Living with humans...
My neighbor has a new roommate; I saw him for the first time yesterday. So far, things have been quiet downstairs. Maybe this love, appreciation and respect thing is working... Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, July 10, 2009
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Ego battle..
A customer did not want me to cut his hair, he asked for someone else, anyone else. I wanted to know why, but I didn't ask. So I took another customer,we talked, she liked her haircut, but all the while I was evesdropping to hear if this guy was going to talk about me to my co-worker; he didn't.... Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, July 6, 2009
I wanted to go home...
I wanted to go home. Business had been slow all day; customers came and went sporadically, so by 4:00 my manger left. We close at 6:00, and by 5:00 there were only two of us working. Then, the rush came; and by 5:30 there were eight customers on the waiting list. Most of them were men, they don’t... Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, July 4, 2009
Living with humans...
I have a neighbor, a college student, who is loud, raucous and profane. He and his roommate like to stay up all night gaming, and when he turns up his stereo, the floor in my apartment vibrates. We are engaged in an ongoing conflict, I have knocked on his door, I have sent him text messages, I have... Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, July 3, 2009
The nature of the brew...
Things appear pretty desperate, my shoddy apartment, full of old hand me down furniture, my son just lost his job and is struggling with his self esteem; and my cat is pregnant. The very things I didn’t want to happen have happened. But that is the nature of the brew, you get what you think about,... Sign in to see full entry.
Brew from the pot...
I went to dinner with my co-workers and I am embarrassed to say that I was appalled at the behavior of two of them. One, who self-righteously believes she is above us all because she is from 'Philly', (i.e. the north) had no decorum and acted like a 'hood rat'. (Please forgive my descriptions) The... Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Some people just want time...
I was finished with her haircut, there was nothing more, that I could see, that needed to be done. She said she just wanted a 'little trim', but she wouldn't get out of my chair. She just kept talking and when I handed her the mirror she started scrutinizing the cut. "Do you thing this need to be a... Sign in to see full entry.