People will just keep saying goodbye to me at the end of a phone call.  Stop saying goodbye, were not a couple, saying it once is more than enough.

This person is a little weird for me.  Then I’m a little weird for me to.  So shouldn’t I be picky.

Anyhow…. as I was saying to nobody in particular…..

Someone called who wants to go to Jamaica, but is afraid of getting sick and being treated there.  I advised their plan pays for the transport home for medical issues, once the doctors there determine you’re stable enough to be transported.  They wanted to know if there was a way to be just transported home, by passing the local medical care.  Nope, we will only pay for transport once you’re well enough to travel, thou you can pay for it yourself.  If you are so concerned over this can I make a suggestion?  Don’t go!

I love being blamed for rules made up by someone else, it just makes my day.  Please don’t shoot the messenger.

I work with an individual that can be a nice person on the surface, but there is a certain amount of meanness and bitterness flowing underneath the surface.  I wonder what has occurred in their life to make them that way?

If silence is golden, then action must be platinum!

If you’re so controlling that you have to have your spouse call us and then are screaming at them directions from the background so they get your questions answered.  One thing needs to happen, your spouse needs to move on with their life and hand you the phone, banshee!

Post #725

My employer recently hired identical twins, which has caused a little confusion for some, not really a surprise.  I was aware of them since I saw them the first day they started to work here.  But a coworker didn’t know and approached me one day about the new girl and that he noticed she would change cloths during the day and thought she might be a bit vain.  He was very embarrassed when I pointed out that she was a twin and they both worked here.

Being a dick is not going to get you what you want from me.  I’m not going to reward you for your bad behavior, so move on.

Don’t you just want to slap people who are cheery in the morning!

You can only lead the ignorant so far, eventually if they won’t listen they’ll walk into that wall of reality they’re in denial of.

One of my coworkers recently did a radical hair style change, I couldn’t do that, can’t be bothered with the up keep. I’ve had the same hair style for some 30 years now and the only real change that has occurred is that I have less hair now than I had back then.

My mother in law has been living with me for years now and she has no idea who anyone is, I miss her. She’s a great lady who went back to school and raised 5 children on her own (ages 6 to 16) after my father in law passed in his early 40’s. Anyhow, one of her children has never set foot in my house since she arrived here. I know everyone reacts differently to illness of a love one, but I’ve often wondered if they ever regret staying away? Even if she doesn’t know you, doesn’t mean you should forget her. It would also be nice if just some of her grandchildren even stopped by. It’s all kind of sad.

I can only tell you what happiness isn’t, as for happiness itself that defies definition.

We all have our demons that we have to deal with to get through life. One of my great curiosities has been creative people with tremendous gifts and them then dying of drug over doses. With all that life has given them, what was missing for them? I know you need more than things to be happy, but they offered so much to us, what was it they needed that they couldn’t find anywhere else except in the haze of drugs? Was there others ways they could have found what they needed to fill that void? I understood what it is I feel that I’m missing in my life and have figured out how to work through it. How I was able to arrive at this personal understanding, but they never were able to? Maybe because I stayed in my reality; didn’t look for an escape from it and worked my way through it. Look at one of favorite singers, Whitney Houston, her success was epic, her down fall was complete.

I was watching Billy Crystal’s 700 Sundays tonight and it was a well done and heartfelt tribute to his parents. At one point he mentions how after his mother died he was an orphan. I have long felt this way before he ever expressed it. I miss my parents often and wish I could just call and talk to them. I remember the last time I talked to my Mom and even though she was dying, she recognized my voice. I’ve always treasured that conversation. Thou my Dad’s passing wasn’t a surprise, it was still devastating just the same and I lost it. No matter how old you are their still Mom and Dad and their loss always hurts. For me it’s been more than 700 Sundays since my Dad died and I wish for just one more.

I was once told by a psychic that every time a see a Cardinal, it’s my Dad checking up on me. I can live with that, even if I don’t necessarily buy into it, I like saying “Hi Dad” when I see a Cardinal land nearby. It brings a certain amount of comfort to me.

I was assisting a customer with their travel insurance the other day when she shared a story of her travels. Apparently she is an avid scuba diver and once while doing a night dive off Jamaica, the crew failed to do a head count and left her stranded 2 ½ miles off shore. Most people would be scared sh*tless, she saw it as an adventure. She inflated her floatie and swam ashore. I just loved her attitude, it was oh well, guess I’m swimming. She even said the crew was probably smoking weed and that’s why they hadn’t noticed. I need her attitude and zest for life.

Once I was there, then I left, can I ever go back?

You have to understand the flow and rhythm of life. Failure to do so is when you begin to bang your head against the rocks and fail to learn from the experience.

They have developed their own concepts of the world: reason, common sense and a sense of responsibility don’t seem to have been included.

There’s limits to everything and perhaps that’s the part I don’t like. Yes I read The Secret, I don’t buy into it. If there is enough for everyone, then way did the people involved with production of The Secret sue each other for more? Weren’t they happy with what the universe had given them? Maybe the book should have been called The Sharing, where the really rich people share with the rest of us? For The Secret is never going to happen when The Greedy take more than they need.

Has anyone else figured out how many ways you can say the same thing and still say nothing, besides politicians?

I went camping a long time ago during a cold February with my youth group at one of our favorite haunts. We were staying in a cabin next to a frozen swamp. The camp ranger stopped by and it turned out he was really good at telling scary stories. At one point he had our complete attention when he said; suddenly there was a noise and at that exact moment one of the sleeping adults let out a loud snore. That scared the crap out of us. Of course no one would admit to being scared of the Jason character living in the swamp next door and taking children that was being spoken of. Though the ranger did mention two remedies to stay safe; hockey sticks and books left by the entrances to the cabin would keep him away. It was amazing how quickly these items did appear by the doors. But then we weren’t afraid of the boogie man outside; that was until the lights went out.

A claimant called upset about the amount we paid on their claim. Now people threaten to send their lawyers after us all the time. This person then got weirder; they threaten us with Trayvon Martins lawyer? Can’t make this kind of crazy up, whoever this lawyer might be, I don’t think they specialize in insurance law. When the representative didn’t respond to their threat, they got even more upset. What would a logical response have been to that anyhow? Plus why bring up a murdered teen in pursuing your argument? Trayvon, RIP, has nothing to do with your situation and shouldn’t even be mentioned as part of it. Another greedy example of wanting more than they got and then believing dumb threats are going to get it for them.

Someone didn’t want to fill out the claim form so they were arguing with me about it. All you’re doing is hitting me with excuses in the vain hope I will tell you that you don’t have to do the work, keep believing in that dream.

I sleep when I’m supposed to be awake and I’m awake when I’m supposed to be asleep. This pattern is not helpful.

I was speaking to a travel agent taking in a claim and it was very obvious I was bothering them with my questions. They were all huffing and puffing as they gave me answers. When I was making my concluding statement, they cut me off and asked for the claim #. When I advised it hadn’t been generated yet and offered the reference #, they again cut me off and hung up without the info. If they paid a little attention and didn’t act like I was wasting their time, they would possess necessary info. But since they didn’t, I wasn’t going out of my way to assist. Pleaze don’t huff and puff and blow My Cabin In The Woods down!

Yaber, Yaber, Yaber, yet nothing worthwhile is being said and still they keep talking!

They say they have a plan, I highly doubt that. I don’t think they even have a clue.

If you are a hermit and you have a musing with no one else around to hear it, did you really have that musing? (Is this as stupid as it sounds?)

I wonder, back in the days when people thought the world was flat, did they ever wonder if there was anything on the other side?

I’m not under a delusion that you like me, but I like the reality that I annoy you. So bring it on, I can only have fun with it!

Post #700

You have spewed all the bullsh*t you had to, to get where you wanted to be. Now that your there, you have to prove that you belong there or go back to your tower.

What’s real oatmeal taste like? Since I live a processed life, I’ve only had processed oatmeal. What other real tastes might I be missing out on? Maybe I should go to my Cabin In The Woods and gather my own food instead of going to the grocery store.

*I was thinking…

*Then I was wondering why I was thinking…

*Then I forgot what I was thinking about…

*I wonder why?

Some people have no concept that other people have a life. Their self- centeredness is all that matters to them. Of course they don’t see it, how could they.

When I first bought my house I had a lot of yard work to do to clean up the property. It had been a rental for a while and stuff was allowed to grow anywhere it desired. Well during this process I keep finding pieces of Spiderman action figures scatter all over the place. I’d find a leg here, head in another place, torso etc. I think I could have assembled about eight Spiderman from the debris. Some prior occupant seems really to have hated Spiderman or just loved to pull them apart. It’s hard to say, but it was very weird. Perhaps it had something to do with the headless Virgin Mary that came with the house, an offerings perhaps? I also have a roll of barbed wire in my crawl space. I think something strange must have been going on prior to my arrival. Also for years after I moved in the police would show up from time to time looking for a specific person, wonder why?

They cut me off with their superior knowledge that they don’t possess, so now I have to do the correct thing in spite of their decisions.

I’m the father of my children, not the father of any great ideas or conclusions.

*Once I forgot what I said…

*But I forgot…

*To forget what…

*I forgot to say…

*So I didn’t say it…

*Or did I forget to say it?

I worked for a hospital, ambulance service, once. They wanted to do a major upgrade and expansion of the facility, funding it via donations. For whatever reason the outfit they hired to lead this process told my employer that they had to solicit their employees first for money towards this project. I believe it might have been so they could show any potential donors that the staff was all in. Myself, I declined to participate, I was barley paying my bills as it was, I wasn’t giving any of my paycheck back. After I left that job I happen by the hospital years later and wouldn’t you know the expansion never happened. So what happen to all that money the employees who bought into this program gave? It seemed like a scam to me that the employees had to contribute to this expansion in the first place. I recently Google this hospital and some twenty odd years later they are trying to expand again, wonder if they want their employees money again?

I was just at a McDonalds drive thru and the person ahead of me is pointing at what they wanted off the menu. They do know that the employee taking the order can’t see what you’re pointing at, right?

Is “too little” really “too late?”

If you need things to define who you are, I’m sorry. You should define yourself; and not let things define you.

During my years on ambulances I had many partners. Most of them I had no problem working with, but there was one per diem partner I couldn’t stand or avoid. Their response to perceived wrongs in their life was to sue. Then all they would talk about for the 12 ½ shift was their lawsuits at me and anyone else who would be dumb enough to listen. With me they had a captive audience. I wanted to drive the ambulance over them, thou if I had, they would have sued. Could I have sued them for emotional distress, I wonder? From what they told me, even thou I didn’t inquire, all their suits sounded petty to me. If they didn’t get what they believed they were entitled to in a situation, their response was to call their lawyer. I have no idea how any of these suits turned out and don’t really care other than I hope they didn’t get a cent. They really thought they had hit a jackpot thou. I hope the only pot they got was full of sh*t, just what they were entitled to.

I can’t fake empathy, either I have it or I don’t. I only have so much available to me, if I gave to everyone, I’d have no soul left.

Maybe I’m losing my mind, but then did I ever have it?

Don’t be your child’s best friend, be their best parent.

If you are going to call a place with a specific question in mind, shouldn’t you have the specific information ready before you dial? Just saying, it would be a good idea.

To be told you lose when in reality you really didn’t just sucks. Reality should always win out, but that wouldn’t jive with the reality of reality.

Don’t confuse my lack of interaction as a lack of interest.

I know you think you’re right and wouldn’t it be nice if that was always the case, but it is not your reality this time.

Someone called me and asked how do I open the attachment on the email your company sent me.  Ah, double click on it.  If that doesn’t work, perhaps try hitting it with a baseball bat?

A lawyer called about the insurance policy they bought. They tried telling us they are not bound by it since they chose not to read it but did agree to its terms and conditions. Says a lot about their skill as a lawyer, but it still won’t hold up, they checked on the accept button, end of discussions.

I don’t have any problems, rather I have issues.

*I look…

*But I don’t see…

*I see…

*But I don’t look…

*I hear…

*But I don’t listen…

*I listen…

*But I don’t hear…

*So the real question here is…

*If I’m aware of all this…

*Then why don’t I care?

I’m a criminal! I blatantly broke the law today and should be locked up with the key thrown away! What dastardly deed did I do? I changed lanes without signaling!

Post #675

Police: Drunk woman hit parked cop car while taking topless selfie

If you were look up the definition of azzhole in a dictionary, I’ve talked to the person who’s picture is there. Few callers get under my skin, he however succeeded. He was so beyond condescending that a new term would need to be invented just for him. He is the azzhole that other azzholes aspire to be just like, gold standard if you will. To me he IS the reason I want a Cabin In The Woods!

Look around, you’ll see everything, but nothing at all.

Someone once said to me, I don’t like you. My response: I don’t like me either; their reaction was well worth it.

I’m just waiting for a certain something to happen and when it does it’s off to my Cabin In The Woods!

Arrived at the midway point on my trip today, it’s between here and nowhere in particular.

The size of the bucket for movie popcorn has nothing to do with how much you want, but rather how much you can eat.

I asked you a simple yes or no question, however as to what you are actually saying at this moment I have no clue?

Someone wanted to know if their reason for changing their flight was covered by the plan. I asked why they needed to make the change, their answer; it’s for convenience. Sorry but we’re about to inconvenience you.

I was bored so I counted the number of times I’ve used the word stupid in this blog. Turns out I’ve used it 57 times. That’s a lot of stupid.

A sense of senselessness, does it make any sense?

I was setting up a claim and asked for their last name, which was Jordan, for some reason they spelled it for me (not necessary). Then I ask for their first name and they say Tahnaisha; I heard crickets waiting for them to spell it out. Really, you think I can’t spell your last name, but I can your first. You have a strange opinion of my spelling skills.

My 17 year old showed me a video of them and 7 other of their closes friends crammed into a car built for 4 driving around town. It’s little wonder their never going to borrow my 8 passenger minivan. I have no desire to learn just how many teenagers they could cram into that car.

I’d rather be slow and right than fast and wrong.

Were all actors playing our part in a play called Life. It’s just some of us are better actors than others.

I’m a new kind of depressed for me. I’ll do what is necessary to get thru life, but leave me alone in bed with no structure and I will lay there for hours. My Cabin In The Woods pleaze!

I’m quite concerned with the ambivalence that currently exists in today’s society. But it’s probably always been there, it’s just more apparent.

It was specifically engineered to make you look like an idiot. Or so you have the need to believe it is so.

We have a language problem; I don’t want to hear any more of it spewing from your mouth!

Hell has no fury like the crusader fueled by ignorance.

You bought an insurance policy without reading what it covers, but rather ass(u)med its coverage and now were an EVIL ENTITY that going to hold you to it. Blah, Blah, Blah. Next time be an informed consumer and read it, if you don’t, not our problem. There are no secrets or misrepresentation by us; it’s all there to read. In fact you checked off the box that you read and understood it, do you recall that?

Some people are born crazy and come pre scrambled, others unfortunately have crazy thrust upon them whether they want it or not.

Little pieces of nothing might someday add up to something. Or perhaps, little pieces of something might someday add up to nothing.

I understood a good bye was coming, I just didn’t understand as to why it was necessary.

It’s easy to second guess the decision makers in the hot seat since you don’t have any responsibilities yourself.

Post #650

A jilted bride to be called in to put a claim in for the honeymoon that was not to be when we discovered her ex beau had already done so. However he was claiming her half of the cruise with the name of another woman. She wanted to know who that person is? I advised; ask him. I don’t get involved in domestic disputes, always a bad idea.

People come and go, no fanfare, no one even notices until it’s too late, how sad is that.

Took a call and the person said, what do you need from me to complete my claim, ah your identity?

I bought a book from one of my favorite authors a while back because it didn’t look familiar so I figured I read it. Today when I cracked it open it quickly became apparent that had I not only read this book, but I read it last year. I think I’ve lost too many brain cells from my years of not drinking.

In writing this blog I’m not doing anything that difficult at all. A thought pops into the mush between my ears and I write it down.

My blog has been live for one year now and no one has really noticed. So in the world of a Would Be Hermit, it has been a complete success. Thou I do wonder what that one visitor from Vietnam was searching for that they arrived on this blog?

There’s so much frustration in life with so little result, it just can’t last forever, something eventually has to give.

A claimant called in to file a claim for a 2/29/16 flight they canceled. They wanted to know if they were too late, I advised they had to wait until the next leap year to file it.

I asked a travel agent for the passenger’s first name and they repeated the request back to me and then said; the last name is spelled… Their listening skills are so messed up. They clearly heard what I said, but didn’t.

My opinion is going to vote; your opinion is doing nothing but sitting on the couch and critizing my opinion. Which one do you think counts for something?

I recently did a reality check; yeah, that was a bad idea!

It may be a win for you, but it’s a loss for the rest of us.

Someone called about a refund and as I was explaining the process and they then decided to jump off the bridge screaming I’m a lawyer you mother fu*ker and I want to speak to your supervisor now! Being they were having a tantrum, I put them in a time out for 5 minutes before I transferred them. As I was in the process of actually transferring them to a supervisor they hung up. Telling me you’re a lawyer is a non-threat, swearing at me is going to get you a time out. Act like a child, get treated like one.

Once knew a person who would only buy Jeep Wranglers. They said they felt a sense of community with drivers of other Wranglers which I found a bit strange. I currently own 2 mini vans so shouldn’t I also feel a sense of community with other minivan owners? Well I don’t feel anything; mini vans just suit my current life style. I think this person was perceiving this feeling in the desire just to belong to some alleged group.

Do I really need to put up more roadblocks than already exist?

Came across a crazy azz driver that was trying to illicit a reaction from me because they decided to dislike my driving. But by not taking the bait and not reacting to them caused them to react to me, I guess I ruined their fun.

You make it too easy, so just keep talking. The hole you’re digging is getting deeper by the minute.