1 Person 2 People

Do you have a pet peeve? I have a fine collection of them. One of my charming quirks, I guess. The latest peeve that I have is that much worse because I have to see it all the time. When did two people become two persons??? The words have almost the same number of letters, so that can't be it. Seriously, when did this happen? The worst moment for me is when someone says it outloud. I know that grammer class was a long time ago, but I am still in a quandary about this one. I know that there is a missing persons department, you see it in every old police drama. Did their dialogue invade the rest of us? Also, while I am on the subject of words that irritate me, here is two more: portion and serving. Don't ask me why, they just do. I know that they are sort of similar in meaning, also, but I don't think that is it. The two words just irritate me. Welcome to my world. I have touched on this before, I think, but yesterday was a banner day for me and I was trapped in a conversation with a lady who not only used these two words frequently, she relished them. I could almost see the smile of satisfaction as she got to pull these two chestnuts out again and again. In case you were wondering how I was going to segue, wonder no more. Walmart speak is another bone of contention with me. I have written about this before, but you will not have a problem at Walmart. You will have opportunities out the rear end, though. As in, "You have an opportunity with the zone in your area." Translation: you did a crappy job back there and you need to fix it. Mr. Sam must haved love the word, is the only reason I can come up with them using it as much as they do. Oh- here is another one: flexible scheduling. The only thing that is going to be flexible with your schedule is that you will not get the hours you need unless you stand on your hear and scream. Even then it is iffy. I understand this one, to some degree. As I have written before, you need the employee when you have the customer, and most customers are working during the sweet and highly sought after shift of 8-5. I know I have said this before in response to a department manager complaining about the shift in hours. If you want banker's hours, work in a bank. I have worked plenty of crappy shifts at Walmart, because I needed the job. Sometimes you do what you have to to put food on the table, don't you? Speaking of crappy,in the news of late they have been covering BO's social welfare programs. I don't understand why the mortgage crisis is supposed to be a national crisis when the states that are having the problems are confined to California, Arizona, Illinois, and two others that I can't remember right now. I am certain that electoral votes have nothing to do with the new found concern. We have to decide if we want the government to be our nannies, or if we want the problem to be allowed to fix itself. I am a pretty big fan of capitolism. I hope that you are too. So if someone with any clout reads this and decides to follow the ideas here, you can thank me later.