Presidential Debate on October 7th 2008

Ok just to begin, I am supporting Barack Obama. That doesn't mean that I will be prejudiced toward McCain.

Debate begining now

question 1: Obama takes first jab by associating McCain with Bush policies. I like his response for AIG executives. McCain sounded condescending when adressing the asker. Package of reforms sounds like a bureaucracy. Buying up the bad mortgages costs a lot of money. We can't just spend all of the money we want. There is a limit. McCain's sense of humor not working. The best person McCain came up with was the owner of E-BAY. WOW.

question 2: It's not a rescue, it's a bailout. Bringing up the campaign suspension again. Is he going to answer the question? Wow "cronies" thats harsh. Obama's face is like "oh no you didn't". He's so not answering the question. At least Obama is answering the question. Obama takes second stab at McCain. Good answer for Obama in discussion. McCain is giving a lot of "if's".

question 3: Not all about Budget in Washington. McCain is so god damn condescening. "clear" record of bi-partisanship? I'm thinking not. No nuclear power. No Offshore drilling. Why can't Obama respond to McCain's attack. Work on all three at once? He found his way around that questions. Now he's repeating himself. Obama now trying to connect with families again. Education wasn't on the list? It should've been Social Security last, in which case he would lose some senior votes with that.

question 3: good question. What programs. Shut down defense spending? how would that work? Spending freeze? That isn't acceptable to me. Education sponding would be the first to go. Obama supports offshore drilling? hmmm learned something new. Double peace corp. Interesting. I haven't heard about the Peace Corp. in a long time. Scalpel instead of hatchet, interesting. Now McCain's telling america to spend with that 5000 dollars.

question 4: Obama totally worked taxes right into that question. No I don't know what the fix to Social Security is, tell me. Medicare commission? Right back to tax talk. 94 votes is a lie.

question 5: good question. Nuclear power may be clean but no matter what he says, it can't be reused. McCain didn't answer question. Nice jab for Obama with McCain not doing anything about energy. Discussing question: my vote is for the garages of america. america is a lot more creative than were given credit for.

question 6: interesting question. the right answer is yes. Good answer for Obama. So much for McCain keeping time.

question 7: good question. Wow, McCain's not ethnocentric. It's harsh to say Obama didn't understand. Obama got best answer on that one. Good answer with moral obligations. Staying in Iraq for the sake of victory isn't acceptable.

question 8: good question. Obama answer is good. talking doesn't always work. So McCain's going to attack Pakistan he's just not proclaiming it. It's not our decision wether Afghanistan has a dictatorship or democracy, that's up to the afghans.

question 9: wow. No more cold war with russia. That is a big statement. One that I totally disagree with.

Taking 10 minute break for food and bathroom visit. 10:20 PM

Back right at 10:30

Last question the best of the night.

Weird answer from Obama, didn't really answer the question. Good answer from McCain.


Overall I feel like this debate was just a lot of mudslinging. If the other debate(s) are like this I will tune out!

Well, I'm out thank you.

Am I the only one who works hard?

I don't mean to sound conceited and I certainly don't mean to imply that I am the only employee that works at my job. That being said I am a closer and the faster we get done, the faster we leave. I find myself night after night, doing the jobs that others should have plenty of time to do. For example this girl who closes front register should have the dining room done by 11 PM during the week and 12 PM on the weekends. Most of the time it's at least a half-hour past those times if not more. Which means that we (the other employees) either wait for her to get done, or help her get done by doing basically everything but the dining room while she's still doing the dining room. It really pisses me off because she thinks she's the ****. She believes that she hasn't been trained on any other station because she is so good at the register (believe me... she's not). Lately the managers have been on a kick of putting me on back register (drive through). I despise back register. I am not fast at it and I can't multi-task. Even one of my favorite managers has told me I need to get faster back there. I hope that eventually they will realize that they need to put me somewhere else. I even like sandwiches better than back register.

Now for more inticing topics.



I tried to get half of this to another blog post but couldn't do it without retyping it. Didn't initially intend on doing such a thorough review of the debate.









Right now I'm watching the Vice-Presidential debate and I feel incredibly bad for Govenor Palin. She is really being out answered. She takes jabs here and there but he is continuously tearing apart her answers. Oooh she made quite a punch with the statement that he would be happy to run with McCain. I disagree with Biden that Pakistan being the bigger threat. I am certain the biggest threat is Iran. Biden is losing me with the involvement in Pakistan (military...hmm). My biggest concern is an alliance of ... wait did Palin just say nucular instead of nuclear... SHE DID! I love that... anyway an alliance of China, North Korea, Pakistan, Iran, and the various terrorist organizations.

9:53 PM Missed the last 5 min... had to use the restroom.

Don't know the question... can't comment on the answer... Israel?... yeah...Honestly I don't know enough about Israel to comment... reform is coming (Palin)... when next year, decade?

Sorry getting too crazy with the dot dot dots.

Go Biden with the comparison between Bush's policy and McCain's policy. She keeps saying nucular, ROFLMAO. Why can't they stick to the questions asked. Those questions were chosen for a reason. Loved the gay marriage question, I learned something new about Obama (doesn't change my vote).

Thank God Biden said Nuclear.

Now that Palin is finally looking at Biden when she answers he's stopped lookng at her (interesting). Ooh Darfur, wait, he's a warhawk, aww man. Yes I believe in getting involved in Darfur but going for the sake of winning is wrong. Can they really do a no fly zone? haha... she's a Washington outsider... go figure. So people aren't allowed to change their minds?What's the difference between Genocide and Halocaust? Ooh she's speechless... how is she's confused? he just said McCain was wrong from the beginning. I missed the Pres. debate, was it this active? Back to stateside issues with the if you ended up president question. Biden is definetely the better public speaker. Quite a speaking pair with Biden and Obama. Missed Anwar... must have been in bathroom... can't really see Biden in Home Depot. Wonder is Home Depot's a sponsor. Say it ain't so... dog gonnit... wow she's behind in her lingo. Soo cheesy to shoutout to those kids... unbelievable.

Flexable in no child left behind... really? I thought republicans were totally for it.

Oh wow! lame joke huh? kinda like her as a VP. So Palin's going to use the VP position to her advantage. Agree with Cheney being the most dangerous VP... he said that in the interview with Katie Couric too. I don't believe her... about the not having health care etc. That doesn't seem genuine.
Is Biden trying to get votes saying he's better off. Not buying it either. Liked it better when they were talking foreign policy. She had it right the first time "leave" not "lead". Democratic congress can't do much with a republican president.

Final questions... very good answer for Biden. Wow, should Palin have just said that she caved. She doesn't compromise. Wait... I thought that was the last question, why'd she ask another one.

Biden doesn't questioning motives... that's not exactly a good thing. Diaper... Palin's hitting on mothers again.

Closing statements...
Palin
I can't believe she's never met Biden before, then again, she met all those world leaders just last week. Is that whole quote Regan... or did she add to it?

Biden
He took the Exxon jab again, when she can't respond back. She never really did refute that statement either. Nice finish for Biden.

Well, final thoughts, Biden definetely won this debate. But Palin didn't fall on her face. Granted she didn't answer the questions a few times.

Ghosts

I have a lot that I want to say but I want to start by saying that I do not mean "ghost" as in boo, dead person. My definition, in this case, is very different.

Ghosts to me are those people who you have not seen in a while, or maybe never expected to see again. Its that best friend from kindergarten that you run into at the supermarket, someone like that. Ghosts never stay long, and you're never really sure if you want them to. It's like you've adjusted to life without them, so you don't want to readjusted.
The first time I really experienced these ghosts was in high school. Alumni tend to come back during breaks to see old teachers and their friends still in high school. You're sitting there in class and you look at the door and see a person walk by and think "was that (enter name)? nah couldn't have been." But in fact it was, that is a ghost.
Those aren't the only instances of ghosts. The other day I was working front register at my job and a guy came in that used to date my best friend from middle school. He didn't remember me but it instantly brought back memories of my friend. Turns out he was there to pick up a co-worker. What a small world.
Another person I work with is friends with someone that I've been friends with since I was 5. I never knew my co-worker until I started working there.
The whole point is that ghosts remind people of the good times they had. So I encourage everybody, go and be a ghost to somebody. Visit that old friend, a long lost family member, anybody. Be a ghost. Then encourage those people to be a ghost to others.

P.S. It doesn't really work as well as if you dislike the person, or if they dislike you.

Oh I'm soo popular and I hate it.

So theres this kid (totally jailbait) who works with me and he always compliments me about my work. I just thought he was being nice until one day his girlfriend heard him complimenting me and told him to stop flirting. I honestly didn't even think he was flirting until she said that. Even though she told him to stop, he still continues to flirt. I am not flirting back and I don't want him (cause he's jailbait). I think he is going to lose his girlfriend if he doesn't stop.

Then there's this other guy who to everyone else seems to like but I find him incredibly annoying. I understand that he is trying to get to know me but we are literally playing twenty questions every night. Also even though I've been working there for 3 months he still insists on telling me my job. No one else seems annoyed by him but me. At least he is a good worker.

Well, I think thats enough ranting for now thanks for listening.

Oh What A Day!

So now that you know a little bit about me, you get to listen to my complaints about my job.

So I run the register at Wendy's. Because I work various hours, I get different sandwich makers all of the time. For some, to save them the time of asking me I hit "no cheese" even if the sandwich doesn't come with cheese. Well today one of the managers decided to scold me for doing that. Then he complained when I was stocking lids and cups (part of my job), instead of cleaning the dining room (also part of my job).

Later on I had just come back from my break and we got slammed. It was 2 groups of about 20-30 each. I wasn't able to get out to clean the dining room again until about 10-1030.

I know there are probably people reading this saying "she should be lucky she even has a job". You are absolutely right. I would never dream of leaving my job, but because I am a hard worker I think it gives me the right to complain.

After we closed for the night I was helping a male employee take out trash and something interesting happened and I am looking for a general opinion about it.

We had passed an "early 20's" guy on the way to the trash can and on the way back we passed him again. This time he told us not to be making out by the dumpsters (we weren't). The male employee yelled back that he didn't have to worry about that. When we got back inside the first thing the male employee did was to go and immediately tell a second male employee about it.

I guess I just want to know if anyone thinks that this employee likes me (like that) or not. I really couldn't get a good enough read on him.


P.S. I'm pretty sure he's not gay.

Introduction

Before I begin dragging on about my horrible day at work. I would like to introduce my self.

My name is Jennifer. I am 21 1/2. I like watching TV and listening to music. I like just about any kind of music except hardcore rap and most metal. I work at a Wendy's in Ohio. I've been there almost 2 months. My previous experiences was a year and a half in college majoring in middle-childhood education. I'm single, if anyone cares. That's about all I can think of to tell about me. If you have any questions please feel free to ask. I won't answer super personal questions, like my address, but I may have forgotten a few things.