I am a one-hour time slot in my missing dayplanner...
[countdown is 5 days...]
Holdin me down...holdin me down
I am convince that we live in a world where people just want to make life harder for others...I was on my way to work this morning, not even in a real rush or anything, but on a usual basis, I drive a little above the speed limit. So I was behind this white van in the number 1 lane(Lanes are numbered 1 to whatever going from left to right, excluding the carpool lane) and he was totally driving slow...like 60mph. So naturally I chaned lanes to get in front of him, as he was slowing traffic down, because apparently, I am not the only one who drives 70 mph on the way to work. So when I get next to this guy, he starts speeding up! And of course, three words come to mind...W-T-F?!?!?! So I drive a little faster, and of course, so does he. What a bastard, I thought to myself, so I switched another lane to the right(which would now be the #3 lane) and speed to about 80, to get past the cars in the #2 lane and finally in front of the van that I had initially tried to pass up. Once I was ahead, the van slowed down again!!! I watched him from my rearview mirror and saw him to this same thing to another car. Man, some people...I mean, he could've just pulled over one lane, but instead he had to be a prick. I mean, I'd understand if I was driving like a maniac, cuz then, by all means, cut me off, box me in, do whatever, cuz I would probably do the same thing, but I mean, just being passed up when you're driving way slower than everyone? Come on....
Power of knowledge, or something like it...
Whenever I get the chance to talk with my friends, one of the usual topics of conversation is how we sometimes feel like we went to college and got a degree for nothing, and how people w/o degrees seem to get just as good jobs...well recently, I found out that well...that's not totally true. Unemployment has increased in two categories and pretty much stayed flat in the third. The first of these is those who don't have a high school diploma...I don't remember what the percentage was exactly, but I do remember that it was about a 1 1/2% unemployment rate increase. And the second was those WITH a high school diploma, but without a college degree. That one rose up I think about 3%. Now these percentages may seem to be quite small, but remember, we're talking about percentages of an entire population here. So 3% might be small when you're talking 3% of the dollar, but 3% of california can be close to upwards of about 30,000 people...and I'm sure it's more than that. So I guess having that degree actually DOES carry more weight than I had presumed. Kinda hard to see these kinda things through the cloudy mists of economic recession and overall unemployment I guess...
Efficiency
I wonder how much of the work day is ACTUALLY spent working. I mean, I know I've spoken with a plethora of my working class friends out there and everyone has the same response, "Not a lot." It's funny, we find so many different things to take away from the work day, AIM, blogs and other such blog-type sites, friendster, taking extra-long bathroom breaks, going in 5 min early, leaving 5 min late, and yet we still don't wanna be there as long. He he he, even me, without the comforts of the AIM world, I find my own outlets, drinking hella water so that I have to go to the bathroom every hour on the hour, talking to my coworkers all around me, e-mailing, and yes, the occasional jay special, the mini-nap at the desk...he he he. So I'm thinking that out of the usual 9 hour day at work(lunch hour included), probably about 5 is spent working working. That's just my opinion, and I know there are those out there that are total workaholics and would read this entry and want to seek me out just so that they can give me a nice lil backhand to the cheek, but I think even THEY take breaks...
Appreciations of the day...
-Finding out there are some really close fast food spots near work
-E-mail
-Being commended for a job well done
-Being invited to lunch, even if they know you usually bring it anyway
Appreciations?...not so much...
-People who don't like to be passed up on the freeway
-mind-numbing duties
-non-conversationalists
-only having 24 hours in a day
-having to wait a week before you go to Vegas...
"Take control of the driver's seat and set your path"
[countdown is 5 days...]
Holdin me down...holdin me down
I am convince that we live in a world where people just want to make life harder for others...I was on my way to work this morning, not even in a real rush or anything, but on a usual basis, I drive a little above the speed limit. So I was behind this white van in the number 1 lane(Lanes are numbered 1 to whatever going from left to right, excluding the carpool lane) and he was totally driving slow...like 60mph. So naturally I chaned lanes to get in front of him, as he was slowing traffic down, because apparently, I am not the only one who drives 70 mph on the way to work. So when I get next to this guy, he starts speeding up! And of course, three words come to mind...W-T-F?!?!?! So I drive a little faster, and of course, so does he. What a bastard, I thought to myself, so I switched another lane to the right(which would now be the #3 lane) and speed to about 80, to get past the cars in the #2 lane and finally in front of the van that I had initially tried to pass up. Once I was ahead, the van slowed down again!!! I watched him from my rearview mirror and saw him to this same thing to another car. Man, some people...I mean, he could've just pulled over one lane, but instead he had to be a prick. I mean, I'd understand if I was driving like a maniac, cuz then, by all means, cut me off, box me in, do whatever, cuz I would probably do the same thing, but I mean, just being passed up when you're driving way slower than everyone? Come on....
Power of knowledge, or something like it...
Whenever I get the chance to talk with my friends, one of the usual topics of conversation is how we sometimes feel like we went to college and got a degree for nothing, and how people w/o degrees seem to get just as good jobs...well recently, I found out that well...that's not totally true. Unemployment has increased in two categories and pretty much stayed flat in the third. The first of these is those who don't have a high school diploma...I don't remember what the percentage was exactly, but I do remember that it was about a 1 1/2% unemployment rate increase. And the second was those WITH a high school diploma, but without a college degree. That one rose up I think about 3%. Now these percentages may seem to be quite small, but remember, we're talking about percentages of an entire population here. So 3% might be small when you're talking 3% of the dollar, but 3% of california can be close to upwards of about 30,000 people...and I'm sure it's more than that. So I guess having that degree actually DOES carry more weight than I had presumed. Kinda hard to see these kinda things through the cloudy mists of economic recession and overall unemployment I guess...
Efficiency
I wonder how much of the work day is ACTUALLY spent working. I mean, I know I've spoken with a plethora of my working class friends out there and everyone has the same response, "Not a lot." It's funny, we find so many different things to take away from the work day, AIM, blogs and other such blog-type sites, friendster, taking extra-long bathroom breaks, going in 5 min early, leaving 5 min late, and yet we still don't wanna be there as long. He he he, even me, without the comforts of the AIM world, I find my own outlets, drinking hella water so that I have to go to the bathroom every hour on the hour, talking to my coworkers all around me, e-mailing, and yes, the occasional jay special, the mini-nap at the desk...he he he. So I'm thinking that out of the usual 9 hour day at work(lunch hour included), probably about 5 is spent working working. That's just my opinion, and I know there are those out there that are total workaholics and would read this entry and want to seek me out just so that they can give me a nice lil backhand to the cheek, but I think even THEY take breaks...
Appreciations of the day...
-Finding out there are some really close fast food spots near work
-Being commended for a job well done
-Being invited to lunch, even if they know you usually bring it anyway
Appreciations?...not so much...
-People who don't like to be passed up on the freeway
-mind-numbing duties
-non-conversationalists
-only having 24 hours in a day
-having to wait a week before you go to Vegas...
"Take control of the driver's seat and set your path"
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