Things Have Become Slightly Less Ridiculous

Well, I just decided to go into Red Lobster and ask them, because I was tired of not being called back.  Actually, not being called back is one of my biggest pet peeves.  Anyways, I explained to the manager what my problem was and he pretty much just said "Oh... umm... just work anyway and you can have your training after you work."  Then again, that's what I was expecting so it's not that big of a deal, I'm just glad that I know for sure that I'm either working or not.  Also, the first race of the Cross Country season is tomorrow and I'm not all that excited.  I mean, the team is going to do good, but the heat and humidity make it so hard for me to breathe that I'm worried that I'll do bad.  I'm still hoping that I'll do fairly good and help the JV team to win.  I also work every day of the weekend, so it's going to be a busy one.

Sheer Ridiculousness

Sometimes, people forget to do simple things.  It's a fact of life, and is totally acceptable.  However, sometimes it gets to the point of ridiculousness.  This is the case for me.  If you read the other post I have written, you would know that I now work at Red Lobster.  That was a half-lie.  I am employed, but I haven't worked yet.  First off, I had two different interviews and was hired.  Everything was fine.  However, after they told me I was hired, they told me I had orientation about two days from then and never mentioned the time that I needed to be there.  I asked what the specific time was, and they simply said "afternoon".  What is that supposed to mean?  Well, I just got there at four o'clock because that seemed like a reasonable time.  Somehow, that was late.  Thanks for telling me.  At the end of orientation, they told me that they would call me soon and tell me when training was.  They also told me that I start work the week of the 23rd.  Well, they never called.  My friend Shaun works there, and told me that he would be training me on that Thursday coming up.  Because of that, I decided to call and ask if that was true.  I called twice, left a message, and they never got back to me.  Shaun's mom, who also works there, then called for me a few days later.  They said they would call me, which never happened.  Also according to Shaun, I'm on the schedule for Friday.  That's the busiest day of the week, and two days from now.  I haven't been trained, and they haven't called me to tell me.  So yeah, it has become ridiculous.

People and Computers

Even today, some people cannot seem to wrap their head around the concept of the computer.  No matter how often a particular piece of software is explained to them, they will ask for help from somebody which they consider "computer literate".  Now, I admit, that not everyone can be computer geniuses.  I have nothing against anyone for taking longer to learn something than another person.  However, it just really bugs me when people refuse to learn such simple concepts that would make their life so much easier.  This is especially true when the entire world is becoming more dependent on computers of every type, whether it be traditional desktops, laptops, smartphones, or any other type of computer for that matter.  That, of course, brings me to another point.  I help to tutor quite a few of my friends, and it just KILLS me when they want the "A" in a class, but refuse to learn the material so that they can earn the "A".  Learning should honestly be, well, fun.  Not in the traditional sense of fun like you would have when you play sports, but it should be interesting.  For me, knowledge always seems to be a good thing.  Sometimes, I wish that people would put more effort into the activities they do.

Ode to Connor

Connor Hundley, my dear friend, you are such a jerk.  Not only did you feel the need to "one-up" me on our Prezi projects, but you also changed the URL of your page to "betterthanmatt".  That was not a very nice move.  In all seriousness though, this post won't really be about Connor.  It's really about the first week of school and the amount of "hecticness" that occurs during this short, three-day period.  Honestly, if a person were to only focus on school, everything would go perfectly smoothly.  Sadly, this is not the case for the average high school student.  For example, I have school, but also I participate on the Cross Country team and work at Red Lobster.  The first day of school, the team had practice at 5:45 a.m., meaning that I had to wake up much earlier.  That is definitely not the way to start out on an otherwise terrible day. The second day was the hardest, though, because I had orientation for my job.  There was so much to remember!  It was completely ridiculous.  To be honest, I have no idea what to talk about on my first blog post.  It seems like I've been rambling on for a quite a while, so I believe this concludes my first post.