Knock knock (who's there)

Besides being constantly reprimanded for things that, half the time, I'm not responsible for, the thing I hate most about my job is knocking on doors. Know why? Because I don't like talking to people. I'm one of the least eloquent people I know, and my verbal communication is sometimes hardly more than point-grunt. This doesn't go over well with military people on vacation who are woken up earlier than they want to be by someone insisting on giving them towels and coffee, saying they can't come in to clean and make beds unless the guests leave, and insisting they can't come back later because they're "too busy." It's really irritating, being a jerk and knowing you're being a jerk, and not being able to do anything about it except try and be pleasant or quit your job, which isn't really a viable option because if I quit my job, I lose my housing. One of the downsides to living at work.

Here's a typical conversation between me and a guest.

Me: Housekeeping!
Man in pajamas: What? Who are you?
Me: Oh. Good morning. This is housekeeping. Is there anything we can get you today?
Man in pajamas: Yeah, yeah, come on in.
Me: Um... well, we're not actually supposed to come in with guests in the room... um... is there anything we can just give you through the door? Towels or coffee or....
Man in pajamas: Well, can you come back later?
Me: Um... we can try, but we can't really guarantee... we're pretty busy today...
Man in pajamas: Well, we're not ready yet. Come back in an hour.

Sigh. Now here's the same conversation if, say, Beth was the one knocking.

Beth: Housekeeping!
Man in pajamas: What? Who are you?
Beth: Good morning, housekeeping. Is there anything we can get you today? Towels, coffee, take your garbage out?
Man in pajamas: Yeah, sure, come on in and do your thing.
Beth: I'm sorry sir, but technically, we're not supposed to come in if there's guests in the room. Is there anything we can give you through the door?
Man in pajamas: Uh... one sec. Hey, do we need anything from housekeeping? We're good for today.
Beth: Okay, have a nice day, sir.
Man in pajamas: Uh-huh, you too. Thanks for coming by.

How does she do it? I don't understand!!! I guess it's her obvious lack of ellipses and my terrible overuse of them. It's not my fault I'm unsure of myself and terrible at communicating with people in general! Well, okay, maybe a little bit... but still! I'm just a kid! It's to be expected that I'll be nervous about talking to generals in their pajamas!

Anyway, despite my loathing for knocking on doors, I have to do it almost every day because I'm nominally "in charge," mostly because I've been working here longer than Emmelie, Zac, Steven, or Lita. There have been a few times in the past when I've said "You know what? I'm sick of knocking. I'm not knocking today." And everyone else said, "Well, I'm not going to knock," and then everyone just kind of stood around doing nothing until I finally gave in and knocked anyway. I take that back. One day, Steven knocked instead.

Anyway, the whole point of this rant is to celebrate because today, I didn't have to knock! That's like the first time in ages that I haven't had to. Second time all summer, I think, that I've done in-house and haven't had to knock. So it was a wonderful day!

I nicked some songs from my sister's computer and found this one. I really like it a lot. Simple Plan's songs are pretty good, I think. They're upbeat and fun, and the lyrics amuse me. Like this one, and God Must Hate Me, which is about a kid who messes up a lot and says it's because God hates him. Like, he borrowed his dad's car without permission and crashed it. And he didn't study for a test. "God must hate me, he cursed me for eternity." Yeah, sure. I hope the singer's being satirical, although it'd be even funnier if he were trying to be serious.



Anyway, there's the song. Five points if you know the name of the anime they took pictures from (without cheating), ten points if you know the main character's name, and twenty if you've actually watched the anime.