Do you want veggies with that? Seriously? Seriously...

So, I realize that you do not have to go through an extensive amount of training to be able to work in the food service industry and that most of the employees at the Hub here at the beloved Taggart Center (where I work and spend an average of 40-50 hours a week)are some of our best who are on work study. But, I do ask that they go over one thing whilst in training: When you ask someone "How can I help you?" to stop for a second and listen for the answer. I had the following conversation with one of the attention-span-challenged-employees today and just had to share, because I am sure that you have all had a similar experience:
Cute Hub Employee: How can I help you?
Me: I would like a pork and veggie bowl please.
CHE: Ok, would you like veggies with that?
Me: Um, yes that would be great
CHE: Is it okay if you have one of these pre-made pork bowls?
Me: Sure, that would be great
CHE: Okay here you go (handing me the veggie-less pork bowl)
Me: Thanks, but can I get veggies with that?
CHE: Oh yeah, you wanted veggies with that?
Me: (wondering if maybe I have not been speaking English)Yes, that would be great.
CHE goes to the back with my bowl and then comes back up to the front empty-handed.
CHE: Would you like some help?
Me: Yes, that would be great. I would just like some veggies on that pork bowl that you just took in the back.
CHE: Oh, yeah, okay be right back.
Me: (to the girl standing behind me in line) When CHE comes back and says, "Hi how can I help you" she really doesn't mean it.
Girl behind me in line: Apparently!
CHE comes back with said pork bowl this time with veggies. Hooray!
CHE: Now did you want this to be the light option? (Now the light option is just taking some of the food out of the bowl and charging less)
Me: No, not really...
CHE: Okay, good, because we already made it and it is not the light option. You did know that veggies cost extra
Me: You mean it costs extra to actually have veggies in the pork and veggie bowl?
CHE: Yeah
Me: (Thinking that I will just explain to the check-out girl who is one of my friends that I just have the pork and veggie bowl, nothing more, nothing less)
Okay, I'll take it now, Thanks!
CHE: Okay, thanks...is there anything else that I can help you with?
Me: (Thinking that I do not have any more time to waste on getting my food because my stomach is growling and I am starting to get a little shaky)
No Thanks! Have a good day!
CHE: (to the girl behind me who has witnessed the whole thing) Can I help You?
Girl Behind Me: (speaking very slowly) Yes, I would like a bowl of plain rice and some soy sauce.
CHE: Okay, would you like veggies with that?
Seriously? Seriously...

Pretty Pictures Part 2

Once upon a time there was a pact that certain pictures would not be found on the internet. Alas someone from the land of North Logan posted them on Facebook, so the pact has been broken. Thus you will be able to enjoy some of the fruits of what the fair maidens of A203 like to call "Fun with Photobooth".

Sometimes I am really happy to have my picture taken, and sometimes I am just a big square! Clockwise from Left: Michelle, Anne, Kendra and Melissa

I had a headache this big...and really we weren't on drugs!

This is one of the backgrounds that you are supposed to be able to look like you are in Paris. Well, Melissa is very excited to be in Paris, but apparently dark curly hair is not allowed:(

This is the famous Superhero pose that is seen often by everyone in my world and there are pics of it from various stages in my life-I have always loved Wonderwoman!

When bored in Logan...

These past couple of weeks have been a little busy, but not without fun. A couple of weekends ago we went down to Brigham City for Peach Days. Let me describe Peach Days to you: if there was a movie being made about someone from a small town and they needed a place to film-this would be it! They shut down Main Street and there were carnival rides and window displays, old men sitting in their lawn chairs in front of the stores, Harley riders complete with mullets and American flags, and a dance presentation in front of Town Hall. I, of course, am entertained easily, so I thoroughly enjoyed the atmosphere and took in every whiff of cotton candy I could. We also ate lunch at Maddox and bought fruit at a fruit stand, so the experience was complete.
This past weekend, my roomies decided to go camping for the last nice weather of the season, so we headed up the canyon. I decided that I would go up for the evening and eat a yummy dinner of dutch oven chicken and potatoes and then enjoy a night of sleep in my own bed. Lucky for me, I was still there when our neighbor at the next camp decided that he would honor us with a song on his banjo. He introduced himself at Ugly Earl (which I immediately decided to change to Crazy Earl and he was okay with that), and made Melissa be his helper while he sang a song about a dog. She was great! She barked at all the right times and wagged her tongue when she was supposed to...Crazy Earl was thrilled.

Then, when we were all finally home from the weekend, we decided to play around with the laptop and take some fun pics. 2 hours and 98 pictures later, we were still laughing our heads off and decided that we are very easily entertained! Here are some samples of some of the best ones that we took, although I am sure that we will be taking more:)



So, that is the report of what happens when 4 middle class white girls armed with a laptop do when we are bored...

Seriously? Seriously...

Anyone who is a fan of Saturday Night Live knows that Seth and Amy do a segment called "Really?!?" where they observe some of the stupid things that people do and ask "Really? You just did that? Really!?!" So I decided that I have had a few experiences in the past few weeks that prompted me to put my own spin on the whole Really? experience only I like to use the word "Seriously"...so here goes-keep in mind that these are real things that have happened to me recently:
1. While standing in line at the grocery store, we were talking and there was an older gentleman in a suit behind us on a cell phone. We were just chatting like normal and then he shooshed us! Seriously? I am sorry that you can't hear while you talk on that phone that has no cord. While standing on those legs that are not broken. Seriously.
2. I was waiting in line at the Registrar's office on campus and an older lady behind me was clearly staring at me. I smiled at her, so she starts to reach for my hair and says, "Is your hair real?" Seriously? I can only assume that she was wondering if my mane of big hair is naturally curly or a perm, but there are better ways to ask this. And if I don't know you, please don't touch my hair. If you want to scare a curly-haired girl-threaten to comb your fingers through her hair. They will get stuck. Seriously.
3. We were at a dinner with some friends and a couple of other acquaintances that I didn't know very well and someone had brought a delicious-looking salad that had raspberries and avocadoes in it. I am highly allergic to all things avocado, so I didn't take any salad. No big deal, just didn't take any. So, everyone starts to rave about the salad, and the salad-maker looks at my salad-less plate and asks if I want some. I politely say that I will pass, and she inquires as to why. My roommate says that it is because I am allergic and the salad maker procedes to make the moment awkward by asking, "Well, how much do you have to eat before you have a bad reaction?" Seriously? Is there a good reaction when you are allergic to something? Seriously. As a personal rule, I try not to see how much my body can take of something before my throat just closes up and my eyes swell shut (Think Hitch). Seriously.
4. My Bishop,trying to be ever so helpful, just informed me a while ago that the reason that I am not married is because I am too busy. Seriously? Is that really the reason? I don't even know what that really means, but I am pretty sure that there are probably other reasons and that Mr. Right is not sitting around thinking,"Wow, she's fantastic and I would totally date her if she was only just sitting at home doing nothing." Seriously.
I think that some of the funniest things happen when people don't really think about what they are saying. Don't worry, I have more. Seriously.

Flashback Friday...Reunion Time Already

In light of deciding that I will be going to my High School reunion in February, I have seriously started my effort to get in shape (I also have a class where we have to run a timed mile, so that scares me more than my classmates). Here is a pic of what my High School friends know me as so I will become the Incredible Shrinking woman in the next couple of months. Yikes.

Goodbye to August....My most favorite month of the Year!

It has been a long and crazy month of fun things and lots of changes. I love the month of August and always have... and not just because it has the 19th in it! We had lots of fun here in Logan and in Cali and now that school has started, everyone is back and all is right with the world! I love the feeling on campus when school starts and there is a buzz of new life and busy-ness and excitement as students start their college careers. Here in the Admissions office, we get a lot busier and I love it! I am taking 7 credits and working full time, so I will be a little crazy too, but I love love love my classes. We took some pictures on campus that will be in all of the publications and all in all survived the first week of school. We even got to listen to the vocal stylings of Carmen Rasmusen of American Idol Fame! I do have some fun things to look forward to in September too...so we will see how things go.