There are many things that drive me crazy in this world..mostly things that other people do. Things that truly enrage me are when people don't use their blinkers... it drives me completely insane. I mean cut me off, do what you need to do, but please use your blinker!!!
Another one of my pet peeves is when I am at work (I work in a restaurant by the way) and you get that customer, whether they're yours or not, who feels the need to take out all of their life problems and frustrations out on you, because their food is cold, or taking too long, or their order is wrong. It's just not fair. Does it ever cross these people's minds that I am a person, that I too have problems, that I can have a bad day? No, I need to stand there smiling, apologizing (even when it's not my fault), to this awful, rude, inconsiderate person who feels the need to ruin my day as well.
Along the line of work, another thing that bothers me is people who don't know how to tip. It's 20 percent now people I mean understandably you'd leave less if the service is awful. But when everything goes fine, leave 20 percent, because we get paid like $3 an hour, and on average my paycheck is oh about $20.
Another thing (I guess you are starting to see where most of my frustration comes from) about work that frustrates me to no end is why do parents let their 13 year old kids come out to eat alone..with no money. You have these kids who come in, order as much food as their money will by and, oops what's a tip?
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
A Glamorous Escape... Or Is it?
People often wonder what the infatuation is with celebrities. I personally have never been obsessed with a star, or acted as an obsessed buyer of the multitude of magazines that reveal every private detail and awful picture of our contemporary celebrities. So what is it with celebrities, why are we as a public so captivated by their lives?
I think that often people keep tabs on celebrities lives because, let's face it their lives are more exciting than most of ours. Instead of having to get up and go to work or school every morning, they're getting paid to attend the hottest bars and night clubs for the sake of publicity.
I think that another reason that people tend to become infatuated with the lives of celebrities, is that it can act as an escape from the real problems that we "normal people" face every day. Their bar and bed hopping, their addictions, and their love triangles serve as much more interesting and exciting problems, than the every day I hate my job, or what do I do I'm failing a class problems, that we tend to have.
I think that ultimately these are the main reasons that people become intrigued by, or even obsessed with the lives of celebrities. I also think that examining a celebrities life under a microscope, and looking at very unflattering pictures of them is a kind of way to say "hey, my life isn't so bad" too. After looking at their addictions, arrests, accidents, and various other disorders ranging from supposed fatigue to bulimia and anorexia, it is easier for us to return to our lives and admit that maybe we like our "real problems" just a little better than we do the numerous problems that celebrities seem to have these days.
I think that often people keep tabs on celebrities lives because, let's face it their lives are more exciting than most of ours. Instead of having to get up and go to work or school every morning, they're getting paid to attend the hottest bars and night clubs for the sake of publicity.
I think that another reason that people tend to become infatuated with the lives of celebrities, is that it can act as an escape from the real problems that we "normal people" face every day. Their bar and bed hopping, their addictions, and their love triangles serve as much more interesting and exciting problems, than the every day I hate my job, or what do I do I'm failing a class problems, that we tend to have.
I think that ultimately these are the main reasons that people become intrigued by, or even obsessed with the lives of celebrities. I also think that examining a celebrities life under a microscope, and looking at very unflattering pictures of them is a kind of way to say "hey, my life isn't so bad" too. After looking at their addictions, arrests, accidents, and various other disorders ranging from supposed fatigue to bulimia and anorexia, it is easier for us to return to our lives and admit that maybe we like our "real problems" just a little better than we do the numerous problems that celebrities seem to have these days.
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