I love the book, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. Not only is it a cute story, but it echoes my life all-too-often. Now I know that I am sometimes accused of being overly dramatic, but I promise you that it’s the truth! In fact, If I had found time to type about last week, I probably would have titled this post It’s a Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day Redux. What a bummer.
Last Thursday went from a Practically Perfect Thursday to a Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day thanks to terrible service at NTB where I went to have a tire patched over the lunch hour. A simple patch job took nearly three hours while the mechanics chose to look over nearly every part of my car other than the tire which needed patching. I had my own version of the Gunfight at the OK Corral when I confronted the staff about:
- Their lackadaisical attitude towards work – I mean, how many soda breaks do 5 guys need? And do they have to be all at the same time?
- Their apparent incompetence – evidenced by my raised car hood (for over an hour). How many people think a tire is kept under the hood? I sure don’t…
Like I said, it was a Terrible Day. And I had a Terrible Temper Tantrum over the whole situation.
Today isn’t off to a good start, either. It’s not even 8 a.m. and:
- I still have pain so I have to go to the doctor’s office – good-bye 3 hours of my life! Wish I could have known you…
- I burned Kelly’s breakfast – who knew the bagel would brown that fast?
- We left 30 minutes late for work, putting us in the beginnings of rush hour – I hate Dallas traffic!
- Yet another marketing friend in my field emailed looking for work post-layoff. These are tough times in the real estate world.
So that’s the Tuesday complaint list. If Alexander’s story has any relevance to my life, then things can only get better!
maybe it was the weather changes because my blogs mimic your day!