Saturday

I was actually looking forward to work. Hanging out with j.q. the night before did me good. I was in the mood. It was your ordinary busy Saturday. People milling around. People asking for help. People NOT wanting help. People messing up the store. etc... etc...

There was this one lady that I was trying my best to help with sizes. I was helping multiple customers but I still checked up on her whenever I could. Turns out, she took it bad. She looked at me weirdly and left. R saw the whole thing happen and wondered increduously at what just transpired. The lady came back with DB with a complaint. She was talking in Spanish so I couldn't understand much of what she was saying so DB would translate. Turns out she felt violated and harrassed by me. She felt that I was watching her too closely and I supposedly wasn't doing that to the rest of the customers. I just listened in but did not by all means apologize. I mean, WTF!?! is that?? I know I didn't do anything wrong. I just told her that I meant nothing but to help her as much as I could. She was going on and on about how I would tell DB otherwise blah blah blah... I don't get it. You just can't win with looney people. UGH!

That got me though. I mean I've had far worse customers but the since I've been feeling blah about work lately. She got me. She made me feel like crap when she kept coming back. I had to take a moment with DB because I started welling up. It amazes me how you try your best to be nice and people bite your head off. DB gave me a hug and told me to not let it get to me. I've been doing that but this f*cking lady got me. It does get sooo tiring being understanding of stupidity that's all. I got frustrated. I owe DB one.

Anyway, after about 30 minutes. My Himalayan customers from before came into the store after months of not seeing them! They were shopping for their daughter who was in Boston studying. I helped them out again and that made me feel better. That family is sooo nice. They gave me a hug immediately and asked how I was. So I shared the meanie experience I had earlier. The mom hugged me again and told me that I didn't deserve to be treated that way. We ended up discussing Buddhism because of this. She was explaining to me about how ignorance could have played a big role in what transpired earlier. At the end of our conversation ( and shopping!). I felt better. I'm going to read up on Buddism more. She inspired me. She gave off this serene aura. I want that. Could it be from that? Hmmm... Anyway, I went on my break feeling better and when I got back, I was met with a praise. I guess you can call it quits. The second situation evened out the first situation. What goes around comes around.

After work, I had dinner at the food court and was supposed to watch a movie but then I got a call from my mom asking me to go home at once. She's been freaking out and been on my case lately. So as not to aggravate the situation, I had to cut the night short and just head home. This made me feel ugh again. I ended up going to my older brother's for awhile though to see my sister-in-law's sister who's staying with them for a bit. I just vented. It was good to let it out. I felt better once again. But NO... the night wasn't over. At 3 f*cking a.m., mother barged into my younger brother's room where I was sleeping for the night since we had visitors and went berserk. She was being really loud. When I said one sentence, she seethed and told me to shut up since the visitors would hear us. Oh God, I want to bang my head. I mean, who started the whole being loud thing in the first place. I was happily chatting with people on YM and she comes in at dawn fuming about my dinners after work. Le sigh, Le sigh. Sometimes you JUST CAN'T win with people and in this case, it had to be my own mother.

One thought though, I might just be being emotional. After all, I've been pms-ing. UGH!