1) Soup is hot. Don't test it directly out of the pan, you'll burn your tongue. Then, you will proceed to eat the rest of the day, and everything will be tasteless. Good lesson learned at this late age.
2) Ward Party Banquets aren't always a five class dinner to look forward to. I got off work at six, and I was excited because I wanted something good for dinner, and I knew there would be good stuff at our Ward Christmas Party. So, I head over there all excited, and I was wrong. The casserole wasn't cooked, I got lectured about not taking any salad by the lady serving salad, and the meat was...bloody. So I stayed, oh, 10 minutes, then left. Better luck next time.
3) Hancock is dumb. The movie does take a surprising turn, yet turns into some romance sci-fi three-quarters of the way through. Just strange.
4) Listen to your manager at work. Today at work I was getting a special order off my managers desk for a customer. He told me as I was getting the order that the items should be $5.00 a piece rather then $15.00 because the customer ordered 12. I said ok, thought nothing and processed nothing of it and proceeded to the register. Then, the woman was shocked when they rang up for $15.00 a piece. I said, I'm sorry, I don't know what to tell you, this is the price, I can't change it so dramatically to $5.00. She then told me "your manager told me it was $5.00 a piece, not $15.00". I was like, uh, nice try on trying to get a better deal. I then was fed up with it, so I went back to his office. It was not until I was telling him about the ordeal that it occurred to me what he had said just before I left his office. Hey, give me a break, Saturdays are long days at Deseret Book.
5) Never try to rip reinforced packaging tape. I was boxing up something to be mailed out today, I couldn't find any scissors and I was in a hurry. In the past, I've been able to rip tape. I know, you can close your mouths now. So today, I thought hey, I can do it again. This was not your normal tape. It was the kind with the chicken wire looking thread running through to reinforce it. Ah, so painful. I didn't get far needless to say. Lot's of bandaids were necessary....
Looking back on my day, before I lay my head on my pillow to sleep, I realize now these are all "no-brainers". Hey, the best teacher is experience, and the best experience is...(nothing's coming to me...I was trying to go for a new quote everyone would start telling their grandchildren, and put on bookmarks and in inspirational books, but I spent five minutes thinking about it and I'm blank) So I can now add these stories to my journal, and infinite bank of wisdom tucked in my head.
2 comments:
Wow, that's a lot of lessons for just one day!! However, they are very good lessons, You are wise beyond your years Laura!
too bad the food at the ward party was bad. You can usually count on ward parties to have really delicious (not always healthy) food.
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