Yesterday when I was on the bus, the driver pulled over and said "there is a pregnant woman... can someone please give her a seat? The bus will stay parked until she is seated." 3, count 'em 3 woman yep WOMEN got up and offered her their seats... what the hell... I was totally dumbfounded 30+ men, 30+ women, and 3 women offered her a seat...
Last night I stopped at a local fast food place, and got some totally not good for me junk food... as I am eating, the manager tells one of the workers to do the dining room, sweep, and clean the yellow strips at the bottoms of the tables... the young woman (any where between 18 and 21) starts whining... I'm going to have to sit on the floor... do you know how long its going to take me... I'm not going to finish til 10 p.m. ... The manager tells her - the sooner you start the sooner you finish... she continues to whine... in my direction - sorta... the straw for me - "I'm gonna get swine flu from this"... I told her - "ya know, I know 10 people who would love to have your job"... she said, "well I like my job... its just... germs - ya know"... and I said "again, I know 10 people who would love the job, and not complain about the work" If you have a job... I'm not saying you can't complain, because I do it... sometimes too much... but remember there are 10 people out there that will happily take over the job for you...
Finally...
A friends grand-daughter was killed on Monday, the circumstances are suspicious at best... she was in a relationship that was abusive, and had not shown up for work on Friday of last week, and calls to her home, and cell went unanswered... on Monday Police say that she sat on the Caltrain tracks just north of the San Antonio station in Mountain View and was struck and killed by a southbound train at 11:30 a.m. If you are in a relationship where the person is isolating you from your family or your friends, If s/he is hitting you, then telling you it is because of how you are... if you didn't do "x" they wouldn't hit you... please consider what s/he is doing, and maybe take 2 steps back and look at the relationship from a different perspective... no person regardless of how much you think you love them, or how much they say the love you is worth dying over.
