People are s-m-r-t

The Bad: You're drinking and driving.

Worse: You're drinking WHILE driving.

Seriously?: You're out driving, drinking, and the cops pull you over. You think that tossing the half full bottle out the window will prevent you from getting a ticket . . .

. . . true story.

It's Almost Friday....

Yesterday I went over, again. I got into a serious Funk after work, had a lot of stuff on my mind and got into a stupid argument with Monkey to boot. Needless to say, I decided to turn to some snacking to keep my mind occupied and my tummy full. Oh well, today I get to start fresh again with my pnts, so we'll see how it goes.

I work in Customer Service. I have clients calling all the time to complain about this and that, ragging about things that make no sense. Clients who act as though my soul job is to sit there and wait for their single call, as if they are the only ones in the universe, and even though they waited until the LAST possible second to ask for something - I should be all over it. I have clients who talk to me as though they are Kings/Queens, and I am the dirt below their feet. The reason I tell you all of this is not to complain - I'm simply stating fact.

Because of my job, and the people I deal with, I try to keep that in mind when I call somewhere and expect customer service. I try to be patient, understanding. I still want to be helped, but I understand I'm not the only one left on the planet. I expect good customer service, but I understand mistakes are made, and can be fixed. I rarely, if ever, raise my voice - even if I am becoming increasingly frustrated with the person on the other end of the phone. The only exception to all of this is if you are a bullshitter, or you're rude. Then I am not so understanding, or patient. But I still don't yell.

Some of my co-workers are not this way. It's almost like b/c people call into the office to treat them like crap, they feel they owe the same to others when they are out at a restaurant, shopping, calling a company for customer service, etc. They are rude, demanding and have zero tolerance for mistakes. They want something for nothing, and get upset and rude when they don't get what they want.

I listen to it, and honestly.. just cannot believe my ears. I've seen these same people break down in tears at their desks, upset because they've made a mistake on a clients file. I've seen them offended because of the way someone speaks to them, stressed because of the work loads on their desk and wishing they could get a break.

Am I crazy? Does nobody believe in the 3-Fold Rule?

Whatever energy a person puts out into the world,
be it positive or negative,
will be returned to that person three times.

"Boo" Me Now, why waste time?

This is going to be a bad post, but I'm irritated today, so there.

I just recently found out about a "issue" that has popped up at the Newmarket OSPCA.

Basically, this is the animal shelter in the town, and from what I have read they have had a horrible outbreak of ringworm through the entire facility. It has infected over 350 animals in the clinic. I don't know how much people actually know about Ringworm, or caring for 350 animals in one building - but I'm guessing it's not very much.

I should probably mention that I love animals, I have in the past been a pet owner, and worked at a vet clinic for 3+ years. I've been around animals pretty much all my life, from person experience, family relatives who farm, work, etc. I'm no stranger to animal life. I also eat meat, and see nothing wrong with that. I have lines which I draw for myself, and lines which I believe should not be passed. But, they are just opinion - I do not claim to know everything.

ANYWAY, back on topic.

I noticed this group going around on FB, talking about stopping the slaughter of the animals. I thought I would share a few posts from people who have joined this group:

"I found 20 ants in my house today and I put them all outside how can you kill Cats n Dogs for Athelits foot? Take me kill me instaead."

"I honked as I drove by. I did my part! I live just up the street, I was wondering what all the activity was"

"they will have less funding now to re-open with so many peope stopping donating to them if they continue euthanizing the animals. it's more cost-effective to save the animals in the long run because people will still donate and be more aware"

"I wonder if they have pets? If so, I hope they get ringworm, so they can kill them too!"

Okay... I am NOT saying that the only choice was to destroy all of these animals. I am certain that a lot of thought went into solutions for this problem. I just do not believe that these people have any clue as to the man power, the funds, the ongoing problems, etc. etc. that would result from a disease outbreak like this. 350 Animals!!!!

I did not see any posts about people donating/fund-raising money to help avoid this problem, I did not see anyone saying "I will adopt an animal with Ringworm!!" and I did not see anyone talking about volunteering their time for the next 3 - 8 weeks to bathe animals with Ringworm - when THEY can catch it, and pass it along as well. Where are all those people? Cause the Newmarket OSPCA would need a huge increase in staff to look after that problem.

Don't tell someone else to find a solution, when you're just going to stand there and say "I am against this, I have no better solution, but I am against this solution." Tell me what YOU'RE gunna do, if you have a fuckin problem with what's happening.

Treatment in pets

1) Because of longer hair shafts in pets, the area of infection and possibly all longer hair of the pet must be clipped to decrease the load of fungal spores clinging to the pet's hair. However, close shaving is usually not done because nicking the skin facilitates further skin infection.

2) Twice-weekly bathing of the pet with diluted lime sulfur dip solution is effective at eradicating fungal spores. This must continue for 3 to 8 weeks.

3) Washing of all hard surfaces with 1:10 household hypochlorite bleach solution is effective in killing spores.

4) Pet hair must be rigorously removed from all surfaces, and then the vacuum cleaner bag (and often the vacuum cleaner itself) discarded when this has been done repeatedly. Removal of all hair is important since spores may survive 12 months or even as long as two years on hair clinging to surfaces.