Rudeness and madness

#7

 ^^ Annoyed at terrible salon-service.

Okay, number one; New Yorkers are mighty rude. It’s true. The stereotypes are true. They are mean. They are nasty. They are ruthless. I’m so on edge right now because  of the rudeness of these people I may end up ‘having a mental breakdown’ as Dice says, and punching her because she’s wearing her ridiculous 12-year-old-girl headphones next to me and miming all the words to some ridiculous song that no one else can hear. Honestly.

(We later made Jack Johnson’s ‘Breakdown’ the theme song of Dice’s unstable mental health when things don’t go her way; for example when I drink her tea, take her pillow or when she didn’t have someone to cuddle).

Our hostel street - so snowy aye

Terrible rain today

Maybe because it’s my second time in the city, and I’m not as awe struck as the first time – so I’ve realised it more. The crowds (especially here around Christmas time) are MENTAL. People REFUSE to gtfo-outta the way, there are way too many pushers, shovers and elbowers amongst the streets of Manhattan – which, if you ask me, have become more like a war zone. And apart from that, New Yorkers seem generally disinterested and willing to help you. Wherever you go – there is always someone complaining. At the post office (got rid of the box) there was a woman screaming at a worker about the queue. At the hostel there was a man arguing with the receptionist because his flight was delayed, the reception shut, and he couldn’t get into the hostel the previous night. The girl was just sitting at her computer saying that he’d have to pay even though they are the ones who don’t have 24 hour reception. The poor bloke took to the streets. When we went up the Empire State Building Dice was yelled at during security screening;

‘Ma’am! Please place your camera in the box!’

‘It is in the box’

‘MA’AM! Please place your camera in the box!’

‘I..uhh..’

‘MA’AM!’

‘I DON’T KNOW WHAT YOU WANT FROM ME!’

Her camera was, of course, in the box, but in her bag or under her coat or something. 

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A general unwillingness to help seems adequate. When we finally went to the salon for our hair, nails, massage and facial appointments, we were waiting an hour, and they couldn’t finish us because they were so poorly organised and had too many people to see. When we inquired about our wait time and their inability to give us our money’s worth, the receptionist literally looked at us and pretended to clickity-click on the computer (I know she’s pretending, because I do that all the time at my reception job at home…when there’s nothing you can do you have to at least pretend you’re trying to do something so they are momentarily satisfied that you tried) and was like; ‘yeah, we close in an hour so you won’t get the other half of your appointment. Ummmm….we paid, waited and you can’t see us because you CLOSE?! Honestly. They were terribly rude there too btw –ahaha, we got told that our hair, skin and bodies were a mess, we needed ‘desperate $800 keratin treatment for our locks’ and ‘serious work done’ on our faces, favourite quotes include;

‘Do you really want your hair to look like this every day?’

‘Yes, this is a mess. You need to get some special skin products right away’

‘You definitely need some highlights in your hair, it’s dry, dull and boring’

…thanks. Poor old Dice even got told she needed an anti-aging mask for her ‘wrinkles’. At the tender age of 19 I suppose it’s something we all oughta think about.

Today, a lady held up the entire bus because she refused to make way for others coming on, informing both the bus driver, and the oncoming passengers that they couldn’t get on, because the bus was full.

<3

Chrysler building

Wind and rain and snow. Fun times

I trod on someone’s foot accidentally, apologised profusely but still the look I got was a prolonged one of loathing and genuine hatred. You’d had thought I’d killed her entire family.

But you know, apart from all these little tidbits about the fabulous country and people I find myself immersed in, we’re having a wonderful time. New York is so full of energy, excitement and passion. From the buskers on the trains, to comedy shows in the evening with Bridge, Tambo and Andreas, to the Christmas lights and carols to the fact that everyone seems buoyant on Christmas spirit and it’s unlikely you’ll order a coffee without being told ‘happy holidays’ at least twice. I still struggle to fall asleep whilst the lights of the city light up my dorm window, and despite the cool weather we’re spending every minute of every day out and about. New York is marvellous, the enactment of several movie scenes are still to come, as is the snow storm, and the journey down South to Texas, which brings a whole string of catastrophes and facepalms of it’s own. 

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Dat salon

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Flatiron building.

 "New York City smells like pee and the people are rude"

~True Blood 

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