a week of recollection

You cannot truly appreciate something unless it has been taken away from you. Today I have been browsing about what’s going on in the Philippines and I suddenly got nostalgic. I told my husband that I will never miss the smog and the crowded streets. Yet here I am telling him about planning to go back there someday.

This is a week of recollection. I do not advocate the so-called gruesome things that are happening in my country, but I certainly get insights as to how different it is compared to the US. Different in a pleasant way.

how to earn (or lose) 80 bucks worth of gas

You shouldn’t be reading this if you are not a businessman. First, you will never earn money by virtue of your good ol’ hard work. Second, you will most likely lose money by virtue of your dumb employees. So here’s a caveat: Beware the employees you hire. If you don’t watch out, they’re gonna drive your business down the smelly drain.

The scenario goes like this. Joe drives to the gas station and parks at a pump. He walks inside the store and gives the cashier 80 dollars worth of gas.

Joe: Here’s 80 dollars for gas in that pump over there.
Cashier: Which one?
Joe: The one where the blue car is parked.
Cashier: So what pump is that?
Joe: I don’t really know.
Cashier: So go and find out what pump that is.
Joe: (miffed and stupefied) Gimme that 80 dollars back dumbass!

Joe drives down to the next gas station where gas is 5 cents cheaper, and the cashier wasn’t as friggin’ rude.

Moral of the story?

Gas is expensive these days.