People just don't care

I know I tend to vent a lot, but what else should a blog be for anyway? Have you ever heard about the golden rule? Treat others as you would like to be treated? Right? Its basically "empathy" and exercising your "empathy." In the service or retail industry you really learn how people tend to see you as less-than-human. I mean, I still won't tip someone 15% because that's the minimum. If they did well, I will tip 20% usually because its easier to calculate. If not, they get closer to 10% if that. But, and let me stress this, I am ALWAYS polite the whole time. Where I work, the people that come in are usually in a hurry, at about the rate of people who come into Starbucks for their morning JOE.
If they are on their cellphone when they come to checkout I MIGHT get a few nods and such, but I, the person who is actually here in the real world, will always be seconded to the person who is on the phone. My favorite is when they say "excuse me" to the person on the phone, and don't even give me the same courtesy. I really like that some companies are putting "no cellphone in line" signs up.
The next problem is with people who think that everything is my fault even though I work as an end user for the "man". I have NO authority. The complaints you are rambling on about are falling on deaf ears. Also whatever you are saying I have heard at least 20 times that day already. You are not unique. I LOVE when people bring up how much money they spend and how things should be different because of this. I guess they want to go back to a feudal society, where there are slaves and indentured servants.
And sometimes, rarely someone will talk to me in a way that makes me want to punch them in the face. They speak almost on the level of verbal abuse, which for some reason they think they can do without recourse. I always think ,"Would this person speak to a stranger on the street like this?" Probably not because right now they know their is a counter between me and them, and they know I would get fired for laying a hand on a customer. So just think about that CUSTOMERS, the checker you are yelling at may be on his or her last day too, and they may not have to take your crap this time.

Things I have noticed in Retail...

I have noticed some things, let me know if you concur with them or not.
1. Early in the morning 8:00-9:00 am people usually pay cash instead of credit.
2. Older people love bags, no matter how small the object they want that bag for it. Leading me to believe that old people are responsible for all the bags in the landfills:)
3. No body wants more credit cards. They will tell you this bluntly. If they do want a card its because they have never had a card before, or they don't speak English when I explain it to them, or they don't realize that credit is why our country is going under right now.
4. If you come to my register early in the morning with your Starbucks Latte, I seriously want to punch you in the face, because I want one, and cannot get one.
5. Everyone has heard this line before: "Well I didn't find everything...I was looking for a bag of money (or todays winning lottery ticket, or a bucket of money, or a million bucks)" Please stop saying it.
6. People who buy TV's 40" and under will show up with a minivan or Hummer or 13 passenger van. People who buy TV's 45" and above will show up with their Yaris 4dr, or Mercedes and expect it to fit across the back seat. Sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't. Please think of how big the box is going to be first:)
7. Nearly everyone who pays with a lot of cash: Hates the government, has some conspiracy theory about the government, or is trying to fly "under the radar".
8. People who work for the government make LOTS of money, I can tell by the accessories they wear. They also don't mind waiting for things because they are getting paid regardless.
Maybe I will ad some more later.

Studying for the test of funtabulation

If you believe in tests as a "measurement of scholastic intelligence" good for you. Because I do not. I am studying for the TeXES exam which is basically an entrance exam for teaching subjects in a school setting. And I am finding that this test probably falls in the same category as a the TEKS test. I am studying for questions on this test rather than studying for knowledge retention. There is no way in hades that anyone can study everything that is needed to ace the Generalist 4-8 test. I believe that you just have to know enough about every little subject to pass. I guess thats what they are going for. A broad base of knowledge. And of course right now, I am typing this blog out instead of studying. My test is Tuesday. I feel like I know Social Studies, Science, Math, and Language well enough, but I need to brush up on a lot of knowledge.
I am for knowing your subject matter intimately, but nobody can know every little bit of knowledge about those 4 subjects all at once? Also my Espresso Machine needs to be de-scaled because daddy needs his caffeine!