Groups stink. I hate working in groups. Did Edison sit around smoking pot w/ his bros and say “I got this filament, man. What should we do with it?” “Stick it in this glass water bong, bro!” Of course not. It’s so forced…
My big “travel” project in HS was the first shot across the bow. My partner, Damon, showed up the morning it was due and had done exactly nothing, so I had to scramble together a salvagable B in one hour. In college, I quit a group of 10 b/c the meetings were so long and unproductive, I nearly had a stroke. I did the whole thing alone and got an A. Like writing comedy in groups – yuck. Let’s get together and have an organic session! How about I write shit down and you tell me if it sucks or has potential. There, we just saved two hours.
I had a condo meeting last night – actually kind of productive, but one lady there LOVES to bring up off topic points. We were discussing whether to put speed bumps in and she looks up and says, “When are we closing the pool?” Next month. Then we talked about the carpet cleaning…”Is the clubhouse open for use?” Yes, we talked about that 25 minutes ago. Meeting adjourned!
I get impatience honestly and people really are dumb. When I see someone not put a shopping cart in the corral even though it’s an arduous 10 steps away, I don’t request a meeting with the grocery store. I hock a loogie on their car when they’re not looking. As my football coach used to say, “Shit or get off the pot.”
Thank you for saying what I want to about the shopping carts. The worst is when they smile at me as they push a cart up against one of the yellow poles.
See, I did nothing and you still managed to salvage a “B” for us. Looks like my method of “just skating by” worked again. My method has served me well over the years. That’s why when most people are on their way to work in the morning I’m still in my undershorts, eating Top Ramen, watching ESPN’s First Take, and posting comments on your blog.
I though you and I had a great group dynamic Coen. In fact, I was about to ask to be put on your payroll because my semi-weekly comments on this blog are about the only thing that make it readable. But seriously, can I at least bum a twenty spot? My Ramen supply is getting low.