Year in Review is just around the corner. . .but not quite yet!
Hope everyone had a good Xmas Eve! Mine was not exactly the greatest. Went to bed around 12:30, but was of course woken up by Rich and everyone else moving around at 4am-ish, getting ready to go to the airport. I thought I could fall back asleep, but nope. Got up around 5:30, had some fruitcake, went online, listened to some music and stuff. Eventually I did go back to bed, not with the intention of falling asleep, but this time I did. I had a REALLY awful dream and then I woke up around 9am, maybe a little later. I left for work around 12:15 and basically was at the cash register the entire time, from 1pm-7pm. It was ridiculous people-wise, but at least it was an easy day (and with very few exceptions, everyone was in a good mood! amazing!). After work I made the trek to my parents' condo and I ate lots of the typical Italian xmas eve food, and now I'm here.
Yesterday, however, was just an annoying day. Remember how there used to be so much drama at work, mostly involving Chris and his ex-girlfriend? Well, she started going to college in Boston this past fall, but she's back home for winter break and picked up some hours at work. She came in to visit Chris earlier in the week, but according to him, they were getting along fine and he wasn't worried at all about working together. Now remember, the reason they used to fight was that she didn't like seeing him getting "too friendly" with other girls. . .although her and Chris aren't a couple! That's why I used to get so frustrated, because hewouldn't stand up to her and be like "wtf, we're not together! why's it your business?!?"
So yesterday afternoon, it was me, this kid Eric, Chris, his ex, and one of the girls he is SUPER friendly with. As in, if you didn't know better, you'd think they were a couple. They've been like this for awhile, so naturally she's one of the girls that his ex REALLY hates. Seriously, hates. Yesterday started off alright though, the ex was with me in the book/magazine aisle, putting stuff away, and Chris/the other girl were doing whatever else. A few times, we'd all congregate up in the office for awhile, and it seemed cool. It seemed like everyone had FINALLY come to their senses.
Ha.
At some point, the ex got pissed off that Chris/the other girl are *still* together all the time. I guess she confronted Chris about this matter for the billionth time, but all I know for sure is that doors were being slammed and people were yelling and crying. Eric and I, the only ones completely uninvolved in this whole mess were like "yeah, awkward." Everybody was just being so *freaking* immature. And then later on, when Chris wasn't lamenting the fact that he didn't have alcohol in his car because he would have started drinking right then and there over this situation, he was complaining about how every relationship he's had turns out like shit and blah blah blah. But it's plain to see that he GETS himself into these siuations, and I had to bite my tongue from bluntly pointing this out to him. Even "the other girl" doesn't treat him well.
Last week he had an exam due on the Tuesday, as well as an 8 page paper which he kept putting off. I worked with him the Sunday before, and I knew he wasn't working the next day, so why couldn't he just get everything finished up then? Oh no, he said, the other girl wanted him to spend all Monday afternoon and night with *her* and her friends, and that she wasn't going to speak to him if he didn't. Of course I was like "Dude, TELL HER you have work that NEEDS to get done. If she doesn't understand that, the hell with her!" Chris hemmed and hawed over this and said he hadn't decided what he was going to do yet. Sure enough, he dragged himself into Brooks on Tuesday afternoon after pulling an all-nighter since he went out with the other girl all day Monday. @_@
Oh well, I give up.
Time to play the horse game!!
Hope everyone had a good Xmas Eve! Mine was not exactly the greatest. Went to bed around 12:30, but was of course woken up by Rich and everyone else moving around at 4am-ish, getting ready to go to the airport. I thought I could fall back asleep, but nope. Got up around 5:30, had some fruitcake, went online, listened to some music and stuff. Eventually I did go back to bed, not with the intention of falling asleep, but this time I did. I had a REALLY awful dream and then I woke up around 9am, maybe a little later. I left for work around 12:15 and basically was at the cash register the entire time, from 1pm-7pm. It was ridiculous people-wise, but at least it was an easy day (and with very few exceptions, everyone was in a good mood! amazing!). After work I made the trek to my parents' condo and I ate lots of the typical Italian xmas eve food, and now I'm here.
Yesterday, however, was just an annoying day. Remember how there used to be so much drama at work, mostly involving Chris and his ex-girlfriend? Well, she started going to college in Boston this past fall, but she's back home for winter break and picked up some hours at work. She came in to visit Chris earlier in the week, but according to him, they were getting along fine and he wasn't worried at all about working together. Now remember, the reason they used to fight was that she didn't like seeing him getting "too friendly" with other girls. . .although her and Chris aren't a couple! That's why I used to get so frustrated, because hewouldn't stand up to her and be like "wtf, we're not together! why's it your business?!?"
So yesterday afternoon, it was me, this kid Eric, Chris, his ex, and one of the girls he is SUPER friendly with. As in, if you didn't know better, you'd think they were a couple. They've been like this for awhile, so naturally she's one of the girls that his ex REALLY hates. Seriously, hates. Yesterday started off alright though, the ex was with me in the book/magazine aisle, putting stuff away, and Chris/the other girl were doing whatever else. A few times, we'd all congregate up in the office for awhile, and it seemed cool. It seemed like everyone had FINALLY come to their senses.
Ha.
At some point, the ex got pissed off that Chris/the other girl are *still* together all the time. I guess she confronted Chris about this matter for the billionth time, but all I know for sure is that doors were being slammed and people were yelling and crying. Eric and I, the only ones completely uninvolved in this whole mess were like "yeah, awkward." Everybody was just being so *freaking* immature. And then later on, when Chris wasn't lamenting the fact that he didn't have alcohol in his car because he would have started drinking right then and there over this situation, he was complaining about how every relationship he's had turns out like shit and blah blah blah. But it's plain to see that he GETS himself into these siuations, and I had to bite my tongue from bluntly pointing this out to him. Even "the other girl" doesn't treat him well.
Last week he had an exam due on the Tuesday, as well as an 8 page paper which he kept putting off. I worked with him the Sunday before, and I knew he wasn't working the next day, so why couldn't he just get everything finished up then? Oh no, he said, the other girl wanted him to spend all Monday afternoon and night with *her* and her friends, and that she wasn't going to speak to him if he didn't. Of course I was like "Dude, TELL HER you have work that NEEDS to get done. If she doesn't understand that, the hell with her!" Chris hemmed and hawed over this and said he hadn't decided what he was going to do yet. Sure enough, he dragged himself into Brooks on Tuesday afternoon after pulling an all-nighter since he went out with the other girl all day Monday. @_@
Oh well, I give up.
Time to play the horse game!!
posted by Erica at 9:16 PM
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