Nonsense

[Gaki]

Honestly. It's tax season. I stand outside on the corner and wave. Most of the things that are happening this year are a lot like what happened last year but some of these are just odd.

No, I will not move.

Guy decides that he's going to play a little trick on Lady Liberty. He's going to swerve as if he's going to hit me and then swerve back "in the nick of time" in order to make me freak out and run backward or at least flinch.

Said guy freaks out a little bit when I DON'T MOVE. I'm on the sidewalk where there is a huge curb and a very sturdy pole right next to me closer to the street than I am. If he were to continue on his path from his swerve, he would not have hit me. He would have hit said pole. I would have watched and laughed. As soon as he realizes I won't move (because even if he did hit me I'd sue his ass into oblivion) he freaks out and over compensates on his turn back into his lane, forcing him to almost hit the poor people sitting in the left hand turn lane on the other side of the intersection. A few honks and obscenities later and Guy has learned a valuable lesson.

Don't even try to freak me out, I've been doing this for too long.

I still don't get it...

I've only been working for four days and I've been flipped off five times. All by men. I don't really understand how this makes them macho or cool or whatever, it really doesn't make sense to me. I'm still confused.

I Still Can't Hear You

People are still yelling things out the window at me. I still can't hear them because I have my Zune on and earmuffs over that. Whatever you're screaming, whether it be good or bad, you're still getting the same smile and wave. I really hope that frustrates the people who yell horrible things at me.

The things I HAVE heard: "Shake your tail feather." "SHAKE IT, GIRL! I LOVE YOU." And the ever popular: "Get a real job."

No thank you, I get paid to dance and listen to music for three hours, plus my bosses give me money for coffee and I get free hot cocoa and donuts. What do YOU get paid for?

Erm?

Our old man who sings at us was out today. He sang us, "Sitting on the corner watching the girls go wild." He simply repeated that line over and over as three of us were dancing on the sidewalk. I kinda like him, he's silly.

[EvilEmpryss]

And the ever popular: "Get a real job."

Let's see, you had to apply and get hired. You had to fill out tax forms for withholding. You have a clearly identifiable place of business that you operate out of. You have a work uniform. You have a schedule of hours you must be present and a list of duties that you must perform. You collect a regular paycheck for performing those duties. Oh yes, and you can be dismissed for *not* doing them.

Am I missing something? This sure sounds like a "real job" to me.

[bainsidhe]

And the ever popular: "Get a real job..

I've always wanted to yell back saying I make an obscene amount of money, just to see them twitch. If only it were true...

[Teskeria]

I still don't get it...

I've only been working for four days and I've been flipped off five times. All by men. I don't really understand how this makes them macho or cool or whatever, it really doesn't make sense to me. I'm still confused.

Well you see, flipping off a random person allows them to add the length of that finger, about 2 inches, to their Penis for 20 minutes. Thereby TRIPLING it's size. naturally they flip off every random person they see in the hopes of keeping it 3x it's normal size.

[Jay 2K Winger]

And the ever popular: "Get a real job."

I used to ignore that phrase, but the last few months of my stint in retail (with the prospect of my current IT help desk job finally coming through on the horizon), I got pretty sensitive to it.

To the point where, when my own mother-- after I got the happy news that I got the new job-- made a joke about me "getting a real job," I explained quite firmly how disrespectful those words are to people who either can't get a non-retail job, or who are happy working in retail, and that if "I did real work, I got paid in real money, it's a real job."

She very quickly apologized about it, and was quick to correct my dad when he made a similar joke. I wasn't really angry at them, I just didn't want to hear the same joke made over and over again in the future from them or other family members.

[Gawdzillers]

Am I missing something? This sure sounds like a "real job" to me.

It's the transitive property:
Gaki stands on street corners.
Hookers stand on street corners.
Ergo, Gaki is a hooker, and doesn't have a "real job".

[Dracalous]

Wow. I used to have that job. It sucked.
I kinda wish there were people only PRETENDING to try to hit me. There was one idiot not watching the road who almost DID hit me. I kinda wish she had. I'd have a lot more money now.

I got flipped off every weekday by the same two shits riding home from school with their mother.

Most of the people telling me to get a real job looked to be under qualified for mine.

[EricKei]

Most of the people telling me to get a real job looked to be under qualified for mine.

Isn't that always the way? I've had that experience, as well.

[Seshat]

It's the transitive property:
Gaki stands on street corners.
Hookers stand on street corners.
Ergo, Gaki is a hooker, and doesn't have a "real job".

In places where prostitution is legal, prostitutes apply for work, pay taxes, can be fired for not doing their job properly.... yup. Real job.

[RecoveringKinkoid]

A prostitute is a working woman who is looked down upon by other working women who sell themselves for a lot less.

Or something like that.

[csquared]

I saw a guy in the Liberty suit on the corner opposite my office. First thing I thought of was "More Gaki posts!" Yeah, I'm terrible.

You should keep a camera handy and tale photos of the reckless drivers and the rude idiots. Post them on the web and send the reckless driver photos to the cops.

You should post a video showing us some of your moves.

Stay safe, stay warm and shake dem tail feathers!

[Daemonmonkey]

Regarding "real job":

My answer wold be something like "At least I don't live in a trailer all year long..."

And the flipping business: My stepfather [R.I.P.] used to make fun of them "What's that for a tiny thing? Do like the Latins (makes movement down-up with his whole fist)..."

[EvilEmpryss]

It's the transitive property:
Gaki stands on street corners.
Hookers stand on street corners.
Ergo, Gaki is a hooker, and doesn't have a "real job".

Ah! That puts the whole "Lady Liberty" costume thing into a new perspective.

[Sapphire Silk]

Ah! That puts the whole "Lady Liberty" costume thing into a new perspective.

So, she's a Liberated woman?

[Solumina]

So, she's a Liberated woman?

Yes.



I also hate "get a real job". I happen to really, really like working in customer service (thankfully I'm really good at letting crap go and holding on to the good stuff) but I feel really pressured to go back to school. Hell that pressure is why I didn't take a pretty sweet job as a receptionist at a chiropractic place (that would have paid about $15,000 more than I make now, with better benefits, and fewer hours), even though I was falling apart and failing most of my classes, I just felt like I had to finish school. So here I am a couple years (and a good bit of tuition) later, no degree and making crap per hour, but I'm happy and actually emotionally stable. I'm so happy in fact that I have more or less decided to scrap my plans for a psy degree and get one in hospitality management, even though some people think it is a "lowly" career path. Sorry to derail things, I can get a bit ranty about the subject.