~ escape from the heat ~
Yeesh, this has been a long day. Or, perhaps it seems that way because I almost fainted from a low-blood sugar attack not too long ago. Either way, I would appreciate a nap.
My class the other night was fabulous! I am excited about many aspects of it, including the fact that I am previously acquainted with all of my classmates and am fully comfortable with chatting with them and speaking about an academic subject with and in front of them. Which is handy, considering that we, the students, are going to be presenting the class material to each other. I decided to get two of my six presentations out of the way immediately, however, I am anxious because the presentation that I will be giving next week is going to be on an EXTREMELY BORING AND GOD AWEFUL DULL article. And part of the evaluation of our presentation is going to be our ability to make the presentation interesting.
My second class is this evening, and I think that having my two classes spaced apart, with one day in between, will work much better for promoting my mental and physical health.
In other news, I officially never want to work with the public in a customer service fashion again. On some level of regularity at my job, I am obligated to work in a customer service function with the public. And it's not that I am antisocial or have no human empathy, but in general, every member of the public tends to aggravate me. Half of public interactions involve asinine questions and comments, three-quarters of them involve a member of the public being rude to me, and most all of the interactions involve questions or concerns that the public could have answered and solved on their own if they engaged in a small amount of independence. I have often felt, in this position, that by offering customer service, we are enabling the public to not learn how to do anything for themselves. The problem with eliminating the customer service function, unfortunately, is that occasionally someone does have a legitimate and good question or concern. Bah! Then again, I am the sort of person who does not tend to utilize customer service available to me. I prefer to be independent about my affairs and not bother anyone. So, perhaps it is more that I am not the sort of person who should be involved in providing customer service since I am not a user of customer service.