pmsumner

Today had the potential for being a fantastic day, really. I woke up extraordinarily late (about 12:30pm) after my extraordinarily late night. I grabbed a can of 'bru, spodded for an hour or so then put one of the pizzas in. Good pizza.

The sun was shining in plentiful quantities. Really sunny and warm outside. I even figured out that I could open my windows wide enough to wash them, so my bedroom windows are squeaky clean. Then it all started to go downhill.

What is it that makes it hard for people to believe what I tell them? It's not just one case, it happens every bloody day (especially at work). It's almost like I have "idiot" tatooed across my voice (that doesn't make any sense). People always assume when I say something with absolute clarity that I mean something else, I obviously don't really mean it and that I don't know what I am talking about, and I don't get it. I say "No, I'm afraid I can't give you any money off that phone, after all - it's heavily subsidised", and people say "but I'm sure you can do it, for me? After all - I've been a loyal customer!" (for all of 12months - which you are contractually obliged to be anyhow).

That's one (rather poor) example. And (maybe) am I (possibly) using too many parentheses in this entry(????)?

Tomorrow I plan to do pretty much the same. Slob, clean my front windows (truly, they are filthy and I will NOT pay someone to do them for me - even if I could I wouldn't). Read more of the Gods trilogy, and maybe some of Miss Wyoming, which I am struggling my way through. I love my library already :)

Yay for having Java in my Mozilla again - pain in the arse Linux strikes once again. Apparently SuSE have been compiling things with gcc3, and as Sun and IBM's Java stuff is done with gcc2, it means that they can't be used together. If you are an SuSE user, look at this page for more.

Overtime today went without many hitches. Oh, except for the man who insisted he didn't have a contract. "I bought my mobile phone off the shelf, I didn't sign anything, therefore I don't have a contract with you". I had to try and supress the laughter at that fantastic comment. Why can you never find the clue-stick when you need it?

Oh, and I also agree with someone's comment - I think I saw it in skinglist's journal somewhere - everybody should be made to work at least a month or two in retail/customer service. A bit like conscription but for Sears or Wal*Mart :) I think the world would be a much nicer place.

Have I wibbled on long enough now?

Oh, and I think this deserves mention, albeit a small one - amphigorey13 deleted her Journal today. Hmm.