In my experience: The less I get excited about something, the more likely it will happen. The more distanced I am from it, the closer it will come to me. How hard I try, has absolutely no affect on the outcome.
I've pretty much given up on humans over the past two or three years, in fact ever since the 2nd election of Bush. Everyday there is more and more confirmation that there are but a handful of people doing something worth while. Now don't get me wrong there are tons of people doing things that better themselves, but very few doing anything for others. Old habits die hard, and the ones that are the easiest are the ones hardest to drop it seems. All of this has to do with my futile efforts as the primary representative of the KCC Green Team for the Mail Center.
People look at me like I'm on crack when I try to explain what can and cannot be recylced, that the myth that the night crews throw all our bins in the same bag is not true (And the times it does happen is because morons are throwing trash in the recycling and its not the custodians job to sort our trash). It's shocking, utterly and completely flooring when you put a blue bin labeled paper products and the louse throws a piece of paper in the garbage can next to it. After countless conversations between us, and no doubt years of recycling education in his grade school...not just he, but everyone in my office operates at the mental capacity of a stubborn 90 year old man with germophobic, self important, laziness with a complete disregard for anything around them. I was so furious, I turned red, as I usually do and thought I was going to punch this person in the face. Let me say, that I would gladly take the write up if anyone decides to report my snide remarks to HR.
Needless to say...I'm generally pessimistic cause there are morons in the world, sooo many morons.
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