  If you need all 3 to figure it out...Then seriously, you haven't been paying ANY attention whatsoever. :-) Once again, I sit here stuck at work. Stuck with two other people. One woman who refuses to do anything but talk on MSN, and one guy who does do his work, but stops working the second someone calls him (which is approximately every 10 minutes).
So I get left here to just get more and more annoyed every time the phone rings because no one picks it up and I end up having to do it all the time. And on top of that, you get really annoying customers who don't listen to what you're asking them and feel that they know the best way how you should do your job. *Sigh*...Honestly... But it isn't all bad. Sometimes you just get the nicest customer alive.
They're all cheery and happy and just have a great phone voice and just by talking to them, you feel that your job isn't half as bad as you think it is. It's unfortunate that those people don't call more often, they can really make the day go a lot quicker and help you get through your day without wanting to carve your intestines out with a dull and rusted spoon. I guess it's just that way in life though. You meet a lot of people; some of them are absolutely the greatest people and make life worth living.
There are also just neutral people. You don't particularly love them or have any reason to hate them either. You treat them with proper respect, but wouldn't go out of your way for them. And then there are those people who just rub you completely the wrong way.
Your life would be a hell of a lot easier if these people had no part in it. The tricky part I guess is to try and maximize the number of people in column A (and possibly B), and minimize the number of people in column C. It becomes even trickier because the older you get, the more you realize that too many people in the world have selfish personalities, and that automatically puts them in column C. Beyond that, too many people in the world are two-faced. They come off as a person who belongs in column A, but all too late you realize that this person is definately a C. This really bugs me. I'm a fairly honest man, and I have the weakness that I can't tell initially when someone is being chalaak with me.
Ok, sidenote time. For those of you who don't know what "chalaak" is (i.e. - the non Punjabi's or the people i haven't converted yet); Chalaak basically means conniving. Like a person who plots and plans to screw people over and make work to their own benefit. Always wanting the worst for others, but the best for themselves.
I think you get the idea. Anyways, back to my rant. So yeah, I've had supposed "friends" who have been completely chalaak, and I can't see it two feet from my face. I think over the years, I've gotten better at it, but it's still no to the point where it should be. I still remember the first time I realized that i trust people way too much and too easily. I met a friend in highschool, leave him nameless for now, and my best friend Banh said straight up to me (another quality of his I respect), "Monnie, watch out for (blank), he's just trying to use you. He's not your friend. " I didn't believe him at the time...I took his words into account, but didn't totally believe him.
Of course, he turned out to be 100% right. It just took me a good 8 months to figure it out. It's the same story now. I meet someone, I respect them instantly and wait for them to do something that causes me to lose respect for them. If they don't do anything, then I continue to fully respect them. I don't want to change this about me...I like to stay optimistic about the world and think that not evryone is out there to screw me over.
I like the believe that intrinsically, we're all good people at heart. Unfortunately, I meet more and more chalaak people. Don't get me wrong, I still meet people who are too nice for words, but they're becoming fewer and further in between. This is part of the reason that I have so much respect for honest people and for my friends who are still close to me. They've shown that they are not chalaak with me and have nothing in their mind except my best. This includes both friends and family. To these people (you should know who you are)...I tip my hat. You are truly extraordinary and life would not be what it is without you.
Bottom line...I just wish people would be more straight up and honest. The world is hard enough without having to think if your "friends" are being chalaak with you or they're being sincere. If you don't like someone, don't fake that you do. Don't pretend like they're your best friend. Show them the respect of an acquaintance and be on your way. Honesty truly is the best policy.
Lets try and work it into our lives more often. Dr.Phil...Signing off. =-P 
