Friday, December 19, 2014

Coworkers

My work place is not your average work place. I work at a bank but its in a supermarket. Some people will look at it a certain way. But I dont care, the money is the same as if I worked in a traditional bank.Were a very slow bank. So I have to be creative to get my clientele.the atmosphere is very relaxed.  I kind of get to do what I want.  I want to go eat or sometimes I just walk around and meet new people. I picked up a girl one time in the supermarket (thats a story for another day).

My coworkers are interesting. We are a good team. We genuinely care about each other. We try to help each other. Although whenever you are around people that long and that often little things bother you about them. My coworkers are messy and unorganized. Im not the most organized or clean person in the world but some of these ladies put me to shame. But all in all my coworkers are hilarious and its because we are so different. We love to mess around with each other and many times you'll hear us just being loud and joking with each other. We always say something is racist and pretty much say anything.

I always have to start with my boss because she sets the tone. She's a tall light skinned black lady who has very pretty features. She is not bad looking but she thinks shes the shit. Shes cool and as she likes to always point out (shes down to earth), very nice and sweet person, but is fake many times. Shes constantly making fun of people, cursing, making jokes and dancing. i always make fun of her and she just goes "Shut up Dan". Then she looks at me with her huge eyes trying to stare me down. She knows that it never affects me because too many women have looked at me like that over the years to affect me. I have like a bullet proof vest to those glazes. I usually just smile it off.

Second coworker is this black woman (pretty Girl with a pretty face and a big butt. There was this guy who just almost fell over when he was looking at her booty.) who always has some drama in her life. She is a woman who has boyfriend, mother , baby daddy, and etc drama. But I've got to say that she is so funny. She will crack jokes, dance, sing and etc. Yesterday she was talking about how she was having to run to the bathroom. She seems to sabotage herself many ways with the men she has or the job opportunities. 

The tellers are two white guys. The first guy is super anal. Hates it when someone touches his pens. He loves anime, pokemon and nintendo. One of my former coworkers thought he was gay but hes just a nerd. He likes to work out and hes very lean. He'll talk to someone about video games for hours. I argue with him about sports all the time. Hes very stubborn and hard headed, but hes funny too. He throws shots at people. 

The other teller we call the senator. Looks like an average SEC white guy. He dressed in his khakis and has the side part or qualf. He's into younger girls and that has gotten him into trouble. Like a bullshitter, he tells me hes not looking for a relationship but the last girl he was with he got attached to her. He's very bro. He goes, "hey broski, you doneski soon?" Then makes up words. So we make fun of him and he seems to roll with it. He goes bro-did-illi-de-de.  We call him white CT. He's not the best worker. He messes up all the time or sometimes comes in a little drunk. He pretty much a headache sometimes. 

My coworkers, like anyone you hang out with for long periods of time, have been shaping me a little. You see some of the things I listed about my coworkers and I know that I have some of the same traits. I see all the flaws in them, but you cant help but love them. Its weird that you coworkers become your family. Sometimes you have that brother or sister that annoys you or the embarrassing uncle, but you love them all the same. I guess coworkers are like that for small parts of your life. Good thing about coworkers you can leave them anytime.


Tuesday, December 9, 2014

eeeyyyaaaahhhh moments

In 2004 Howard Dean (a candidate for the democratic nomination) when on this infamous tirade, He just finished third in the Iowa Caucaus. The next day people kept playing this video. I heard it and I was like this man is nuts. "No way am I going to vote for him." as I muttered in my head. America agreed with me. He pulled out of the election in February. John Kerry won the democratic nomination and eventually lost to George W Bush for Bush's second term.

My friend and I were talking about this infamous moment because its still used in pop culture. The moment will live on in history as the eeeeyyyyaaahhhh moment (I think Im the only one who calls it that most people are just like "remember when that guy went nuts and started yelling state names and screamed at the end") . Dave Chapelle made a skit about it. I thought about that moment for a little bit. What if he never yelled? History could have been changed forever. Think about it.,,,,, Maybe Dean wins the nomination and beats Bush. It could mean that Katrina was never as messed up as it was. No Kanye saying that Bush hates black people. No 2008 recession. No Obama becoming President. No Osama Bin Laden Dying.

I know everything I just said was a big leap. BIG LEAP. But sometimes there are little things that can change history or your life, Life is just a series of moments. Most of life is just banal or boring. But the moments change your life. Small little eeeeyyyyaahhhh moments. Moments you probably dont even remember unless you really sit down and are like yeah that was a big moment. I remember sitting with this guy in my small group. I dont even remember his name. But I was making a choice between moving to Houston or Atlanta. After I talked to him, I knew it was Atlanta. I remember exactly what he told me. "Dan, Houston sucks" Those three words changed my entire life. That was my EEEEEYYYYYAAAAHHHHHH,




Thursday, December 4, 2014

I Melt with You

I haven't written anything in a really long time. My apologies. But I think its appropriate to start with a praise to God. As I was going home, God shook me. He moved me like only He can. I like to tell people that I'll shake the ish out of them, but thats what God did to me tonight. Only God can melt my heart like that. In a split second, my heart can go from Cold to melted in an instant. As I was listening to the radio, God just chose to hit that switch. I want to Thank God. A feeling where all the love, joy, hope and peace is restored to you. In a single breath and my day, my week, my year was saved. Only God can do magical and miraculous things like that. If you never had that feeling, I pray that you do. Pray to God tonight to give that to you.


 O Lord, Thank you.