his time. First he got stuck in the snow pulling out of the lot we park our cars in and a car rental person helped push him out. Then the pharmacy was closed. It closes at 6 PM on Sundays. He went to another store and their pharmacy is also closed. I ask if he grabbed something off the shelf. He needs the psuedoephedrine (he called it Sudafed) and thanks to the meth addicts it is behind the counter. Since he was too stupid to figure out to just get another decogestant to tide him over until he goes home, I definately was not going to offer any of my allergy medicine. Post later. Bye!

Slushy

It is slushy tonight. Flights were cancelled and many diverted away from us. And no, we don't close for snow. Snow brings business. Customers want Suv's, one way rentals because their flight is cancelled, and people want insurance in case they wreck the car.

I had one worker at the airport informing me that it is very slippery outside and I should stay at a hotel across the airport instead of going home. Yeah, I live less than a mile from the airport and driven home in blizzards before. I think I can handle driving home on roads that will surely be plowed by the time I leave. I did manage getting the heavy and wet snow off my car and stopped to get gas.

I did take another route home though. My old route is dark and curvy without shoulders in some places. I took a straighter route that is more lit with a shoulder. I much rather slide into a curb than into a ditch. The hard part was the unplowed apartment parking lot. I stomped on the accelerator to make the low traction function kick in. I steered into a spot and walked to the door. The snow reached my ankles. I feel sorry for the people shoveling their sidewalks by hand tomorrow. Post later. Bye!

Happy Birthday Precious

Today is my Precious's 1st Birthday. He is fully grown now. He got new placemats for his and Frodo's water bowls and food dishes. I ate the brownies. Precious and Frodo had fun witht he wrapping paper. Post later.

New coins

The US Mint has announced another attempt to replace paper dollar bills with the dollar coin. Susan B. Anthony and Sacawea didn't work so now they will try 4 presidents, starting with George Washington and changing faces every 3 months for 1 year. This time they think they know what went wrong so they will more widely distribute the coins so everybody gets one this time around.

Note to US Mint: The American public wants coins that they can use, coin collectors want rare coins not everybody has possession of. With that said, when these state quarters and dollar coins are accepted in every vending machine in America we will love them. But how does one change vending machines' coin sorter.

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Pursuit of Happiness

I saw The Pursuit of Happiness with Will Smith and his son Jaden Smith. It started with Will Smith with his wife and son trying to make ends meet. There are cute narrations from Will Smith saying like, This part is called me riding the bus. Then while walking down the street he meets a guy with very flashy car and asks what he does and how does he do it. He is a stock broker and his company does internships. Will Smith applies. Wife ain't too happy him giving up his pathetic paying job for a dream that will never come true. Wife leaves. He gets the internship position, but it doesn't pay a salary. But he believes it will take him to better places. While playing basketball with his son he explains that he will never be a NBA player. Son tosses the ball away. He explains to his son not to let anyone, not even his father, tell him he can't do something. He has to see his dreams through. He next is evicted from his apartment, moves to a hotel, kicked out fo the hotel, stands in line to get into a homeless shelter, but they can only take so many people. One night they sleep in a subway restroom and as his son sleeps in his lap, Will cries. I thought that was touching. He tries to be strong for his son throughout the movie, and he cries seeing his son suffer. He continues on his jobs to get money for his bills. Finally at the end, he takes the internship exam and comments to another intern the essay on the back was the hardest part. The intern says, Essay question? And if you saw Oprah interviewing the real guy and his son, who are much older now, he gets the job and messages pop up of his career since then. Will Smith and his son go to the beach and look at the Golden Gate Bridge a little differently. The End. Post later. Bye!

Happy Valentine's Day

Roses are red
Violets are blue
I hate this holiday
How bout you?
Happy Valentine's Day to all my readers.

Precious and Frodo say meow to you too.
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Happy Cocoa

Snow is in the forecast today. Then tomorrow we get a winter storm. I don't have to work for a few days so I will be putting my feet up and drinking cocoa curled up in a fleece blanket. Happy Cocoa Day. Post later. Bye!

Am I a magician?

Guy calls to say his car had broken down and he needed another one. Just my luck the computers are down so I get as much info from the guy since I can't look anything up. Plus the police are there ordering him to move his car over because it is blocking traffic. He is most dissatisfied at the length of time for him to get his new car, 2 hours. Does this joker exspect me to come flying on a broomstick with a van tied to the back? I am sure the police would escort his family to a warmer place to wait. By now the computers came back. Just his luck the tow truck arrives sooner than planned. I call to assure him the guy just left with his new car and he will call the customer when he gets closer to find him so he can give him the keys. All is well. Post later. Bye!

Glad you don't have my job

We get a guy calling when we are busy servicing customers saying he drove into a snow bank. He has to wait or call roadside assistance 800 # for faster service. He calls back stating the # on the folder is no good, the area code is 515 right? Sir, my coworker explains, it is a 800 #.

Roadside Assistance calls once customers are serviced. The customer made a U-turn and drove into a snow bank and can't get out. Local towing company won't take American Express. He needs a tow truck from us, but he doesn't know what city he is in. My coworker runs through his route, left City A on highway whatever going east, got off exit whatever, but doesn't remember if he went north or south off the exit. Coworker asks where he was heading to. He doesn't know. Well, if we send a tow truck it will take a minimum of 2 hours, likely 3 or 4 in this weather, to get to him. He cusses up a storm saying he has a plane to catch and finally agrees to keep trying City A area for a tow truck company. He just returned his car so it looks like he found one.

The roadside person was even laughing at him. Must have drank a little too much before driving not to know what city you are sitting in. Post later. Bye!

What a bitch

I wake up today to someone pounding on my door. I am not expecting any packages or people so I assume it is for the neighbor. No, pounding continues. I answer door in my jammies and bed hair. Lady from an apartment wants me to move my car over a space because her mother's car died and they need to get their car next to it. I dress, go downstairs, pull out my keys, and Oh they don't need me anymore cause they got it in a different space. What a bitch.

Kitties sniff the boxes while lady comes in form the cold at the front door. They're moving and she is sorry she bothered me. No problem, I had to get up anyway. Well no more cute neighbor to look at coming home from his job. Do you know what it is like to have a crush on a guy and his girfriend (no visible ring) keeps talking to you like a friendly neighbor? At least I finally got his name when she was talking to her mother. Better go. Post later. Bye!

Good call

My sister has complained about my awful presents to the point of asking me to stop buying her gifts, so it has been a few years since I bought her one. After a conversation about Dad being possessive over his movies, I think it's because he can never find anything he looks for cause he doesn't label his boxes, I decided to get her James Bond on DVD for her birthday this month. There is actually 3 volumes of James Bond box sets to choose from. I picked a set with the most Sean Connery movies. She absolutely loves Sean Connery as James Bond than any other actor.

My sister was so happy that it put her husband in competition for a better gift. He probably have to buy her a car to top that one. Post later. Bye!

Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

It is so cold this week you need a sweater over your sweater. I met a guy that a friend set me up with today as planned. We have emailed each other for a week now. He is okay. Not Brad Pitt, closer to Leonardo Dicaprio with shorter hair, but good enough. For having a social phobia he talked a lot. I brought photo books of my cats to break the ice. We talked about cats, parents, grandparents, siblings, jobs, colleges, and hometowns. We ordered pepperoni. I had $3 in my wallet so he paid for the pizza and I left a $3 tip. We both had Mountain Dew. The pizza was more cheese than pepperoni, but still good. I grabbed the pop tray, the straws, napkins, fork, and plates. Can you tell I go out with nieces a lot? I commented how if I act funny it's because I just painted my nails. I had 2 pieces of pizza. He had 3. I didn't take any home cause it takes me forever to eat leftovers (ok, it wasn't that great). Towards the end I was getting cold from the door, guess I should have picked a booth further in. Then he started repeating himself so I think he was getting nervous. He asked to meet again Valentine's week. I said I have to see what's playing. Lastly, he had to get going back home and walked me to my car. He has a silver Taurus that looks more tan that is 2 years old. I need some cocoa. I'm cold in my apartment. Mostly because it goes down to 65 degrees before the furnace kicks in even though it is set at 70. Post later. Bye!