Had an interesting moment at work. A customer was talking about being a veteran and getting his discount and I don't know if he was being 100% serious when he said it but he said something to the effect that all of us would be talking "german or jap [sic]" if they hadn't fought for our country.
I did my nervous laugh, partially because such exclamations of national superiority gives me a case of the second-hand embarrassments, and also because I had been spending the day looking over hiragana and katakana in the spare moments between customers.
As he walked away I heard him say something about Arabic, but I was already moving to the next customer. She said something like "there is always that one" in reference to the customer who had just walked away, so I let her know how ironic it was that he said that to me as I was studying Japanese. She seemed to think that was as amusing as I did and even more so when I told her that he was saying something about Arabic as he was walking away and that my mother is Lebanese.
She was right though, there is always going to be that kind of person in this world.
I forgot my lunch in my room today. I woke up and made it and left it on top on my mini-fridge which is right next to the door so logic would say I wouldn't be able to miss it...but I did. I realized I left it as I walked away from my locker at work and had that moment of hoping I left it in the car before I convinced myself that I simply was that dumb and left it in the most visible place in my room.
So I knew the day was going to be a scavenging one. Luck would have it that they were conducting some kind of informative class on some work programs, benefits, and the like and they were providing food to lure people in. Yes, I listened to a little bit of bullshit to get to some grapes and cookies and it was worth it.
I did my nervous laugh, partially because such exclamations of national superiority gives me a case of the second-hand embarrassments, and also because I had been spending the day looking over hiragana and katakana in the spare moments between customers.
As he walked away I heard him say something about Arabic, but I was already moving to the next customer. She said something like "there is always that one" in reference to the customer who had just walked away, so I let her know how ironic it was that he said that to me as I was studying Japanese. She seemed to think that was as amusing as I did and even more so when I told her that he was saying something about Arabic as he was walking away and that my mother is Lebanese.
She was right though, there is always going to be that kind of person in this world.
I forgot my lunch in my room today. I woke up and made it and left it on top on my mini-fridge which is right next to the door so logic would say I wouldn't be able to miss it...but I did. I realized I left it as I walked away from my locker at work and had that moment of hoping I left it in the car before I convinced myself that I simply was that dumb and left it in the most visible place in my room.
So I knew the day was going to be a scavenging one. Luck would have it that they were conducting some kind of informative class on some work programs, benefits, and the like and they were providing food to lure people in. Yes, I listened to a little bit of bullshit to get to some grapes and cookies and it was worth it.
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