Mindless Work

Disturbed

Disturbance #1
As I was "studying" this weekend and required background noise I flipped through the channels. First I found the cheerleading championships and that depressed me. Little did I know that I was going to stumble across the Ms. Olympia contest. Now this competition really disturbed me. For one, female bodybuilders were prancing on the stage to about a 60 to 90 second montage and displaying their "athleticism." I thought about the contrast between the two competitions and while I find them both disturbing I found the bodybuilder competition more disturbing. I didn't understand why these muscular women felt the need to subject themselves to a unnatural performance. The next performance involved another music montage except this time the more "muscular" ladies used the montage as time to flex their muscles . . . I am still slightly disturbed by how much of the show I actually watched.

Disturbance #2
So this isn't so much of a disturbance but more of an annoyance. Why when waiting for an elevator does nobody assume that people would be getting off the elevator? It never fails every time I wait to step on the elevator some arrogant soul feels the need to make that step towards the elevator before anyone can step off? It isn't as if the elevator will take off faster if he/she is on it. There always is the possibility that it may fill up but I disregard this as an option considering most people adhere to elevator etiquette and let those before them board first.


Interesting to note that spell check wanted to replace cheerleaders with charlatans - ponder

posted by Tricia @ 7:13 PM 0 comments

Battle of the Crowd

So this weekend I came to the conclusion that men do NOT know how to navigate their way through a crowd. I went to Lincoln Fest to see Hello Dave with Scott the crowds quickly built up. There I was weaving in and out, in new shoes none-the-less, and I saw Scott about 50 ft behind me constantly being stopped and obstructed by the crowd.
In instance #2 of this revelation I had to walk back to the vendor selling sangria for as much as beer (why would I drink beer if sangria cost just as much?) who was at least 500 ft away from the stage & 1 of Scott's friends went to the vendor 25 ft away to get a beer. I returned before he did. Now I do realize that a) his line could have been longer b) he could have been picking up a girl c) really slow service; however, I realized that a girl left after I came back went to the same beer vendor he did and came back before he did. Are males just slower than females?
Or is it that men are too nice when walking through a crowd? If a male was to push his way through a crowd the same way a woman would I am pretty sure he would be called an asshole, especially if he cut off a female. Yet, why is the reverse true for females? Why are they(me) allowed to cut and slice their way through a crowd without being called bitches?
Now I found myself caught. Was I being a bitch? I distinctly remember thinking that the line of 3 girls holding hands and cutting their way through the crowd were bitches. Primarily because they stepped on my foot . . .

Note - when spell checking the recommended spelling for asshole is Ashley (I'll make sure to never name my daughter Ashley)

posted by Tricia @ 2:47 PM 0 comments