So I am gonna kinda talk about who I am cause I don't really do much of that.
I'm a college kid which means that, as you may suspect, I attend classes that cost a large sum of money with the knowledge that I will either a) not learn anything or b) not retain what I do learn, all with the hopes of acquireing some sort of job that pays me more than 10 bucks an hour and that I possibly enjoy. Some older people believe that college kids fit a completely different discription which is "those ungrateful little punks who take money and school for granted when I had no money and had to walk uphill both ways". Funny thing is that we college kids still have no money and that hills go both up and down. I dunno though. Life isn't terrible as a college kid, it's just not the bowl of cherries those old people think it is. I'm not talking about, say, my grandma or anything cause she thinks college is great and she loves me, but the people that live here in a college town that think we're destroying it when, in fact, we're making it what it is.
Seriously, the other day this guy came in to my work and I went out of my way to help him and he pretty much called me stupid. So, another category in which I fit is a HyVee employee. Hopefully not for too much longer. But this guy, he had some fruit and I didn't knoiw how to ring it up and he wanted me to multiply some stuff. I will admit to anyone who is around that I really really stink when it comes to math problems, but this dude, he goes "When I graduated in 1933, we didn't have computers" blah blah...and I'm sure the calculator is such a new invention. I mean, honestly. I'm sorry old guy that I know how to use the internet instead of the phonebook. Basically I just told him I was a stupid person and that I was sorry I couldn't be smart and that I do own a computer, but I guess you know, college kids just aren't what they used to be.
One of the strangest distinctions in life is that the only old people you really like are your relatives and people you grew up knowing, you know? And the same for them. They only like their grandkids and their friends' grandkids. This world is so filled with love it's unbelieveable. To be honest with you, I think it's more an issue of pride than it is of love. I mean, they're "proud" of their grandkid for going to law school. They put pictures up and show them around to their neighbors. I can just see that guy sitting in his recliner or at his card table doing nothing, living on retirement money saying "my grandson got a 35 on his ACTs" and all the other guys are going "wow" "good job" and looking at the guys' picture and thinking to themselves "the jerk, did he pay someone off or something?"
And that's the other strange thing. Why can't we just be happy for each other? Honestly? It's almost always jealousy when their really should be pride. You know, "I'm so proud of you for getting that job" when inside you're thinking "Why is she happy?" It's terrible.
I really think that's the motivation behind most people. I mean, to do better than anyone else and to look humble. I guess it took a psychology degree and 6 years at HyVee to understand that. I mean, few and far between there's the really nice people or just the people in a good mood for the day. Oh well, I guess my advice to any of you is to imagine that the person you are next to really is someone you know and care about...then you don't get all carried away and call them stupid over something as simple as being old and ignorant. Okay, I'm done, I'm sorry, the guy was just too mean.