Just Not My Day

Let me start by saying that I am full of hate today, I'm trying to look at the positive side of things but it's not working. So I've decided to embrace the hatred and everything that comes with it. Glaring at the old lady that is driving too slow in the merge lane to actually merge with anything, tapping my foot and sighing extra loudly at the insanely long two person line in front of me, slamming my car door extra hard because the person next to me parked too close... yes... my passive aggressiveness anger is at an all time high. I didn't actually do any of those things because none of them actually happened to me, but the night is still young.

So WHY am I so mad? There are two main reasons:

1. Korean Timelines: Apparently timelines, much like contracts, mean nothing in Korea. I have been freaking out about getting my passport back because I am supposed to start teaching on October 1st. I told my recruitment agency that I would be getting my passport back on Monday or Tuesday of this week and I woke up to an email this morning stating the following..

"The school will be booking your flight very soon and we will email you the itinerary.  It looks like it will be a departure around October 14th."

Really? Is someone playing a joke on me? The 14th!?!?! That is over two weeks away. You've gotta be kidding me. I have all of my bags packed and ready to go (assuming my departure date was sometime this week), I have said most of my goodbyes to my family and friends - which I am now going to have to redo. Not that that's a bad thing but I'm just saying, I had everything lined up to leave this week... and now I have another two weeks here? Just let me go already!!!

So that started me off on a bad note this morning. Then there is reason number two:

2. Canada Post: CP is an incompetent piece of garbage. I have been tracking the package containing my passport from Vancouver to Regina. I came home at lunch and saw that the package had left the Regina depot for delivery at 7:58am. Excellent. I ran out and checked the mailbox and nothing. No worries, I'm sure that it would be there by the time I got home from work.

When I got home from work there was nothing. NOTHING. I look it up again on the computer and it said that there was an attempted deliver, a notice left and then taken to the nearest post office. I think this postman is a liar. There was absolutely no notice, and there was no signature required on the piece so he could have just left it! No, he was a lazy piece of uselessness that didn't want to walk up the driveway.

THEN, I go to the post office to get it. Stand in line (where in fact there was no line, just two girls behind the counter talking and not helping me) for 10 minutes. Finally, I get helped. What am I told when I said that I am there for my package? I have to come back after 7:00. What? Is my package not there? Oh no... it is there... and it has been there since 1:00, but no they can't give it to me until after 7:00. "Why?" I asked... and I was met with "uhhh.....umm.... just come back sometime after 7:00".

I have very little patience for stupid people (something I am aware that I need to work on).... at least make up a lie if you're going to make me waste my time and gas to come back in 2 hours.


Don't worry, my next post will be much happier, but for now I'm going to go kick a kitten.


(ok, I'm obviously kidding about the kitten kicking.. don't freak out on me you animal lovers)