Pumpkin's rant of the day: Level of Stupid=Critical

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Hello to all. How are you this evening? I am tired. Not sure why. I haven't done a great deal. In fact, since I came home from work, I have mostly been watching 'The Sarah Jane Adventures' with Mini. We did go for a wander into town because I had to collect a parcel. I have recently been trying to make more of an effort with my writing work. It's something I have always done but I let it slip for while instead of ensuring it was a priority. I seemed to have permanent writer's block but now I'm back with a vengeance and have ideas pouring out! Hopefully, that will lead to being productive and not starting too many projects I can't finish. I was pleased with myself over the weekend as I completed a piece of writing. I was even more pleased to complete a second piece for the same place, and very happy to discover that my work is being read. Yes, I know it's big-headed of me to check my views! I have also discovered Reddit. I've heard of it and I have seen it pop up in various places but it was never really something to which I gave much thought. Well, I am glad I found it. While traffic from Facebook, Google+, Twitter, LinkedIn, and my own Wordpress site garnered a fair few views, posting to Reddit doubled their combined numbers. So that is definitely something I will be using again. Well, this rant isn't very ranty so far! One of the reasons I have been so determined to make a success of my writing (and of my tutoring business) is due to my current employment situation. Always attempting to put a positive spin on everything, I realised that working for Mrs. T has not been all bad. It has spurred me on to do other things in desperation to get away from her. There are so many stories I could tell you about Mrs. T, none of them good. She is lazy, selfish, thoughtless, self-centred, hypocritical, judgemental, and, as I am discovering more and more, has the IQ of a plastic chicken. There have been a few 'facepalm' moments where I have raised an eyebrow, shook my head in disbelief, and had to bite my tongue. I won't go into them all. Today, Mrs. T was ranting and raving about how her dog had cut her paw, how it was another employees fault, how drains should be covered up because she thinks the dog had caught the paw on one. She even went as far as to say that her other employee should pay the vet's fees... ...the dog had trodden on a piece of chewing gum which had got stuck to her paw! I don't expect Mrs. T would apologise for the accusative rant. Instead of being grateful and relieved that the dog was fine, hadn't been hurt, and didn't need an operation, Mrs. T went off on a tirade about how terrible it was that the dog had trodden in gum and that gum should be banned. You might not think that snippet should be too bothersome but imagine occurrences like that every single day. Consistent and incessant complaining about her other employee whom she says is no good for the job and wants to sack yet she's still employed after over a month of whinging and whining. Then there are the times that Mrs. T will say something such as what she might do in a situation which someone else has just experienced. No problem with offering an opionion, of course, but Mrs. T doesn't seem to understand that her way isn't the only way. She called her other employee 'unfeeling' for suggesting that her dog might enjoy a day at home yet Mrs. T told me that her sister should 'just get over' the death of her child. I think that's the worst thing I've heard her say (she is also racist, rude, ignorant, and intolerant). Not so long ago, I looked up some information because I was curious. Now, being trained, experienced, and good at research, you'd think I might know what I was talking about. The facts I told didn't suit Mrs. T so she went around asking other people. None of those people actually knew. She said it was a good question even after I told her that it wasn't a question but that it was something I had researched and discovered. Despite this, she still questioned it and said she'd ask another person (not that that other person would know and why Mrs. T thought any such thing, I don't know, especially as that particular person had previously told Mrs. T that she didn't know a lot about the subject). Well, anyway, Mrs. T proceeded to look up some information which she thought proved me wrong. Unfortunately, Mrs. T is extremely stupid so even telling her that the information she showed me did not negate the information I gave because the wording was different, she would not cede the point. Anyway, this was the point where I almost said out loud something I had only said in my head (although I had said it in my head a lot of times) and that was "how thick are you?" I'm not sure if it did come out slightly muttered under my breath but I don't think it did. As for the laziness. Well, this is a woman who asked me if I could park nearer to the end of a road. Nothing wrong with such a request, you might think. I politely informed her that I couldn't do that without blocking someone's driveway. She, not so politely, suggested I park on double yellow lines. While some sources claim that a disabled badge holder (which Mrs. T is) can park on double yellows, I haven't been able to find any official information to confirm this. So, of course, I said no. Mrs. T stated that her other employee always did that so I simply explained that I would rather not risk a hefty fine. This is one of the ways in which Mrs. T is selfish. Well, selfish or stupid or both. It doesn't matter how something affects someone else as long as her life is made easy. Just as I should, apparently, be grateful that she pays me for doing my job so that I can afford car repairs which I wouldn't need if it wasn't for her plonking her ample posterior like a sack of potatoes and weighing down my boot with unnecessary amounts of shopping on a regular basis. Sorry, I went off on a tangent again. She abuses her disabled badge privileges. She has previously asked that I move from one part of a car park to another. Presuming there was a reason, I did so. Today when she asked, I asked why. She didn't say anything. I just told her I'd rather not waste petrol. The only reason I could think of was to save her husband all of 30 seconds when he returned to the car where we were waiting. Mrs. T will regularly just sit in the car while her husband is sent off on errands. Then she'll get agitated and impatient because he's taken more than a minute. Honestly, there have been times he's been gone barely seconds before she starts going on about how long he takes. She's slow herself and doesn't think of other people. She'll complain that she is busy and can't possibly give people a time to do something but then she'll expect everyone else to cater to her every whim at a moment's notice or to hang about for hours until she's finished whatever mission she's decided on. She has no sense of time or of distance. I keep having to remind her that I can't work weekends. Last time I reminded her, she informed me that I did, in fact, have an hour I could work on a Saturday. Because it's not like I'd have anything better to do, of course. She also seems to think that if I don't need to pick Mini up from school that I can spend extra time with her. Because, again, I don't have anywhere else to be. I still remind her that I do another job and can't make the 15 minute journey to her in 5 minutes. I'm getting myself wound up just typing this but I really do need to let it all out! There is just so much. I could probably write a book. In fact, it did give me an idea for a story. The title is going to be: How I Became a Murderer. Anyway, with a lack of suitable jobs available, all I can do at the moment is put up with it while I work on my own projects. I am truly hoping that I will soon attract more students or, preferably, that my writing will start to bring in a steady, livable income. So my positive spin on this rant is that I am now more determined than ever to make my living doing what I love! How has your day been? Do you do what you love?