life is good

this picture pretty much sums up our sunday.
paul, paprikash and i enjoyed the sunny spots yesterday
as we dearly needed rest.

i worked in paul's wine store pouring wine for a
tasting all day.
man oh man do i appreciate him even more!
dealing with the public when giving away free alcohol is not pretty.
people can be downright rude in fact.

i caught myself wanting to say
"it is polite to say please and thank you, when you want something
or when someone kindly gives you something"
to the throngs of people, some demanding, wanting their taste.
and, excuse me, but if you have already tasted it once, then you really don't need to
come back for seconds, thirds and greedy fourths...right?
the way that our society treats people (key word here: PEOPLE) in the service industry is embarrassing.
i actually had a man inform me that the wine i pulled out of a bucket of ice was not cold enough.
what i wanted to say was "piss off".
instead, i smiled and told him that an hour on ice was
actually limiting the real flavors of the wine to come out
and that it was actually not warm enough.
he grumpily walked away, downing the wine in one gulp.
jerk-ee.
i should have told him to piss off.

and that, right there, is why i am not in the service industry anymore. HEE!
sometimes, i think that i miss it.
and then i do a catering gig, or a wine pouring stint. and realize that
there are a lot of poopy people out there,

and then i go home and think of ways to keep the shorties from growing into
one of these inconsiderate, grumpy, self-righteous buttheads.

they will never be like that.
they are too golden.



and, THEY, would have said "please" and "thank you".