On a whim (a stupid, stupid whim), I picked up the first Gossip Girl book. I thought 'OK, teen fiction, short book, let's give it a go.' Bad choice! I am absolutely appalled at this book. I mean, I know kids know about and read about questionable topics. Fine. But, what I don't get is why the GG books (and tv show, for that matter) are so popular. The first couple of pages reveal kids in high school having sex, doing drugs, drinking alcohol, skipping school, etc. as everyday occurances, with parental consent. In fact, I would call it parental condonement.
And it's not as if they're experimenting with these things. It's just part of their lives. I remember feeling scandalous reading about Margaret getting her period for the first time. I guess it does not really matter what I think about the GG books because they are popular, and children will read them and think all of these things they are not ready to do are super cool no matter what. However, I definitely think parents should just flip open the books their kids read and read a chapter of them for themselves sometimes. I think they might be surprised at what they find. Then again, maybe not. When you think about how kids (and sometimes their parents) dress and act, you (I) might rethink this.
Speaking of the way kids act, today at the check out, I handed a lady her change. There was a boy of about eight or nine with her (presumably her grandson). She looked at him, handed him a dollar, and said, "This is for being so helpful today." He paused, looked at her, and rebuked her, "A dollar? You're only giving me a dollar?" I was shocked. Before I could stop my mouth, it said, "Most people would say thank you for that." The grandmother looked like she was grateful to have someone finally take her side, and she said, "Yeah. Did you hear that?" The kid looked at me (the bad guy), and said, "She only gave me one dollar." I politely let him know, "It's a dollar you didn't have before." The grandma shrugged, the kid rolled his eyes, and they both walked away. I was close to snatching the dollar out of the kid's hand and saying, "Well, now you don't have to worry about the dollar because it is mine." This is why I think spankings are a necessary punishment. A nice thick leather belt to the bare butt might have helped that child a little.
P.S. I think my vocabulary is too advanced for blogger tonight. I am getting a lot of red squigglies.
Saturday, August 13, 2011
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
A few words about money
When you are a cashier, you see a lot of things that are interesting. I have several things to say about money.
1. I do not want your boobie money. By this, I mean that when you come to the register to pay for your purchase, I do not want to touch the money that you pull out of your sports bra. Especially when that money is wet.
2. I do not want your wet money. I don't really care where you pull this money from. If it is wet, I become incredibly uncomfortable, and I think several things:
a. I do not want to touch this wet money.
b. Did this guy pee on this money?
c. Am I touching pee now?
3. I expect that, when you come to the register to check out, you will have money to pay for your items. I will not give them to you for free. I also will not pay for your items, as I have no money with which to do such a thing.
4. If you pay with a $100 bill for a $5 item, please know that you are probably wiping out most of the money in my register, and if you do not want $25 in ones, you are going to have to wait for a manager.
5. I know the 4 on the price tag may have looked to you like a 1, but it was not a 1. It was a 4. I will be charging you 4.98 and not 1.98. This is because I, unlike you, can read the tag.
6. This is indirectly about money because it is about the credit card machine. See the little pen-like thing that is attached to the credit card machine? That is used for signing your name in the box on the credit card machine. You do not have to write it with your finger or with a real pen (which, by the way messes up the credit card machine). Additionally, the pen is attached to the credit card machine so you can find it easily. You do not, in fact, have to reach under the machine and completely unplug it from the computer to search for the little pen thing that happens to be attached to the TOP of the machine.
Thank you.
1. I do not want your boobie money. By this, I mean that when you come to the register to pay for your purchase, I do not want to touch the money that you pull out of your sports bra. Especially when that money is wet.
2. I do not want your wet money. I don't really care where you pull this money from. If it is wet, I become incredibly uncomfortable, and I think several things:
a. I do not want to touch this wet money.
b. Did this guy pee on this money?
c. Am I touching pee now?
3. I expect that, when you come to the register to check out, you will have money to pay for your items. I will not give them to you for free. I also will not pay for your items, as I have no money with which to do such a thing.
4. If you pay with a $100 bill for a $5 item, please know that you are probably wiping out most of the money in my register, and if you do not want $25 in ones, you are going to have to wait for a manager.
5. I know the 4 on the price tag may have looked to you like a 1, but it was not a 1. It was a 4. I will be charging you 4.98 and not 1.98. This is because I, unlike you, can read the tag.
6. This is indirectly about money because it is about the credit card machine. See the little pen-like thing that is attached to the credit card machine? That is used for signing your name in the box on the credit card machine. You do not have to write it with your finger or with a real pen (which, by the way messes up the credit card machine). Additionally, the pen is attached to the credit card machine so you can find it easily. You do not, in fact, have to reach under the machine and completely unplug it from the computer to search for the little pen thing that happens to be attached to the TOP of the machine.
Thank you.
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