I have been thinking about the way I fight and the type of personality I come off as. Strong. I fight strong, and I have a strong way of appearing the one in charge. It's no wonder, in my teenage years I had a problem with authority. Even now, I still do. Things at work have been stressful, we're out of product for many different frame styles which is causing back orders and 3x the work we usually deal with. When I started the position, it was a very "everyone is on equal grounds" start. I was treated no different than any of the others that worked there. Then, they hired a new person and it appears I became a child compared to the "older" people working there. I was constantly scolded for things that others did and it was crunching. I fought back. There. There's my problem with authority resurfacing. If I feel wronged, I immediately get into defense mode. I let my mouth run, and then I regret it. The words "My stupid mouth, has gotten me in trouble again" really can represent me as a whole.
My mouth gets the best of me.Every.Time.
On top of that, things at home have been quite, crunching. Its had me in an unusual shade of blue. In this mode of questioning motives, questioning what I wanted out of life and if I was currently on the right path. It's also made me miss home. Okay, really this weather has me missing Tucson's sun. That's about it. Okay, perhaps I miss Eegee's too. (Before you say it, family/friends are always a given.)
Speaking of weather - it's been brutal. Every week since the year started has been some kind of weather catastrophe. Not to mention the lack of delegation on my local town's level. I'm annoyed. I'm annoyed at what government is allowed to do, and the inability for the "average" person to really fight back. It shakes me. And then I worry, will I let my stupid mouth get me in trouble again?
The story? Daniel's car was towed 12 hours prior to a winter storm. There were several hoops and a large chunk of $$ later to even get it back. The reason for the tow? They say the car was "blocking a plow from entering our street" If that truly were the case, they should have towed 90% of the cars on our street alone. His car was easiest to get to, and thus we paid the price. And the agitation just keeps getting worse. After this "Weather Emergency" they issued 5 hours AFTER towing the car, they didn't even plow our road until 5PM on the day we had 12 inches of snow. And when they did plow? They leave a good 2 inch solid block of ice/snow that made my rode into some sort of off-roading event every time i wanted to leave the neighborhood. A week later, they finally remove the ice/snow mixture. So with the run around phone calls, the 5 different stories we're given by Union Police Department,and the lack of actual plowing it's been rough.
Then there's the towing company. Those ass holes. Not only did they charge us half an arm and part of a leg to get the car from their lot, but they ruined Daniel's breaks. Of course they will claim they were not responsible for the damage caused to the car because the UPD contacted them for their "services." The issue? It's legalized theft because the government did it. In this case, the government was WRONG. But the reality is? I'll have to bend over and take it.
Don't get me wrong, I love the freedoms being a United States Citizen offers me, but I feel like people have this idealistic vision of how great it is to be free, when in reality, the government really does push us into corners and take what they want and need. Leaving the citizen's raped of so much.
I'm angry, I know. I told you, I have a problem with authority.
"Authority should derive from the consent of the governed, not from threat of force!"
And another thing, what is it about working for a government office they people feel the need to be complete jerks? I mean really, you are customer service, act like it. Don't cop an attitude when I ask you a simple question, and don't treat me like I'm a rapist or murderer. Thanks.
*sigh*
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