Snootiness and the poor perceptions

So today my wife and I went to the jewelry store to get her engagement ring fixed (it has a bent prong). We walked in and it was a little busy, which is okay considering that it is Saturday. So we waited at the counter looking at over-priced jewelry hoping someone would acknowledge our presence. Instead, the workers kept walking by us pretending that we didn't even exist. This is quite a blow to my self-esteem. I looked around and noticed that the people who some years under their belt were getting treated well. Also, those who were dressed nicely were getting some help. But Christie and I who are young and don't really like to dress up to go to a freaking mall get the shaft. We get to sit their and be ignored by snooty people who assume that we don't have any money are going to be a complete waste of their time. We don't have a lot of money, but we were willing to spend some money to get this ring fixed. After twenty or thirty minutes of being completely ignored we left. It would have been different if they would have just said as they walked by that someone would be with us in a minute, but no they wouldn't even look at us. It was frickin ridiculous.

I think that people need to be aware that everyone is worth some time and attention. No matter how they look, every person is valuable and should be recognized as such. I hate when people assume they know so much about a person because of the way they look. For instance, my brother told me a story of getting treated poorly while trying to buy a suit. The people working seemed to think that he wasn't worth the time because he wouldn't be able to afford the suit. Paul, my brother, is a doctor and because he wasn't dressed nicely in designer clothes he didn't get treated well. This is total bollocks. People always say that you can't judge a book by it's cover. I think that you can an idea of the book from the cover, but you really don't know it until you read it. People are the same way. Until you talk to someone and get to know who they are a little bit, you can't accurately judge much about them. Except maybe the priority that person puts on fashion. So don't go judging people by the car they drive or the shoes that they wear. Because whether they drive a Jaguar or a run down van they could be really cool people. Talk to people and they might surprise you!!

Stay open kids,
mark

I feel old

On New Year's Eve, I decided to have a lock-in for my middle school youth. I had a good group come in, and we had some fun. The problem is that they made me play soccer and basketball, which I'm all for. The problem is that when we do this in the same night I am sore for the next three days. I'm still a little sore from this night of playing. I remember a time when I would have done that, and got up the next day ready to play some more. Growing older sucks. Maybe I should spend some time at the gym and get into shape, but I really don't know if I'm dedicated enough for that. I know that if I go to the gym that I'm going to over do it, and end too sore the next day to go again. This is because I'm not dedicated enough for this. It was a lot easier in high school when I had coaches yelling at me, and some of the working out was disguised in a game. That's what I really like. Make my exercise hide in something that I really like doing. It's like hiding a pill in a patient's muffin so that they will actually take their medicine. I need to hide my exercise in the muffin of a sweet sweet sport then I will actually do it...

Who am I kidding?! I won't even do that for more than like a week. I'm too lazy.

later peeps,

Mark