Mother

Why are you so hard on me? Are you punishing me because you think I don’t do enough? I try my best. I give as much as I can. Do you regret the way you brought me up? You can’t blame me for that. And you should see me in a different light sometimes. Not always the stale servant of social expectations. The three words in your dictionary I am not going to learn; accountant, doctor, lawyer. I am not going to be a puppet of money.

Tweets on Tees

“Let’s go back to myspace and you can twitter all over my facebook.”

Oh where can I get nails like this…

The Victory Cafe, Brooklyn, New York.

I’m placing this here so I don’t forget this place…

Mama and child handmade book

This would be perfect for mother’s day, filled with memories…

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=14333118

 

Customers

If you’re in retail, one of those awkward moments for you, is when you have explained something to a customer but they reply with an answer which shows they do not understand what you’ve just said to them. And you’re thinking…I really cannot put this in a simpler way, I’m not sure if I should be rude and just repeat what I’ve said to try and make them understand because maybe they didn’t hear, or….maybe they heard and just aren’t processing english today so I’ll just say ‘ok’ to whatever and finish this sale so I can move on.

e.g.

‘I’m sorry this letter you want to send is not going to get there tomorrow because it’s not within Australia Post’s Next Day Delivery express network.’

‘….(looks at me blankly)…I just want it to get there tomorrow.’

‘Yeah unfortunately we don’t do express to this particular area of Sydney, mainly because it’s too far away to get there the next day.’

‘….(stares at the counter space above his letter)…I just want it there by tomorrow’ (blinks justifiedly).

And here’s when I’m looking at him looking blankly at me like he hasn’t listened to a word I just said, he probably just saw my mouth moving but nothing went into his ear and through to his brain that processed correctly. I feel like saying to him ‘LOOK FUCKHEAD, YOUR LETTER AIN’T GONNA GET THERE TOMORROW COZ YOU FUCKING LEFT IT TOO LATE YOU SON OF A BITCH. SO YOU BETTER START DRIVING RIGHT NOW TO MAKE SURE YOU CAN GET IT THERE TOMORROW YOURSELF, YOU FUCKING MATE OF A MATE.’

Budgies

the most beautiful lamp

O Jesus

The Orchid Thief