People are the funniest creatures!

I'd like to tell you about a person I had the pleasure to meet today. I do not know his name, but his actions facinated and entertained me.

Actually, what I'd like to do is tell you about folks I run across on occasion. My reason is this... I find some people's actions facinating. Laughable, but facinating.

Okay, I had a job interview today... got the job BTW, anyway... this guy was interviewing for the same position. We both had to wait outside today for the office to open. Well, I kinda figured on doing that since they scheduled the interview for 8am. So, I had my coat and coffee and patiently waited outside.

This guy wasn't so patient. I could tell by his body language that he was upset having to wait outside until the office opened, with his constant mumblings of "This is ridiculous. I shouldn't have to wait outside!" over and over and over.

We're let in five minutes early. Hey, they could have let us stand outside in the rain another five minutes, so I was happy to be inside! I approached the reception desk as I saw a sign in book. The man I was waiting with said to me, "I was here first!!" I said to him, "I'm just signing in, sir. The receptionist is waiting for you. Please go ahead."

The receptionist said, "How may I help you? Are you here for an appointment?"

The man said, "I have an 8am appointment. It's now 8:05. Do I need to explain the problem here?" (his watch was WAY wrong.) She asked his name, he blurted it out, and she said (and I'm sure she wish she didn't) "I'm sorry, I see here your appointment is for 8:30." Well, our friend went off like a rocket!

"No it's not! I was told to be here at 8am, and if you're going to push me off until 8:30 I'm leaving! That's disrepectful to expect me to wait!!"

Turns out that his appointment was at 8:30 because mine was at 8am. So he states that I'll just have to wait! I said, "Okay. Whatever. I have coffee, so I'm fine! (with a chuckle)"

So, we swap appointments. I knew what was going to happen. See, we were both there for a skills test as well, so 30 minutes really won't mean much. Some of these tests can take up to an hour.

Turns out, I finished about the same time he did. Not tooting my own horn or anything, of course.

So, he and I were placed in a room together to fill out forms, and on this form it asks if the person has any felonies or any convictions dealing with theft. I answered 'no' of course. I got busted for vandalizm when I was 15, and that consisted of toilet paper and spray paint. No theft. I did see that he spent an awful lot of time in that area of the form, even having to use the back of the paper.

So, our interviewer came in and said, "It's very important that you fill out the criminal activity section of the form. This particular client can only employ those without a theft conviction on their record."

This guy pops up, curses how "This is all a huge waste of time" and "this is discrimination!!" and left.

I glanced at the paper before the interviewer could pick it up.

He has three convictions for theft, and one for grand theft/auto.

I have to laugh. Not because this person is trying to turn his life around by actually working for a living, but because he's got this attitude that everyone owes him something!

The funniest thing is, had he waited, they would have probably been able to place him with employment with a different company, so he COULD turn his life around.

Hey, don't take my word for it!