Monday, October 30
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gottawonderToday I am grateful for:
Reasonable weather.
I went to town today for pottery.
I did some recreational shopping first, which was nice as I had lots of time just to look around.
Then I went to the studio. There were the usual people there, so it was nice to visit with them.
I threw a few things, and just enjoyed the process of making things.
I feel like I managed to interact with others without either oversharing or saying something less than appropriate, which is nice. The last couple of times I feel like there were things I wish I hadn't said out loud.
Then I got groceries, which wasn't too bad. I'm finally feeling like I can find things in the store again.
A woman ahead of me was buying an absolutely CRAZY amount of food; enough for two very, very, full carts, and I was watching her try to load it all. I could see she wasn't going to be able to do this on her own.
Of course, none of the store staff was going to help her at all.
I figured since I didn't have that much today, I could help her get it all out to her car. I could fit all of my groceries in the small "upper deck", and I told her if she loaded up the rest of the cart I would help her take it out to her vehicle.
We chatted, and it turns out she manages the kitchen for a "man camp", and the employee who was supposed to do the shopping...didn't. This woman is the manager, so when an employee fails, it's up to her. She made a special trip today after her normal work day to get this huge haul of food, and then she still had to drive back to the camp location and unload it and put it away (she said someone was there at the camp to help her) before she could go home and go to bed.
She seemed remarkably calm and cheerful under the circumstances.
Then I came home, put OUR groceries away, and caught up with my Sweetie about how his day went.
I learned that Capuchin monkeys have similar economic views as humans when given tokens to trade for various kinds of food.
https://news.yale.edu/2005/06/20/humans-rational-and-irrational-buying-behavior-mirrored-monkeys
Reasonable weather.
I went to town today for pottery.
I did some recreational shopping first, which was nice as I had lots of time just to look around.
Then I went to the studio. There were the usual people there, so it was nice to visit with them.
I threw a few things, and just enjoyed the process of making things.
I feel like I managed to interact with others without either oversharing or saying something less than appropriate, which is nice. The last couple of times I feel like there were things I wish I hadn't said out loud.
Then I got groceries, which wasn't too bad. I'm finally feeling like I can find things in the store again.
A woman ahead of me was buying an absolutely CRAZY amount of food; enough for two very, very, full carts, and I was watching her try to load it all. I could see she wasn't going to be able to do this on her own.
Of course, none of the store staff was going to help her at all.
I figured since I didn't have that much today, I could help her get it all out to her car. I could fit all of my groceries in the small "upper deck", and I told her if she loaded up the rest of the cart I would help her take it out to her vehicle.
We chatted, and it turns out she manages the kitchen for a "man camp", and the employee who was supposed to do the shopping...didn't. This woman is the manager, so when an employee fails, it's up to her. She made a special trip today after her normal work day to get this huge haul of food, and then she still had to drive back to the camp location and unload it and put it away (she said someone was there at the camp to help her) before she could go home and go to bed.
She seemed remarkably calm and cheerful under the circumstances.
Then I came home, put OUR groceries away, and caught up with my Sweetie about how his day went.
I learned that Capuchin monkeys have similar economic views as humans when given tokens to trade for various kinds of food.
https://news.yale.edu/2005/06/20/humans-rational-and-irrational-buying-behavior-mirrored-monkeys
