Today has been a bad day...

It all started this morning when I filled up with Gasoline, and what kills me is I knew something was wrong when it was happening. I just had a feeling. I live in NJ, and you can't self serve. You have to let the attendant pump gas for you. I pulled up and was handing my gas card to the attendant and said fill it with 87 please. The attendant refuses the card and says we'll do that later.

So he fills my tank, 18+gallons worth and the total was 55.00. He then runs the card and gives me the slip to sign and I go on my merry way. As I pull away, I notice that the charge was for 65.00 and 21+gallons of fuel. My tank doesn't hold 21 gallons. I go back to the attendant and now he doesn't speak English and doesn't understand what I'm talking about. Being the dick that I am, I pursue it further. I'm not going to get fucked out of money. I'm sorry. I'm not the first person he did this to, but i'm going to try and make it the last. I call the police. The come and take a report, but say I have to file a claim with the NJ division of weights and measures. They don't think I'm going to do it. Guess what- Already done. That pump is now out of service until their investigation is complete.

Next up, I return home from that whole incident to park in my garage. The people in my building suck at parking, but as you know, I am the greatest. I park my car right between the lines. Dead smack in the middle. As I'm walking away from my car, the person who's car is to the right of mine says "Excuse me, you're too close to my car." Taken aback by this I look and see that yes I am close to their car, but I am smack dab in the middle of the lines. They on the other hand are parked right on the line, as if they are trying to take up 2 spaces to protect their precious car. I said OK, i'll pull out and let you get out and then pull back in. They told me they weren't leaving, they just happened to be walking by. I feel bad for them, because they don't know of my sarcasm, my intolerance for stupid people or what had just happened at the Sunoco station. They hit the trifecta. I said, "actually, technically, You're too close to my car." They said but they were parked first. I then responded with, I pay $175.00/month to park down in the garage, and for that I get to park in between the lines. I asked if they paid for 2 spots since they were taking up 2 spots, and had been for a while. They said but but but, how do you expect me to get in my car with you parked there? I told them that fell under number 3, not my problem. I suggested climbing over the passenger seat. They didn't like that. I told them they could call a tow truck and it would pull them out and they could then get in. They didn't like that either. I told them I could go to the front desk and have them call a tow truck since they were parked illegally. They then realized they weren't going to win. They decided to take me up on my first offer. I pulled out, let them get in, and they pulled out and parked properly in the middle of the lines instead of on the lines.

Next up was work. We're getting ready for a really big show. I ended up having to work yesterday when i wasn't supposed to. This caused me to not be able to get work I wanted to do during the day yesterday, and cancel plans with someone for 2 days in a row now. Not to be cocky, but I am very good at what I do. I get paid a lot to make decisions and get trusted with over 30million dollars worth of equipment. I put a great deal of effort into this and pride myself in my work. I don't like being second guessed, and I really don't like being second guessed by someone who doesn't have all the information by their own choosing. Today someone from our office started making decisions and second guessing my plans that I made based on information gleaned from a conference call that I was on yesterday afternoon that he was not. He was aware of it and invited and supposed to be on it, but chose not to be. He is now pissed at me for "withholding" information from him, depsite the fact that it was all there and available to him. He chose not to partake. He isn't trusting my judgment with respect to manpower needs, and in my opinion is setting us up to fail. I don't allow myself to be put into that situation. If he is going to continue to make those decisions, then I'm not going to be there. He won't be there. He should not make those decisions.

I've definitely pissed him off. I'm hearing from other people in the company who are talking to him about other things that he's pissed. Also, I'm realizing that once again my job is interfering with my personal life. I had told myself I wasn't going to let this happen again, but sure enough, it has.