Interestingly enough I mentioned this in math class today and several people agreed with me. In recent weeks, I am no longer to concentrate and study at home. I did to isolate myself in a library or a study room, be in solitude, distance myself from the distractions that come with computers and internet in order to be able to do homework and study!
Sadly, those multiple consecutive hours that I once would have been able to sit down at my kitchen table in my bedroom studying can no longer exist. I wish I still could! It would save so much transportation time.
On the bright side, I'm naturally converting to university lifestyles, correct? Nobody really studies in their dorm...well actually I think I might get a single room connected by the bathroom layout (so I guess I could still possibly study in my single bedroom). I think I'll flip a coin on it. I'll let you know the results.
p.s. I just got home from work, then the library.
I brought an expired bottle of salad dressing from a Chinatown supermarket because I was making chicken salad with my class for work. I knew I should have read the expiry date AT the supermarket, but I was already running late and I had trouble locating the date so I thought, "What the hell." Just before I was going to toss the thousand island sauce into the lettuce I decided to look for the expiry date again. It said, "10 Jan 17" or something along those lines. I knew for sure it was JANUARY 2010 though. I mean common, it was Kraft salad dressing from an ASAIN supermarket. The sad thing was I didn't even have the receipt! But, I had to go back to buy something at the same market anyways so I though what the hell, what's there to lose in trying to see if I could get a refund? It was kind of exciting anyways. I thought I might have been able to threaten to report them to the Health Agency for having uhhh 5.5 months expired products on their shelf if they refused to give my three something dollars. Honestly, to my surprise they didn't give me a hard time really- EVEN though I didn't have my recipe! They didn't even really make an effort to verify I actually brought it from them, etc... They just read the expiry date..and I bet it's cause they knew they would naturally be guilty of something like that. They mumbled some things in mandarin and then gave me back my $3.29. ACTUALLY, it was $3.29 but they give gave me three dimes instead SO if you really think about it a made a penny profit. It's obviously not the money, but the nature of the situation that counts and that's worth a tinny smirk as I turned around and leave the supermarket. It was worth the $3.30 investment on the supermarket's part. As I was waiting for the manager to come out I decided mentally that if they would to give me a hard time I would never shop at that particular market again. Since they were "reasonable" about the whole situation I can't deny a new weak loyalty towards them. *shrug
I brought an expired bottle of salad dressing from a Chinatown supermarket because I was making chicken salad with my class for work. I knew I should have read the expiry date AT the supermarket, but I was already running late and I had trouble locating the date so I thought, "What the hell." Just before I was going to toss the thousand island sauce into the lettuce I decided to look for the expiry date again. It said, "10 Jan 17" or something along those lines. I knew for sure it was JANUARY 2010 though. I mean common, it was Kraft salad dressing from an ASAIN supermarket. The sad thing was I didn't even have the receipt! But, I had to go back to buy something at the same market anyways so I though what the hell, what's there to lose in trying to see if I could get a refund? It was kind of exciting anyways. I thought I might have been able to threaten to report them to the Health Agency for having uhhh 5.5 months expired products on their shelf if they refused to give my three something dollars. Honestly, to my surprise they didn't give me a hard time really- EVEN though I didn't have my recipe! They didn't even really make an effort to verify I actually brought it from them, etc... They just read the expiry date..and I bet it's cause they knew they would naturally be guilty of something like that. They mumbled some things in mandarin and then gave me back my $3.29. ACTUALLY, it was $3.29 but they give gave me three dimes instead SO if you really think about it a made a penny profit. It's obviously not the money, but the nature of the situation that counts and that's worth a tinny smirk as I turned around and leave the supermarket. It was worth the $3.30 investment on the supermarket's part. As I was waiting for the manager to come out I decided mentally that if they would to give me a hard time I would never shop at that particular market again. Since they were "reasonable" about the whole situation I can't deny a new weak loyalty towards them. *shrug
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