What is in my purse?

So for those who know real well, know that I seldomly carry a small purse. Now before your men get turn off and move on to next thing to read, you should really pay attention to this and read this because not knowing what is in a woman purse can be detrimental to your health.  First know that different between a purse and a hand bag: a purse is smaller, a clutch is smaller than a purse and a hand bag can kick your ass.  A woman's life in that bag/purse, and let me further explain.

In my very big black bag, I have in it:

• A large tube of moisturizing body balm, can not have dry crackling hands.  
• A red wallet with all my club cards in it, a couple pic of Nick, driving license, and cash. 
• A gold pouch with lipstick, lip tinter, lip balmer, vitamin oil for my toes, rewetting drop for my eyes, Avon powder for my face, and my inhaler.
• A red pouch and inside it is my sun glasses, extra pair of headphones, a couple of pens and some post-it in case I need to write and leave an emergency note.
• A red very small red case for an extra set of contact lens.
• A bottle of Mult-purpose Disinfecting Solution for my contact lens; this is a 2 fl. oz., no biggy.
• Sony headphone to tone everyone else out.
• A bottle of Ibuprofen for just in case moments.
• Purell instead hand sanitizer which I think everyone should be carrying.
• A bag of Halls Defense and a bag of Halls, need to stay healthy.
• Ice breakers, for those moments.
• My Epipen, can not leave home without that, EVER!
• A red eyeglass with actual prescription glasses, in case I do not want to continue wearing my contact lens.
• My tablet with its case, one of two ways of keeping up with social media while in the streets.
• A small red notebook for notes.
• An emergency cell phone charger.
• A black card holder with my cards, trying to put my writing out there.
• A red umbrella and a scarf for a quick thrown on accessory with my outfit. 
• And a bottle of Victoria's Secret perfume, appropriately titled Victoria!

Now understand this gentlemen, though items listed above are in my purse now, that can all change tomorrow depending on what I am going wear.  Pay attention gentlemen, most women change their bag according to their outfits.  Yes we (referring to us women and a few other girlfriends and y'all know who in the hell I am talking about) always must accessorizes.  Yes what is in my bag does not mean that it will bag in other women's bags, well maybe a third of it will.  But do know that some women carry more makeup, will have several pieces of clothing and a pair of shoes in their bag.  And you will NEVER know it. 

Now I would like to have in my bag is something I can pull out in case of "I need a man" moment.  Ladies you know: he will be taller than you with a nice body, pretty bewitch eyes and very kissable lips. . . . never mind!  That is why that boy from Ireland is grounded now, and will stay grounded until he becomes ugly. (Got the angry face here!)

And gentlemen have you ever notice how us women carry our bags around?  You notice how she just fling its around like it is paper.  Trust me we are just waiting for a moment to knock your ass into 2026 for just thinking the wrong thing or for looking at that other chick when you should be paying attention to her.  And while you are looking at the size of our purse, you should wonder if we got a pair pliers or knife in that bag.  Hell if it is bag enough she might pull out a chainsaw out on your ass.  But then it might be small enough to carry a brick in to do just enough damage for you to get some stitches and new set of common sense. (We can only wish!)

Gentlemen, just be aware of our purse!  It can be your friend or enemy and now that it is October . . . .the worst thing we got in our purse is a bag a chocolate.  Well I got cashews, some Thai bites and Snickerdoodle dip with cinnamon pretzel sticks.  (I am not a fan of chocolate!)

Coming this month in October. . .

I can not believe that we are in October already!  Yes I am freaking out because my finals for this term is in 3 weeks, along with Halloween! How many of concern October the beautiful month or the scary month? Now look here it can only be one of the two choice and I am going to ask you some questions that you should think about or at least ask that crazy girl at work these questions.

Do you love it when right about this time the color of the leaves start to change to yellow, then orange, then red, and then brown?

Do you love it when stores start advertising for Halloween and October has not came yet?

Do you love it when you notice that the temperature starts to change to chilly to cold?

Do you love it that television land starts the 31 Days of Freight Feast on October 1?

Do you find yourself drinking more beer in October than any other months?

Do you find yourself just driving around looking a the beautiful scenery that fall has to offer?

Don't you just hate it that Wes Craven is no longer here to continue his regimen of terror on us?

Don't you just hate it that when you finally go to pick out your Halloween costume there is not one in your size?

Don't you just hate it the Freddie can still pop up in your damn dreams? 

Don't you just hate it that all the scary movies that you seem before can still scared the beejesus out of you?

Don't you just hate it that you did not bring a bigger bag of all that Halloween candy?

For those of you who have hard wood floor, don't you just hate it that you are now walking on clod floors and that they are going to get even colder?

Don't you just hate it when the neighbor hood bully takes all your Snickers out of your Halloween bag?

Don't you just hate it when now is the time for you to be changing your summer wardrobe for the fall and winter wardrobe?

Don't you just love it when all the crazy people in your office comes around to pass out Halloween candy and one or two of them actually do frighten you?

Don't you just hate it that when you go into a haunted house and you know what to aspect, yet you still jump from fear?

Ladies are you like me and love the deep red colors along with to gold, browns, and teal that comes out with the fall fashion?

Some of y'all may not know this, but for those of you who drive everyday for one reason or other, and come across those drivers whom you say don't know how to drive . . . . . . That is Your Halloween on a daily basis!

I can probably guess what some of you are going to say, however let me say this. . . . . there ain't no way in hell of present time that I am going to watch a scary movie in this month.  Not without 7, 9, 12, 15, 18 bottles of wine.  Per movie!

Ladies and gentlemen, have a fun month with October.  Instead of drinking beer, drink hard apple cider and pretend to be drunk, that way you don't get a ticket from the po po (that's police to some of you unknowns).  Guys find the scariness haunted house that you can find that way she can see you jump. (Hahahaha!)   Ladies, take a picture of your favorite relative, have it blown up to a mask, wear it for Halloween, then see how they react! (I got a little cousin name Spook. Yes, I know what you are thinking and that is why I am going to use his face for Halloween.) Haha haha haha!

Miss Victoria's Secrets!

Y'all, I have been told time and time again that the life that I have lived should be and ought be written for everyone else to read.  Yes I believe in living a life that is not designed around others but it is enjoyed with others.  But before I can write down these stories that I have lived, I think you should at least get to know me better and understand my mental state of mind! Right?

I am so the Devil's Daughter in my behavior. This is a good thing because . . . . I enjoy what life has to offer.

I will always tell you the truth about me so be careful what questions you ask me.

If I am offended about something, I will tell you.  That way I am always happy.

I give compliments where I see compliments are deserved, and I make it a point to compliment my friends and some of my love ones. (I said some!)

I am flirtation and I like to bite with it.

Who would I have an affair with? Hhhmm, let me think. . . . Simon LeBon for starters; Daniel Craig can be my everyday robe; Jonathan Rhys-Meyers is my every day snack; Chiwetel Ejiofer can dress me and undress me for that fact; and Idris Elba (Lord have mercy!) would require me to think about it! (I saw a picture . . . . hhhmmm, I saw A PICTURE!) (Happy face!)

Do I enjoy going to swingers parties? Of course I do and sure that martinis are being served.

Am I an opportunist?  Only if it is given to me. 

What are my hobbies?  Create one for me so I can get into trouble.

My favor drink is Sake-tini.  Followed by Soju and a Saki bomber. 

I keep a bottle of either Gray Goose or Absolute Vodka just so I can stay objective when I am writing my papers.

I am on the lower end of being a full-figure girl.  Don't ask me to be skinny, I don't fuckin' look right!

I am a gamer mom with my own Guitar Hero set and second guitar.  I have Devil May Cry 1, 2, 3, & 4 and never play them.

I enjoy watching anime and wat--ching anime.  All you slow ones hurry up and catch up!

I would like to sit down with Donald Trump and discuss with him about King Richard IV.  Followed by a day or two of peace and quiet. 

Even though I have several boyfriends, Mehmet is the only one (for now)!

When it comes to shopping, I shop more for underwear because a girl must have something sexy underneath at all times!

My daily moisturizer is Vitamin E, that way you all would continue to believe that I am in my thirties!

I eat in modernization that would include my men.  And come to think of it the only time I do chocolate are my men.  (Giggles!)

I am very supportive in anything that my friends decide to do with theirs lives. Even if they fuck up, I will still support them.  And if they understand that they fucked up, I will support them in their understanding of their fucked up.

My two favorite big brothers are Ronnie and Reggie Kray.

My favorite book is The Kite!

My favorite movies are The Mummy and Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo.  Find the connection.

My favorite television series is Dracula starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers.  (NBC and Amazon needs their ass kick for this one!) Got a girl addicted like hell!

My pet-peeves: when a man get into bed with his socks on and he tells me what I can not do. (There is a reason why I am a woman of many skills.)

Turn-ons: An intelligent man with an open-mind and a cast iron stomach! (My taste buds are all over the world!)

Being objective and being non-judge-mental is always a good thing and even better for you! Lord knows how direct I can be.

I love things that are simple and confusing.  That is just how my mind works.

I DO NOT LIKE DRAMA!  Unless it is K-drama (Korean soap operas!)

I find nothing wrong with being naughty as long as it is done with the right person! 

I am always thinking; it is when I am NOT thinking that everyone else is in trouble!

And my favorite pets are Scooby-Doo, Tom & Jerry, and Bugs Bunny.  They require no feeding, no petting, and no cleaning.

I have more secrets to tell . . . .but when I learned them then I can tell you.  But for right now I am trying to understand the psychology of communication and I have to give JRM an apology for 6 Souls. (Well, let me think about that apology!)

What is Pre-Pause Menopause?

Upon turning 45 years last December I have been experiencing some womanly things that has cause me to not be myself any more. I find myself being a lot more happier, nicer and sarcastic than usual.  I know that when I get in my 40s that I would be going throw some things with my body but the Lord did not prepare me for what I have been through this year with my body.  So recently I went to see my Gyn. and Lord have mercy on me because I have been her calling my BYON or my GYON, y'all just walk along with me because I really have not myself at all.

So sitting the in the doctor's office with the doctor and I am explaining to her how Auntie Flo has really been inconvenient for me this year.  I love her when she shows up on regular 28 days but then there were times when she would show up 2 or 2 1/2 weeks later and in my frame of mind, I am like let me kill this bitch here! There has also been a few times where this bitch would show up 30 or 45 days later. Ladies in my frame of mind I am like give me a knife so I can stab this bitch!  (Now keep in mind that I am explaining this to my Gyn.)  Auntie Flo makes herself be known by causing me such pain that I am bend over trying to push her out like I am in labor.  Whenever Auntie Flo is visiting and if I am sitting in the back seat of a car, whoever is in the front seat, guess what?  Their ass is going into the engine of car. That is just how much Auntie Flo is causing extreme discomfort for me.  I also described some other symptoms which I would not share here and just know that they were too crazy for me to comprehend before I had this conversation with my Gyn.

So the following dialog is what took place between me and doctor:

Doctor: Are you having double vision?

Me: Only when I going intents spreadsheets and viewing social media for took long.

Doctor: Do you get dizziness?

Me: Only when I drink too much Kool-aid.

Doctor:  How is your sleep habit?

Me: There are nights where I can sleep all night and there are times like that past few night where I have toss my ass like a salad.  However I am contributing that to Auntie Flo who just came and went. Thank you Jesus!  And yet I have not done my 28 days cycle and I am thinking that I am starting menopause.

(But then the doctor said something that just floored the hell out of me!)
Doctor: It sound like you are having pre-pause menopause.

Ladies, I wish you all were there to see the look on my face because I was still on the "Pre" of the pre-pause menopause.

Me: What? (And I trying to think here but I can't because of the "Pre".)

Doctor: It is where your body is starting to prepare itself for menopause.

Me: WHAT? And wait I am still on the "pre" part.

Doctor: Pre-pause menopause takes place 3 to 7 years prior to menopause taking action. 

Me: Huh? ( I am still in astonishment with "pre"!) (Y'all had to be there to witness my reaction to hearing this.)

Doctor: Menopause is when you do not have a period of a year or more straight.  You period might come for a few months and then not come for a few months.  That is not menopause and you can still have a baby during that time.

Me: Shit, I did not need to encourage Mehmet like that! That boy is under the impression that we can have a baby!  And that is really a conversation that I did not want to have my 25 years son.  Can you image what he will say after all this time?!  And he is leaving to go do Active Duty for the Army. 

(Yes Ladies I am freaking out about this because on one hand Mehmet will have hope and on the other Nick will kill me!)

Doctor: (and she is laughing at me!) You will be fine and I will give some to information on Pre-pause menopause.  Let's start your exam.  Would you like a flu shot today as well?

Me: What? Huh?  Really?  Is it time for that again?  What?

Before leaving the doctor's office I did get my flu shot wondering when did that become apart of the Big Girl Exam process. 

The next day I was still in all about the Pre-Pause Menopause that I had to call Glenna and tell her all about my visit with the Gyn (Gyon - I am not myself, y'all!), repeating everything to here prompted her to say "What?' follow by laughter.  So our conversation was like this:

Glenna: I wonder how many millions of dollars did it take for them to come up with that word?

Me: Do they even do studies on Menopause?

Glenna: Sure they do! How in the hell do you think they come up with all these damn names.

Me: But what exactly is Menopause?

Glenna: Menopause is the transaction of a woman body changes into drying up and get blowing away.  You should write about this in your blog?

Me: I sure should.  Wait, let me write down what you just said about menopause.  Repeat what you just said.

Glenna: I said, I said that menopause is the transaction of  . . . . . . . what the hell did I just say? Menopause is the action of . . . . . Aw hell! Don't ask a person with earlier stages of Alzheimer's disease to remember what the hell I just said!!!

Me: Oooops, sorry sweetie! {As part of the Psychology of Communication, I know that my BBF has a lot of health issues and I never want to her to feel that she is alone in them!}  I forget the we had that!
(This is followed by laughter from the both of us!)

Glenna: What happen to Post Menopause?  And that is all I know about is post menopause.

So Ladies I had to do some research on this to learn that Menopause comes in three stages.  (What?)
Perimenopause, Menopuase, and PostMenopause.  (NO WONDER I AM SO CONFUSED!)  And Lord have mercy . . . . I can not wait to have a discussion with Glenna regard this?

Stay tune and at this point I need something strong than vodka, perhaps Saki!

Coming this Month in September!

Lord have mercy, we are in another month for the year 2015.  If some of y'all like me and you saying this year is flying by . . .for some of us this a good while for others it may not.

For a lot of parents this is a good thing because it is the start of another school for their children who are going back to school or have already started school.  Who is doing the dance of joy on this one?  If you don't have little ones still at home, this means peace and quiet for you at home until 3 p.m. For other parents it means fewer less children. (Geçmiş olsun!)  But it also brings all the after school programs, those parent-teacher conferences that many parents dread, and those Fridays' night games.

For all you new college students, for the first month you will be stupid to things but after that you will be okay.  For all you second year students who did not learn anything in your first year, then consider yourself still stupid!  For you third year students who have managed to get this far congratulation, but you still have not cleared the stupid range just yet.  And those of you who have final made it to this last year of college, you are about to meet the most scariest teacher in your  college life that will make stupid you like you were when you were a freshmen.  (Geçmiş olsun!)

For all of you who decide to embark on getting that Master degree, I encourage you to become a member of a wine club because you will need to stay objective in your writing.  And for those of you who have moved on to getting that Ph. D, I recommend that you find a friend who currently gets a subscription of Vicodin from their doctor.  By the way, geçmiş olsun!

It is the start for yet another wonderful school year of high financial expenses.  Depending on what level your children are at and how many children you have in school.  Elementary school is not so bad with school supplies, Halloween candy and costumes, picture day, Christmas parties, Valentine candy, Easter party and birthday parties at school.  It is not that bad!

For you parents who have kids in high school, we have homecoming game and party, turn-a-bouts, class pictures, prom for our juniors and seniors, and graduation for our seniors.  That is not bad!

For your college student parents', for each that child is in college they will spend a third of your savings.  If you don't believe me here is what you should do: one, save all the receipts from the items that you brought them at the beginning of the year for their dorm living (don't forget to include the gas money you had to spend to them to the dorm); two, keep receipts of all expenses for the whole year including travel and extra spending money; and three, keep all moving out of the dorm expenses this would include gas money too.  then add it all up . . .you probably spend more than a third.  As a parent you have the right to tell your child to get a job to help pay for some of these expenses.

And for those of you who getting that Master or that Ph. D, you are shit out of luck! Your parents can NOT help you at this stage in your life. So man up or woman up and pay for those expenses out of your own pocket.  Yeah, it will hurt while you are getting that degree and it will hurt even more when you finish and got that job to help pay back that money. (Smiles)  This is why I am recommending that you join a wine club.  So it can hurt less, not much but a little less.

Today starts a new 8 week class for me and the start of my social media university classes. So while y'all are reading this, I have already called Asia and she and I are headed to Cooper Hawks to get our case of wine! (She got a 5th grader, an 8th grader, and a junior in high school) She more than a case.



 

My Auntie Do! Let me tell you . . .

I should have known better when I first saw my Auntie Doreen with a Google page.  My Auntie Doreen, who we call Auntie Do is about as old school as you can get!  As far as she is concern technology is an enemy for the enemy.  So we have to give her the benefit of the doubt when it comes to social media because she still is illeteral to both social media and technology. (Sidebar: I just ask for an ass kickin from her! WOW!)  Now when she started posting simple things I was like "Good Auntie you are catching up with us in the social media world!" I was so proud of her trying to keep with not just her kids and grandchildren but also her nieces and nephews and grand nieces and nephews.  And then she had told me that she wanted to try to keep up with me. (Giggles . . .hahahaha!) Right, too funny y'all!

So does a good niece like me do?  I teach her the simple things with certain apps that she can use and have fun with.  That way she can show a little something something to her son Larry and to her nephew (my cousin) Quenton.  I can not show and explain every thing that I know because it will be way over her head to the point I will get a beat down from her for her not understanding.  Now this would include her finding different apps for variety of ring tones.  (She heard my Japanese ring tone and she was like "I want that on my phone!"), so I did.  I had to teach and tell her to stay out of her settings because she kept changing things and then want to know why her phone was not working.  AUNTIE!!! For real?

Ok, now that was a while back in this year and recently my Auntie Do decide to  IM in Facebook.  Now I hope y'all are sitting down when I explain this.  Most of my family members know that when you IM me on FB, I get trigger finger happy.  And when they send a post they let time goes by before sending another message.  Because once engage in a conversation on IM then for every one sentence they are typing, I have already given them eight sentences which often leads to them telling me to slow down my typing so that they can get a word in.  Yes, ladies and gentlemen I am laughing my ass off because I can image their faces as I am typing the words in the screen and pressing send.  The only person who did not know about my happy finger was my Auntie Do and boy did I let her have it.  I started off slow with her in the speed and slowly I increase my speed of typing.  Then I started to go so fast in the my typing that Auntie Do managed to typed "Slow down B*tch!  You are typing too damn fast for me to read."  I was on the floor dying from laughing.  But then Auntie Do let me have it too. . . . I got every bad word in the dictionary follow by "I ought come up there and kick your genius ass!"  For me it was a great torture practical joke well done on my Auntie Do to make up for April's Day!  It was hilarious!

So then later by a few weeks, I had finished another piece in my blog and a couple days later I was checking on the status of my blog when I came upon something that struck me like hhmm.  My Auntie Do, y'all she was at it and she cut loose on Google+.

The message read like this:

• Dam Victoria stop we cannot keep up with you stop baby please
• Larry wife can Quenton can but auntie can't I am old o by the way I am moving to Huston and packing up Wednesday looking for a apt in Huston Thursday love you (Now this is a great topic for Is That English!)

So in my mind I was like "What did I do wrong now?" and I did something I knew that I should have not done - I called Auntie Do. (Here is another ass wooppin' that I done introduce myself to.)   Auntie Do answers the phone and she said "Hello sweetie!" and there was something about how she said "Hello sweetie!" that made me nervous at the same time felt funny.  I told her that I read her message on Google+ and that I got some understanding of what she said, and as I was trying to finish my sentence Auntie Do just goes in and rips me a new one, y'all.  (I could not breathe! I was laughing that hard.)  She begin to tell me about a conversation that she had with her brother (my uncle) Rodney.  She and Rodney were trying to figure out how the click the link on their cell phones to read my blog.  (I am trying to get my head around the fact that these two need and took an hour and half to conversed on how the click the link on the cell phone to read various webpages!) Both my Auntie and my Uncle were trying to, not only, console each other on the complex of how to use the new technology of the smart phone but also teach each other on how to use social media on their smart phone.  How many of you have family members like my aunt and uncle?  (That is funny shit, isn't it?)

Y'all, I am not going to call my Uncle because that is another ass woopin' I would be introducing myself to and I need to keep the current ass that I have.  I don't know why my aunt figured that my uncle would be able to help her out with something like that: he is as dead as a door knob when it comes to technology.  But between the two of them they still until this day, cannot figure out how to click the link to open the page. 

Simple instructions people: to open a link, just move the mouse over the attached link until it turns blue and then click it.  It will automatically open on another webpage.   Now if you are opening the link on a smart phone like my aunt and uncle, then the link itself is already blue and all you have to do touch it one or two times. This will be followed by a request as to where you want to open the link on: either Browser or Chrome. (Most of us have ready enter our password to use Chrome and have set it up to always be in use, right?)  Now explaining this to my aunt was like taking a beauty pageant queen camping.  NO! it can not happen nor can it be comprehend. 

For my Auntie Do, today's technology features are too advance for her even though the act of it is simple to do. For us tech savvy people most of us can not comprehend as to why they, referring to some elderly and to those who are technology challenge, do not get these simple features.  Yes, we can zip through them with the greatest of easy and that is why we love technology - because it makes our lives easier.  Am I not right?  Raise your hand if your are a gadget person?  If you have 5 or more of today's technology gadgets then raise your hand?  Hhhmmm . . . yeap!

My Auntie Do got ONE thing! A smart phone and she still can not figure it out! 

But y'all, for my Auntie Do, I am the one who is getting her ass kicked because according to her, auntie Do, I am the smart one of the family.  But does she not know that I have blonde moments too? Yeah I know how to configured switches and routers; and I know how to use Visio to create a network connection in an office of building; and I know how to do the math to create 1024 IP addresses from 255.255.252.0/22 in Class B IP address.  Aw hell people! I will just take the ass kicking from Auntie Do as I explain the simple stuff of technology.

 I need life insurance for my ass.  Is that possible?

The Reason for Striking?

So many of you know that I live in Milwaukee, which for me I am still trying to get use to. Why? Because having to live a long time in Chicago and have lived in Istanbul, Turkey, can you now understand the small factor here?  If you have read Research this Dum Dum! then you can understand why I am still trying to come to terms about the size of  the city.  Any how, for a while the Milwaukee County Transit System (MCTS) and the County of Milwaukee have been in talks regarding the bus drivers contract. There were so many things that did not know make common sense to me at all and has made me mad about the whole thing in general.

Now for those of us that take public transit to and from work/school, we know from first hand that sometimes the bus drivers will ask to be excused for a moment while they run to go to the washroom.  After all they are driving those buses for well over an hour time in one direction.  Of course they got piss or whatever, even I may need to take one after being on the bus for more than 30 minutes.   So I am wondering how insensitive of the board of directors to not allow them (the bus drivers) to have ample amount of time to use the wash room let alone have a decent lunch or dinner.  Those wide asses take an hour lunch, why can't they?   They are really the one who are providing that service and have to deal with the public on a daily basis.  But this is one small reason of many as to why the buses drivers are in an uproar.

Image your company telling you that they want to hire 100+ more part-time drives who will not be obligated to participate in the retirement fund pot.  Giving employment is always a plus however sacrificing your current employees is not.  Then to understand that they (the board) wants to change the current retirement benefits that is in place by ending it soon than the expire time and extending it as to when you can retire to receive the full benefit package.  I can see where this double punch can be a threat for the full-time employees especially since they are working really hard for their retirement fund.  From this last part of the sentence, since after July 4th about 22% of the MCTS drivers (those who have been there for more the 10+ years) have cashed in on the current retirement plan and quit all together. 

Now from what the news has been reporting that the average bus driver in Milwaukee has a salary of $62,000 a year. WTH!  I want to make $62,000 a year and all those who also would like to make $62,000 a year raise your hand!  But after talking to some of the drivers on the routes that I catch to and from work, many say that it only possible because of the overtime they often have to do.  There are some complaints in regards to the part-time workers who there now because some of them have called off work simply because they want the day off.  Well hell, let me do some overtime like that too.  But the bus drives are not just complaining about what they are asking for; it is because the board of directors are not willing to at least compromises on them.  And because of this non compromising mentality the bus union had declared a 72 hours strike on July 1 at exactly 3:00 am to July 4 at 3:00 am. 

Ladies and gentlemen, the action which I describe in the previous paragraph caused three things for us everyday people.  One, we had to scramble to fine other means to get to work which include many of us having to walk a great distance to work.  Two, some of us lost three days of pay, and three, a few of us simply lost our job.  And what was the two things that board of directors thought they could do for us everyday people to try to smooth things out.  They give us one day of free access on the bus system and depending on what kind of bus pass you had, you were compensated as much as $10.50 for those three days.  WTF!  Let me get personal for second (*sigh*). . .and say $10.50 does not compare to the fact that for those three days I lost $432.00 in wages.  Them f**kin fools played with my rent!

Now the two main men who are doing these damn negotiations are J. B. for the Bus Drivers Union and C. A. for the Milwaukee County. (For the protection of the two parties involved and two I do not want to be sued for having an opinion that comes along with freedom of speed!) Ladies and gentlemen, excuse me for a minute for I am about to get real on this one.  If I was Mr. J. B. (yes I got some inappropriate thoughts regarding this man) I would tell C. A. pussy ass to man up since he is always talking about what is good for the people of Milwaukee and that the money that he is dealing with belongs to the people of Milwaukee.  And as for J. B. with his pencil dick ass, needs to stop playing around with people's jobs.  The bus drivers themselves do not want to strikes because they got bills to pay and that mistress to suppose.  But wait, gets even better, towards the end of July, in the mist of negotiations, these two fools here said they will resumes talk on August 10th and the first thing that came out of my mouth was "Which one of these two asses is going on vacation?" 

Ladies and gentlemen, I do apologies for my insensitive speech in this piece, however no body likes it when someone else is missing with your money.  Can I get AMEN?  We all got bills to pay and mouths to feed.  We don't have time for stupidity nor can we ignore coming to compromise in the work place to get your employees to provide better services to your every day paying customers. 

Now negotiations here in Milwaukee are still on going between the County and the Union.  And I take it that things are not going well because I keep getting a different bus driver on my way home.  It is as if I am doing speed dating Monday thru Friday with a hint of Russian Roulette!