one of my long standing complaints regarding my job, is not the job itself, but all the attendant drama in going to work. it is 35 miles from my house, to the parking lot i'm forced to park in. we're not allowed to park at the airport. the company has a lot at the corner of JFK and Greens Rd. for a normal person in their car, the drive from that intersection to the airport itself is roughly 5 minutes at most. but, parking on the lot, waiting for a bus to make the rounds, and drive me back adds approximately 15 - 20 minutes to my 'commute.'
Usually the ride back to the lot when my shift is over is even worse. the buses are required to sit at the airport for at least 7 minutes instead of dropping off people, picking them up and leaving right away.
the other day though i thought i was going to have one of those rare occasions where i was going to meet a bus that was pulling out as soon as i walked outside. and for the most part, i did. i got on, the doors closed, we left. i was victorius. not only in not having to wait, but having a completely empty bus to myself.
except some bitch decided to run out at the last minute and chase us down and get on my bus. normally i would have just been aggravated, but when said woman got on bus and looked around at all the empty seats, she decided that the best place to sit was right next to me.
and ask me questions
questions like:
Do you have kids?
Do you have a girlfriend?
Do you have a wife?
Are you divorced?
Why aren't you in a relationship?
Do you have a boyfriend?
and with each question i was becoming more and more pissed off. she eventually went on to say how god finally gave her a man to leech off of and how happier she was and how this man completes her.
i think i snorted. as much as i have questioned my own relationships and written angst filled entries ad infinitem, i told her that my happiness isn't contigent on being with someone. nor do i need someone to 'complete' me.
i quickly shut up though, as it is a subject that can lead me to say more than i should and really offend someone.
she changed the subject as well, and proceeded to tell me that another employee of ours threatened to cut her throat and that she had gone to the Asst. Director of Terminal Operations to inform them of the threat. and i will say that made me curious. as i highly doubted anyone threated to cut her throat, even though i felt like doing that myself.
apparently what happened, she noticed this other employee (who is also a female) who she has seen at work quite often but did not really know. my inquisitive aquaintance decided that the best thing to do with a stranger, is to go up to them and put her hand on her back and make an offhand comment about how many hours this stranger works.
our stranger took offense, and told her inquisitor to mind her own fucking business, and that if they were in detorit and she pulled that little routine with a stranger then her throat would have been cut.
i so wanted to laugh. i'm thinking to myself that this is a typical bitch. she eyes a single man and plies him with questions to find out if he is single and how much money he makes. then claims the
Almost Rape argument when someone gets pissed off at her for sticking her nose in someone elses business.. this is a prime example of why women have to work hard at breaking down gender barriers.
moodswings:
contemplative
distractions: project runway