Apathy My Sweet Sweet Friend.

Bean · 09-17-2003, 03:40 PM

I swear, the only thing that keeps me from descending into utter insanity is my complete and total disregard and apathy for the world around me.

I'm at work right now and just got finished kicking a senior citizen out of the store for being rude and using profanity. He threw a tantrum because one of the six laptops we sell was 100 dollars less than what he paid for it at Furtureshop. I immediatley noticed the irony in what he was complaining about, and sheepishly, (expressing my utter disinterest in hearing him complain) pointed out that he was getting mad at me, because I had a better price than Futrureshop.

Apparently he didn't like my response so he flew into a rant of swearing and, and yelling with something about a lawyer thrown in somewhere in the middle. What did he say you ask? I couldn't tell you as I really didn't care, and didn't listen.

Now one would think that I'd be stressed out, or in a bit of a crappy mood after dealing with such a prick, but no, I'm not. I'm not looking on the bright side of things either. I've come to the realization that it doesn't matter. In a hundred years, this man, myself, my employer, an everybody else will be dead, and nobody will ever remember this happening.

I now think that this sincere apathy is the only reason I haven't lost my mind entirely. And not just at work. I have the same feelings in regards to just about everything in my life right now.

So I would like to take this oppourtunity to express my new philosophy on life.

MEH

Stag · 09-17-2003, 04:18 PM

You should of told him to check his diaper. Sometimes, old people are the worst to deal with.

I feel the same way, I have to be honest, I just am sort of cruising around, not caring one way or the other.

So, I to am adopting your philosophy...

MEH

(Does that make me a Beanist, or something)

Bean · 09-17-2003, 05:25 PM

Yes, a Beanist.. That's it lol.

Sirgets · 09-17-2003, 05:55 PM

Oh OH i want to be a BEANIST TOO!!!!!!!!

Stag · 09-18-2003, 06:17 PM

DAMN YOU BEAN!!!!

I am suffering today from being a Beanist.

Man, I am so apathetic today. Honestly, I have been staring at the message light on my phone since about 9am and having no desire to retrieve the message.

People bitching and moaning about systems issues, and me not giving a crap.

MEH

Bean · 09-18-2003, 10:57 PM

Oh well.

09-19-2003, 03:05 AM

MEH! If that old guy had half a brain as he thinks he has, he'd take his laptop back where he got it from, get his money back and buy one from you.

Oh well, not your fault he doesn't know to shop around.

The Lensman · 09-19-2003, 04:05 AM

I hear ya Bean. I was pre-occupied at work today and some guy said of me and my co-worker "Wow, you two look especially enthused to be here...especially *this* guy (looks at me). I stared at him emotionless, then just walked away. Although I wanted to point out that his "wit" had somehow made me come to appreciate my job even more. It was the surety of knowing that my emotionless sarcasm would piss him off that made me care even less than I already did.

And old people? God, sometimes I just wish they'd hurry up and die.
I was in a store that had had electric doors. I see this guy get out of his care, with a walker with wheels. He's takin' about three quick steps for every one that a normal adult takes. I'm lookin' at him thinkin' "You've got to be fucking kiddin' ME! This guy can't REALLY walk like this. It takes him around ten minutes to complete a 15 second walk. So this guy gets to where the doors are, they do not use a weight pad, they use a motion sensor. So this guy pretty much either takes forever going through the doors, or stops between them, or just on the other side of them because the next thing I know, the old fuck is on the ground crying in pain.

He acts as if his back is hurt, but when myself and others (including the employee's) try to lift him, he indicates his wrist hurts. So I go get him a chair, and as people are trying to help him, he just lays on the ground writhing in pain and then starts saying he doesn't know who he should sue: the store he's in, or the people who make the door. At that point, one of the employee's just shook his head and walked off saying he had jobs to attend to, while the other's just looked on waiting for this guy to get up. I agreed with the employee who left. This old guy just took too godamn long to get in the fucking place. Too old and ignorant of a basic piece of technology (i.e. weight pads vs. motion sensors) and got whacked for it, then wants to bitch about it. Fuck him. I walked off right after the first employee. The other people and employee's just kept waiting until they finally got the guy in a chair.

Frankly I have no tolerance for old people who couldn't keep up with technology due to their own stupidity or laziness. My pops is 63 years old, but he always kept up with the tech of the day. Hell, I was sending e-mails to people ten years before the average person even knew what the fuck an e-mail was. I remember having to explain to people the concept of two computers being able to talk to each other.

I get fucking sick and goddamn tired of old people who act like this tech is something that came out of nowhere and took over the world. It didn't. I swear, if I see another person, old or not, who doesn't know how to use something as basic as a fucking fax machine....there'll be blood.

And another thing I get sick of hearing about is how people "don't talk to each other anymore". I saw this poem by this old bitch bitching about this, bitching about the internet and saying that it had ensnared them in it's "web" (get the clever play on words?) Fuck this old bitch. Back in the day, you were limited to the people around you. Now you can talk to people across the fucking planet!
If this bitch had half a brain, she'd understand that she could put her stupid book of poems on the internet and have people from around the fucking globe see it....instead of her shitty comb bound copies that she was handing out to a few friends.

I mean, people thousands of miles away from me, both in the States and in Canada have read my comics, seen my art. That is simply astounding. This old bitch would bemoan that. The world is more connected, this is not bad. It just means that the assholes in every community no longer need be tolerated.

Meh!

Deslok · 09-19-2003, 07:23 AM

Yeah, there's no reason people have to act old because they are old. I have met a lot of people over 75 who look wrinked but still act and talk like someone years younger. When I lived in L.A. I knew a guy who was about 73, and he rode his bicycle from Venice Beach to somewhere in Orange County, Manhattan Beach I think. The guy was in amazing shape for someone his age. If more people would just take care of themselves and keep their brains and bodies in working order, there wouldn't be a need for nursing homes.

That guy who was confined to his walker, or the guy in Bean's store are just cranky and missed their medication. For example, there's a punk show on public access television here in New York, and they interview bands and shit like that, and they had Dave from MDC talking with what is probably the world's oldest punk rocker. He looked like an old guy, but he spoke like a maniacal teenager, seriously, this was some funny stuff. He might be a little senile too, because he started ranting about killing G.W. Bush, something that one shouldn't commit to videotape, but he's old... what does he care if the secret service come knocking on his door?

Sirgets · 09-19-2003, 12:44 PM

Just do what we do up here in canada to control our population of Senior's,Once they hit 65 we round them up and ship them off on iceflows in the high arctic

09-17-2003, 03:40 PM	#1 (permalink)
Bean The Awesome One Join Date: Dec 1969 Location: Canada eh! Posts: 5,055	I swear, the only thing that keeps me from descending into utter insanity is my complete and total disregard and apathy for the world around me. I'm at work right now and just got finished kicking a senior citizen out of the store for being rude and using profanity. He threw a tantrum because one of the six laptops we sell was 100 dollars less than what he paid for it at Furtureshop. I immediatley noticed the irony in what he was complaining about, and sheepishly, (expressing my utter disinterest in hearing him complain) pointed out that he was getting mad at me, because I had a better price than Futrureshop. Apparently he didn't like my response so he flew into a rant of swearing and, and yelling with something about a lawyer thrown in somewhere in the middle. What did he say you ask? I couldn't tell you as I really didn't care, and didn't listen. Now one would think that I'd be stressed out, or in a bit of a crappy mood after dealing with such a prick, but no, I'm not. I'm not looking on the bright side of things either. I've come to the realization that it doesn't matter. In a hundred years, this man, myself, my employer, an everybody else will be dead, and nobody will ever remember this happening. I now think that this sincere apathy is the only reason I haven't lost my mind entirely. And not just at work. I have the same feelings in regards to just about everything in my life right now. So I would like to take this oppourtunity to express my new philosophy on life. MEH __________________ "I haven't faced death. I've cheated death. I've tricked my way out of death and patted myself on the back for my ingenuity. I know nothing." --James T. Kirk

09-17-2003, 04:18 PM	#2 (permalink)
Stag It's me again Join Date: Jan 1970 Location: Florida Posts: 3,286	You should of told him to check his diaper. Sometimes, old people are the worst to deal with. I feel the same way, I have to be honest, I just am sort of cruising around, not caring one way or the other. So, I to am adopting your philosophy... MEH (Does that make me a Beanist, or something) __________________ "I want to do a motorboat on Shatner's manboobs" - Sam Cogley

09-17-2003, 05:25 PM	#3 (permalink)
Bean The Awesome One Join Date: Dec 1969 Location: Canada eh! Posts: 5,055	Yes, a Beanist.. That's it lol. __________________ "I haven't faced death. I've cheated death. I've tricked my way out of death and patted myself on the back for my ingenuity. I know nothing." --James T. Kirk

09-17-2003, 05:55 PM	#4 (permalink)
Sirgets AKA SIRGETS Join Date: Dec 1969 Location: CANADA EH! Posts: 1,118	Oh OH i want to be a BEANIST TOO!!!!!!!! __________________ Abandoning your fears is your first step on the road to enlightenment, and giving Stag a blowjob----cymro

09-18-2003, 06:17 PM	#5 (permalink)
Stag It's me again Join Date: Jan 1970 Location: Florida Posts: 3,286	DAMN YOU BEAN!!!! I am suffering today from being a Beanist. Man, I am so apathetic today. Honestly, I have been staring at the message light on my phone since about 9am and having no desire to retrieve the message. People bitching and moaning about systems issues, and me not giving a crap. MEH __________________ "I want to do a motorboat on Shatner's manboobs" - Sam Cogley

09-18-2003, 10:57 PM	#6 (permalink)
Bean The Awesome One Join Date: Dec 1969 Location: Canada eh! Posts: 5,055	Oh well. __________________ "I haven't faced death. I've cheated death. I've tricked my way out of death and patted myself on the back for my ingenuity. I know nothing." --James T. Kirk

09-19-2003, 03:05 AM	#7 (permalink)
Guest Guest Posts: n/a	MEH! If that old guy had half a brain as he thinks he has, he'd take his laptop back where he got it from, get his money back and buy one from you. Oh well, not your fault he doesn't know to shop around.

09-19-2003, 04:05 AM	#8 (permalink)
The Lensman The Original Patron Join Date: Dec 1969 Location: Earth, Sol, Milky Way Posts: 269	I hear ya Bean. I was pre-occupied at work today and some guy said of me and my co-worker "Wow, you two look especially enthused to be here...especially this guy (looks at me). I stared at him emotionless, then just walked away. Although I wanted to point out that his "wit" had somehow made me come to appreciate my job even more. It was the surety of knowing that my emotionless sarcasm would piss him off that made me care even less than I already did. And old people? God, sometimes I just wish they'd hurry up and die. I was in a store that had had electric doors. I see this guy get out of his care, with a walker with wheels. He's takin' about three quick steps for every one that a normal adult takes. I'm lookin' at him thinkin' "You've got to be fucking kiddin' ME! This guy can't REALLY walk like this. It takes him around ten minutes to complete a 15 second walk. So this guy gets to where the doors are, they do not use a weight pad, they use a motion sensor. So this guy pretty much either takes forever going through the doors, or stops between them, or just on the other side of them because the next thing I know, the old fuck is on the ground crying in pain. He acts as if his back is hurt, but when myself and others (including the employee's) try to lift him, he indicates his wrist hurts. So I go get him a chair, and as people are trying to help him, he just lays on the ground writhing in pain and then starts saying he doesn't know who he should sue: the store he's in, or the people who make the door. At that point, one of the employee's just shook his head and walked off saying he had jobs to attend to, while the other's just looked on waiting for this guy to get up. I agreed with the employee who left. This old guy just took too godamn long to get in the fucking place. Too old and ignorant of a basic piece of technology (i.e. weight pads vs. motion sensors) and got whacked for it, then wants to bitch about it. Fuck him. I walked off right after the first employee. The other people and employee's just kept waiting until they finally got the guy in a chair. Frankly I have no tolerance for old people who couldn't keep up with technology due to their own stupidity or laziness. My pops is 63 years old, but he always kept up with the tech of the day. Hell, I was sending e-mails to people ten years before the average person even knew what the fuck an e-mail was. I remember having to explain to people the concept of two computers being able to talk to each other. I get fucking sick and goddamn tired of old people who act like this tech is something that came out of nowhere and took over the world. It didn't. I swear, if I see another person, old or not, who doesn't know how to use something as basic as a fucking fax machine....there'll be blood. And another thing I get sick of hearing about is how people "don't talk to each other anymore". I saw this poem by this old bitch bitching about this, bitching about the internet and saying that it had ensnared them in it's "web" (get the clever play on words?) Fuck this old bitch. Back in the day, you were limited to the people around you. Now you can talk to people across the fucking planet! If this bitch had half a brain, she'd understand that she could put her stupid book of poems on the internet and have people from around the fucking globe see it....instead of her shitty comb bound copies that she was handing out to a few friends. I mean, people thousands of miles away from me, both in the States and in Canada have read my comics, seen my art. That is simply astounding. This old bitch would bemoan that. The world is more connected, this is not bad. It just means that the assholes in every community no longer need be tolerated. Meh! __________________ Everyone Booze Up And Riot!!! Milk and Cheese

09-19-2003, 07:23 AM	#9 (permalink)
Deslok regruntled and reemployed Join Date: Dec 1969 Location: in front of the computer Posts: 1,221	Yeah, there's no reason people have to act old because they are old. I have met a lot of people over 75 who look wrinked but still act and talk like someone years younger. When I lived in L.A. I knew a guy who was about 73, and he rode his bicycle from Venice Beach to somewhere in Orange County, Manhattan Beach I think. The guy was in amazing shape for someone his age. If more people would just take care of themselves and keep their brains and bodies in working order, there wouldn't be a need for nursing homes. That guy who was confined to his walker, or the guy in Bean's store are just cranky and missed their medication. For example, there's a punk show on public access television here in New York, and they interview bands and shit like that, and they had Dave from MDC talking with what is probably the world's oldest punk rocker. He looked like an old guy, but he spoke like a maniacal teenager, seriously, this was some funny stuff. He might be a little senile too, because he started ranting about killing G.W. Bush, something that one shouldn't commit to videotape, but he's old... what does he care if the secret service come knocking on his door? __________________

09-19-2003, 12:44 PM	#10 (permalink)
Sirgets AKA SIRGETS Join Date: Dec 1969 Location: CANADA EH! Posts: 1,118	Just do what we do up here in canada to control our population of Senior's,Once they hit 65 we round them up and ship them off on iceflows in the high arctic __________________ Abandoning your fears is your first step on the road to enlightenment, and giving Stag a blowjob----cymro

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