Ok count me as one who thinks Ladies only events are good for poker and any man who enters one is a scum sucker. Question, has any young person tried to enter the Seniors Tournament? If so why not?Maybe because seniors get more respect than the women do?
Why are there those that feel the need to buck the system and change long standing traditions? If you don’t like something, avoid it or is that too easy? Nothing is sacred anymore in this country, it doesn’t matter if it is something that has been going on for 100 years just fine – there is some dipwad who wants to change or ban it. I am of the group that believes that if you don’t like it here and don’t like our ways – then move the hell somewhere else!
Life is full of irritants, many of them self-inflicted, many inflicted upon us. Today is a day of constant irritation for me, starting with the fact I was sick last night for about three hours, so got little sleep. Yesterday I called four companies, a tree service, the electric company, the gravel company and Les Schwab tires. Three of them were supposed to call me back yesterday so I could schedule work/estimates etc. but did they? Of course not. I also spent time yesterday gathering trash because today is pick-up day…they didn’t come. I called them, no excuses, they just forgot me. Easy to do I guess since I am the only house on this road.
How did I handle it? I was nice and told him no problem when he asked if he could get it next week. He offered to drive back up here, 18 miles one way. We all make mistakes, no reason to go off on the guy. Plus I remember well all the times he has hauled away things for me he didn’t have to like an old mattress. I tend to remember when someone has gone out of their way for me to help me out, so I give them plenty of slack. I can be just as big of a b**ch as any other gal, but why be that way to someone who has been nice to me in the past? People tend to forget kindness shown to them sometimes – sad.
Plus when dealing with people/companies that irritate me I remember Mom saying ‘you will draw more flies with honey than with vinegar’ and try to live by that. But if the honey fails, watch out. I had to get my cell phone battery replaced Saturday in town. There was a glitch and I had to call my friend for some info since I am on her family plan. The guy thanked me for not going ballistic about it, I told him it was no big deal, he was just doing his job. He told me he wished every customer had that attitude and told me about a lady last week who had jumped him like a duck on a June bug. Funny – come to find out that ‘lady’ was my friend and when he saw her name pop-up that I was on her plan, he turned white. It is obvious this guy will do more to help me than he will for my ‘fly off the handle’ friend any day. Fact of life – piss someone off and they are far less likely to want to do anything for you, which is going to make your life even harder down the road.
This is why when I finally get a call from the tree service place I will be nice, I sure don’t want to pay double for being a bitch. And the fact that a friend was supposed to come cut down these trees in exchange for some snow tires irritates me too. He is too busy, so It will cost me lord knows how much to get the trees downed but I won’t go off on him either. I have more trees that need removed, so he can do those and I keep quiet. Maybe this is why I have ulcers.