This is how it works. For me, that is.

Here is a microcosm of how my life works:

Thursday I go to lunch. I really have a taste for a double quarter pounder with cheese (yeah, I know) so I head over to McDs. As I'm going in a woman who comes out tells me they aren't taking orders--their system is down.

I really wanted that burger. Dammit. So, I decide on fried chicken and head over to KFC.

The person working the register is apparently brand new. The person training him rings me up, and goes to fill my order, leaving the new guy to take my card to pay for it.

Guess what? No tape in the register.

Once they determine that is the reason the register isn't working, the hunt is on for register tape. Apparently there isn't any in the usual spot, so they have to go to the very back of the store and dig around in their closet to find some.

Finally, they are able to give me my receipt. I take my chicken (still wishing it was a double quarter pounder) and go over to the buffet table to get some salt and pepper. There's plenty of pepper. No salt. I bring this to their attention--the lady training the new guy turns to her co-workers and asks, "Where's the salt?" Everybody shrugs their shoulders. She heads back to that closet at the back of the store to rummage around again, this time looking for salt.

Meanwhile, since I only have a limited amount of time for my lunch break, I just decide to do without salt, which is probably healthier for me anyway.

Multiply that by about twenty and you have my life right now. No tragedy or anything, just some really annoying circumstance that gets in the way of every tiny little thing I want to accomplish.

Sorry. I'm just venting. And feeling a little sorry for myself. I'll get over it. Enjoy your weekend!