What did I do?

[gurdymonkey]

1. I agreed to give someone a ride to Crown last week even though she gets out of work a full hour later than I do, thus assuring we have to make the run to Mendocino at the worst part of rush hour. Monday night she told me she may have to work late Friday because of a conference.

 
2. Two foremen screw up five new-hire packages between them, thus assuring that I spend this morning in a two-hour deep hole on payroll processing because of THEIR stupidity. I never got my AM break to go for a walk.

3. The fax machine and printer next to it both decide they need toner at the exact same time.

4. My partner had to leave work early  because of a  medical appointment so I ended up taking my break at my desk, which means no PM walk.

5. We have visitors from the Glendale office coming in tomorrow, and Oh, could you pick up breakfast for them? I have a feeling I can go whistle for reimbursement on it.

6. I spent two hours either on the phone or running around virtual chat with McAfee trying to resolve the fact that I wanted one antivirus product and ended up with another. After being bounced from Customer Service to Tech Support and back to Customer Service it still has not been resolved and I'm waiting for an email back from them about the situation.

7. People took a jackhammer to my virtual Zen garden. I tried to do something nice and they screwed it up and they don't understand why I'm upset.

Comments

[mamapduck.livejournal.com]

The sad fact of our world is that if you make a thing of beauty, peace and reflection, someone will feel a need to stick their fingers in the pond and make ripples. People are incapable of simply meditating on the simple joys, they have to *talk* about them because what they have to say is sooooo much more fascinating than the thing itself.

People can't just *be* anymore. We had a lady in yoga last night who felt the need to announce to the class how *GOOD* it felt... to be in a resting pose, meditating.

This is a thing I used to call, "failing the concept". They haven't just failed to do the thing at hand, they've failed to even grasp what the thing is.

And... Mendocino?

[mamapduck.livejournal.com]

Beltane is in Cloverdale and June Crown is in Elverta, neither of which should require a trip to Mendocino. On an unrelated subject, give me a call on the number in the Page or the home number if you have it.

Re: And... Mendocino?

[gurdymonkey.livejournal.com]

Cloverdale is in Mendocino County.

Re: And... Mendocino?

[mamapduck.livejournal.com]

My map says it's in Sonoma county.

Re: And... Mendocino?

[gurdymonkey.livejournal.com]

I'm almost postive I remember passing mile markers on that windy road that had Mendocino County abbreviations on it. But I've slept since then.

[shalmestere.livejournal.com]

7. People took a jackhammer to my virtual Zen garden. I tried to do something nice and they screwed it up and they don't understand why I'm upset.

That is a shame--and, BTW, at least one of your respondents needs a saucer of milk--but at least Flieg gets what you were trying to do, and supports you.

[sasha-khan.livejournal.com]

Well, I think I know what happened to the standard wank on the Caidan (or more accurately 'Caidiot') lust.

It went north. Feel free to pass it along.

argh

[sasha-khan.livejournal.com]

LIST.

Caidiot LIST

[czina.livejournal.com]

Re: #7

I'm really sorry that people are ijits - especially on lists, and especially when they try to 'read' things into the reasons behind things.

As a way to continue your Random Acts of Beauty - why not post them here? You have friends who would LOVE to see them (a brightener to one's day) and you could control who posts, if you want. I'm pretty sure your friends would respect your wish to contemplate them in silence w/o you restricting commentary.

And as for not letting the Zen door hit you on the way out - it's THEY who have closed the door to beauty and Zen for others, not you.

It just reminds me of a 'truism' I heard at some point: East Question, West Answer. Heh - and in the Kingdom of the West, ALL must answer, ad nauseum, it seems. Heh, and it's star child, Caid, seems to take it even farther, sometimes.

Hang in there.

[mamapduck.livejournal.com]

LJ also offers the option of not allowing comments to certain posts at all. Useful for when you want to say something but don't want to discuss it.

[danabren.livejournal.com]

5. We have visitors from the Glendale office coming in tomorrow, and Oh, could you pick up breakfast for them? I have a feeling I can go whistle for reimbursement on it.

"Do you want me to take some money from petty cash, or would you prefer your change and a receipt?"