Today was one of my most patience-testing days of my whole life. No crazy drivers, no unexpected bills, no drama from associates...just one old lady and a department store.
My great aunt is one of the most giving, thoughtful, and determined women I've ever known. Aunt Bea is ALOT years old and she's been through alot, therefore she demands certain things to be exactly how she wants it. Unfortunately, these types of demands may not be met at places like Walmart, or Office Max.
When she called me to take her shopping for a computer chair, I figured this would be simple. I know exactly where to find one and she's already called 15 stores Chicagoland-wide, narrowing it down to 2. Unfortunately I didn't pay attention to her demands about the chair she was looking for; she wanted a chair with 4 legs, not 5.
If you have an office/computer chair, look down at the legs attached to the wheels. How many are there? Most likely 5 right? Now why should you care? Cuz that fact alone cause me 2 painful hours in Walmart. My aunt had this crazy idea that the chairs with only legs (which aren't manufactured anymore because there's simply not enough support. Americans are a lil more thicker these days). She also wanted a ceiling fan but declined their whole inventory because they weren't assembled on display.
She made an employee follow her through the whole store, take down displays she wasn't allowed to, and reprimanded her for not having the leg chair she called about the day before. We found nothing, went to Office Max, same experience but only an hour spent. THEN she mentioned she wanted to go elsewhere to find the ceiling fan...Lowe's. I dunno what happened I just walked miles round the store.
Make a loooooong story short I drove to bout 4 different stores just for her to come back with fabric dye and ONE ink cartridge for her printer. Sigh. The last "nice" day of the month and I'm stuck in this shit.
Before I went to pull out my locks I remembered, these are things that are important. She's old, she's demanding, but there was a time where she couldn't pick and choose what she wanted, she had to settle. And now that she's older, she can focus on all the little things that will make her happy. Here I am begging her to just pick a chair, just buy a fan don't trip! But naw, she refused, and I had to respect that. We can't get what we want all the time, but when we don't it should be motivation to get it next time. What's important to one person may not be to another but the passion is the same.
My point is, if you still feel my aunt's a little nutty, I understand. I question her nitpickin sometimes too.But if you don't get the principle, you may need to start demanding some things of your own. Matter of fact, fuck what I said before,
YOU CAN HAVE WHAT YOU WANT, ALL THE TIME. IT'S UP TO YOU ON HOW TO GET IT...
Hope my lil story was some motivation. Stand tall in your beliefs and desires, they're a part of you and you're BEAUTIFUL! Take care worms, and thanx again for readin.
pEaCe
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