Minions unite to hurt my brain
My co-minions are wearing down my sanity. I have enjoyed this mindless work for a while. I liked not having to think. But I am at the point where I want to move on, because I can't take much more of the stupid.
Most of the time my biggest problem is with Randy. I've talked about him before. But lately it is getting bad enough I am ready to go to Olga. I am that disgusted.
Lately he has been saying lovely things like:
-Mexicans who come to the US don't bother to learn English because they are too lazy
-It is ok to call black people "colored" because he has a black friend that refers to himself this way (hmm what about other terms some black people use?)
-Women shouldn't make more money than their husbands, because it will make the husband angry
-He is going to wait for that one special girl. It is critical that she is really smart and clever like him AND an obedient housewife who knows that her place is not to question her husband EVER
He was out today. I was extremely happy when I first realized this. For some reason the boss decided to substitute this woman, she is at least 10 years older than me, and she acts like a teenager. She has violet hair and laughs like a cartoon chipmunk. She is of average mental ability for a minion (in other words, she is an idiot). I hadn't really worked with her before today though. By the end of the day I actually wanted Randy back! Violet simply never shuts up. At least there are nice stretches of silence with Randy, even if the things he says are on average more offensive. Violet let loose today though. We all got to hear about:
-How all the beggars are really on welfare and they only use the money they beg from people for drugs and alcohol. ALL OF THEM. ONLY DRUGS.
-No, actually they have jobs, they drive nice cars, but they beg anyway because they want money for drugs and alcohol
-Women who have babies and don't work are all just lazy welfare whores (Apparently none of them have husbands/partners anymore??)
-It is terrible our tax money goes to support the medical costs of poor women having babies
-The only reason a woman would have five kids is to get the welfare checks
-Look at this awesome copper ring she made! No, perdita, it won't turn her finger green, she has been wearing it a whole day now and it still hasn't!
-Check out this cool "heh-mah-tit" (hematite) bracelet she made! It is magnetized! The first day she wore it all her carpal tunnel was cured!!
-That Christine Gregoire, why is she still governor, aren't there term limits or something?
-Could totally still be the president of the USA if she really wanted to be. Don't need to go to law school or anything, it not required
-Totally got her business license to sell "healing" crystal jewelry. Now she can buy crystals without paying sales tax!
It was just so awful. This is just a sample of it all, too. Plus she is one of those people who repeats what she just said over and over because if no one is agreeing with her they may not have heard her the first time. Several people were doing that today, including one guy who wanted everyone to know, really know, that you don't need to go to law school or pay ANY money to become a lawyer, you just need to have an attorney take you into his practice for four years and you can take and pass the bar exam. All for free.
I was really surprised at one point when this really quiet little immigrant lady that I've known since 2006, who can usually barely speak any English, started lecturing Violet at length on the finer points of Washington state governor term limits.
Before Henry left, he connected me with a new carpool home. I've been going home with them for almost 3 weeks now. I do like getting home a lot earlier, and while my carpool driver is quite intelligent and I agree with him about politics and stuff, he... never stops talking. Every day after work it is 40 minutes of constant ranting. My only contributions are generally things like "wow," "how awful," "no way," and etc. All I want to do at 4:30 is text Damian in peace, since we are both on our ways home and totally free to chat for a few minutes.
I guess I am getting fed up with being a Nintendo minion. I need a better paying job. No, I deserve one, goddamnit. My brain is done resting and needs stretching.
...
In other news, my deposit check finally cleared today. I was getting kind of nervous since it seemed to be taking a while. But it has cleared and so everything should be ready to go at my new place. I am excited and very nervous about this. I've never lived by myself before. And as I've mentioned, it is a very strong motivation to find a better job. If I don't, I am going to have to live without pretty much everything, possibly including the Internet, in order to pay the rent. Plus I would almost certainly have to consolidate my student loans from watch school and probably extend the repayment period and I would honestly prefer not to do that.
As the Romanian lady was telling me the other day (about a saying in her country), "sometimes it takes a kick in the rear to take a step forward."
Did I mention my new place has a balcony? It has a balcony! I just hope Vince does what he promised and gets after the guy below my new place to clean up the dog shit out of his yard. It is probably good I don't have a great sense of smell.
Most of the time my biggest problem is with Randy. I've talked about him before. But lately it is getting bad enough I am ready to go to Olga. I am that disgusted.
Lately he has been saying lovely things like:
-Mexicans who come to the US don't bother to learn English because they are too lazy
-It is ok to call black people "colored" because he has a black friend that refers to himself this way (hmm what about other terms some black people use?)
-Women shouldn't make more money than their husbands, because it will make the husband angry
-He is going to wait for that one special girl. It is critical that she is really smart and clever like him AND an obedient housewife who knows that her place is not to question her husband EVER
He was out today. I was extremely happy when I first realized this. For some reason the boss decided to substitute this woman, she is at least 10 years older than me, and she acts like a teenager. She has violet hair and laughs like a cartoon chipmunk. She is of average mental ability for a minion (in other words, she is an idiot). I hadn't really worked with her before today though. By the end of the day I actually wanted Randy back! Violet simply never shuts up. At least there are nice stretches of silence with Randy, even if the things he says are on average more offensive. Violet let loose today though. We all got to hear about:
-How all the beggars are really on welfare and they only use the money they beg from people for drugs and alcohol. ALL OF THEM. ONLY DRUGS.
-No, actually they have jobs, they drive nice cars, but they beg anyway because they want money for drugs and alcohol
-Women who have babies and don't work are all just lazy welfare whores (Apparently none of them have husbands/partners anymore??)
-It is terrible our tax money goes to support the medical costs of poor women having babies
-The only reason a woman would have five kids is to get the welfare checks
-Look at this awesome copper ring she made! No, perdita, it won't turn her finger green, she has been wearing it a whole day now and it still hasn't!
-Check out this cool "heh-mah-tit" (hematite) bracelet she made! It is magnetized! The first day she wore it all her carpal tunnel was cured!!
-That Christine Gregoire, why is she still governor, aren't there term limits or something?
-Could totally still be the president of the USA if she really wanted to be. Don't need to go to law school or anything, it not required
-Totally got her business license to sell "healing" crystal jewelry. Now she can buy crystals without paying sales tax!
It was just so awful. This is just a sample of it all, too. Plus she is one of those people who repeats what she just said over and over because if no one is agreeing with her they may not have heard her the first time. Several people were doing that today, including one guy who wanted everyone to know, really know, that you don't need to go to law school or pay ANY money to become a lawyer, you just need to have an attorney take you into his practice for four years and you can take and pass the bar exam. All for free.
I was really surprised at one point when this really quiet little immigrant lady that I've known since 2006, who can usually barely speak any English, started lecturing Violet at length on the finer points of Washington state governor term limits.
Before Henry left, he connected me with a new carpool home. I've been going home with them for almost 3 weeks now. I do like getting home a lot earlier, and while my carpool driver is quite intelligent and I agree with him about politics and stuff, he... never stops talking. Every day after work it is 40 minutes of constant ranting. My only contributions are generally things like "wow," "how awful," "no way," and etc. All I want to do at 4:30 is text Damian in peace, since we are both on our ways home and totally free to chat for a few minutes.
I guess I am getting fed up with being a Nintendo minion. I need a better paying job. No, I deserve one, goddamnit. My brain is done resting and needs stretching.
...
In other news, my deposit check finally cleared today. I was getting kind of nervous since it seemed to be taking a while. But it has cleared and so everything should be ready to go at my new place. I am excited and very nervous about this. I've never lived by myself before. And as I've mentioned, it is a very strong motivation to find a better job. If I don't, I am going to have to live without pretty much everything, possibly including the Internet, in order to pay the rent. Plus I would almost certainly have to consolidate my student loans from watch school and probably extend the repayment period and I would honestly prefer not to do that.
As the Romanian lady was telling me the other day (about a saying in her country), "sometimes it takes a kick in the rear to take a step forward."
Did I mention my new place has a balcony? It has a balcony! I just hope Vince does what he promised and gets after the guy below my new place to clean up the dog shit out of his yard. It is probably good I don't have a great sense of smell.