Tuesday, February 09, 2010
Where Were You In November?
This time of year is our busy season. We start to build up, slowly, late October, get a big rush between Christmas and New Years, settle down for about a week or two and then we are slammed from mid January to May.
Normally.
And when I say, “slammed”, I mean, we don’t get a break. They toss water bottles at us, sometimes something to eat and we continue, tour after tour after tour after tour until we want to scream.
Last year, around this time, when everyone was hurraying St. Hope and Change’s win, I warned them. I told them, “Better start saving your money now because you won’t see much next year.” And, as with everything, these pot head alcoholic burn outs think they know more than I do. They did not listen. They brushed me off as if I was saying something really stupid. I mean, they were making money, hand over fist, at the time, no need to pay attention to that. The money isn’t going to run out, look at all this money! Pscht. What do you know, Serenity?
Except...hmm.
Where are all the people? Where’s all the money? This is our busy season, is it not? Why are we sitting around like it’s the summer time? Why are you all complaining about how little money you’re making? I thought you all knew better than I did and we would having nothing to worry about. Didn’t you all “pscht” me last year when I predicted this? Do any of you assholes remember anything I said? I’ll remind you:
I said: “You better hold on to what money you are getting now to see you through the next year because we will not be getting a season like this next year with St. Hope and Change now in office and the Dems running the place. I’m serious. Wait until all of those people in the north start getting their heating bills next winter. They will not be coming down here because they won’t be able to afford it. Wait a few months after St. Hope and Change gets his way with this ridiculous trillion dollar spending and people end up without a job at all. Give it a few months, it’ll start. And they won’t be able to afford to come down here. The fucking morons of this country have assured that you and I will NOT have a busy season next year. Watch.”
That’s pretty much verbatim what I said.
And they all ignored me because a) that’s too confusing and too much to think about and/or b) what the hell do I know? I’m just a girl, I don’t know anything.
So, here we are. This year, during our “busy season”, not making half the money we should be making, not taking half the boats we should be taking. And people are starting to get restless. And complain. Loudly. Pissed off they are.
And because it’s necessary, I say, “I told you.” Because while most of the time that is annoying as shit and fucking pisses me off when people say it, this time, these assholes deserve it. “I told you all this last year. I told you all that we wouldn’t be making any money this year because everyone voted for that fucking idiot in to office and you all fucking tools believe the Dems have your best interests at heart. You fucking twits. THAT is why you’re not making any money, idiots! The people cannot afford to come here and spend money on a vacation. I tried to tell you this last year and you all acted like I was stupid. The people aren’t here. They don’t have jobs. They have high heating costs. They have no fucking money. YOU all allowed this to happen. YOU all did this to your fucking selves. NOW you get to see the results of your own actions or inactions. If you voted for St. Hope and Change, it’s your own fucking fault you aren’t making shit this year. If you didn’t vote at all, it’s your own fucking fault that you aren’t making shit this year.
You fucking tools don’t take politics seriously. You roll your eyes at me, you tune me out, you don’t know jack fucking shit about your own country, how it runs, WHO is running it, what their agenda IS and you take something that is precious and spit on it. There are millions of people in this world who would LOVE the opportunity to vote. You have that and you don’t do it. Your inaction IS a vote. You have voted not to take control of your own life, you have voted to let someone else run it for you. Well guess what? This is how they choose to run it. And now you don’t have any fucking money.
That is no one’s fault but your own. Maybe next time there’s an election, you could actually try to care. Even if you don’t care about anyone else in the world but yourself, do it for yourself. If you make that effort and learn and research and pay attention and vote and your guy doesn’t win? THAT IS WHEN YOU GET TO BITCH! But now? Today? No. You have no money because you fucked yourself over. And thanks for fucking me over as well. Assholes.”
I’m a big hit at work.
None of this sinks in. They might think about it for 5 minutes but then they go off, smoke another joint, drink another beer and scream, “PISS!” at the top of their lungs while bitching about who did what around these parts today.
I spent a little money this year...got a new laptop, gun, Kindle. Moved to a new abode. But for the most part, I’ve been saving what I can. Some of my co-workers like to talk about how I “never go anywhere or do anything” but I don’t care what they think or say. They don’t have any money because they spent it all on beer, drugs and partying. I have money saved up because I saw this coming and laid pretty low.
But hey, as long as we all understand that I’M the idiot here.
