Shout Outs & Shame Ons

Some cool things happened this week...along with some uncool things. I'm trying this thing where I write down positives, since I know I'll remember them better that way...but sometimes the negatives need a place to go as well.

Shout out:

• Random Man who spent several minutes hailing a cab for an elderly couple outside the hospital.
• Nordstrom, Neiman Marcus, Barney's, and Bloomingdale's customer service representatives for helping me chase the wild goose that is an unavailable sweater.
• My old bus driver for dropping me off at a more convenient corner than where the stop actually is.
• The table of old men playing Backgammon next to me at Starbucks, especially for singing along with the Christmas songs on the radio. 
• My new bus driver for letting me ride even though my Ventra-linked bank card hasn't been working.

Shame on:

• World Market for awful aisle configurations, cramped corners, and never having what I (my boss) need(s) in stock. 
• Ventra for suddenly not working on my bank card after two weeks of zero problems.
• Fifteen-Year Old Girl on the bus for TALKING SO LOUD ABOUT HOW MUCH MONEY HER PARENTS DID/DID NOT GIVE HER FOR HER BIRTHDAY AND/OR CHRISTMAS.
• My other new bus driver for not believing that my bank card has worked the past two weeks with zero problems.
• And for dropping me off in an inconvenient location/at the actual bus stop. (Okay, not a real complaint...that is her job.)

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Linking up with the moonshine grid at yeah write today. Non-Competitive + Almost Anything Goes = My Kind of Night.