Weds Sept. 10: Psssssss off

I have never seen so many Dunkin Donuts in my life! Honestly I didn’t even know they were still around until I got to New York. They are like 7-11’s out here. There is literally one on every block. It’s the biggest chain/franchise in the state of New York. That is crazy. With the decline of Krispy Kreme I didn’t know people still ate donuts so much. I’m much more of a fan of Winchell’s or anyplace they give you a pink box when you order a dozen.

You know what else I see on every corner? Rude people. It makes me so upset when people are inconsiderate of one another. I literally want to lose it. For instance, where I am temping there is a massive wait for the elevator if you arrive right at 9am. So I watch people who are late see the long line of people and jump in front of everyone when the elevator opens. Who does that? Just blatantly rude and it makes me want to check them on the spot.

Let’s continue with things common to New York street corners. Hmmm. Bad apple kids. Apple is the nice way to say it, but just kids that need whippings. Often. This little girl who couldn’t have been more than ten was a professional curser. She just about cursed out everyone in the pizza place. I mean cussed them all the way out. All I could do was look at her and tell her that she was too young to have such a foul mouth. All over the place kids were running outside like rodents unleashed on the city. It’s especially difficult because we live on a street where many African families live. It’s definitely more family oriented so all their little bad kids run around. Run in the building and push all the elevator buttons so that by the time you step on you have to go to every floor. Just what you wanted to do after a long day of work. Thank you little bad kid. You should get a treat. How about a Scooby snack? I guess in a way I can’t be mad at them. I think part of the issue is these kids don’t have anywhere to play. There are no playgrounds nearby and if there were many of their parents work. On top of that many of the apartments are too small and overcrowded. I mean I really try to be sensitive to that. Until some kids soccer ball comes flying at my head and I decide I will be getting my tubes tied the very next day.

Thank you mom for making the decision to move out of New York because you didn’t want to raise your kids in the city. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

Oh by the way, I got the job. The crazy thing is it’s the exact salary I had prayed for. One that allows me not to have to hustle doing four or five things at a time to pay my bills. So that should be cool. I just have to postpone my start date because I have a callback for a movie.
One more thing. You ever just go off on someone as the scapegoat for a whole group? What I mean is have you ever gone off on one man for something a lot of men have done to you? Let’s not make this all deep. Not someone you knew or were dating. A perfect stranger. I did that today. I get so sick of men pssssing me. You know the sound ladies. The hey come over here I’m trying to get your attention type pssss. The one that makes you want to clobber someone over the head. Yes that pssss. I had a long day and just wasn’t in the mood for another man to try to talk to me. So this man pssssd me and before I could help it I had turned around and made it rain on him. I went off. More in jest but I was serious. First I asked him if he thought I was a dog and reminded him that in fact I was very human. I then let him know that he would’ve fared much better if he had introduced himself or said hello. That any self-respecting women deserved to be treated like that and in case no other woman had told him I was. So you know what he did right? He tried harder to get my number. Dude I just told you off in front of all your boys and you still are making a pass? Go away.