The Questions

I finally asked The Blue Eyed Lady out today! And I got a polite no as answer! Here's how it went: I was working on the floor and saw her walking way. I said: Good Morning. She went Good Morning. How are you. I approached her and got really close and looked into her eyes and went: I have questions and I was hoping I can get a few minutes from you. The questions are accumulating inside for months and it's not good. She was smiling the entire time and listening. When I said " ... It's not good ... ". She said: It's not! So in my mind she was coming along. She finally agreed that I pay her a visit.

So I went to her office in the afternoon with so much hope! In fact I was a bit day dreaming! I would do this! I would do that! We would go here and there!

I started with this question that I had prepared myself for(!): How are you!? And she said that she was fine. I said that my " How are you " was not like the " How are you " that she normally gets when she goes to a supermarket! She stated that her response was the same. Then I went for the second question which was a business question to see how she responds. She was engaging and nice the entire time and I think I was not bad either. At the end I asked if I could ask a " little personal question. She immediately but nicely enough, in my opinion, said that would up to her whether to respond or not. At this time I slowly nudged the door closed and said " there were many nosy people out there "! She didn't react badly or anything and I said I wanted to " kill to birds with one stone " as I have many more questions. I said that despite the fact that neither of us know each other, there're things that I have observed about her and I believed she was intelligent, hard working and calculating business lady. I added the last compliment, which by the way did not have any reaction from her, because she was coming along and adding something to everything I was saying(!), from Kramer of Seinfeld in episode 8, that he decides to die with dignity and asks Elaine to go with her to a lawyer's office to decide when to pull the plug, if he ever goes top a coma! 

I added that I would like to see her in the outside world, meaning outside work. It was at this moment that she said: " I don't hang out with people from work ". After I got my answer, I think I pushed it a little too much by praising her including congratulating her position as a Team Leader but she said that I could go to her any time that she was not on the phone or in a meeting for any question I have but insisted that she would not hang out with people from work.

I know my face got all red when I heard her saying that and I'm sure she noticed that but I'm happy that I asked her out and got this out of me after months. Of course it'd be fantastic if she said Yes but I think I will ask her out again! I'm sure I will go back with more questions. I just have to make sure I'm not pushing it too far.

(Photo: I am naturally in a way that I have lots of questions about the tings that encounter. So I won't have a problem going to her every week. Perhaps I can change her mind. Or maybe I should focus on getting a better job so I wouldn't be a " gut from work " anymore!)

A (more than a) Month Long Wait

I finally received my copy of The Endless River in mail, yesterday. I had ordered it before Christmas. So it took more than a month to arrive! My original thought was to give it to The Blue Eyes Lady as a Christmas gift! What a stupid idea! I haven't even had a chance to ask her out! Let alone to find myself in a situation to give her a Christmas gift! I know everyone likes a gift and as a person who works for the same company as she does, I still give her the gift and tell her the truth. In fact yesterday shortly before leaving I saw her and she waived at me but when I was going to her office, I realized she had gone! 

I'm going to make the move this Mon. and if things go well, maybe I even don't open the disk and keep it for her and tell her the truth! Apart from that the album is amazing. Purchase and enjoy. You can get it from Pink Floyd's official website.

(Photo: The cover of The Endless River, by Pink Floyd. The album was originally released in late 2014 and is a collection of different songs created, played and recorded in different years)

A Note on the Door

There're a couple of hot topics in the news these days and since I'm not interested in neither of them, because most of the news is bullshit, these days, I'm only mentioning the one that somehow I am related to it. Bank of Canada has decided to increase the interest rate and I'm not sure if it has or not yet but what I do know is that the housing market at almost every corner of the country has been flooded with customers whom their offers, at times, have been $100,000 higher than the asking price! Some house hunters even, they said, skip home inspection which might cause them issues later after possession is made. 

With that in mind, when I got home the other day I saw a note on my door. First I thought it was from one of these silly neighbours who want me to do something! " Shit! What the hell do they want this time? " That's what I asked myself. I went inside and looked at the note and it was from a local real estate agent who wanted to know if I would have liked to sell the house! 

I just have moved in less than 15 months ago and I'm in no mood to move out, search for a new place and move in, particularly in damn winter. So I just left the note on the desk! The funny thing was the municipality's Tax Note and Assessment Value. They have just increased the tax, a bit, meaning the property's value has gone up and then the Value Assessment which came after that, a few days later, confirm it.

(Photo: I was expecting something bad the moment I saw the damn note on the door!)

The " Why Not " Story

There's not much going on in life. Just going to work and coming home. Having something, going to bed and the next day, same shit! Whether is a bit milder. That's the only difference. Not that it's a good sign. Global warming and we will have a hell of a summer this year. So no that there's not much going on, I'd like to say the story of this older Caucasian fella who used to work with me in the same company some 8 years ago and I'd like it Why Not! Why " Why Not "? No! It was not what he would use often. The phrase " Why Not " if changed somehow, gets you to his first name and because I don't want him to be known, I'd use this nickname for him here in the post!

This fella, who is over 60 years of age used to be all over the world! From Alaska to Iran to Thailand and other corners of the world which people cannot even dream to be there. he started as a welder and now is a sort of office guy but because he has difficulty working with everyone(!) and has attitude problem, he cannot stay at one workplace for too long. I contacted him in regards to the project we were hoping to accomplish, last summer. His problem is he has a good start and all of a sudden for no reason, stops responding to you! Obviously he has serious behavioral problems but what can I do? I just leave it. I remember when he left the company he called me to his office (He used to sit next to me and complained about not being comfortable where he was and then they gave him and office and he didn't last there long! He quit!), and gave me his telephone number and e-mail address and asked me to stay in touch. Fair enough. No contact was made until one day that I was in The Mumbling Guy's office and we decided to give him a ring to see how he was doing. As soon as he heard it was The Mumbling Guy he went: " What do you want ? "!!! I was surprised as why he was acting like a jerk! I don't remember how the rest of the friendly(!) conversation went and it doesn't matter but apparently he was not happy that we were still employed and he probably was out of work! I knew he had joined JACOS (I think they are not operating now) but probably was out of there when we were on phone with him. 

This time I though I should give him the taste of his own medicine! So I contacted him and I said that if he was interested, the project is at the stage that his expertise would be soon needed and he could join. He showed interest and I waited one week(!) to send a follow up message to him. This time his response was short! He only thanked me! I'm sure he hasn't sensed anything but I'm going to leave it for a long time and then probably send him another bullshit e-mail! 

(Photo; I truly hope that he feels as horrible as this person when he's waiting for my responses in regards to the position!)

Hellmann's Sends you to Hell, Man!

Grocery shopping is at times feels interesting to me. I generally hate shopping, and that was one of the issues I had with my wife when I was married but at times I find it fascinating when I go to supermarkets for food! Most of the supermarkets remind me of the scene in The Shawshank Redemption where one old inmate is freed after many years of his sentence, I don't remember his character's name though, and is given a job at a grocery store, as a bagger! How does it remind me of that? Same disgusting crap which used to be sold in the 60's is still being sold today in year 2022! It means no improvement has been made in the eating culture of people here in Canada. The so-called food which could cause all sorts of health issues are poured into stores! There are isle in a supermarket that I never go to! Here is a few example of the so-called food that I always have avoided:

1- Canned meats, vegetables and fruits

2- All sorts of dried meat under the title of Jerky! god (with small g means I'm not referring to the god that everyone else does!) knows how much and what variety of preservatives and chemicals are added to them!

3- Frozen meals of different kinds and varieties.

4- All sorts of non-alcoholic beverages in different colours, perhaps tastes and in different nice bottles and cans which makes customer to grab them!

5- Different sorts of so-called fruit juices, some so strange that I'd say a Grade 5 kid should know that's not real! All loaded with sugar, colour and who know what else!

6- Variety of chips made of everything that you can imagine, from potato to corn, vegetables and so on!

7- Different types of milks. This one is out of this world! You can get anything from microfiltered milk to lactose-free(!) and other strange types. Lactose-free milk?! Perhaps something like meat-free Burger! 

Hellmann's invention with a twist of Avocado Oil!

It seems that food companies are making good profit in general. One damn stupid item I encounter today is called Hellman's which you see a photo of it's jar here. Let's see what's wrong with this piece of shit:

1- There's no mentioning of what product this jar have, at a glimpse! However because it's located in Salad Dressing section, next to other items of the same nature, no one's concerned! I don't know what the hell is the problem with these fellas at the company that they use Mayonnaise Type Dressing in fine print! Is that a Patent(!) thing or something of similar nature!?

2- It's indicated that whatever(!) it is, it is made with Avocado oil!!! Bullshit! How could you sell a dressing that is made with Avocado Oil at the same price as a dressing that is made with Canola or similar oil!!?? It's like you sell Premium Gasoline at the same price as Regular??! It's a proof that a fraudulent company does everything to sell their products!

3- This product is always on a shelf in a supermarket, similar to many others. Only the company know how much preservatives have been added to this product to increase its shelf-life and saves it from being refrigerated! 

The above is observed only by looking at the item and reading part of its label. I'm sure more is to be known about it if we read the other side of the label and do food safety tests but who cares?! People's understanding of food in Canada is similar to my understanding of a Soyuz Rocket design! They simply don't care!

(Photo, top: Much cannot be seen in this still from the movie but what I wanted to say and it's in the post is nothing has changed in food industry in decades in North America except the fact that the food companies use more and more tricks to sell their products. Paper bags are being re-introduced in supermarkets. The only good thing which is not from the food companies, of course!)