Well kids, did you all hear that thunderclap at about 4am on Monday morning that woke everyone and their brother up from a sound sleep? We did, and I immediately took to the phone and texted two others who sleep even less than I do, to make sure it really was thunder, and we weren't under attack here on our corner. Anjeza across the street confirmed the thunderclap heard around the 02 and beyond, as did Parenteau all the way up the hill in Paxton. Didn't seem too unusual to me that it would be heard all the way in Paxton because Tatnuck Square and Paxton seem to sit within the same little valley. However, throughout the day while doing the work of the people, I was out and about and certainly travelled out of the Tatnuck Square and Paxton areas, and it seemed that everyone from all over the place heard it. Was it really thunder I ask? A sonic boom? Aliens dumb enough to land in Worcester and abduct us? Are they really filming The Walking Dead downtown or are those real zombies walking amongst us? We may never know. Either way, it certainly contributed to the weirdness that so far, has been this week. Hereās what Iāve gotā¦
1.Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Words of wisdom from the Kap kids as a result of being awoken by the thunderā¦
a.Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Maybe weāll have a 2 hour delay from schoolā¦Meri
b.Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā That almost scared Harley in to growing back her fourth legā¦RG
c.Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā I shouldāve known the storm was coming, my eczema was tinglingā¦I'll let you all guess which kid was responsible for saying that....
2.Ā So much for our amateur weather watchers whose names shall not be named,
(Al and Parenteau...), because neither of them spoke a word about any approaching thunderstorms or change in pressure that would result in such weather activity. However, if I wanted a minute-to-minute update on the tornadoās tearing through the Midwest, that Al would be able to provide. Parenteau's not off the hook...she dropped the ball too.
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3.Ā Met up with Rucci and Kara for dinner at Peppercorns this week, looked up and out the window and saw this sitting outside waiting for the light to change. At first, I thought, seriously, is the universe messing with me? It certainly couldnāt be talking to me, as I turned slightly over my shoulder to see who was sitting behind me, and confirmed that I was in fact, sitting with my back to no one. But alas, no one was being mocked and I wasnāt hallucinatingā¦this is a bakery located in Millbury and this was one of their trucks, in traffic, with their name and logo displayed on the side. When you sit back and look around people, you discover new businesses every dayā¦
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4. Iām sorry, I donāt speak Englishā¦this is the response I've been using when being addressed by people who are dripping with poor behavior and stupidity. Iām not talking about people who may be confused, or lost, or looking for directions, or who generally need assistance, I mean those people who are so busy worrying only about themselves, who lack the social skills and common courtesy that one needs to engage with the public. If youāre going to be a moron and/or treat someone else poorly who just happens to be standing in the same space and breathing the same air as you, don't come looking to me to help you out - this will be my response to you. By the time that individual figures out that my statement doesnāt make any sense because I do in fact speak English, as I just spoke English while telling you I donāt speak English, I will be long gone. Get it together people, you can do better than that. Ā
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5.Ā Case in pointā¦parking valet at a local medical facility here in the Woo... Buddy, I know you can talk, weāve spoken before, I was just here last week. If youāre going to do as I do as stated above, you have to keep track of who you pulled this on or you end up looking like an ass. I was just trying to give you a tip for running to get the battle wagon. You don't have to pretend that you're hard of hearing, are new here, or have some medical complication that prevents you from speaking. You can't flim flam a flim flammer...you too can do better than that.
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6.Ā New coffee shop in the 02 kids, Cordellaās on June Street, right across from Jasonās Pizza. Support your local business and check them out. Hereās a fun fact, they make their own coffee syrups, which has been reported isnāt a common thing, who knew? ANDā¦ to support other local businesses, they have āpop upā bakeries such as the vegan baker, Pig Out, stop by to sell their goods, if youāre into Vegan pastries that is. If Iām committing to a pastry, Iām all in ā gimme all the sugar and flour and eggs and carbs, but if youāre more conscious than I, apparently Pig Out has quite the following whose patrons were willing to wait in the long line that extended down the street last Saturday. What Iām getting at is, Cordellaās is a new coffee shop/bakery just getting started over here and still offered themselves up to have another bakery business have an event at their location. Theyāve been in the hood a hot minute and are already giving backā¦go check them out. https://www.instagram.com/explore/locations/259057740631772/cordellas/
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7.Ā Customer service aint what it used to be people, and sadly, itās not going to get any better any time soon. Sue Miller has been having trouble with her landline, yes, I said landline. There are still a few of us out there who have a land line, like the landline, and donāt plan on giving up the landline anytime soon. Again, whoās house would you be running to in the event that the thunder we heard the other night was in fact some kind of alien attack that required you to call someone somewhere for help, but your cell phone didnāt work because you live in the dead zone that is Tatnuck Square? Sue Miller ā thatās the house youād be running to. Well not this week people, she wouldnāt have been able to do a damn thing to help you because it wasnāt working, and she wasnāt happy about it. Maybe her displeasure with our local tried and true phone company was the cause of that sonic boom...if Sue Miller's not happy, no one's happy...
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8.Ā If Iāve said it once, Iāll say it a million times, and Iām not just talking about my Mother, I'm talking about all phone company retirees in general. In the years Iāve been doing the work of the people, Iāve run across my share of retired phone company employees, and Iāll tell you this, theyāre a hardy bunch, didnāt just fall off the turnip truck, and expect the same quality customer service they themselves were expected to dole out to customers during their working years. Times may be changing and with that the quality of products and services being rendered, but the human output of customer service best remain the same. If you tell them to expect their phone line to be fixed between the hours of 8 and noon on a Monday, you better be there, you are not the cable company. God help the poor bastard on the ground who's expected to perform that work if that arrangement wasn't communicated to them and they don't show up on time - and God help the next guy who gets sent out the next day if the first one didn't show up. The retired worker understands this is not the error of the outside guy who's out on the street, climbing and working on the poles, underground, and inside homes, they understand this is the poor scheduling and planning by those working inside and theyāre going to let you know all about it. Bottom line, donāt mess with phone company retireesā¦get the job done when you say youāre going to and itās all good. If you donāt, everyone and their brother is going to hear about it, and youāll be hit where it counts, in the walletā¦Exhibit 1
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9.Ā Fun factā¦ESW parking rules. Even if you park illegally in the visitors' spots and you don't have your ESW parking sticker on your car, thinking you won't be found out, because how will they know you're not a visitor if you don't have a parking sticker on your window, they'd have to assume you were a visitor, correct? Wrong...the Ruler of all things parking and parking lot related business will know about it. There is a secret under cover force of parking patrolees who know you, know your car, know what you had for lunch, your hours, your blood type, when you go out for coffee, what grade gas you use, and know all sorts of other tid bits of information that may or may not be your daily routine. Don't do it. Park where you're supposed to, or you're gonna get called out on these infractions. Not sure what will happen if this mischievous and devious behavior continues, but I'm thinking it may not be worth the headache to find out. #ibroketherules
10. Fence wars continue, that is the war Al has on our fence or Gibson and his misuse of the fence, we're not really sure which. What we do know is this. Gibson in typical Pyrenees fashion, feels it is his duty to protect anything and everything that his eyes can see. This involves protecting his yard from everything in his vision, and the fence suffers for it. Cars driving by the corner, kids on bikes, runners, elderly pedestrians and their threatening rolling walkers, squirrels, chipmunks and all woodland creatures, leaves, wind, rain, stray cats, falling petals from the magnolia tree etc...this overzealous protection involves Gibson running back and forth and back and forth and just when you think he's done, back and forth again, running full force against the fence. The fence can only take so much kids before it starts to break down. Al is out there every single day replacing pickets, securing the metal poles the fence panels are attached to, because this of course isn't Gibsons fault, he's just doing his job. Naturally this is the fence's fault for not doing its job and holding up to the abuse. Of course it is.
And last but not least, for you fair weather fans out there who we shall not name, I don't want to jinx anything, but word on the street is the Red Sox have been winning the last few games. It's only May people, we just got started.
Have a great weekend!
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