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secondlina) wrote2009-03-11 09:32 am
secondlina) wrote2009-03-11 09:32 am
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The Suck is strong within this one.
It was a pretty horrible day yesterday. The day before I had workd 13 hours to finish preparing an event at work. So I dragged in myself for another day of work bright and early on tuesday morning despite that. It was a pretty bad day. One of those days where you feel deeply bored & tired but you have a ton of work to do and you kinda fight the sweet sweet sleep all day long. I also walked all the way to a clinic to get my Health insurance card renewed only to be told then even though I had all the required documents, I needed the letter they sent me to prove that they asked me to renew it. It doesn't matter if the card is clearly saying it's expiring, i'm obviously cheating. I really need this card to go to the dentist now... my teeth hurt....
General lots of work, little sleep and technology failling on me didn't help. My work computer went boom. I just discovered my answering machine hasn't worked in a month.
Can I use MSN on a mac? My home pc has been down for a month and I miss online chatting. I have IM but I have more people on MSN. Is it possible to integrate both on ichat?
Oh, and the best part about yesterday - woman bitching about our phone message being bilingual with french first. We are in Ottawa, so obviously english should go first, according to her. Since she lives on the Quebec side, she whined that she had to DEAL with french first all the time and that she was amazed and outraged that she also had to deal with french first in Ottawa. Because after all, french is a horrible, horrible language. Long story short, she left a pretty bad and angry message describing to us why using french in Ottawa FIRST is bad because french is useless since obviously, nobody speaks it in Ottawa and we just keep it for appearances and it should always come in second. Or not at all. Because she added that it made our message long and annoying.
Never mind that everyone in the office in french canadian. Yes, nobody was offended by this. At all.
*grumbles*
MAN, I miss spending a whole day JUST PAINTING. Need a break from B.S. and a hug.
-Isa
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We have sort of the same deal here in Florida (obviously not with French though). I mean, true we're an English speaking country and those people who move here should ideally learn to speak it with some proficiency in order to communicate with others in the general populace. Unfortunately, there are those who refuse to do so and i makes things... interesting for those of us who don't speak Spanish.
I have no issue whatsoever with wanting to continue to speak your native language and retain your culture. I'm all for it, but at least make an effort to learn the dominant language of the area you're living in. It's a bit of a courtesy.
And those of us who come across people who don't speak English: be patient and courteous? I mean, cut them a little slack. They come here because they want a better chance at life. Just like we all do.
Did I completely go off track here? Sorry...
*gets off of soapbox*
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