A day in the life of

Me, obviously.

Just two things, really, that I wanted to share with the people who read my blog. Or actually, make it 2.5, because something stupid but quite hilarious has happened also, which is worth mentioning.

First thing. I was woken up today by a shrill telephone ring. I picked it up, sounding as awake as I could (it was around 9am), and said hello. A man's voice asked for a Dawei Jiang. I was extremely confused and asked him there is no such person. He said is this the (phone-number-in-question), I said yes. He then said is this unit 312 of (this-certain-address), I said no, this is unit 305. He paused and said, "Can you take a message to unit 312 and get them to contact me? I am working on a file and need to talk to them." I was getting infuriated, but being the nice person I am, I said, "Oh my god... hold on," and went to get pen and paper. I jotted down his number, his name, his company name, and Dawei's name. I hung up the phone, feeling extremely stupid/mad/sleepy, and jotted down another note explaining the first note, got my brother to drop it off at 312 on his way out, and went back to bed. I must say, this David of the auditing department, is quite an idiot. It's one thing to take down message for someone living in the same house but different room, but it's quite another to take a message for a total stranger living many many doors down. My sister said I was stupid and I should have just said no. But the situation was so bizarre I didn't know what to do. Anyhow, I looked up the company on the yellowpages, but I couldn't find the exact name to match, so I picked one that sounded the closest, and wrote an email requesting information on David of the auditing department. We'll see what happens.

Second thing. Someone stole our tip jar this evening at the good ol' Terra Nova Starbucks. I was working, and next thing I know when I tried to drop some change into the jar, was that the entire thing was missing. Not just the money inside, but the entire thing went missing. We had a pretty good idea who it was. These two teenagers kept on coming in asking for the phone, asking for water. I felt so stupid to let the tip jar just vanish under my nose, and so ridiculously hilarious because this is all so surreal. I used to hear about people stealing tip jars when I was working at the mall Starbucks, but it has never actually happened. And now it has. Must say, 10% amusement, 90% annoyance. (By the way, this is the 0.5)

Third thing. I came home, exhausted. Checked my email, and I actually got a reply from the Petro-Canada people. The email thanked me for my input, and said that they will make sure that the branch manager will be notified of this feedback. I feel good. Talk about doing something nice.

This is terrible, I am such a nice person!