Ugh

I'm in one of my "Why bother?" moods.

Over the past few days I've had several interactions with people wherein I've tried my best to be polite and understanding and I've gotten back condescension, insults, sneers, and veiled accusations that I was lying. No specific incident was way out of the ordinary. It's simply that there's been a lot of it lately.

I need a more pleasant counter-viewpoint saying "not all people are jerks, really." An antidote of sorts. But I'm not sure where to look for it.

That last sentence is pretty darn sad.

It's the little things

Bought two file cabinets the other day. Two trips to Office Depot; only one (two-drawer) cabinet fits in my car at a time. They're the right color, they're functional... but one of them had an empty rectangular cutout where the name HON should be.

I was unhappy that the little metal "nametag" was missing. The top front of the cabinet didn't look right without it. I searched through the cardboard box and all packing materials. I briefly considered stealing the "nametag" from one of my other filing cabinets, perhaps one that was going to wind up in the ugly storage room, but that wouldn't be satisfying. I briefly considered writing to the Hon company for a replacement, but that seemed awfully silly. I wondered if I could find a nametag on a file cabinet someone was about to throw away, like maybe an Office Depot floor model that had been kicked around so badly it was unsalable. Not likely.

I was breaking down the box when, from between two layers of cardboard, a tiny metal rectangle fell out with a clink. It's my HON nametag! Now I just need to wedge it into place!

I am way disproportionately pleased.