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[NotAHenchwench]

Aesop, I am so glad you're in a good spot right now. I hope it goes a long way for you, my friend.

 

[SurfDUI]

1/23/2010

I have two gigs, one full time for the county hospital and another part time at a preschool keeping an eye on 4-13 kids sometimes alone, until noon. On top of that it is football season and the Indianapolis COLTS are a game away from the Superbowl. Depending on where you find your entertainment that means a lot or nothing special at all. To a sports nut your year revolves around the beginning of preseason NFL and ends during the NCAA tournament in March. ​

I gotta date tonight with a chick I work with, she probably can’t name 3 COLTS players past #18, and she ain’t the hottest, but she’s sweet and since I’m not, I like that type. When she asked me to swing through for dinner I was thinking, “Isn’t there a game on?”…

This time of year, the clothes piles build up in the apartment, trash needs to be taken out, bills need reminders to be paid, family takes a back seat, and between the episodes of getting wasted during the playoffs, snow and work, I am worn the F*** down.

I’ve never wished that the NFL season was shortened, but this season I find myself running out of gas, and looking forward to when there is no football (COLTS winning the Superbowl of course). Not because of lack of interest, the city is amped the hell up, but sometimes you miss the banality of life, the mundane, slow time to think about how to improve things-It’s a new year! It’s just been party, party, party, and in between, work 2 jobs and keeping out of the bosses office.

So on the eve of the AFC / NFC Championship Sunday, Let’s go COLTS. Get to the Superbowl, win and lets celebrate a couple of real good times so I can sleep for a week.

Come April, I’ll probably wish this time of year was back…figures.

 

[Aesop Rocks]

Aesop, I am so glad you're in a good spot right now. I hope it goes a long way for you, my friend.

Thanks!

 

[katie_girl09]

I think I was almost robbed earlier today. I was at the car wash finally getting all of the road salt off my car...and this guy walks INTO THE BAY where I am! He went on the opposite side of the car I'm standing on and looked over and casually said 'hello'. So I, (very obviously confused) said hello back. He did this not once, but twice!

Thankfully, I wasn't the only one at the car wash. There were two other cars besides me there.

Afterward, I pulled out to dry off my car and I noticed he was still there behind the bay. When I was finished, I got back into my car and drove off. I look back and he jumped into his truck and followed me! Finally, he turned off on a side road!

There's nothing scarier than those moments where you just don't know what a person is up to...

 

[Ace of Knaves]

Today whilst I was at work a crack head/smack head asked me for some change. I refused.

Does that count as a blog?

 

[Marx]

Geez, Marx... I'm glad you're okay, but it sounded like he was scouting you or your car. Do you own a nicer vehicle? Not that I'm well versed in Grand Theft Auto, but I think if he was going to rob you he would have.

I think you should install a security system into your home if you can, or something... all this is making me very nervous..

There's nothing scarier than those moments where you just don't know what a person is up to...

I drive a Neon...so it's not like it's a Chrysler 500 or anything like that!

In all seriousness, the situation definitely creeped me out! The guy didn't follow me for too long but it was long enough...and he definitely didn't get anywhere near my home. (Thankfully.)

 

[AndThePickles]

I originally posted this in the Lounge, but then i remembered this thread and thought it could probably use some action. So, *ahem*

1/23/10

I've been forcing myself to go to work the past few days this week even though I've developed a pretty nasty upper respiratory infection, because we have no one to fill in for me and my coworker's dad had a terrible stroke, so I had to work overtime to cover for her. She found out on Tuesday while I was working for her, and I ended up not leaving work until after 12:30 a.m. She's a bit of an odd lady, although sweet...VERY private. When her husband first called to give her the news, she didn't say a word to anyone, even though I could tell something was up. I asked, "_____, are you ok?" to which she replied, "Yes, I'm fine." She then took her dinner break early, and apparently started BAWLING in front of our other coworker just due to holding it in for too long. And hence, over time por moi.

Today, my throat started becoming VERY sore. When I got home, I decided to take a nap to try to sleep it off, and hopefully wake up feeling a bit better. Instead, I woke up to discover that I now have ZERO voice. Spoons called me to chat about his weekend so far, and when I tried to enthusiastically respond to his hello, unattractive squawking leaked out of my voice box's hinges, which appear to need some oiling I had to call in to work to let them know for tomorrow, because my job requires constant speaking. The girl at the desk started laughing at me because she couldn't understand a word I said, and I had to put my mother on the phone

This will affect that overtime that I busted my butt for earlier this week Also, I wonder who will work for me tomorrow? I hate calling out, 'cause our administration makes it seem like it's a sin, and I've already been sick once this winter.

 

[Lightning Strykez!]

Are you feeling better Andrea?

 

[Lightning Strykez!]

So, about an hour ago I was chilling at this coffee cafe joint around the way (a little knock-off of Starbucks) where people kinda hang out. Some are obviously business people like myself and we use it as a non-alcholic watering hole when we get off work. Others are college students and general consumers. There is free Wi-Fi available so there are a lot of folks that set up their lap tops and do their thing on-line while sipping on their favorite cup of java-flavored cancer.

And that's exactly what I was doing today: I had my laptop out to do some research. I had my youtube playlist running and obviously I had earphones in my head. So as I doing my thing, I get a tap on the shoulder from this middle eastern-looking dude with long hair who is reading a book nearby. Our seats were kinda back-to-back with eachother, about 2 or 3 feet apart. "Would you mind turning your sound down?", he said, smiling ever so toothily.

I was like, "Excuse me?"

He said, "Your volume. Would you mind turning it down?"

I replied, "Dude I have headphones on." I was actually kinda shocked that someone would tell me to turn down what was in my head--in a public place of all things.

"I know, he said, still smiling, "but I can still hear it."

My initial mental reaction: So the f*** what? You mean nothing to me." But I just looked at him like he had lost his mind. But he kept smiling at me and nodding his head like he was trying to cast a Jedi Mind-Trick on my ass. At a loss for words, all I could say was, "Okay," and I know I rolled my eyes because I was totally "Who the f*** does this cat think he is?--this is not the goddamn LIBRARY QUIET ZONE."

I checked my volume. It was well below the half-way mark on the guage, so it wasn't loud at all. At the most he might have heard some slight sounds but certainly nothing audible to point of hearing words or making out the tunes themselves. Since the volume was already on the low end, it became drowned out by chit-chatting and other music playing around me. So now I couldn't really enjoy my music at all.

Dude turned around and went back to reading his boring ass book. And I resumed my work so annoyed that I couldn't quite concentrate for a while. I felt irritated because I had already taken pains to not be distracting. I could've just let the Youtube video playlist ring lound and f***ing clear through the laptop's speakers. The cafe had music playing overhead. So to have someone try to check me about the volume of the goddamn earphones was pretty f***ing annoying considering he could've packed his ass up and moved or just...I dunno...READ HARDER.

Although I turned my sound down initially, as soon as the next song on my playlist started I turned my volume back up to where it was. I was like "Screw this."

Am I totally off my rocker here? Have any of you ever been told to turn your earphone volume down in a non-library place like a restaurant, while riding public transportation, or lounging in a bookstore or coffee shop? If so, how did you handle it?

 

[Hotwire]

Whew! I thought this was going to be another thread about your ex. Should have told the dude off, but it seems his Jedi mind trick worked. lol

 

[Blindfighter]

maybe he just hated what you were listening to. If it was me I would of turned the volume up.

 

[Lightning Strykez!]

Whew! I thought this was going to be another thread about your ex.

LOL Nah. Haven't even heard from that dude. But Jason is out of town on some sort of cop-related assignment for like another week. I'm trying to keep myself occupied because loneliness is my ultimate Kryptonite. I hate being alone, and that's why I was hanging out at the spot in the first place.

And then I met this little beeyotch.

but it seems his Jedi mind trick worked. lol

Only for a moment. When the next song came on I turned my s*** back up.

maybe he just hated what you were listening to. If it was me I would of turned the volume up.

You have a point there--it could be he didn't like my choice of music. But whether that's the case or not, isn't it pretty friggin presumptuous to tell someone else to turn down their earphone volume in a public place? I just thought dude had seeeerrrrious gall to approach me in the first place.

 

[Spidey-Bat]

You were being an ass. Just because you have headphones on doesn't mean the sound can't be heard by others. I've come across many people who blast their music and it can be heard by others. My roommate last year played his incredibly loud; would have been the same if he didn't have headphones. Most importantly, he asked politely and wasn't being rude at all.

 

[Lightning Strykez!]

You were being an ass. Just because you have headphones on doesn't mean the sound can't be heard by others. I've come across many people who blast their music and it can be heard by others. My roommate last year played his incredibly loud; would have been the same if he didn't have headphones. Most importantly, he asked politely and wasn't being rude at all.

I was being an ass?

I was not "blasting" anything. The plugs were in my ears, so it's not like I'm trying to go deaf. In other words, it was not that loud, the volume gauge on Youtube was well below the half-way mark. And the reason I know this is because after he asked I checked the volume. That's a comfortable level and if I wasn't wearing earphones it still wouldn't be loud coming through the lap-top directly. Again, I was doing paperwork so I wouldn't have anything so loud that I couldn't concentrate on my work.

Dude was sitting less than 2 feet behind me. It wasn't like he was 10 feet across the room and could still hear stuff from my ears.

 

[enterthemadness]

You know what I think? I think we need to know what you were drinking? And youtube play list?

 

[Spidey-Bat]

I was being an ass?

I was not "blasting" anything. The plugs were in my ears, so it's not like I'm trying to go deaf. In other words, it was not that loud, the volume gauge on Youtube was well below the half-way mark. And the reason I know this is because after he asked I checked the volume. That's a comfortable level and if I wasn't wearing earphones it still wouldn't be loud coming through the lap-top directly. Again, I was doing paperwork so I wouldn't have anything so loud that I couldn't concentrate on my work.

Dude was sitting less than 2 feet behind me. It wasn't like he was 10 feet across the room and could still hear stuff from my ears.

I only have your word to go by as to how loud it was. Nonetheless, just be polite, turn it down, and quit whining. No one likes whiners

 

[TheDreamMaster]

Lol, there are some people who I know I've just wanted to hit in the past for being like that.

But look at the bright side LS...... it didn't happen in a public restroom

 

[Lightning Strykez!]

I only have your word to go by as to how loud it was.

You must've missed the memo. My word is the only one that matters.

Nonetheless, just be polite, turn it down, and quit whining. No one likes whiners

Meh. I don't buy it.

To turn it down lower would mean I could no longer hear my music over the conversations in the room around me--not to mention the music the cafe was playing overhead. Which would effectively defeat the purpose of having the earphones on in the first place.

If he wasn't sitting so close to me, I doubt he would've heard anything at all. I'm gonna have to disagree with you. In social settings you can't always "moderate" the activities of others unless certain behavior is prohibited and is posted as such. I mean, what's next? Ask the cafe manager to turn off the background music too? Tell everyone to hush so he can read his book in peace? I'm sorry but when you go out to places like that you have to live and let others live. This is the city; and New York is a melting pot of all kinds of cultures and backgrounds. If you can't handle reading while others are...not reading....then take your ass either home or to the library.

If anyone was "whining", it was dude.

But look at the bright side LS...... it didn't happen in a public restroom

True, DM. True.

 

[The Original Bamfer]

It's funny how, when I see "HAY-ELL" in a title, I instantly know the thread was created by Lightning Strykez!.

 

[Lightning Strykez!]

It's funny how, when I see "HAY-ELL" in a title, I instantly know the thread was created by Lightning Strykez!.

Stop making fun of me. Don't you see I'm already in a bad mood?

I should ban you just to try.

 

[deathshead2]

I see people with headphones on here at school, and I can hear them down the hall. I'd go tell them they're to loud, but if they have the volume up that loud they most likely wouldn't be able to hear me anyway. People with loud headphones are so rude. Don't give a damn about anyone around them.

 

[katie_girl09]

I don't see what the big deal was. I mean, the whole idea of headphones is that you can play your music to yourself without others hearing it. If you're playing it loud enough that others can hear it, they are within their rights to ask you to turn it down. He wasn't even rude or anything.

 

[Eggyman]

O, Mr Strykez. I think you should've stood your ground and told the beatnik f***er to go and jump! I was very happy when I read on and found that you did turn it back up again because he singled you out. Did he tell the two girls talking about their sex lives to be quiet? Did he tell the fat dude waffling into his mobile to shut up? Did he tell the old woman complaining about her anal haemorrhage to stop putting him off his brew? I guess not. He put down his copy of 'How to F*** with Coffeehouse Guys' and singled you out, man! If he finds it distracting reading in public places then I would advise that he should go home and be happy in his own company. If I sound worked up by this it's because I really am. I can see both sides; I read and yet I have an ipod - I'm a real life cross-pollinated SOB! I'll read if I can, but if I can't then that's my problem. Simples.

 

[Immortalfire]

I get where the dude is coming from, hearing the sounds coming from earphones can be annoying. But I believe in Strykez, so if you say it wasn't that loud..I'm on your side.

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

If they were in a library or hospital I could understand the need to be quiet but they were in a cafe. You don't go to a cafe for peace and quiet, you kind of expect chit chatter and other background noises as you would a restaurant or a gym. Background noise comes with the territory.

If I was talking on my cell phone in a hospital and a nurse told me to keep it down, then ok, no problem. But if we're in a cafe or restaurant you'll have to deal with it. Those are social places where chatting and noises are expected. Don't come up to me asking me to keep it down like the world rotates around you. It doesn't.