Whats Wrong With The World

People, I have a revelation that will rock your world!

I discovered this morning the precise reason the world is so fucked up.

People.

That's right, its people. People are stupid. I say it all the time. Individuals do dumb things on occassion, and I know I'm a malteaser (brown on the outside, blonde on the inside) but en masse, people come into their own.

When you put a few people together, the stupidity levels increase exponentially. I've had to watch this happen a few times lately, and this morning was the last straw.

There is limited parking available at my work. Our office/showroom/warehouse is contained in a single unit (ok, actually three units but my company bought them all and knocked out some walls to accomodate us all) in a complex of units. Part of my position as "persono muchas importos" is that I get one of these spots. An undercover one. With my name and title spraypainted on like a fucktard (and its slightly crooked too which makes it even more cringeworthy in my opinion) so its pretty obvious its mine.

One of the other units in the complex is currently undergoing some pretty extensive renovations. This happens of course to be right next door to us. Not only that, but right next door to the side of our 3-unit unit that was decked out for management. So all the "important" people who need to give a good impression of the company to people who really count are stuck with thumping, banging, clanging, drilling and general bullshit loud noises ALL FREAKING DAY LONG. But especially so when we are on the phone. Or in the boardroom which SHARES A FUCKING WALL with the renovation unit.

Do you think these fuckhead contractors could LISTEN to us when we tell them "excuse me, we understand you have a job to do here, but the noise levels are impinging on our ability to conduct business in our unit. could we possibly come to an arrangement where we are given advance notice of periods of excessive noise, or of relative quiet, so as we may reschedule some of our activities more effectively?" No, they do not.

Likewise they dont listen when we say "excuse me, but we have a critical meeting with international guests today in our boardroom between 1pm and 3pm. As you know, we share a wall, so would it be possible to ensure we have some peace and quiet during that timeframe?". They agreed quite happily to this request, yes. But clearly they didnt listen, as right on time, at 1.34pm to be precise, just as the ubiquitous slideshow began, it seemed the gates of hell opened up next door. At least, thats how it sounded. Had they just said NO when they so clearly meant it, we could have moved the whole thing offsite. Needless to say, all boardroom use has been either re-scheduled or moved to another location for the duration. You cant trust those fuckers at all.

Going back to my parking spot, I seriously have not been able to use it for about 3 weeks now. I no longer come to work in heels, as there is no footpath on our street, which is where I am having to park. I cant walk 200m to work in high heels on wet grass. Well, I can, but I wont ruin my shoes for lazy little shits. Now I accept that you need to access your trucks and utes etc as a tradie in order to get tools/supplies etc, but I am not retarded in thinking your commodore, or todays NISSAN EXA is a work vehicle. It does NOT need my spot!

And as for that, why am I and the other management staff losing our spots anyway? There are some lower on the food chain, who park a little further away but still in the complex, who get to keep their spots. Why cant the tradies park there? Why cant they park on the street and me and my bosses park in their spots? Considering that we come and go throughout the day, metting people offsite, and its hard to find street parking here, why must we waste so much time walking to/from our cars parked 6 miles away? Why must we waste our time searching for a spot on the street 2, 3, 4 times a day? Its not just laziness or entitlement issues here, (and yes I'm entitled, I worked hard to get where I am and should be rewarded accordingly) but its fiscal too. And fiscal is my job lol. Why are we paying (and all these are bullshit example dollars) the MD his $100K p/a to spend an hour a day searching for parking and walking to and from his car? When we could pay $30K p/a for say, the call centre manager to do that? Its stupid. And another issue that grates me is that the 5 of us who are losing our spots are also the five who end up taking work home of an evening to catch up on, because we lost that time at work, and have deadlines to meet. I mean, we often, nay, ALWAYS take work home, but now its more. It seems stupid and wrong to me.

But the REAL offense that made me shitty this morning, was that I walked up to see one of them working shirtless. It was GROSS. Its not even hot. AND EITHER IS HE, which is where the REAL problem lay!

And I thought that was bad enough, but no, people are stupid. And on seeing the one old fat tattoo'ed ugger working semi nekkid, others though to join him. By the time I reached the door, I had lost all interest in the coffee I had in one hand, and was using the papers I had in the other to shield my eyes from this vicious assault.

Work. I'm so over it.

and arent you all so glad this didnt happen yesterday and that I dont post for half nekkid thursdays!!!