Well ladies and gentleman here we are again. I bring to you yet another chapter of random bitching and moaning that no one cars about. Tonight we will get straight to the point as I'm not feeling very creative tonight.

So lets see.... It has been a while since I have done one of these so in not really sure were to start.... I guess I should start with the normal place for most of my anger.... Work....

  Work (or the soon to be the lack there of... will get to that in a minute) pretty much has sucked as much as always. I still hate 99.9% of the people that come through Wal-mart. This is do to a number of reasons of course, though general stupidity ranks among the highest of reasons. Followed by an almost complete lack of caring for others well being (I can say this pretty easy as I have personally been hit twice by cars). Then there is the ever changing weather conditions (though mostly rain or just hot as hell) and the lack of care by almost all of management. Which brings me to the next point.... Management... Most of these people seem to have nothing better to do than criticize the work of the "normal" employees. I have been harassed by management soooooo much for "not doing my job" or "not doing my job right". Now I won't lie, I bring some of this on my self but not near as much as I or my coworkers receive. I would understand if nothing was done and I was just standing around doing nothing but when you come through and I have clearly been working my ass off and am trying to catch my breath for a minute, don't bitch at me for not working. Of course at this point none of this will really matter anyway since I haven't been to work since the end of may.....

  This brings us to the next section (mentioned at the start of the last one). I have been out of work for some were around 2 months now and still going due to injury. Long story short, I was in a car wreck by some one that lost control of their car in the rain. This left me in the hospital for a week with 11 broke bones, bone fragments in my ankle and knees, plenty of cuts, and a nice new scar across my lower chest to up around my neck. but hey, chicks dig scars so it is all good. This whole incident has/will almost cost me everything. While I haven't officially lost my job, medical leave can only cover so long and I should have actually already used it up. Even if I don't lose my job from that I can't actually go back just because I can no longer physically do the job any more. Obviously I have lost my car out of this as well, which my insurance didn't pay me near enough to get a new one that won't require a lot of work. so lets see, lost my job... lost my car..... oh yeah, thanks to the massive amount of medical bills that I could never afford to pay off when I was healthy, My credit that I have worked so hard to build is going to be ruined..... And a lot of this could be taken care of..... if the other person involved would have just stepped up and done the right thing. They had insurance but instead have tried to just walk away from this like nothing has happened and I will be damned if that happens. Don't get me wrong.... I'm not pissed about the wreck. It was an accident. What I am pissed about is the fact that the other person didn't seem to so much as file a claim with their insurance company and refuse to answer phone calls from mine because they are to worried about their own little world to car about any one that isn't part of that world. idk.... I just want this to be settled and over with but that can't be the case for what will most likely be a long time now....

The title of these rants was always meant to be a bit of a joke.... Seems they actually hold some truth....
Heh, and here I though it would be Wal-mart that nearly killed me.

  At this point I just truly feel lost and don't know what to do anymore. What little bit of my sanity was left is almost gone and it would be completely gone if it wasn't for my friends. At this point I just wish I could catch just a little bit of a break... But I know my luck and that won't be possible....

Well for now I think I am done. I am finally getting a little tired and don't wish to drag this out any longer than it is.

I went through the trouble of setting this up so I guess I should make use of it. so here go....

Warning, This first part of this is just me ranting about my job. skip to part 2 if you don't wish to read.

Life of a cart pusher.

First and foremost I would like to take a moment and talk about work. I am a cart pusher at walmart. It isn't a great job by any means but it is a job none the less. I mean hell... I trained gorilla could do my job (a monkey just doesn't have the size and strength). There are a lot of people that probly look down on me and the vast number of other people that do the same job. Some probly think "oh look, a high school drop out that can't do anything else" or "I bet he is just another drug user that some one took pity on" and then there are the cocky ones that think they could do the job so much better. There are also people that think of us as just lazy which I think pisses me off more than anything else.  Well I would like to clear some of this up. The job it's self is straight forward enough. You get carts, and do carry outs. Straight forward aside, the job is pretty rough on the body. even more so if you are stuck some were like my store and your not allowed to use the machines to push for you (mules). For those that think we are lazy, lets look at it this way. We are out in ALL elements and all temps. For me, the rain is the killer. For others it is the heat or the cold that get to them. Either way, we have to work in it all.

  Now add on top of that, the fact that you have to push between 320-400 Lbs of steel on wheels uphill in said elements. This combination alone is enough to wear me out after an hour two much less 8-9 hours a day. Then you throw in the general public to this mess. I honestly believe that at least 3/4 of people (and i'm being nice with that number) are complete freaking morons and have no clue as to how to actually drive their cars. I today alone, have almost been run over 3 times while pushing full loads. For the love of god people. your in a parking lot not on the highway. And yes, in a parking lot, the people not in cars have the right of way at all times. It would also be nice if you actually watched were the hell you were going instead of trying to see what is going on in the store or on the sidewalk. For those of you that are leaving, it would be really nice if you used that shiny piece of glass in the middle of your windshield and on the sides of your car that shows you what's going on behind your car. It is called a mirror and it is there to be your friend. I have almost been run over countless times and seen so many near wrecks as well as full on wrecks because of just these three things. It is because of all of this that I get mad at the fact that we only get min wage while some kid inside working a register (I have nothing against the kid) gets paid more than me. I just don't find to to be fair that we do one of the hardest jobs (next to receiving and maybe management but that is pushing it for a lot of them) and get paid the least out of everyone. The past 3 months that I have been doing this has given me a new found respect for the people that do my job. Some do it because they do like it, some do it because they have no choice. So before you look down on us, put yourself in our shoes for a moment and think of what we have to go through every day.


Part 2. Revenge of the holidays.


Uhg.... It is already that time of the year again and I am already wishing I could make peoples heads explode with my mind. I have never been a big fan of the holidays but ever since I got my first job, I have come to just out right hate the holidays. What is it about the holidays that make people absolute blood thirsty, barbaric assholes? Why does the coming of the holidays make ever revert back to the stone ages? Every year as soon as thanksgiving rolls around, the general publics IQ just flat out drops something crazy. It just amazes me how one time of year can make so many people so stupid and SOOOO rude. The worst day of it all though.... Black Friday. Never in my life have I seen a single day that makes some one so violent as well as the above mentioned traits. People, what is so important on this day that you will literally kill some one over an item that you could buy any other time of the year? What is it about this day that will make people so insane that they will willingly trample another human being to death just to get into a store? I just can't wrap my head around this bizarre phenomenon. Is a human life really worth taking just because something went on "sale" for the holidays? Maybe its just me. Maybe it is because I am always broke so there is no point in worrying about trying to buy that precious "on sale" item. I just don't know. I just know that I will be sitting back eating my popcorn while I watch you all make jackasses out of your selves over some $5-$10 item.

For now I will call this an end as I lost my train of thought and this post alone is already getting long enough. I leave you all with this parting message.  It's just a day. Calm the hell down already.