Rhonda’s Ramblings

Yesterday I took the postal service exam, along with about 150 other people. And ours just one session of eight being held in my area. There were 15 choices of post offices to workat, ane wed could only choose three. Once you pass the test, you are put on a list for future employment at those offices for the next two years. And when jobs come up, you are given preference according to your score. So, I’m not sure how many job openings there really are.
But I was surprised at how rude and stupid people are. I guess I shouldn’t be surprised, but I still am.
First of all, they told us about 25 times to make sure that our cell phones are off. But did people turn off their phones? Of course not.
And people just can’t listen, I guess. Because they couldn’t follow simple directions like “Don’t open the book until I tell you to.” Or “Sit in this seat”. Plus people are just rude and dont’ treat people with respect.
My favorite moment was when one of the test takers wanted to get the attention of one of the men who was helping to administer the test. So, he called out to him, “Hey, old man!”. Nice. Do they not realize that they are trying to get employment? The funny thing was that the head test administrator heard him say it, and chastized him in front of everybody, and then told us that they were also a part of the interview committee as well. Nice way to make a good impression.\

In other news, I went to Walmart yesterday to return some things that my sister got at a wedding shower. Apparently, you can only return items without a receipt 3 times a year. And you only get store credit. Apparently this discourages people from stealing things and then returning them. So, they take your license number and put you into the computer. Well, when the cashier looked at my license, and said, “Oh my word”, I knew what was coming. Some comment about how I look so young, or how I look so different, or is that really me. I knew this was coming because I have received omments like that so many times in the past couple of months. But never before….though I have had this license picture since the week before my 21st birthday…so, a good 8 1/2 years. But apparently I have aged a lot in the past couple of months. Every time I use my credit card or go to Blockbuster, I am reminded of this. Granted, I look very sad in my picture. I don’t know why. And I do look quite young. I’m just curious why this is suddenly noticeable to everyone who checks my I.D.

In other, other news, I have taken up a new habit. Well, it’s not a habit yet, since I have only been doing it for three or four days. But I have been riding my (sister’s) bike to the post office at night. It is not very far, but it is all uphill, so my legs are like jelly when I get there. But nothing beats riding back down the hill. The wind at your face, the blanket of stars above you the crickets cricketing. The last two days I did it a tiny bit after dusk, when there was still light in the sky. But tonight, I rode after I got home from work at about 10:30 and it was much darker but enjoyable.

And in other, other, other news…I have lots of tomatoes and I don’t know what to do with all of them.

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