July 15, 2003
Mama said there'd be days like this
It wasn't a bad day. It was good, really, but it was so full of things. I didn't really expect it to be full of things, but it was anyway. I got a phone call when I was out doing an errand I didn't expect to be doing. The phone call was BrilliantEditor who said that he'd gotten a phone call that I was supposed to be teaching a class.
"Oh. I'll go now, then."
And off I went. The class was good, although it started a half hour late, courtesy of yours truly. I had fun; they had fun; we all had fun. Until the grousing started to get a little out of control. So I stopped the class to address the grousing. It actually went over fairly well—they acknowledged that they'd gotten a good deal on their sewing machines and that the things they wanted were never advertised to come with the machine, although I agreed it would have been very nice if they had. Then we got on with it.
One of the women who was grousing, the one I wanted to stop as soon as possible, had worked there with me for about a month. She did the same thing then. She just whined about the cost of patterns or material or doctors' appointments or how no one would show her anything. She wouldn't pay attention when I did show her things. She did that in class, too. She's a dope.
in other news
Since management of the workplace has changed hands, nothing seems to be different. I asked what might be new and funky, but got nowhere. My coworker had been on vacation for nine days. It's all good, though. I don't need to gossip, anyway. Talking about other people isn't nice.
boring
I'm boring myself though. I can't be very interesting. One thing, though, about not needing to gossip: Benjamin Franklin tried to be very very good for a while. He set a list of rules and then, noting when he had failed, took care to keep a detailed chart. He didn't manage a single day of perfect goodness. He did say, though, that it was much more interesting being not so good.
How to solve this problem? Poor behavior may be the key. I can compensate for behaving badly by brushing and flossing more conscientiously. That should even out the karma.
