OK, departing from my previous stance on Mediocrity, tea-stained with Abject Apathy, let me rant about something else my daddy taught me: If something’s worth doing, it’s worth doing well. And in my case, if I didn’t do it well enough, I did it over and over until it was done to the highest caliber. I have visions of that damned black bathroom sink…..the toothpaste, the stained brass fixtures, the scrubbing, endless scrubbing. No wire hangers, no! (OK, kidding about that. (just the hangers, though))
Anyway, I do believe if you’re going to do something, you should do it right. I’m not asking for a parade, or mylar balloons every time you perform your job, but for god’s sake, is it THAT hard to put the toilet paper in the bathroom stall correctly? Because when you don’t, it only comes out one square at a time, if that, and I feel like a crazy monkey, clawing up and under at a roll of tissue paper I can’t see, and can’t maneuver, and CAN’T GET TO WORK because you can’t put it in right.
Don’t get me started on the refilling system for the liquid soap. Because there isn’t one. And when it runs out, you have to physically get under the sink, unscrew the big container and leave its Royal Emptiness on the counter to get refilled. And that not only makes me NUTTERS, but it makes me think wire hangers might just be in order. Yes, the spirit of Christmas is alive and well in Kansas City.
Day: December 13, 2004
I said I wasn’t going to talk about work here, and I’m trying really hard not to. So far, so good. Just one tiny-teensy vent. MY COMPUTER SUCKS! Or at least our ISP sucks. It is like having one of those little vintage toy cars with the hole in the floor to push with your feet – not even equipped with pedals – and you look over and there are those kids across the street sitting in their battery-powered H2 Hummer, with a RADIO in it. The internet connection is apparently powered solely through energy converted from a hamster running on a wheel. And my hamster seems to be abiding by the same workout program I have: let’s sit and watch tv!
ARRRRRGH. Because with The Way things work, the hamster will still get his kibble, regardless of quality control or erg output. Goodness, the hamster will probably be in management soon, at this rate.
Mediocrity was never part of my mantra. When did it sneak in?