Laziness...

I have become more and more frustrated in recent months of people and their stupid laziness. It baffles me how people cannot do things for themselves anymore. We have tons and tons of new gadgets that are ridiculous and quite frankly a waste of time and money. For instance my roommate, bless her because she is amazing, she bought this crazy gadget on QVC that looks like a gun, and you stick it in where the dead Christmas light would be, and pull the trigger and then magically make the light work again. Kind of far fetched I would say, but I went along with it out of curiosity. I am likely to say that my suspicions where right and it was a waste of money. Now it had actually worked, then I would have thought that was kind of cool, and may pay off over time the cost of it. Yet again, only using it really once a year would make me question the expense again.

This brings me to another part of wondering why people are so lazy! Whatever happened to homemade things, like bread, a toothbrush (why spend money on something electric like that?!) or sewing your own clothes, etc? Why not take pride in knowing that you created or did something on your own? Is it the way children these days are raised that they do not know the concept of taking the garbage out or emptying the dishwasher? I wonder home many times my lazy roommates can trip over the garbage bags until they realize that they have to take it outside? And this also means to me, ALL the garbage. I feel that you should make sure to take out all of it, and not leave another bag because you feel like it! It is not like we live in an apartment, or we have to go for a hike to dispose of it. It is two feet away, next to where we park our cars!

This experience totally killed me though! One of my roommates saw clearly that I was doing my dishes, and came up behind me and asked if the dishwasher was clean or dirty. While asking the question (not like we do not have a sign on the dishwasher that says if it is dirty or clean mind you) she opens the dishwasher up to see for herself. It was clean in fact and you could tell by opening it, since just the faintest amount of warmth came from it. She then turns to me and says “oops, looks like its clean; I will wash my cup by hand!” I then wonder how she feels it is fair that everyone pick up after her?! I on the other hand love where I live and try to clean up after myself as much as possible. I also have decided though that I am not everyone’s mother, and am done cleaning up after those that live there that think everything should be done for them.

The other thing with this is quiet service. If you take out the garbage or empty the dishwasher, do not make it into a Broadway production. Good for you, you finally lifted a finger to show a tiny sign of respect for where you live. Would you like a gold star? How you keep your room is your business, but common area’s pick up after yourself! I also do not care for knowing how much money you are spending on your family for Christmas, or how you pay their bills. It frustrates me to no end to hear all about this stuff, to try to make you look like a saint! To me, that is honestly just more self centered and rude. Silent service is what counts! Other than me stating this here, I do not tell my roommates or anyone when I go out of my way to help out, like when I scrape the ice of their cars, bring the dogs in and out for bed or bring the garbage cans to the curb. I am a happier person when I know I do something good for someone else and don’t say anything, it defeats the purpose!

This is what got me truly thinking about this subject today though. Today I had the joys at work of calling an agent in Florida about one of properties. From dealing with multiple issues at this one address, I am aware that the home has been vandalized. Holes in the drywall, broken mirrors, glass etc. Now when I asked our local agent back in October to clean it up a little, she told me that the property has always been like that. With foreclosures, you expect certain things and have an idea of what to expect when you go inside. Drywall and holes, you can deal with. I could fix that (thank you to my Father who taught me a few weeks ago how to repair the hole in the wall. Long story…), but the mirrors and glass is something anyone can clean! I sat there for at least 5 minutes listening to this German gentleman yell and curse at me on the phone about the issues. At that point I had had enough of this! Instead of emailing or calling our local agent again, I went to the Asset Manager and person over the Local Agent. My logical thinking is that he can make them grab a dustpan and broom and clean it up. It is a safety hazard to have that all over the property. What is someone fell and got cut? The response I received was, “can you get a bid on the cleanup?” HELLO?! It would take like maybe 5 minutes tops to clean up some glass! I will even clean it up for free if you fly to Florida! The pure laziness of this upset me! Not to mention the fact that I do not get bids, that is not my job! So I tried to as kindly as possible reply back to him, that is not my job, teach me how, and how I thought they could get off their ass and sweep it up. He of course apologized about the mix up.

Sorry for my rants and raves. I am honestly going to be a much happier person in January once things change at home. I love where I live and most of the baggage that comes with it… I have been so blessed with certain things, and wonderful people to try to help me in this large world that I feel lost in.