Remember sunbursts? I did one last night. I must really need some therapy/escape from thinking right now. I had my Crayola markers out from using them on a project for class over the weekend. I noticed them on my desk, took them out of the package, chose colors, grabbed a sheet of paper, and just did this for 20 minutes last night without even thinking about it. It turned out neat, I think. Tonight I reluctantly attended a meeting for the Deaf Redbirds Association, a student organization at ISU. I have to "immerse" myself in the culture and really get to know the student group for one of my classes this semester. I chose DRA because I know nothing about the deaf culture and thought it might be important since I work in Disability Concerns. Plus, it interests me. I totally was overthinking this meeting... naturally. I was really worried that I would have to introduce myself, which would obviously prove difficult since I don't know ASL. It was not what I had anticipate...
Posts
Showing posts with the label stress
- Get link
- X
- Other Apps
I think that everyone should have to work retail at some point in their life. I don't care what you do for a living--there will always be a point when you are serving a customer. There will always be a point when you should be caring, understanding, and helpful towards another human being. For instance, I made a mistake on an invoice at work. I wrote the wrong account number on the invoice, so the bill was paid out of the wrong account. I called Accounting and for about the first 30 seconds, the person was understanding. Since then I've had to call back twice and today when I say who I am, the person says "I don't know!" right off the bat. She didn't even know what I was going to ask, but she assumed I was calling about the previous problem and that she didn't have any answers for me about it. The tone of her voice was annoyance. It was a mistake; I don't fully understand the realm of Accounting because I don't work there! Cut me some slack. We w...