ok........so last night at work, an interesting thing happened.

2 old men came through my line, and it became apparent that they were both deaf. They were signing back and forth to each other and whatnot. and it was all good until the old man couldnt figure out the debit machine. i struggled to help him with it and tried to show him what buttons to push and stuff.

well...i guess he accidentally asked for cashback...40 dollars actually. when it went through and i went to give him his receipt and his money, he FREAKED out and started grunting and yelling at me through sign language. then his friend joined in. i had two guys signing to me frantically and looking all pissed off.

i didnt quite know what to do, and i stood there trying to tell them that they asked for cash back. then i remembered they were deaf.

so i called over a supervisor, and with my back turned to the men, i whispered that they were deaf and they didnt understand what was going on. Why did i feel the need to WHISPER this in front of deaf men? because my name is Linda and im a DUMBASS.

anyways, my supervisor ended up having to write notes back and forth to the deaf men until they understood the situation. they were cooperative overall, but not with me. as they were walking away, i got a few more disgruntled signs from both of them, and im pretty sure i saw the universal sign for "fuck you".

i also had an interesting encounter with a mexican immigrant who could barely speak english. it made me flash back to my days working midgnights this summer at the gas station, where a similar man who was 40 years my senior asked me out everytime he saw me and then came in at 3 in the morning to see me. it got really scary when he told me one night that he just moved in a house across the street and now he could "watch" me in the middle of the night. thank god that's all over now.

anyways.....things are going well here. i've finally decided to cut up my credit card. ( i cut up my other one a while ago, but i recently found this one, which i thought i left at home, while i was cleaning my desk.)
it will be difficult for me, cuz im addicted to spending money, but its for the best. (did i mention my credit card bill is up to about $900?) ya, id say its time to get rid of it.

i would also like to say that i miss emily, eva, chrissy, jules and tina very very much!! it will be awhile before i see any of you :( (except tina, who i will see on thanksgiving), so i just want to let you girls know that i love you!!

thats all for now.