I'll call you back never!

Oh my, where to even begin on this one is beyond me. We've all called somebody and received a "Hey can I call you back later?" and we all know at least one person who when they say this line has no intention of getting back to you EVER. If they don't want to talk to you then they shouldn't answer when you call. If they do want to talk to you but are unable to then they should answer and try to figure out a means of communicating at a different time. So why is it that people still give you false hopes of getting in touch later even though they aren't going to? Some people do this because though they probably don't like you or want to have anything to do with you they still want you to think that they like you so that you don't dislike them. I don't know why but I think it makes them feel good about themselves or at least not feel bad. Now don't get me wrong, sometimes people do forget possibly because they're way busy or it just plain old slips their mind, or maybe it's late and they're tired so they fall asleep before they remember to. When you can count on people to not remember to call back though, it's time to call somebody else.

This post's lesson: If you don't want to associate yourself with somebody for whatever reason at whatever time just be outright and tell them, it'll make them resent you a lot less than if you give them false hopes. (That lesson was mainly for you ladies)

Get busy working on looking busy.

Ugh, the ever bittersweet sting of a day at work where there's nothing to be done. You show up at 7 and you leave at 4 yet there is no work within this entire 9 hour stretch. Sure, you can pretend to look busy, but that takes more effort than actually doing work that has to be done. You could also try and find a place to just hang out and do nothing, but you'd better be prepared to go to it just in case somebody needs you or is just wondering where you've vanished to. Really, the only thing you can do on days like these is to find some tasks that are done often and do those even if they don't need to be done, and try to pass the rest of the time by working on something perhaps for yourself. If you can milk what you're doing and make things take longer than required you'll be able to pass the time a little faster, but it'll still creep by in the end, and I guarantee that you're going to be real tired of the job you're making a day out of. If you find yourself stuck in one of these situations I find that there are only two solutions no matter how you choose to enact them: don't show, or bring your coat, it's gonna be a long winter.