Dear readers,
This current post is going to be a bit short and just kind of go over a few basic ISM's that most people have some understanding about. I'm going to be doing a few longer posts on each ISM that I can give a good rant about.
First and foremost. For those who do not understand how I use the word Ism. The correct definition of Ism is (Quoted from Dictionary.com): Ism: Noun: a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice: This is the age of isms.
Isms that I am speaking of are:
Racism
Sexism
Agism or ageism
Etcetera and so forth
Over the next few posts that I do I will be ranting about each ISM that just right out pisses me off. If I miss one that you would like to hear my opinion on, leave me a comment and I'll go full bore with it. My biggest thing about Ism's, is that those who are viewing themselves as the victims, usually are the ones that are in the wrong. In the day and age that we live in, there are so many laws, and things out there that have been FIXED in our history that people continue to use as ammo for their over bearing bazooka's of wrongness. I will be giving a few examples of this in my future posts. People that are claiming that they are being wronged for one reason or another, and winning!, when in reality they are the ones just using it as an excuse to get away with something. Or that are so blinded by their own hate, that they see things, that are not really there.
For example. I get myself some cherry limeade. It's a red colored drink. I offer some to my black friend, and they get pissed off at me for being a white bigot thinking that all black people drink red drinks. Pa'leeeeeese. I got the drink for myself, not for them, I was trying to share something that I enjoyed with my friend whom I love. They just took my offer of friendship and enjoyment and turned it into something ugly that they saw as being an act of racism.
Now for the record, I will be stating this again in future posts, I am not racist. I am a hindz fifty seven myself. My younger sister whom I adore and can not wait to see when she comes to visit me, is half black. So shove it in your pie hole if you want to try to piss on my blog because I used the term black instead of African American. I'm not in politics, I'm not into paying attention most of the time to politics, so I'm not going to be politically correct. Freedom of choice, freedom of speech, hush it.
Once I get the wording right and am happy with the research I am doing, I will be posting first on Racism. This one aut to be fun. I will be giving examples of what I'm talking about. As well as trying to find some links that you can visit for yourself to view the research materials that I used.
NotSoWise
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Thursday, April 5, 2012
Donations dot dot dot
Hello again lovelies,
Been a while, however, I wanted to word this next rant right. Why you ask, well because this is one of my biggest pet peeves since working in a gas station. Most places do donation drives once to three times a year. For MDA in March (Jerry's Kids, or Muscular Dystrophy Association), Relay For Life around that time, And CMN sometime around September (Children's Miracle Network).
Each of these donation drives give the company a bunch of little things for their customers to fill out so the company can paste them around their store. Shamrocks, balloons, or what have you. These things you buy for increments of $1, $5, or $10 and then put your name on or the name of someone you love and then next time you come in, you look around the location to see it in bold hanging up on the windows or walls and have yourself a proud moment. Kids love to see their names up there, knowing that they've helped out.
It's a wonderful way for a company to help out their community as well. Most of these drives make sure that the money that is supplied with in that area is dispersed to children or families from that area. For example, with MDA, for each $700 I believe it is the location gets to send a kid to camp. There they learn ways to live and play even with their disability. Or it goes towards medical bills or wheel chairs for them. Making life for those children that much better.
Now, here's my rant.
In most locations it is required for the cashier or server to ask if you want to make a donation. No mater how many days a week you come in, how much you purchase, or how many times you have come into the store that day. It's their job. Some don't like it, others are happy to do it. Regardless they have too. And in some of these locations they have little change collectors. So sometimes you will have someone that asks for a full dollar, others that just ask for your change, and others that will just ask you for a donation for you to decide what you want to do.
1.) The most common joke or comment that we hear is "I think they should make a donation to me" or reworded "Someone needs to make a donation to me". You know how much that just erks us? It makes me so mad when someone says something like that, because I am poor myself, by no means living in even a trailer of nice standing. Yes I could use some help to get by, but I would never joke about that in regards to a donation drive regardless of what the drive was for. That is tacky, distasteful, and rude. I will make no hesitation to tell the person flat out that I don't find that funny. Because it's not. Don't say it.
2.) "They need to get up off their asses and work for their living just like the rest of us." Yes I have actually had a few people say this. One, if they COULD do so, do you not think that they would be? Two, even if they can, and are, these drives are for the less fortunate. The ones that can not afford to keep roofs over their heads and feed their family and still pay hospital bills. To add to that, most of these drives are for children, who even if they could work until their illness became to much for them are not allowed to by law. Get off your high horse and zip it.
3.) "I don't have enough money" or "I'm too poor" right as they finish purchasing a lotto or lottery ticket. Eye brow up, really? You don't have a quarter to spare to a good cause but you can blow your money on gambling? For those of you who don't know, the actual odds of winning on most lottery tickets (or scratch offs) is 1 in 7 on average. Including money back prizes. About 50% - 75% of the people who win from them, only get what they put into a single card. You loose more than you put in, in most cases.
4.) Don't complain. Don't yell. Don't get mad. We ask you because it is first and foremost our jobs to do so. We can get into trouble if we do not ask you, and in some cases, loose our jobs. You only have to hear it once a day if that depending on how many places you go that are doing it or how many times you have to go in to a location. We have to ask anywhere between 100 and in busier locations such as a grocery store in New York City 800 people plus a day the same thing we ask you. Think about that next time you wanna pop off. We don't expect a yes every time. Which brings me to...
5.) You do not have to donate every single time you come in. No one expects you to. Hell you don't even have to donate once. We loooove it when we get a donation, however, we are not going to freak out if you don't. The excuses, the comments, the list of things you do donate to that are not what we are asking for, are unnecessary. We don't care in all honesty. A simple no is good. A no with a smile is better. We don't need or want your attitude. We have to ask so many people each day, we can't keep track of everyone we have asked, or everyone that has requested that we stop asking. Understand that we are not trying to aggravate you or get all your money. We're just working here.
There are so many more things I could go on about for this topic, but I will leave it at that. Just be nice about it, don't give us any bullpoopy, and just say no if you don't want to. Remember, we are working to help support a good cause, and most of us actually donate ourselves either through putting money into it during the drives, or having it automatically deducted from our pay checks. We know how hard life can be and how sometimes you just can't or don't want to donate. We wont hold it against you, so don't hold it against us when we ask. It's hard to smile and be respectful and nice to everyone that walks in the door, especially when we get those random meany heads that just wanna cuss us out or be right bastards, so when you see that smile ask yourself how bad a day they might have had or how many excuses they've heard, and give a smile back and a simple happy no.
That's all for today. Thanks for reading.
NotSoWise
Been a while, however, I wanted to word this next rant right. Why you ask, well because this is one of my biggest pet peeves since working in a gas station. Most places do donation drives once to three times a year. For MDA in March (Jerry's Kids, or Muscular Dystrophy Association), Relay For Life around that time, And CMN sometime around September (Children's Miracle Network).
Each of these donation drives give the company a bunch of little things for their customers to fill out so the company can paste them around their store. Shamrocks, balloons, or what have you. These things you buy for increments of $1, $5, or $10 and then put your name on or the name of someone you love and then next time you come in, you look around the location to see it in bold hanging up on the windows or walls and have yourself a proud moment. Kids love to see their names up there, knowing that they've helped out.
It's a wonderful way for a company to help out their community as well. Most of these drives make sure that the money that is supplied with in that area is dispersed to children or families from that area. For example, with MDA, for each $700 I believe it is the location gets to send a kid to camp. There they learn ways to live and play even with their disability. Or it goes towards medical bills or wheel chairs for them. Making life for those children that much better.
Now, here's my rant.
In most locations it is required for the cashier or server to ask if you want to make a donation. No mater how many days a week you come in, how much you purchase, or how many times you have come into the store that day. It's their job. Some don't like it, others are happy to do it. Regardless they have too. And in some of these locations they have little change collectors. So sometimes you will have someone that asks for a full dollar, others that just ask for your change, and others that will just ask you for a donation for you to decide what you want to do.
1.) The most common joke or comment that we hear is "I think they should make a donation to me" or reworded "Someone needs to make a donation to me". You know how much that just erks us? It makes me so mad when someone says something like that, because I am poor myself, by no means living in even a trailer of nice standing. Yes I could use some help to get by, but I would never joke about that in regards to a donation drive regardless of what the drive was for. That is tacky, distasteful, and rude. I will make no hesitation to tell the person flat out that I don't find that funny. Because it's not. Don't say it.
2.) "They need to get up off their asses and work for their living just like the rest of us." Yes I have actually had a few people say this. One, if they COULD do so, do you not think that they would be? Two, even if they can, and are, these drives are for the less fortunate. The ones that can not afford to keep roofs over their heads and feed their family and still pay hospital bills. To add to that, most of these drives are for children, who even if they could work until their illness became to much for them are not allowed to by law. Get off your high horse and zip it.
3.) "I don't have enough money" or "I'm too poor" right as they finish purchasing a lotto or lottery ticket. Eye brow up, really? You don't have a quarter to spare to a good cause but you can blow your money on gambling? For those of you who don't know, the actual odds of winning on most lottery tickets (or scratch offs) is 1 in 7 on average. Including money back prizes. About 50% - 75% of the people who win from them, only get what they put into a single card. You loose more than you put in, in most cases.
4.) Don't complain. Don't yell. Don't get mad. We ask you because it is first and foremost our jobs to do so. We can get into trouble if we do not ask you, and in some cases, loose our jobs. You only have to hear it once a day if that depending on how many places you go that are doing it or how many times you have to go in to a location. We have to ask anywhere between 100 and in busier locations such as a grocery store in New York City 800 people plus a day the same thing we ask you. Think about that next time you wanna pop off. We don't expect a yes every time. Which brings me to...
5.) You do not have to donate every single time you come in. No one expects you to. Hell you don't even have to donate once. We loooove it when we get a donation, however, we are not going to freak out if you don't. The excuses, the comments, the list of things you do donate to that are not what we are asking for, are unnecessary. We don't care in all honesty. A simple no is good. A no with a smile is better. We don't need or want your attitude. We have to ask so many people each day, we can't keep track of everyone we have asked, or everyone that has requested that we stop asking. Understand that we are not trying to aggravate you or get all your money. We're just working here.
There are so many more things I could go on about for this topic, but I will leave it at that. Just be nice about it, don't give us any bullpoopy, and just say no if you don't want to. Remember, we are working to help support a good cause, and most of us actually donate ourselves either through putting money into it during the drives, or having it automatically deducted from our pay checks. We know how hard life can be and how sometimes you just can't or don't want to donate. We wont hold it against you, so don't hold it against us when we ask. It's hard to smile and be respectful and nice to everyone that walks in the door, especially when we get those random meany heads that just wanna cuss us out or be right bastards, so when you see that smile ask yourself how bad a day they might have had or how many excuses they've heard, and give a smile back and a simple happy no.
That's all for today. Thanks for reading.
NotSoWise
Saturday, February 4, 2012
Dear Readers,
I work as a clerk at a gas station, and boy there is a lot of rants I could go on about that. But today, I'll stick to one. This is something that I myself am bad about, so don't think I'm just yelling to yell :D. More often then not the station I work at is really busy. So we see a lot of people every day. I'd say an average of 300 people in an 8 hour shift.
It was about half way through my shift that I realised something. I couldn't put a face to half the people that had walked in. The likely hood of me actually lifting my head to look at the person as I fill their order, get their cigarettes, or set their pumps, is next to nill. I mean, I say hello to everyone that walks through the doors (usually) and ask them how they are, but to actually look them in the face is.. well, rare. An internal voice (that sounded just like my mother) told me "You are so rude, look me in the eye when I'm talking to you". You all know the voice. When ever you are doing something that your parents used to get on to you about? Yeah.
So, I started to force myself to look at them when they walked in, greeting them the right way. When they came to my register, I made sure to look at their face. Ready for the kicker? I'd expect to have a few people not look me in the eye, but I found I wasn't the only one being rude! Only TWO of the customers that I waited on the remainder of the night... looked me in the face! I was dumbfounded.
So that's my rant for the day... and my new goal. Look people in the dang eyes already! Stop being rude!!!
Yours Truly,
NotSoWise
I work as a clerk at a gas station, and boy there is a lot of rants I could go on about that. But today, I'll stick to one. This is something that I myself am bad about, so don't think I'm just yelling to yell :D. More often then not the station I work at is really busy. So we see a lot of people every day. I'd say an average of 300 people in an 8 hour shift.
It was about half way through my shift that I realised something. I couldn't put a face to half the people that had walked in. The likely hood of me actually lifting my head to look at the person as I fill their order, get their cigarettes, or set their pumps, is next to nill. I mean, I say hello to everyone that walks through the doors (usually) and ask them how they are, but to actually look them in the face is.. well, rare. An internal voice (that sounded just like my mother) told me "You are so rude, look me in the eye when I'm talking to you". You all know the voice. When ever you are doing something that your parents used to get on to you about? Yeah.
So, I started to force myself to look at them when they walked in, greeting them the right way. When they came to my register, I made sure to look at their face. Ready for the kicker? I'd expect to have a few people not look me in the eye, but I found I wasn't the only one being rude! Only TWO of the customers that I waited on the remainder of the night... looked me in the face! I was dumbfounded.
So that's my rant for the day... and my new goal. Look people in the dang eyes already! Stop being rude!!!
Yours Truly,
NotSoWise
Thursday, January 19, 2012
To all you haters.....
Dear readers,
Last night me and my boyfriend were talking about Justin Bieber. I know I know... I don't want to hear it. Just listen. I personally don't favor his music, in fact, I think there is all of one song that I actually like, and it's only because it's attributed to one of my favorite kids movies with Jakie Chan and Jaden Smith... you guessed it The Karate Kid remake of 2010. And truthfully, the lyrics of the song ring true to any of us who were sort of kicked down as kids. Never Say Never. Anyway I get off topic smack me!
My boyfriend was just roaming YouTube and came across some of Bieber's music and there was a very cruel and vulgar posting to this song and it just churned my boyfriends stomach. That this adult man was speaking about this teenage kid in such a grotesque way and being down right hateful.
First I have to say that you don't HAVE to like the kids music. I don't. But that's not the point. The point is that this kids life is an inspiring story! From teaching HIMSELF four instruments, to showing his mom, to her posting them on YouTube so that his family could see and enjoy from all the corners of the word.... all the way to the fame he has now. There was an actually bidding war between Usher and Justin Timberlake over this kid, and who would have rights to be his mentor. He's done collaborations/performances with Jaden Smith, Ludacris, Mariah Carry, and more. He's under the tutelage of Usher, and is only what? 17 years old?
He went from nothing kid from nowhere to super star. And he is a musical genius. Hush... again... a musical genius. Let me post the definition of this:
Via Dictionary.com
Genius:
1. an exceptional natural capacity of intellect, especially as shown in creative and original work in science, art, music, etc.: the genius of Mozart.
Last night me and my boyfriend were talking about Justin Bieber. I know I know... I don't want to hear it. Just listen. I personally don't favor his music, in fact, I think there is all of one song that I actually like, and it's only because it's attributed to one of my favorite kids movies with Jakie Chan and Jaden Smith... you guessed it The Karate Kid remake of 2010. And truthfully, the lyrics of the song ring true to any of us who were sort of kicked down as kids. Never Say Never. Anyway I get off topic smack me!
My boyfriend was just roaming YouTube and came across some of Bieber's music and there was a very cruel and vulgar posting to this song and it just churned my boyfriends stomach. That this adult man was speaking about this teenage kid in such a grotesque way and being down right hateful.
First I have to say that you don't HAVE to like the kids music. I don't. But that's not the point. The point is that this kids life is an inspiring story! From teaching HIMSELF four instruments, to showing his mom, to her posting them on YouTube so that his family could see and enjoy from all the corners of the word.... all the way to the fame he has now. There was an actually bidding war between Usher and Justin Timberlake over this kid, and who would have rights to be his mentor. He's done collaborations/performances with Jaden Smith, Ludacris, Mariah Carry, and more. He's under the tutelage of Usher, and is only what? 17 years old?
He went from nothing kid from nowhere to super star. And he is a musical genius. Hush... again... a musical genius. Let me post the definition of this:
Via Dictionary.com
Genius:
1. an exceptional natural capacity of intellect, especially as shown in creative and original work in science, art, music, etc.: the genius of Mozart.
2. a person having such capacity.
3. a person having an extraordinarily high intelligence rating on a psychological test, as an IQ above 140.
4. natural ability or capacity; strong inclination: a special genius for leadership.
5. distinctive character or spirit, as of a nation, period, or language.
And take a look at this post:
The kid taught himself four instruments by the time he was thirteen. I rest my case.
With all that to the side. He's a kid, and he makes mistakes just like everyone else does. He will grow and learn from those mistakes along the way, just like we all will as we age. One can not expect this child to have the level of common sense nor maturity of the adults in his field of work.
So this is what I have to say to you Justin Bieber haters who worked so hard to make his song Baby (link follows) YouTubes #1 most disliked song.... You idiots.
Here is why I say that:
1.) You actually listened to the song, otherwise, how the hell would you know if you didn't like it?
2.) You actually wasted your time to talk trash about this kid, most of those that do this, are older than 17 them selves. And spent the time that could have been applied to making your life better to rally against a SEVENTEEN year old KID. Way to be an adult guys.
3.) You actually pay attention to the media that surrounds him! Uh, how else would you know what you do?
4.) The only reason anyone ever talks bad about someone else they have no understanding/knowledge of is because they feel inferior. This kid makes the buko bucks, he works with stars, he prob could get more nookie than you, he went from no one to someone in seconds flat in the scheme of things, and he was popular on YouTube before he ever thought of becoming what he was. Makes you feel small, so you have to try and bring him down. Real mature.
In conclusion I'd just like to say to Justin or any of his affiliates:
Way to freaking go! I may not like your music kid, but you are an inspiration. I hope that you know that no mater how many people hate your stuff, that the ones that actually mater are the ones that support you. The people in your life that love you for you and strive to help you become the best that you can be. You are a super hero in your own right, remember not to abuse the power that you have, and always remember the little guys. Keep up the good work, and brush yourself off when you're pushed down. Thank you for being you.
Oh and for the record... this all really applies to every artist out there who is a little off, a little crazy, a little wild, a little messed up, and a bit eccentric. Thank you for constantly entertaining us and being show stoppers who don't give a good dang what anyone thinks. For doing your thing no mater what people say.
IE: Lady Gaga, Lady Sovereign, Reiana, Beyonce, Skillet, Cold Play, SlipKnot, Korn, Rob Zombie, and the list goes on.
Signed Yours Truly,
Not So Wise
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