I don't really know what to make of it.
Yesterday: I'm at the convenience store I always go to for my morning cup of Joe. A woman who works there is at the coffee counter arranging the cream, sugar, coffee stirring sticks and such. I would guess she is in her early sixties. In my usual jovial nature I asked, "How are you on this beautiful day?"
No reply.
She then looks at me and states, "It's not a good day. I have a lot of sh*t to do." She then proceeds to tell me how much work she has ahead of her and how she is the only one there who is going to be doing it. Blah,blah, de freakin' blah!
This strikes me odd for three reasons:
1) She really doesn't know me, and yet she feels perfectly comfortable in swearing like a sailor while she complains about her situation.
2) She has a job. Doesn't that entail certain aspects of "work" in order to receive monetary compensation for that work? Complaining ain't gonna make it go away.
3) This attitude is, my best guess, why she is working as a clerk in a convenience store at her age. I can't imagine that someone of her years retired from a teaching position and said, "You know, I ALWAYS wanted to work in a convenience store. Now that's living!"
As a side note, I looked straight into her eyes and said, "You know, the only thing we have control over in life is our attitude. Life is really 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it."
She grumbled something inappropriate to print and I paid for my coffee.
God bless,
Steve