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Why are some people such assholes?

**The following is a true story. Only names and slight details have been altered to protect the identities of the parties involved.**

A person whom I know well, let's call him Bob, was suppose to move in with this acquaintance I know of through another person, let's call this acquaintance, Loser. Bob is a student from out of town.  Bob is a quiet, studious and polite fellow, just looking for a place to stay for the school year.  Bob was introduced to this Loser through a third party whom we are both familiar with. After establishing a rapport with this Loser, Loser decided to allow Bob to be a roommate in this apartment that Loser found.  It was established that rent would be divided equally three ways.  (There was a third person involved who was going to rent another room in that same apartment).  Loser told Bob that he wanted things to go through him. (For reasons that were not made clear at the time).  Bob agrees.

Bob came into town to check the place out and he also met the landlord of the apartment.  Bob filled in some forms for the landlord so that the landlord could perform background checks.  A few days later, he was approved by the landlord to move in.  Bob phoned Loser, as per agreement, to figure out when Bob could move in. Loser was unable to give a specific time as to when he could be there to let Bob move in, and since Bob was coming in from out of town, Bob had to phone the landlord to see if the landlord could let him move in at a specific time and date. Bob proceeded to phone the landlord a short time later and told him that he was moving in on a specific date, and out of curiosity,  Bob also inquired into how much the entire apartment was being rented out for.  He was told that the place was being rented out for $1100/month.  Bob became suspicious because he was being asked to give Loser $400/month for rent.  On top of that, Bob also had the smallest room. 

The thing is, if the story just stopped there, then fine. Loser would have cheated Bob out of a few bucks to save Loser and the other roommate some money.  Even though Loser and the other roommate are employed, and Bob is a student with loans to pay and books to buy, Bob would have let it slide.  Let losers be losers. However, the story does not stop there. 

To get from a simple loser to  a slightly more demeaning title of asshole, one must do the following .  The landlord informed Loser of Bob’s call on when Bob was planning to move in, and Loser, acting like a 5 year old child, takes this as a blatant attack on his authority as supreme chancellor and ruler of the basement apartment folk.  What started out as a simple courtesy to the landlord on when Bob was moving in, had suddenly become an all out attack on Loser and his alpha male pride.  What does the primate do when he feels his authority being threatened? He attacks!   With less than ten hours to go before Bob begins his four hour trek into town with a van loaded with new supplies for his apartment, Loser informs Bob through a text message on his phone that Bob was no longer welcome in the apartment. No further explanation was given.  Bob was now left with no place to move in to.  Bob was to begin school the following day after moving in.  Bob was shafted by an asshole named Loser. All attempts at contacting Loser have failed. Loser has decided not to return any calls. Hear the Alpha Male roar! RoaR!!

**.uagni**

P.S. Bob is currently looking for a place to stay for the school year. He has temporary housing, but cannot stay there long.  If you have a room for Bob to rent or know of someone who does who isn't an asshole like Loser, please leave me a message. Thanks guys.

oh and R.I.P. Steve Irwin a.k.a. Crocodile Hunter. "Crikey! She's a beauty mate!"
"He's really not dead, as long as we remember him." - Leonard McCoy, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

Good bye Team. It's been fun

It just occured to me the other day as we concluded our presentation to Metro that this will be the last time I'll be working with these fine people. It's been a challenging but fun journey. However, it's time to begin the next chapter in life.

"Change has a considerable psychological impact on the human mind. To the fearful it is threatening because it means that things may get worse. To the hopeful it is encouraging because things may get better. To the confident it is inspiring because the challenge exists to make things better." - King Whitney Jr.  

Ok...so my computer is dead

Well, this week has been a dud. I lost everything I was working on for the wedding, along with all my mp3s, movies, programs, emails, and school work I've accumulated over 5 years.  I've got some of it backed up, but still...what a pain in the ass.  On a brighter note, this means i'll finally be getting a new computer. Yippee... there goes 2 thousand dollars.  Where the heck is all this money coming from? Cuz it ain't coming from Hallucination-IT(1) that's for sure. (Where is that paycheck? Bastards. I hate you.)

Hmm...  seems like my blogs have been rather negative lately...  but then again, that's when blogging is interesting no? Anyway, I'll try and post something uplifting next time  Like flowers are nice and sweet, and I like to eat sushi, it's yummy, or some shit like that.

Oh, my evaluation of Xanga Pro is about to expire so it'll be back to the regular looking site soon.  Good bye fancy page

(1) the name of this company has been changed to protect the identity of those involved

A Note on Decisiveness

This week, like most others, has been one disappointment after another. Why is it that when Asians plan something, it only goes through about 40% of the time? I was hanging around with my Sudbury friends the other day (who are predominantly Caucasian) and setting up plans was quick and painless.  No fuss, no worries.  Everyone was on time, and we did exactly what was planned.  Meanwhile, I have other people setting up plans and then at the very last minute they back out. Excuses range from understandable (ie. you can’t get a room for an out of town trip, that’s ok) to just plain stupid (I won’t give an example incase the person(s) is/are reading this haha).

Normally I just brush these things off, but the number of times that it has happened over the past week is just becoming absurd. Words such as YES, DEFINITELY, FOR SURE, and NO have given way to MAYBE, PERHAPS, WE’LL SEE, POSSIBLY, I’LL THINK ABOUT IT.  Time, especially in a large metropolis, is at a premium.  It takes time to plan and do things. Answers such as YES, DEFINITELY, and FOR SURE will allow a person to setup anything that needs to be done.  Answers such as NO, or NOT NOW, will allow the person to go on to another plan.  Answers such as MAYBE, PERHAPS and WE’LL SEE, causes frustration. You see, a person like myself, will plan for the maybes.  I’ll set aside time for that PERHAPS WE’LL DO IT TODAY person, and I’ll even turn down other plans that may happen to come up. Why? Because I care.  Maybe it’s the environment I grew up in. Back in high school, there were rarely any maybes.  Whenever there was a maybe, I would do exactly what I do now. Plan for it. Most of the time it would go through, sometimes it wouldn’t. That’s life.  

I agree that being rigid may not be as fun, and having the occasional spontaneous thing is of course always welcome.  But when must one draw the line? I’m tired of getting that call, email, text message or IM saying that the plans are off.  It’s like my vocabulary these days only consists of words like THAT’S OK, NO WORRIES, NO PROBLEM, NEXT TIME.  What I really want to say is F*CK YOU, but I guess that's a bit harsh and it’s not really me.  However, I can only smile for so long. 

Hey… this is a fun place to vent =)

Oh, for those who think they may be guilty of the Maybe crime, I forgive you.

Moral of the story: We must learn how to be more decisive. The early bird gets the worm.