Just a quick post and then off to bed.
I am going to burn for a very long time. I am a horrible person.
There is a lady/girl/woman who is probably about my age who comes into my work all the time. I do not know her name but she and her three-year-old son, Issac, come and watch me decorate cakes at least once a week. She likes to talk to me but I am often too busy to really give her much attention. Also... She is strange. Yes, I am strange, but... I can't. I can't tell you how strange she is other than to say that she'll literally stand there and talk to me for an hour and all I have to do is give cursory responses. Sometimes I will give real responses and she can be enjoyable to talk to but she always seems to come in when I am rushing to finish my work.
One of the last times she was there she said that she hopes that I don't mind her coming in, talking to me and watching me decorate. I took a bit of a risk and told her that I don't mind- I mostly don't- so long as she doesn't mind if I ignore her sometimes- that was a little rude of me and not very good customer service. Thankfully, she took it well and told me that she understands that I'm at work and that I will need to do whatever I have to do while she's there.
So here's the part that means I'm going to burn. She has... A mustache. Not just a mustache, the whole mustache-goatee combo. She shaves it but she has very dark hair and pale skin and you know how that goes. I am sure, no, I KNOW she cannot control it and it is probably something about which she is self-conscious. We call her the mustache lady and we talk about how strange she is and I've been told that the last cake decorator used to hide every time she showed up because she just wants to talk all the time.
And I am a horrible person for not seeing that she is lonely and desperate for a friend. Today she told me that I'm the best friend she has in St. Louis.
I am scum. I am lower than low. I am the worst kind of person for tearing down someone- albeit in a way that they will never know- who just wants to be accepted and loved.
You know, sometimes those "annoying," "clingy" people are just looking for someone to listen and smile at them. I could be that person... She thinks I am that person. I will be that person for her from now on.
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Just remember "it takes all kinds to make to world go round :) Try to feel special that she picked you. On the other hand sometimes you just have to hide and avoid people (I mean some people need to hide I have NEVER done that to anyone :) because she did after all pick you. So yes be polite but maybe sometimes avoidence is ok :) Oh the days of working in a bakery!!!!
The rude people are the ones to hide from... I mean, if you're hiding. The nice but odd ones I can normally put up with for a while at least.
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