The lady taking money at the subway yelled at me today. When I approached the booth to buy tokens (five for $11.25) she was having an animated conversation with another TTC employee and it was clear that it was her ranting about something that had happened. So I gave her 2 five dollar bills, a toonie and a quarter, she gave me the tokens and then turned back to her rant. So I stood there and said “Can I have my dollar please?” and she stared blankly, touching my fives with no comprehension in her pig-like eyes. “What did I give you?” She said. “Five tokens, but you owe me a dollar, I gave you $12.25.” More blank staring. So I was getting frustrated, I wasn’t trying to rip her off, I wasn’t trying to be rude, but jeez, it’s rush hour, there is a line forming behind me and I want my fucking dollar. Then she figured it out and had the balls to turn it around on me “I was gettin’ to it, calm down!” Giving me the stink eye, like she was just taking her sweet time, not that she’d forgotten or anything.
Stupid people. There are lots of great people that work for the TTC, but much like the police force, it really only takes one or two bad apples to spoil the entire bunch. She’s union so she’s totally safe. Ugh. Don’t get me started about union workers.
Then, as I waited for the subway (and I had to wait 2 trains as the first one was so packed it wouldn’t have been possible for me to fit on) I started thinking about clothes. I was trying to imagine me wearing cut off denim shorts with super high heels and zexy sunglasses. And I couldn’t do it. Then I tried to imagine me wearing Ugg boots, cut off track pants and a string around my head like Kat V-D wears, and again, I couldn’t do it.
Why do people wear string tied around their heads? It looks really dumb. Like, really.
In good news, I got new runners. I finally replaced my Chuck Taylor One Stars that I got in Detroit a year and a half ago. They were totally falling apart and were starting to be kind of silly. My new shoes are also Converse, but they’re not Chucks. I’d post a picture but my camera is no where near me and my feet are tired after an afternoon of retail therapy.
awww…..a blog post is nuthin’ without pics! Show us yer new shoes!
Sorry, I was so lazy earlier, my bad!
You’re right about strings tied around the head. It totally looks stupid. I have a rasta shoelace that I’m going to give a try around mine, just for kicks. And speaking of kicks, your new shoes are dope!
I will never wear a string around my head either.
I have a hard time figuring out what to wear now that my fashion goal is no longer how to wear as little as possible in public.
I got goat poo on my new Lochers shirt in the first half hour of wearing it, so that also throws a kink in any “nice” clothing attempts, as do my chitlins.
I honestly think you can never go wrong with jeans and a t shirt and runners. Or flip flops if the sun’s shining and your feet are hot.
Rubber boots are good in wet weather.
That is all.
i can’t stop laughing about the string around the head. seriously. i often flick past LA ink and the only reason i stop is because i am wondering who the hell the tattooed bag lady is on tv…and then i realize its kat von d.
also, if i could wear flip flops year round i would. and those tank tops with a built in bra. i love those because i hate wearing a bra, but i hate my boobs looking saggy more.
I think I owned a built-in-bra-tank a long time ago but it didn’t work for me because I have such a ridiculously long torso and the hem of the shirt ended coincidentally with my rib cage. Not a particularly good look. Maybe they make them longer these days? I agree about bras, once upon a time, many years ago when I was about 20lbs lighter, it was a hot summer and I swore I’d never wear one in the heat. That lasted one summer.