Tis The Season

I hope that everyone had a wonderful Christmas day. I know I did. I pretty much slept in for like 9 hours. My parents had to work and most of my other immediate family live too far away for me to drive. I got a decent haul. Mostly money which I always welcome.

Ah Christmas… The time of year that is supposed to be about family, friends and getting to spend time and share the holiday with one another. Unfortunately, that isn’t true for most people. Namely myself…

First off, let’s get something straight. I don’t hate Christmas itself. I just hate most of the people on Christmas. It’s like everyone forgets common decency during the holidays. “Timmy” just HAS to have this Lego Star Wars set and they will kick the shit out of anyone who tries to get it before them.

Christmas is just so materialistic to most people. Someone I know once told me that they couldn’t have a good Christmas because they didn’t have any money for presents. I can understand wanting to get your loved ones something, but it doesn’t have to be a bad Christmas if you can’t. I told them at least they get to spend it with their family and friends. They answered with something that kind of burned me up inside. They said that Christmas is for the kids…. I don’t agree with that at all.

Christmas is for anyone that wants to celebrate it. We’re taught as children that if we’re bad, “Santa” will give us a lump of coal for Christmas. For me, that taught us that we were suppose to be good, SIMPLY for that reason and that reason alone. Whether or not they meant it that way, that is how we interpreted it. Christmas became the only time we were on our best behavior. I feel like that is the reason most of us are so materialistic about Christmas.

I have worked retail most of my life. I have seen some of the most horrible things while doing so. People are fighting, trampling and screaming at each other over tvs, computers, toys, ect… It’s just fucking sad. Mainly because it took me being an adult and finally seeing it for myself to sink in. It almost breaks my heart to see people fighting over things that they just spent saying they were thankful for on Thanksgiving. I don’t know…. Maybe it’s just me that has this view of Christmas. I just wish we had more kind people around that holiday, or any day for that matter.

My family isn’t much better. Most Christmas’, I prefer to spend alone, rather than with my family. It seems like every year, they are at each others throats and fighting. Everyone has something to complain about every year. I love my family to death, but that kind of stuff makes me want to avoid them like the plague. Anymore it messes with my anxiety because I can’t be around conflict.

It’s not all bad though. There ARE some kind people in the world that just want to see everyone happy. I am one of those people. I just wish that kindness was as contagious as the flu is this season. I hope everyone has a wonderful new year. Talk to you all next Friday.

 

 

-Valken

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Day 91: Does Anyone Even Read These?

I’m liking my new job at this hardware warehouse so far. It doesn’t stress me out near as much as my old job at the college. Mainly because at this job, I don’t have someone constantly breathing down my neck.

Speaking of which, I recently found out the dickhead chef that I used to work for there, ended up quitting shortly after I did. Turns out, I wasn’t the only one who quit on him. During the meeting that I walked out of, he lost another 60% of his other cooks. Never in my life have I known someone that an ENTIRE TOWN hated. He was literally ran out of town. He moved to Texas or something. Good riddance.

Anyways… So my job is broken up into zones. There are like 8 that I know of and I am qualified to work like 5 of the 8. I like just about all of the zones except zone 4. Zone 4 is filled with all of the painting tools, door thresholds, galvanized and plastic pipes, etc. There are also a lot of metal bars and tubes that are really sharp around the edges. Some of them are so long, that they hang over the edge of the shelf. I am pretty sure that this zone was made and stocked by Vlad The Impaler.

Apart from that, my job is super simple. It can get a bit exhausting at times though because there are a lot of heavy boxes to lift is zones 3 and 5. 3 has all of the shovels, ladders, water heaters, and glass. 5 has a lot of miscellaneous items along with different paints and paint thinner. All I have to do is scan the item, put a ticket on it and take it to its appropriate area to be sent out for delivery. I get paid 12.84 an hour and I get paid WEEKLY. I love that so much because it helps me save money better, since I’m usually too tired to go out and spend money after work anyway. Getting paid weekly is a bit of a rarity where I live.

It’s been a great month working there so far. I do have to keep an eye on things like my speed and accuracy there, but they are pretty reasonable with the numbers you have to beat. I work Monday through Friday and get the weekends off.  I usually work from 6 to 3:30 Monday through Wednesday. Thursdays and Friday are our short days. We get off at 12:30 both days. This week will be awesome because I get Christmas Eve and Christmas off, so you know what that means…. FOUR DAY WEEKEND! I have no idea what I am gonna do this weekend, or Christmas. I hope all of you have a merry Christmas! I will now be posting every Friday, so look for my next post next week. Merry Christmas everyone!

 

 

-Valken