If only...
What is it about me that makes the dudes from Autozone follow me around and then question my purchases? Do I look like I don't know anything about my car?
My front left headlight died some time ago (didn't notice until Sunday, I don't do much night driving since IT'S COLD!). So yesterday I took apart my front bumper, because in my car that's how you get to the headlights (Thanks, Chevy), and realized that I didn't already have a spare light, so I took a picture, put everything back together and went on my merry way.
This morning, I get up and head over to the Autozone, knowing full well where the lights are (I think I've had to change every light since I bought the car) and knowing exactly which light to get. The dude up and follows me through the store asking if I need help. I kindly tell him that "no, I'm good, but thanks." Dude I work retail, I know your job. While I'm looking for the right light, again he asks if I need help, again I tell him "no, thank you". And when I go to check out, he questions me on whether or not the light I'm getting is the right one, and he wants to check the database and then my car to see if its the right one. Like dude, I just want to buy the light and get out. I tell him I know its the right one, and once again he does not believe me, insisting we go out and check my car. At that point, I pull up the picture of the headlight and show it to him and say "No, trust me, I've got the right light." He doesn't even apologize and rings me up.
Like what the hell? Again, I work in Customer Service, I work in Retail, I know when a customer doesn't and does need my help, and as for shoplifters I get that too, but I was not showing any red flags because I WASN'T STEALING anything. He probably assumed that because I am a woman I know nothing about how to fix or take care of my car. It's annoying, and I hate assumptions like that.
If I needed help, I would have asked for it. Or if it was something I couldn't handle I would either have asked my dad or gone to the mechanic.
Guh, well that put me in a rough mood.
Ok, let's do a 180 and get on to the 30-day writing challenge topic.
Day 9: Post some words of wisdom that speak to you.
I'm going to go for the easy quotes and just pulling two from my favorite tv show "Castle".
Now I love these quotes so much that I went ahead and bought these two prints of them.
"Worst Day" and "If Only" (seriously go check them out, they're great prints, plus the artist is awesome. And I see they've made more so I might need to update my wall art too).
So the first one is from episode 3 of season 5 of Castle. In the episode, Detective Kate Beckett is telling the mystery writer who follows her around that on the day of her mother's funeral, she and her dad skipped out to spend some time at Conney Island. She enjoyed her afternoon with her father despite it being a sad day, a reminder of her mother's murder.
The exchange went like this:
So me, being the ever depressive person that I am, even on my worst days I always try to find that little bit of joy, and it can be anything, that for even a small moment can make me smile, makes the day worth it.
Interestingly enough I would live out something very similar. In 2015 a dear friend, Cameron, died after a long battle with Cancer. I spent the weekend in Orlando with a mutual friend (who is also one of my best), and after Cameron's memorial, we spent the evening in Epcot. Almost exactly like the quote. It was a terribly sad day where we all incredibly sad, but we did manage to enjoy the evening. And I'm sure that's something Cameron would have wanted, not for us to be sad, but for us to be laughing and enjoying life.
Which brings me to the next quote!
Also from Castle, this quote, from episode 22 in season 3. Beckett was investigating the murder of her old training officer, and at the end of the episode she is reading a letter he lefter her.
Mike Royce: [Voiceover as Beckett reads letter] Now for the hard part kid. It's clear that you and Castle have something real and you're fighting it. But trust me, putting the job ahead of your heart is a mistake. Risking our hearts is why we're alive. The last thing you want is to look back on your life and wonder "if only."
The last bit of the quote is what I love. "The last thing you want to look back on your life and wonder 'if only'."
I try to live my life like that, I don't want to later question my choices. I've done a lot that I already questions, like the majority of my 20s, but from here on out, I don't want to question the choices I make. I don't want to live with the "what ifs". I have this quote hanging right next to my desk, I see it every day and it reminds me to make the right choices and not wonder "if only".
My front left headlight died some time ago (didn't notice until Sunday, I don't do much night driving since IT'S COLD!). So yesterday I took apart my front bumper, because in my car that's how you get to the headlights (Thanks, Chevy), and realized that I didn't already have a spare light, so I took a picture, put everything back together and went on my merry way.
This morning, I get up and head over to the Autozone, knowing full well where the lights are (I think I've had to change every light since I bought the car) and knowing exactly which light to get. The dude up and follows me through the store asking if I need help. I kindly tell him that "no, I'm good, but thanks." Dude I work retail, I know your job. While I'm looking for the right light, again he asks if I need help, again I tell him "no, thank you". And when I go to check out, he questions me on whether or not the light I'm getting is the right one, and he wants to check the database and then my car to see if its the right one. Like dude, I just want to buy the light and get out. I tell him I know its the right one, and once again he does not believe me, insisting we go out and check my car. At that point, I pull up the picture of the headlight and show it to him and say "No, trust me, I've got the right light." He doesn't even apologize and rings me up.
Like what the hell? Again, I work in Customer Service, I work in Retail, I know when a customer doesn't and does need my help, and as for shoplifters I get that too, but I was not showing any red flags because I WASN'T STEALING anything. He probably assumed that because I am a woman I know nothing about how to fix or take care of my car. It's annoying, and I hate assumptions like that.
If I needed help, I would have asked for it. Or if it was something I couldn't handle I would either have asked my dad or gone to the mechanic.
Guh, well that put me in a rough mood.
Ok, let's do a 180 and get on to the 30-day writing challenge topic.
Day 9: Post some words of wisdom that speak to you.
I'm going to go for the easy quotes and just pulling two from my favorite tv show "Castle".
Now I love these quotes so much that I went ahead and bought these two prints of them.
"Worst Day" and "If Only" (seriously go check them out, they're great prints, plus the artist is awesome. And I see they've made more so I might need to update my wall art too).
So the first one is from episode 3 of season 5 of Castle. In the episode, Detective Kate Beckett is telling the mystery writer who follows her around that on the day of her mother's funeral, she and her dad skipped out to spend some time at Conney Island. She enjoyed her afternoon with her father despite it being a sad day, a reminder of her mother's murder.
The exchange went like this:
Kate Beckett: We, uh... we had a reception at our place after my mom's funeral, and... it was miserable. I was miserable, and my dad took my hand and he said, uh, "Let's get the hell out of here, Katie." And we took the Q train, and we went up to Coney Island. We walked up and down that beach, just enjoying ourselves. We were still in our funeral clothes. And the best part was that we made this little guy out of the twigs and twine that washed up on the shore.
Richard Castle: Does that make that day a bad memory or a good one?
Kate Beckett: Both. He's a reminder that even on the worst days, there's a possibility for joy.
Richard Castle: Nice.
So me, being the ever depressive person that I am, even on my worst days I always try to find that little bit of joy, and it can be anything, that for even a small moment can make me smile, makes the day worth it.
Interestingly enough I would live out something very similar. In 2015 a dear friend, Cameron, died after a long battle with Cancer. I spent the weekend in Orlando with a mutual friend (who is also one of my best), and after Cameron's memorial, we spent the evening in Epcot. Almost exactly like the quote. It was a terribly sad day where we all incredibly sad, but we did manage to enjoy the evening. And I'm sure that's something Cameron would have wanted, not for us to be sad, but for us to be laughing and enjoying life.
Which brings me to the next quote!
Also from Castle, this quote, from episode 22 in season 3. Beckett was investigating the murder of her old training officer, and at the end of the episode she is reading a letter he lefter her.
Mike Royce: [Voiceover as Beckett reads letter] Now for the hard part kid. It's clear that you and Castle have something real and you're fighting it. But trust me, putting the job ahead of your heart is a mistake. Risking our hearts is why we're alive. The last thing you want is to look back on your life and wonder "if only."
The last bit of the quote is what I love. "The last thing you want to look back on your life and wonder 'if only'."
I try to live my life like that, I don't want to later question my choices. I've done a lot that I already questions, like the majority of my 20s, but from here on out, I don't want to question the choices I make. I don't want to live with the "what ifs". I have this quote hanging right next to my desk, I see it every day and it reminds me to make the right choices and not wonder "if only".
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