Interesting People

At my new post at the grocery store I get to see a lot of interesting people. There was this one old guy with a really long beard with the last three quarters of it dyed bright orange. One guy I saw with long hair that was braided into two braids swung over the sides of his shoulders. When I looked closer at him I saw that the braids were not just over his shoulders but woven through his big ringed ear lobes. I just though one tug on those long braids and … ouch! One guy looked like Abe Lincoln. One guy looked like Jesus with dread locks only I think he works there. One girl had cute animal ears on her helmet. One little old Asian lady had a blue cart that was as big as she was. It looked so cute seeing her push it. I saw a cute Asian guy in a military suit. There was this one person (well in San Francisco there are many) who I couldn't figure out if they were a he or a she. Now normally when I play the "He or She" game with the people in San Francisco I look at them until I can pick one. Normally I look for boobs or no boobs. It is not as easy as it sounds because some females are flat chested. But this one person was a bit over weight had real boobs, not man boobs, but real ones , dirty dark blonde hair about a half an inch pass the shoulders, jeans, a grey shirt, and a red hat. I'm thinking it's a girl. Then the person turns around and I see a goatee on their chin. So I ask again, a he or a she? The person walked like a guy but had boobs and was shopping with a guy but that doesn't help. I see all sorts of couples and family members in that store. By the time they left the store I still couldn't figure it out. My favorite person to watch was a guy with a top hat dressed like a magician. He was a handsome man and acted like a gentleman.

There are other things I watch while standing there at the entrance of the store trying not to get too bored. For 20 minutes or so I watched this one little boy do hand stands and cartwheels. I count how many people have over the shoulder bags as opposed to backpacks or purses. Some people have more than one over the shoulder bag. Yesterday there was a near accident right in front of me when I was at the parking garage. A car was leaving my lot when some guy was running passed the entrance. The car almost hit the poor guy.

I am so gullible sometimes. Yesterday I got talked into buying a badge that says I am in security and a CD from the other guard on post. The CD is of him and his band I think. I was just having an off day yesterday. I was cold and tired so I got talked into giving up $10. Oh well. I'll just have to be more careful and say no next time.

This week I have had 5 bug bites bugging me a whole lot. I don't know if they got me while I was at the constructions site or while I was sleeping at home in bed. Just one day they all popped up and started driving me crazy all at once.

Another of my paychecks bounced only this time the bank cashed it before verifying it. What happened was my gullible self got talked into opening an account with Bank of America because they said that there is a deal with my company that says I get a free checking account and it would save me the five dollars that it would normally cost to cash my check. What they didn't tell me was the way they got around the five dollar fee was to deposit the check into the account the immediately withdraw it and give it to me. They said it was for my convenience that they make the funds available to me right away. I said that in this case it was not convenient for me to have an account with you because the check should not have been cashed without prior verification. So I went to the bank and asked them to fix it and they said they could only wait for the replacement check. So I called up my company and told them to send me a replacement check. I am still waiting for it to show up so I can fix all this mess.

Bad News and Good News

Not last Sunday but the Sunday before I was a work and I was time to go home so I got into my car and turned the key. Nothing happened. I tried again, nothing happened. Damn! My car won't start. I had two options: Call mom and have her drive all the way over to my work and help me jump he thing, or ask one of the workers on the construction site o help me. Boy, was I lucky there were guys working at my site that day. I asked if one of them could help me and they were nice enough to let me borrow one of their guys and trucks for a minute. He tried twice to jump it and my car finally started. Great, now I am going to have o find a way to get it to the shop. I parked the car at home in backwards so another car could easily jump it again if need be. Apparently, my parking job was impressive.

So last Thursday afternoon Mom helps us jump the car and then meets me down at the auto shop and the car goes in for work. The good news is that the battery was loose and only needed tightening for it to start. The bad news is the breaks were really bad and so was one of my belts. To replace both the front and back breaks and the belt cost me over $500 that I didn't have so I borrowed it from Mom. Nice lady she is.

The next day was Friday and the car was ready in the morning. In order to pick it up we had to take Mom to work in Dublin so Hubby and I would have the extra car so we woke up at 6am or so for that. Then we went to pick up the car, then we went to the bank, then we went grocery shopping and got home just in time for me to get ready for work that started at 1:30 but was about an hour and 15 minutes away. I already had a full day before having to go to work. I was tired.

So my car needing repairs was the bad news. The good news is that I got my boss to finally give me more hours! I am now working full time with three extra days added to the two I already have. My new post is at a grocery store in San Francisco which means I now commute three days a week. I can't wait to see my next pay check.

There are interesting people in San Francisco. One old lady actually screeched like a banshee and clawed her hand out because she did not like how long she had to wait for her cab. One old guy had shit locks right on the top of his head that were just as grey as his natural hair. One lady had hot pink dread locks. And there was his one guy who looked like a completely normal nerdy kind of white guy only he was dressed in all Goth minus the make up and had on a kilt to go with it. Not one part of him made any sense looking at him. And everyone had tattoos or piercings. Now I am not judging these people I am only commenting that on the job I get to see interesting things. One of the people that works at the store has black hair underneath and blond hair on top with bright red long tips, two piercings in her lip with hoops that looked like reverse vampire teeth, and a leopard print dress. I thought she looked pretty and exotic at the same time. It was hard not to look at her though because she looked like she was in her early 40s or late 30s. I love people, they are always so entertaining.

Until Later

I am sorry I haven't blogged in a while, I just got more hours at work! More on that later. Love you all!