“I finally had to complain about [something she bought online]. The seller says she mailed it a week ago but it still isn’t here yet… It was shipped Media Mail… Well, I don’t care how long they say it takes, I’ve never had a package take so long to get here, this is ridiculous! I’m going to leave her bad feedback if it isn’t here by Friday.”
-My OWN FREAKING MOTHER
Sigh.
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I hope you are having but a transient “ah ha!” (as we call it in the biz, also known as “Great. Just freaking … wait, no … just @#!!! GREAT!, thanks soooooo much…”) moment … because I think it is somewhat universal among thinking people … If it’s any help, and keep in mind, Dad was a fighter pilot, born in 1918, when I had these moments, he would grab my shoulders and say, “I know, I know … it’s h*ll being so GD smart, isn’t it, honey?” Hope it brings you some comfort, as it does me so often in these freaky-deaky times …
I hope you are having but a transient “ah ha!” (as we call it in the biz, also known as “Great. Just freaking … wait, no … just @#!!! GREAT!, thanks soooooo much…”) moment … because I think it is somewhat universal among thinking people … If it’s any help, and keep in mind, Dad was a fighter pilot, born in 1918, when I had these moments, he would grab my shoulders and say, “I know, I know … it’s h*ll being so GD smart, isn’t it, honey?” Hope it brings you some comfort, as it does me so often in these freaky-deaky times …