Here comes another blog. It just seems that lately there have been so many thoughts flowing through my head that I need to jot them down just to keep myself sane. I see it as keeping 'regular' except mentally :P Yeah I don't even really know if anyone checks this blog anymore, but hey it's always a good thing to write whatever's on your mind.

So I've been working at Can Tire for the last 3 weeks or so. And despite the many warnings that Kev and Meg gave me about the job and the ppl you report to, it doesn't seem half bad at all. I just find that there's especially this stereotype about customer service jobs being the worst ever. Maybe it's just me, but I like it actually. Considering the fact that I'm not DIRECTLY working customer service in the section or anything, but I tend to get those jobs where you interact with the customer and try to show them to what they're looking for. I think it's mainly the fact that as a customer, you've at least once had those really frustrating times when you just can't seem to find what you're looking for, that makes it satisfying. Just to be able to lead someone to exactly what they're looking for, it's very satisfying. And contrary to a majority of beliefs, I think there's way way way more really nice customers than there are rude and obnoxious customers. Of course there's always gonna be the really nasty ones that get all up in your face. And I think the reason why it pisses so many ppl off when they encounter that customer is that they take it personally, which is natural. But if you take a minute to stop and look at it through the customer's eyes, you can relate to those times when you yourself have been really irritable and the same way. And those kind of encounters always make for more of a funny story anyway, so whatever.

Also summer has been winding down tremendously fast these last couple of weeks. I'm sure everyone feels that summer went by ultra fast this year, cause I know it did that for me. And although it's been a relatively slow and unproductive summer, I must admit that I've had lots of fun when I look back at all of the sunshine, sports, out of town trips, and hanging with friends that I got to do. It's always so easy for people to look back at their summer and complain about not doing as much of whatever they planned to, which is how I'm kind of feeling. But at the same time, you have to remember that summer is only so long, and usually the more activities you cram into there, the more activities you have to substitute out of the schedule. I know for me that I wish I could have had a full-time job this summer, and have stuck to my original workout schedule.

Lately, there's also been the Telus lockout. I don't know the details too much (as with most of the general news), but I have to comment about what I do know. Being someone who hasn't ever been on strike myself, I can't totally comment on the striker's position. But back a while ago, about 2-3 years ago, CN went on strike thus putting my dad on the picket line. In that manner, I can understand the striker's reasons for doing what they do, and I totally respect their right to do that. Back to the Telus strike though, I've heard about some pretty bad instances where people who are still working have been beaten up while trying to go home after a day's work. I also had a friend who was yelled at and was accused of working for 'scabbing' for Telus while the strikers were on the picket line, even though she technically worked in the cafeteria and not for Telus at all. I just think it's outrageous that such things happen, and I think that the people dishing this out have no right whatsoever to commit these acts. I'm trying to keep a straight head about the issue, seeing as every group always has their extremists that make everyone else look so bad, but it's just so appalling that something like that would still happen.

Yeah that's all for today, I'll try to blog more regularily, and hopefully get my picture blogging to work.