elfs | The morning commute sucked!

I waited half an hour at the corner of Pine & First this morning for a bus that's supposed to come by every ten minutes. The crowd was mostly not yet completely awake and so the surliness was muted by exhaustion and the gentle Seattle drizzle, but it was a big crowd under the shelter, much bigger than it should have been.

I stood back on the sidewalk. It wasn't raining hard enough to be a concern. The New Age bookstore behind me read "Help Wanted! Must have metaphysical and retail experience." I wondered how one did that: did you need letters of recommendation from both The Gap and your swami?

I gave up waiting and decided to walk. It was only a mile. On the way I got splashed by an SUV so I made it the office with one leg cold and wet and miserable, the rest of me hot under the collar, and generally not in a mood to start my day. It wasn't until I reached the sotp where I normally get off that the first avenue bus came roaring up behind me. Oh, well, I needed the exercise.

Someone had drunk my milk in the refrigerator at work.

New benchmark: anyone who claims PHP experience and can't write PHP better than Omaha doesn't pass the interview.