Give Me Respect

I've been working at Subway for three and a half years now, and I can say almost nothing has changed. Our customers are still the most rude, ignorant people you will ever meet. I'm not saying that our customers are the worst of all, I'm talking about food/customer service in general. When you're helping people, a majority of the time, they don't even treat you like a human being. They're there to get their food and leave. People skills have become a thing of the past. Customers won't look me in the eye when they order. They don't respond to my greetings, nor do they give me one. They won't tolerate simple mistakes. They lack common sense. Tips are a rarity. If people that came in treated everybody like they treat me, they would have no one that would ever want to speak to them. And by the looks of the people that come into Subway, that fact seems like it's true. Even when I'm in a bad mood (a lot of the time), I still act nicely to my customers, partially not to lose my job, and partially to hopefully up the mood and not stay down in the catacombs. When I come out from the back and nicely greet somebody and they completely ignore, or even interrupt my hello, it ruins the vibe for the remainder of my customer's order. I am a human being. As are all of my coworkers, and all of America's workers. People should treat us that way. Those who take part in our abuse are cowards. They know that we can't retaliate because we'd lose our job. They take advantage of that by treating us like shit to take out their frustrations and mask their own problems. The people that come in and smile, have a conversation with me, laugh at and make jokes, those are people that are confident with themselves. This actually comes into conflict with my previous blog about how i hate fat and unkempt people. If a fat guy comes in and gets a footlong tuna sub with extra cheese, it bothers me. But, if he talks to me and keeps a positive attitude and comes across as a good person, I will return the favor. All that matters is that they have a good personality, I'm not as shallow as I come across sometimes. Because equally, if a good looking, successful-looking person comes in and orders a healthy six-inch veggie sub, but acts like a total douchebag, then I'll treat them how they deserve to be treated. There's no reason to treat me like any less of a human just because I'm behind a bar making your food. If it makes you feel better to treat me like shit because I can't do anything back, that's fine. If I were to see a dick customer at the mall, even if they recognized me as the Subway employee that made their food, they won't even look at me. I don't want to be treated like a king or pampered, just to be treated like a human being. All I ask is that you give me respect.

Black Friday

It's almost that very special day of year again, the day that everybody recognizes no matter what race or religion they may be - Black Friday. It's become a sort of holiday in recent years. I personally, (along with 90% of the other things i write about) hate it. Last year was the first time I ever went Black Friday shopping, and at 4 in the morning. Needless to say, the only things I bought were things that I could've purchased on any other day. The 'sales' are on things that people rarely buy because they're extremely expensive. On Black Friday, those "extremely expensive" things go down to "super expensive". $500 dollars is still a lot to spend, even on a huge TV. Of course it's a good deal, but you're still spending $500 you could've spent on something else, like let's say a treadmill (since you're spending so much on something you're gonna sit in front of for hours, you most likely need a treadmill). The stupid people of this country are hypnotized into thinking they NEED this stuff just because it's marked down. The real winners come out in the wee hours of this wonderful day, it's quite a sight to see. Shopping on Black Friday made me feel like I was just part of the crowd of barbarians. I mean, two or some-odd years ago someone was trampled and killed in Wal-Mart's midnight opening. That is disgusting. "Come on family, let's trample this innocent employee so we can get to the TV's, which we can watch while having inbred sex"is what I picture a family to be like if they are willing to trample a man to get to good sales. Can people not see how they are just conforming to corporate America's schemes to draw money out of their pockets? They're too stupid to realize it! It's like watching a zombie movie. People fight over the last item. Why? Why lose every shred of your dignity to get a DVD player for half off? Well I suppose they already lost all of that dignity -- the second they left to go Black Friday shopping.

Art?

I don't know anything about classical works of art. My range of knowledge about artists doesn't extend far past Van Gogh or Picasso. And that's only because we learned about them in elementary school. The only point I could really argue is to as why people value most works of art. Picasso paintings, as well as many, many other paintings made by other artists are abstract and make no sense upon first glimpse. They can be worth more and viewed as better than some paintings that are completely realistic. What makes one of these paintings a 'work of art'? It seems like any child can dip their fingers in paint and go crazy on a canvas and make a drawing that an expert would deem worth millions. As a matter of fact, I'm sure I've seen several cartoons and shows where this scenario has been documented. It doesn't make sense to me as to what degree is considered to make a work of art a 'work of art'. Perhaps there are underlying metaphorical references that people see in the paintings. It could also just depend on who's critiquing it. One person will see it as a masterpiece while another sees it as a piece of junk (which it probably is). I guess art could be just like almost anything else on this earth, a matter of opinion.