Respect??? Anyone??? c’mon now!
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Loading ...Usually, when someone breaks something that’s not theirs they actually apologize for it. My friends? Not so much. Case in point:My microwave (which was, admittedly given to me by T because he had a crapload of them) has been working fine since Christmas of 2k4. A year and a half gang. The one before that? 2-3 years. Previous Microwaves? 3-5 years. Tonight, however, after I used it, it was working fine. When Jonah went to use it, he broke it. No, he won’t admit it, but he broke it. It took us prying the door open to even get it open. How’d he break it? I don’t know. Did he apologize for breaking it? No, he didn’t. His response? “It’s not my fault!!!” Ummmmm, hellooooooooo? The last person to use it had it working juuuust fine, clearly so. So, it was working when he put something in it (clearly, because he put something in it), yet he clearly broke the damn thing, because NOT ONLY would it not work, but he couldn’t open it to get it out…. Hrrrrrrrrrrrrm, who broke it? Did it just break itself? Not likely!!! Things don’t just break themselves dumbshit, they are broken. A responsible person admits that they broke it, and doesn’t try to cover it up.When I’m by myself, I drink 1, maybe 2 pops a day. This stuff aint cheap, and I recognize this. When others are around? I go through 1/2 case a day. By myself? No way!!! I actually drink the same amount when others are around as I do when I’m by myself. The difference? Others drinking it consumes more. Now, do I get reimbursed by others? Occasionally (ie: rarely). See, all of this wouldn’t matter to me in the world of Tom, except the fact that I’m not exactly sitting “pretty” as it were any more. I’ve got a vacation coming up, with no way to get to Chicago (I’m just hoping and praying right now), no $$$ to do things with, and I’ve got people pulling this. It’s NOT cheap by any means….Part of me wants to just bag the vacation until May, but that would just set off another set of events that would be not good, so, I’m going to stick with this one. Unfortunately, this will be the last time (I’m sure) that I will get to see my grandfather, soooooo, I’m not cancelling or putting this off.What the hell is wrong with the world here? Are people THAT ignorant that they refuse to take responsibility for things that they caused? No. It’s a matter of responsibility, and taking it. If something breaks, and I know damn well it’s my fault, I take responsibility for it. Case in point? Bud and Mike’s DVDs. Those have all (I think) been replaced, even though HE left them over at my place and could have taken them home when stuff started missing. No worries, it’s my responsibility, I covered it.To the one person who was affected by all of this and didn’t deserve to be (Travis), I apologize, because I know damn well what it’s like being on the end of me being pissed. Even a “Hey man, I broke your microwave, I’m sorry” would have sufficed, but no, not even that. Not even an acknowledgement that what he did broke it, just “hey, it would have happened anyways”. So, the resolution to problems? Pretty simple I think:The current case of pop in the fridge, open to whomever wants it. After that, nobody gets any, none, nada, nunca, zip. I spend too much on that shit any more to have people just drinking it without even repaying it.The next microwave that I pick up (yes, I will pick one up, eventually, when I get back from vacation) is going to be used by me and me only. Nobody else will be able to use it.Now, I don’t like being an ass like this, hell, I hate it, but realistically, I’m not a $$$ machine here. I don’t ask much from people, hell, I ask nothing (sans for a ride somewhere once in a while(like maybe 1x a month), and even then I offer some sort of thanks or payment (food, gas $$$, etc)), and the thanks I get is amazing. No apologies, no respect, just “here, I’m going to break your microwave”, “here, your opinion sucks balls because it’s not mine”, “here I’m going to drink your pop”, so much negativity it’s not even funny, especially from one person. No more, not going to be accepted any more.Will this affect things? Probably, but at this point, I don’t really care. Seriously, what’s it going to do? Mean I have to buy pop for only myself? Mean I have to replace things that I broke? Ok, sure, I’m good with that. I certainly don’t have a responsibility problem. I may have a few others, but responsibility aint my thing.Anyways, peace out, I’m going to bed, hoping I can find a way in the next two weeks to get to Chicago.-=T=-
