One Trillion Dollars.... Hahaha

Inflation.  Scary thing isn't it?  They showed these around the office.  It's a reserve bank note of Zimbabwe.  When inflation gets out of hand the printing presses are sure working hard.  But just like a house of cards it usually all comes tumbling down.

So what would "one hundred trillion dollars" ( I feel like I'm in one of the Austin Powers movies as the evil villan) actually buy?  Probably not much.  Going back in the time tunnel to the German Weimar Republic I think a wheelbarrow of cash only got you a loaf of bread.  In fact I think the story goes when the person went to get the cash outside the bakery, someone had dumped out the cash and stole the wheelbarrow.

About Me

My Name is Pepe Montego (no not really, but for the sake of having a name on this blog and keeping my privacy I found this name, pretty cool eh?)

I’m a typical man in his 30’s that just sees this world in a different pair of dark hazel eyes.  All this man wants to know is why things are done the way they are done (does that make sense?).

The goal of this blog is to do nothing more than create a little curiosity, make fun of the social norm and maybe even provide a wee bit of entertainment.  Please excuse me if anything I say comes across as offensive.  It is not my intention to offend, just to be curious.

Bottom line, (and I LOVE to get down to the bottom line) life is too short to just follow along what others are always doing; sometimes we need that rebel or misfit to point out the obvious.  Like the ones who see things differently, thanks Steve Jobs.

Thanks for visiting my blog.

Pepe

Who Orders Appetizers at a Buffet?

So I have this family member that is afraid she will die if she isn’t the first one in line( as if anyone could go hungry during a family gathering for Thanksgiving).  I mean it’s more like, she is terrified there will not be enough food if she is last, maybe it’s just me, but she is the only one I know like this.  

So quick answer to this entry question, maybe people need to feel like they can take some food with them, even though they are so full they have to waddle like a 9 month old pregnant women on their way out.  Who can even think of taking food out, or even look at food when you just spent the last 45 minutes stuffing your face.

Short Fountain

First of all I’m not here to make fun, but at work the drinking fountain is completely catered to the shorter person.  So I’m not tall, just shy of 6’, but every time I get a drink I’m imagining I’m a samurai warrior who has to bow down to his knees to fight the master of water just to parch my lips, ahhhh yah.  Call me lazy, but seems like a lot of bowing for just a sip of that cool and refreshing natural H2O.  Why are they so low to the ground, don’t they understand most people will need to get so low to get a drink they might just give up and not even use that drinking fountain.  Wouldn't that be a waste of resources, at that point?  Also, just an afterthought, it seems weird one would need to bend over so low and then have to fight gravity to suck that water up and into their mouth and into their stomach.  Maybe I’m looking into it too much. 

What Makes a Person Free?

I can't help but think as I ride public transportation, and see all these people pour in and out of the trains like tinny worker ants, are they free?  Do they feel like they are trapped in their job?  Do they feel like they could quite and find a perfectly good job elsewhere?  Do they feel confined to not standing up for them self at work for fear they might lose their job?  

Ants don't ask these questions, they just follow and work, what am I?

Businesses with great customer service but crummy back office

Best Things Are NOT Free

Contrary to the song ("The Best Things in Life Are Free" is a duet between singers Luther Vandross and Janet Jackson) there are things that are simply amazing, and most certainly are not free.  Just thinking how some of the things I cannot live without, and of course like most people (unless you got your Obama phone, that was free) they had to pay for these things.

1. Cellphone - These are just that, amazing.  They have been the killer to the home phone and now will continue to dominate the internet experience as well.  A must have for everyone person, can't live without one.
2. At home printer
3. Laptop
4. Washer and dryer
5. Cheese

Why do people clean bathrooms at 5pm?

Left Lane Drivers

Did you know that by speeding while driving you really only shave off a handful of seconds to minutes on an average trip?  So why get mad at the left lane drivers.  Really they are saving you from a potential hundred dollar ticket (Most states it's more I believe).  I wouldn't call my self a slow driver, but I do enjoy programming my cruise control to the speed limit and just leaving it there.  BUT, weather I end up in the car pool lane or the far left lane ( on accident I tell you) OT seems like someone is always trying to tailgate me.  What's a matter with going the speed limit?

It's so interesting that we have so many drivers that think the speed limit is the lowest speed they should go.  Why can't we understand in an age of so much wasted time with TV's, smart phones, FACEBOOK, and so much more, saving an extra 2 minutes won't get us 100 more friends on Facebook.  But maybe it will allow us to watch that local professionally done auto ad more more time (I'd rather barf, no offense to those auto dealer ad creators, I love those ads).

All I'm getting at is in a world of "get there now and smash the car pool clogger," is it all worth it to drive like Jeff Gordan and arrive to the Thanksgiving Dinner a whole 6 minutes and 45 seconds ahead of your In-laws.  Something to think about this wonderful Thanksgiving weekend.  Be safe out there.

Limited Edition

How many times do you see everyday products we use being sold as "Limited Edition?"  Honestly, who cares?  Just cause my dish soap is "now" limited edition doesn't mean I'll buy more or save the container. I mean come on give me a break, who gives a rats behind if it's limited or not?  We buy it because of the service it provides, or what it does for us, not because this once in a lifetime container that looks like a snowman.  Let's be real.