• "financially challenged" •
Friday, October 26th 2001 12:14PM
The only reason that I would be financially challenged is when I don't have cash on me. Despite the fact that I am cheap all the time, I never refuse to pay for someone. Fairness.
Well, today might have been one of the first times that I have expressed my anger openly. They always say that anger comes from misunderstanding. Simply put, there is a lack of empathy and compassion. My face grew red when I got mad...and I felt my cheeks grow hot. Resentment? Perhaps. I know where it came from however.
Most of my friends at Berkeley are "financially challenged", but they have never stopped from trying to pay for everything. Okay, so I hear their squeals of "Jenn, you're so rich!" [No, I am not.] Tram, especially. I don't know why it works out that way...but I find her paying for my meals all the time when I don't have enough cash on me. Then she refuses to let me pay her back.
That kind of refusal is better than the refusal to pay, because the refusal to share part of your wealth is a sign of selfishness. Equality! I wonder though...everytime I walk past the first block on Euclid, I see the men sitting on the edge of the sidewalks with their cups facing the heavens...almost like asking for forgiveness. Maybe they never did anything wrong. Maybe they were too giving and the blacklash of inequality hit them square in the face. I don't know. I have never pulled out my wallet and dropped something into their cup.
But why are some people just so [insert appropriate word] irritating?!
According to Pope Gregory who lived in the sixth century, wrath is the third deadliest sin. But then, he rated the sins on the level that it took away from love. Well, it says that I will be constantly dismembered alive as my punishment.
Well I got the plan cancelled. Nonetheless, don't give me bull. I know what you're trying say. I know why you did it. If you didn't tell me before, then what else am I left to assume? If it's a lie, so be it.
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