It started with a scooter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The campus has a service – with Lyft, I think – to provide electric scooters to rent to get around campus. I\u2019ve never used them since I\u2019m rarely in that much of a hurry and I know how to walk. Always seemed lazy to me. Even lazier though are the scooter riders who, when confronted with an un-scooterable obstacle, will simply abandon the scooter right where they stop. Usually blocking stairs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
There was a scooter across the sidewalk right at the top of the stairs while I was walking from my car to my office. I walked around it – irritated at whomever had been so lazy and unthinking of other people to just leave it in the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
From there it was a 2 hour long meeting. And for my small part of the project, it could have been an email with an attached PDF of documentation. A short email, at that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But, no, it was a meeting in person. I did fold a lot of paper, but also took notes so it would look like I was paying attention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then it was lunch time and the drive home had really aggressive drivers. More so than usual or maybe I was just hungry. I did quite a bit of swearing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
An amazon delivery driver was blocking part of the street and from the other direction a lawn service truck was blocking the other side. I managed to get past, but it was close. Also, as I was leaving, I righted our knocked over trash can. The garbage truck had knocked it over that morning, but not picked it up. We\u2019ll have to wait a week and try again. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I stopped at Burger King to get lunch and it was chaos. Angry and impatient people, slow service, no ice and then no lids. The hold up was a door dasher with a huge order who seemingly abandoned the whole order just before they brought over the last bag. A huge waste. There was also a traffic jam in the parking lot – another door dasher blocking one lane and a lawn service truck and trailer blocking the other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I had to loop the parking deck twice to find a space when I got back to campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then back in the office and eating my lunch, trying to type emails to keep up while hurriedly chewing my food. The nuggets tasted..off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As the afternoon wore on, a loud voice started to intrude over my headphones and music – and the endless ads, but that\u2019s nothing new.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I went to my window and realized it was a megaphone voice coming from outside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Since it didn\u2019t seem to be stopping, I got up and went outside to check. It turned out to be a fraternity doing some kind of fundraiser recruiting thing. I pointed out where my office was and asked if they would turn it down a bit. I sounded more polite than I felt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On my way back to the office I passed a table with Communist USA, a guy with a tally board asking \u201cis god a person?\u201d – who was near the ubiquitous Jehovah\u2019s Witness folks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
All day long, one irritation after another. I\u2019ve got a problem with grinding my teeth at night and I was starting to do that during that day as well. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
And yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I wasn\u2019t in an accident and the parking space I eventually found was convenient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The meeting was pointless, but I got to talk to a coworker I hadn\u2019t seen in a while.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My lunch order was correct. And the dogs were happy to see me. Also, my manually done yard looked nicer than the ones the services did.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The megaphone guys did turn things down and no one from the tables really bothered me. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
And I was somewhat productive in the office, all things considered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I managed, even with all the irritations, to get through the day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I have a good job, people that love me, a safe home, and a full belly. And soon, I\u2019ll head to a comfortable bed for a solid night\u2019s sleep. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It wasn\u2019t a perfect day. Or even really a good one. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
But it wasn\u2019t that bad, either. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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