Busy

Work was actually very busy again today, I barely got to eat lunch. After work I had to go to the Secretary of State to get my Michigan driver's license. It was weird because they gave me a sheet of paper, and said my license would be mailed to me. I also registered to vote.

I heard a conversation at the Secretary of State's office today that I thought was crazy. A guy behind me yelled to the guy about 2 people ahead of me "Hey Mike". I guess they knew each other. The guy behind me was large, I'd say he weighed atleast 350 lbs, conservatively. He then said "Yeah I applied to Chrysler...they wouldn't hire me because of my physical" then makes like a "sheesh" noise. His friend just goes "oh, yeah". The guy then said "yeah they called back and said I didn't pass my physical because of high blood pressure, and I was overweight...what do they expect, I'm not 25 anymore!". I thought to myself "and you being overweight is who's fault...?" Then, there was a TV in the office and a Ford commerical came on. He just yells out "Look how stupid, Ford spends their money on THIS...they should show a commercial of them laying people off!". After that, he said to his friend "yeah, Jerry got fired because he wouldn't do something that wasn't in his job description...that's not fair". I was just thinking to myself how lazy and annoying this guy is. I heard on NPR that the average US Autoworker makes around $70.00/hr when you take into account their benefits, etc. This guy just epitomized what NPR was saying...most of these people are just used to making exhorbitant salaries and getting away with whatever they want. They're going to have to get used to the new way and deal with it if they want a job. I don't have much sympathy for people like him.