According to the front page at Yahoo, today marks the 62nd anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. I didn't know that off the top of my head, though truth be told, I wasn't alive at the time anyway. Mom and Dad were, but I was not. They themselves hadn't even met each other yet, much less knew of each other. One can only wonder what President Kennedy would have done had he been able to serve even a full-term as president and potentially even beyond, but in the end, the world would never know. Definitely an American tragedy to say the least, but as tends to be the case, the earth continues to rotate and life goes on.
This week proved to be more stressful than usual when it came to work, which I can imagine was the case because everyone was trying to do as much as they could before the coming Thanksgiving week that looms over the horizon. My guess is that everyone was trying to jam two weeks' worth of business and what-not into four or five days this past week (many of my coworkers work four days a week, rather than five), being that nearly half the office will be off next week. I'll still be working next week, all three days, and doing my overtime, as I do. I don't need to take any vacation. I don't go anywhere as it is. I'd sooner just continue to pad the paycheck with the extra few hours I'll be able to sneak in between today and Wednesday and be content with my typically slightly higher paycheck than usual, had I just been relegated to working no more than 40 hours every week. If it matters, I usually average between 20 and 30 hours of overtime every week.
Speaking of the world getting dumber...
...as I write this, I'm still watching content on YouTube. Most days, I spend a lot of my time on YouTube, even if it happens to be just as background noise. The current video playing is one regarding those Bearista cups at Starbucks and the apparent challenge in everyone who wanted one, getting one. You know how this goes. Word of this cup gets out. Starbucks promotes these cups on social media. The release date of these cups is confirmed to be 11/06/25. People interested in these cups, for whatever the reason, start plotting and planning their respective attacks. People start showing up at Starbucks, early as hell, some even the night before on 11/05. Whining and bitching ensues when Starbucks opens, over many of these Starbucks spots having a minimal inventory of these cups, over people buying these cups after waiting in line for who knows how long, and over Starbucks employees buying their store's entire stock and leaving customers who waited outside in the damn cold just before opening empty-handed and storming off fucking mad. I suppose fights break out and tempers flare.
I don't get it. I don't drink coffee. I'm definitely not a Starbucks regular. I'm not getting in line in the freezing cold hours before any store opens just to buy a fucking cup, glass, plastic, or otherwise. You know what else I'm not doing? I'm not buying one of these cups on eBay or from anyone looking to sell this cup for more than $29.99, its manufacturer suggested retail price. I think these cups are going for well over $100 on eBay. Fuck that. Not for a fucking glass cup that happens to be shaped like a bear. I'm not doing it. I can't do it. Not for a damn glass cup, or as I've also heard it referred to as, an adult sippy cup.
People were bitching over what they perceived to have been the lack of fairness that came with their inability to buy these cups. Fairness, you ask? I think one of the many gripes that came with this Bearista cup debacle was that Starbucks employees were essentially allowed to "cut the line" and otherwise buy up all of their stores' inventory before their stores opened and before the general public had a chance to buy these cups themselves.
Why in the hell should there be any expectation of fairness, not so much in life, but when it comes to the world of Starbucks? Life is not fair. Apparently, Starbucks isn't fair either. People on social media are retarded, having the audacity to complain about Starbucks not being fair when it comes to how they sold these Bearista cups. I don't see Starbucks responding to these complaints in any kind of meaningful way. Paying more than $30 for these cups is equally retarded. They are just cups. They hold fluid. A red Solo cup (rest in peace, Toby Keith) does the same thing and won't cost you $30 for a single cup.
This is where the world is going. People are getting dumber.
It's a thing and it's sad.
All over a fucking glass cup? Really?
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