When I came upstairs I checked my email really quick. I had gotten an email from a girl who wanted to buy the Linkin Park concert tickets that I had posted an online add for. I had been coordinating with her via email and she turned out to be a really big jerk. I told her that the tickets might not be available anymore because my friend was going to sell them to someone else for more money. She got really mad at me and accused me of fraud, and false advertising. I told her that because she was rude to me I preferred not to sell her the tickets at all. Then she demanded that I sell them to her or she would sue me. I won't bore you with all of the details of the story, but it was the most ridiculous thing ever! It just boggles my mind sometimes how people are so disrespectful and unkind to other's, especially other people they don't even know! I definitely did not want to reward her unkind actions towards me by giving her the tickets! Needless to say, my feeling were hurt (what can I say, sometimes I am overly sensitive) and it reminded me that I need to be more patient, kind and loving towards others.
This reminds me of another story. When I lived in Kauai this summer I had a group of really close friends. For a while we would hang out at my place every night and play card games until super late sometimes. We were never loud in the house, or inconsiderate or our neighbors. But one time after playing card games until pretty late (probably 1AM) I was walking my friends out to their car. As we were walking out one of them had cracked a joke so all of us started laughing really hard. All of the sudden the old guy who lived on the hill just above us yelled out of his window, "shut up you A holes!" Unfortunately sound travels upward, and everyone in Hawaii sleeps with their windows open. I was absolutely shocked that this guy who I had never even seen before was swearing at me for laughing! I felt really bad for waking him up, but I was honestly unaware of how loud our laughing was. It had maybe been 10 seconds. It seemed to me that his reaction was way out of line and the result of a very short temper. He came down to our house the next day an apologized to me in a round-about way. That guy was a jerk to some other people too. The management office had already had some complaints from people about him.
I really do not understand why people are so mean sometimes! As Jack Johnson would say "where'd all the good people go?" haha. I think people that are like that just have something missing from their lives. There is something that makes them not at peace. I pray that I can always keep myself in check, that I will not react. Sometimes it is hard, and I will admit I'm not always really good at cooling off before I say or do things. But in general, I like to think that I respect people enough to treat them decently.
I had to get back on and add another little side note to this blog. I just went to Olive Garden for dinner because I haven't been grocery shopping in forever and I needed dinner! haha. I got the soup and salad meal. The minnistone soup was fantastic and of course the salad is always amazing too! Then I got alfredo dipping sauce for my breadsticks. (I have no idea how many words I am not spelling correctly here, hopefully none hehe). Our waitress was so good. She asked me if I wanted more soup and I asked if I could get some to go. Sometimes they are sticklers about that and only let you have as much as you eat there because it is unlimited. But she totally got me soup to go, and salad, and breadsticks, and alfredo!!! It totally made my night! There are still nice people in the world. I really needed it too. Food makes me happy, nice people make me happy, that's the moral of the story! In case you were wondering I gave her a good tip! :)
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Yeah, I can't stand mean people. It cracks me up becuase people here are very vocal when they feel gilted. They honk thier horns all the time. Also, the other day I was in the grocery store. This lady was having a tough time manuvering her cart and ran over some stuff. While she was trying to move, she looked at me and said, "you go on through, honey" So I was about to pass when this guy zipped right in and through. The little lady said, "I was making room for the lady". It was just a typical thing that happens here. Out west I think for the most part we aren't quite as vocal about little things. :)
hahaha that is such a cute story. That's fun that you get to experience the two different cultures.
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