Dah!
What the hell is it with some of these people? Does going to college
and learning new stuff push out some of the common sense you learned as
a kindergardener? Case in Point:
You are walking up to a curb (not at a corner, crosswalk, stopsign, or any other traffic controlling feature) with about 30 other people behind you and everyone needs to cross the street. You look both ways and see a BRIGHT YELLOW CAR coming towards you. Do you
A) Wait patiently for the cars to pass, since they are surely bigger than you and move faster than you, especially since there's a whole herd of people behind you.
B) Walk to the nearest corner and press the "Walk" button so that traffic will actually stop for you then.
C) Start crossing the street like herd of cattle in the middle of nowhere and continue to stare at the BRIGHT YELLOW CAR, which is only going about 25MPH, but also not showing signs of slowing down. Don't forget to mutter retarded comments as the car passes by.
I hope like hell that anyone reading this would pick anything but C. And yes, the group finally stopped in the middle of the road since I was not slowing down and some girl had the nerve to say "Thanks." in a snotty-ass tone. Its a good thing for them there wasn't a car coming from the other side since no one was looking that way. I think next time this happens, I'll speed up and see what happens. Is it sad that I get road rage worse in a small town than I do in Omaha? Maybe its because the dumb things I see in Omaha are from other drivers and I know that I'm not a perfect driver, thus its easier to forgive some things. But I know for damn sure that I'm not walking across the street illegally if there's a car coming.
Anyway, I took the civil service test yesterday. I think it went well. The letter initially said that we were allowed to use calculators, so I was under the impression that this would be almost a basic IQ test of some kind. The check-in table had a note on it saying calculators weren't permitted, and one of the proctors actually made it a point to ask me to keep mine in my purse. There wasn't any math on this test at all, so why anyone would want to use a calculator, I have no idea. There was a brief listening portion where we had to answer multiple choice questions about what we just heard. Another good chunk of it was reading excerpts then answering questions about them. The only part that may have caused me problems was a part where we read about a situation and had to answer what we would do next (thus the inspiration for my above topic). I usually opted for asking a supervisor if that was one of the options, but my only fear of that is they wouldn't think I was confident enough and relied upon others too much. They said they will score them today and tomorrow, then mail us results next week and whether or not we get interviews. I was one of the first people done, even after telling myself to slow down and read things very carefully. I feel pretty good about it, but there's nothing else to do now but wait.
Dad called me today to say that one of my cousins is staying in Clinton since their house was flooded. Obviously I don't keep very close tabs on where all of my stepmom's family is, otherwise I would have called earlier to find out what was going on. Stephanie, her husband, and two boys have (had) a house in Baton Rouge, but its totally flooded. So they get to stay in IA. Meanwhile, someone at Ralston Purina (now owned by Nestle) is trying to convince Alice to transfer to one of the plants either in OK City or Denver. I dunno when/if this would happen, but it would certainly prove interesting. Either way, I'd be visiting/driving through states I've never been to before if they move. Alice has lived in Clinton her whole life. She is the epitome of a townie. I think it would certainly do the kids some good to live somewhere else, too. We shall see, I guess.
You are walking up to a curb (not at a corner, crosswalk, stopsign, or any other traffic controlling feature) with about 30 other people behind you and everyone needs to cross the street. You look both ways and see a BRIGHT YELLOW CAR coming towards you. Do you
A) Wait patiently for the cars to pass, since they are surely bigger than you and move faster than you, especially since there's a whole herd of people behind you.
B) Walk to the nearest corner and press the "Walk" button so that traffic will actually stop for you then.
C) Start crossing the street like herd of cattle in the middle of nowhere and continue to stare at the BRIGHT YELLOW CAR, which is only going about 25MPH, but also not showing signs of slowing down. Don't forget to mutter retarded comments as the car passes by.
I hope like hell that anyone reading this would pick anything but C. And yes, the group finally stopped in the middle of the road since I was not slowing down and some girl had the nerve to say "Thanks." in a snotty-ass tone. Its a good thing for them there wasn't a car coming from the other side since no one was looking that way. I think next time this happens, I'll speed up and see what happens. Is it sad that I get road rage worse in a small town than I do in Omaha? Maybe its because the dumb things I see in Omaha are from other drivers and I know that I'm not a perfect driver, thus its easier to forgive some things. But I know for damn sure that I'm not walking across the street illegally if there's a car coming.
Anyway, I took the civil service test yesterday. I think it went well. The letter initially said that we were allowed to use calculators, so I was under the impression that this would be almost a basic IQ test of some kind. The check-in table had a note on it saying calculators weren't permitted, and one of the proctors actually made it a point to ask me to keep mine in my purse. There wasn't any math on this test at all, so why anyone would want to use a calculator, I have no idea. There was a brief listening portion where we had to answer multiple choice questions about what we just heard. Another good chunk of it was reading excerpts then answering questions about them. The only part that may have caused me problems was a part where we read about a situation and had to answer what we would do next (thus the inspiration for my above topic). I usually opted for asking a supervisor if that was one of the options, but my only fear of that is they wouldn't think I was confident enough and relied upon others too much. They said they will score them today and tomorrow, then mail us results next week and whether or not we get interviews. I was one of the first people done, even after telling myself to slow down and read things very carefully. I feel pretty good about it, but there's nothing else to do now but wait.
Dad called me today to say that one of my cousins is staying in Clinton since their house was flooded. Obviously I don't keep very close tabs on where all of my stepmom's family is, otherwise I would have called earlier to find out what was going on. Stephanie, her husband, and two boys have (had) a house in Baton Rouge, but its totally flooded. So they get to stay in IA. Meanwhile, someone at Ralston Purina (now owned by Nestle) is trying to convince Alice to transfer to one of the plants either in OK City or Denver. I dunno when/if this would happen, but it would certainly prove interesting. Either way, I'd be visiting/driving through states I've never been to before if they move. Alice has lived in Clinton her whole life. She is the epitome of a townie. I think it would certainly do the kids some good to live somewhere else, too. We shall see, I guess.