ACCOUNTANT BY DAY

I finally got the new textbook I ordered to replace the one that never arrived, but I’m still considering dropping the class anyway. I hate the idea of trying to play catchup when I’m this far behind. My boss and my boyfriend both think I should stick in there to save the money, even though I probably won’t be able to get the A at this point. The thing that just annoys me so much about the whole stupid thing is that I’ll be getting a substandard grade for reasons unrelated to my actual scholastic performance and it rankles me because I don’t like things that aren’t fair.  Even though I know how childish it is to expect things to be fair. I suspect a voodoo curse, probably the doing of someone I wronged long ago. So I’m narrowing down a list of suspects so I can get a witchdoctor cure.  Ha, ha!

My boss doesn’t seem very partial to the transfer girl so far. We were talking about some various issues with our collections efforts, and I commented that she had some experience at her old store with doing collection calls. He said, “Yeah, she must have spent most of her time doing that, since she sure as shit doesn’t seem experienced with working a window.” He feels that she is a drama queen who spends too much of her time trying to play grabass with the head teller.  I guess I can see how that’s a problem, since I have also observed that she is constantly on the phone with personal calls, or squirreling around.  I wouldn’t mind so much if she were getting her work done, but I don’t think she can really handle the distractions so well.

One of my customers blew up at me today at work, because being asked his paydate was apparently the most unreasonable thing anyone had ever done to him. “YOU JUST LOST MY BUSINESS!” he said in his thick accent. “I’M SORRY YOU LOST MY BUSINESS,” he said as I gave him his receipt. I’m not, I thought. “THANK YOU FOR LOSING MY BUSINESS,” he said loudly as he left the store.

“You’re welcome,” called a tiny, elderly man who was standing by the door. I thought that was about the funniest thing ever.