it never ceases to amaze me the useless drama that people bring to a situation just because. While this is nowhere near Not A Date Gate, last night was a mix of downright awesome and fucking ridiculous.
When we all agreed that we wanted to see Star Trek we were sort of iffy on the plans preceding the actual movie. Our local theater was doing several showings yesterday so the only concrete plan we had was that we'd catch the last showing at 10pm (to accommodate any one who was working that day).
"Topher", the big star trek nerdy fan who was the leader behind the outing, is sort of a spaz when it comes to organizing shit. He was so concerned about what we would all be wearing that he didn't really take into account that we would all be lingering around for at least 5 hours until the movie started. Michelle and I requested the day off weeks in advance. Topher, his annoying Girlfriend, Sean and another co-worker all got off work between 2pm and 5. And the last member of our crew, Rich, was going to come to the store around 5.
I hate being at work when I am not scheduled to work. It's dumb and it's tacky and it makes me look like i do not have a life outside of the store. Topher is there all the time. He has actually requested days off and then sat in the break room for four hours doing nothing. For the past week I've been asking him about what we should do before the movie. I wanted to hit up my favorite bar and grill around 6, eat, drink and hang out with them there until 9 where we would then all head to the theater in preparation for the movie.
Topher did not want to do this. He wanted us all to meet him and his annoying Girlfriend at the store at 4, where we would watch the first Star Trek movie in the break room. Then we would grab food from this crap shit burger place nearby, bring the food back to the break room and hang out there taking dumb pictures of all of us in our costume until the movie started. I immediately told him i was not down for this plan. I was not going to sit in the break room, on my day off, for five hours.
The fact that some of us took off, requested to open or were simply not working that day suggested to me that we shouldn't then hang out at work until our movie started. I told Sean I wasn't going to just hang around the store until 10pm. I'd go to the mall. Go home. See another movie before our movie started before sitting in the break room listening to Topher and his annoying girlfriend talk for five hours. I wasn't going to do it. And Sean agreed that Tophers plan was less then ideal.
A few weeks ago Sean offered to give me his old TV as he was getting a new one with the money he got back from his tax return. The boy is in my room a lot and while he thinks my space is very awesome...he hates my small TV. Every time he walks in my room he looks at my small, hunched back television with scorn. He won't even watch TV on it. We'll huddle around my wide screen laptop instead. So when he offered to give me his television I think it had more to do with him than me. We haven't had time to actually get and set up the TV from his house though so we both agreed that we'd do that before the movie instead of hanging out in the break room. And after we settled our business we'd meet everyone back when it was time to eat.
So yesterday, despite the nerves, I meet Sean at the store so we could go to his house and pick up the television. He wanted me to bring my Xbox as well because his PS3 did not work on the television and he was concerned my console wouldn't either. As I walk into the break room Topher's annoying Girlfriend is talking about herself as usual but before I too can get sucked into the void that is her voice, Sean comes into the breakroom and says we need to go.
The next three hours were completely awesome. The events are worthy of a completely different post! I had the boy all to myself for 3 hours and I can't lie that I like the attention. I met and embarrassed myself in front of his parents (i think I was still sort of adorable though) and i was even asked to stay for dinner. We all played fetch with his dog and made fun of Taylor Swift. It was nice and I didn't feel like an intruder. Finally, we got down to business and the boy revealed the TV he was giving to me. It's seriously like a brand new television. Flat screen. Really big. I'm not great at describing electronics. As long as something works i don't really care about how new it is. But boy oh boy is this thing beautiful. We tested my Xbox on it and when it worked we played a game I brought along to test out.
Time sort of got the best of us and around 6:30 Topher sends me a text asking where we are. I tell him we are still in the Bronx but that we'll be there in an hour. He says fine because they decided to head to a restaurant instead for food so we should start making our way back. I sigh and tell Sean we got to go. We lug the TV and my console into his car, I go back to say goodbye to his folks and then we head to my house to drop off everything and then head to the store.
Now at this point I am still under the impression that they are going to be at the restaurant for a while. I mean I've gone out drinking and eating and have stayed at said place for hours. I text Michelle, who also did not want to hang around the store for five hours, and tell her to meet up with Sean and I at the store. When we get there she is waiting in the music department. I tell her I just have to change into my costume and then we'll join everyone and get food.
But when we walk into the break room guess who is there...Topher, Annoying Girl, Rich and the other Guy. Just sitting there as if we hadn't made plans to grab dinner. So I ask if they were waiting for us to get there before they head to the restaurant. Annoying Girlfriend rolls her eyes and Topher says "no, we went on ahead and ate without you guys".
Are. You. Fucking. Serious.
I turn to Sean with the most exasperated look ever. Sean shrugs his shoulder starts going through the fridge for stuff he can eat. Michelle is pissed. She tells Topher that that is fucked up because he just sent us the text an hour ago saying to meet him. How did they order, eat and leave in the 60 minutes it took us to get there? She then storms out the breakroom with everyone looking at me in shock and annoyance.
I tell Topher that Sean, Michelle and I will grab something really quick from the cafe but that they should have waited. I go into the hallway where Michelle is fuming and I tell her to follow me to the bathroom so we can talk while I change into my costume. In the bathroom me and Michelle complain about the fuckupedness of the situation. I say that without any concrete plans from Topher (or his annoying parrot of a girlfriend) I was not going to just hang around the store all day. They can't be mad at us for showing up when we did and they shouldn't have taken said frustrations out by having dinner without us.
During this exchange Annoying Girlfriend walks into the bathroom. I pick up on Michelle's sudden we'll talk about this later tone and I shut up cause I know AG is listening. When she leaves Michelle says that she probably heard what we said and is going back to tell Topher. I tell her I don't care because everyone already knew that I was not going to hang out in the store . Of course when we exit the bathroom and head back into the breakroom Annoying Girlfriend, Topher and Rich decide they need a smoke and walk out like a gang of assholes to talk shit about us.
When I asked why they got up and left Sean, looking visibly pissed, said I know what 'i did' and that he is not getting involved (as usual). I bout gave up on the whole night after this. I was beyond livid. I couldn't even hide my frustration because once again here I was making things worse when I hadn't even done anything.
When Topher, AG and Rich return I go up to Topher and ask him if there is a "problem" (oh, interesting fact these days I do not avoid confrontation. If I have an issue with any one or vice versa I am all about talking the shit out instead of letting it linger. I just don't have the time to be passive about arguments. If we are going to do it, I'd rather do it now and quick). He looks taken aback and says coyly "no, i don't know what you are talking about". I say "well, since we got here things have been very awkward and weird and cliquey. I told you beforehand I had plans. If it was a problem then you should have said something instead of waiting til we got here to give us the cold shoulder. I also don't need words being put in my mouth. If you have a problem you talk to me about it. It's a fucking movie. Let's just enjoy the fucking movie".
And then I stomped away. I'm not sure if my speech actually changed how we all felt about the situation but we pretended for the next four hours to enjoy each other company. But because of the exchange beforehand I couldn't really enjoy Space...the final frontier. I mean it was good and Benedict Cumberbatch was amazing but i was uber annoyed by Topher, AG and Rich. When we are around multiple people Sean sort of shuts down, brings up his girlfriend a lot and is not as attentive to me so I couldn't even enjoy sitting next to him. Michelle keep squealing every time Benedict Cumberbatch came on screen and the other guy with us....poor guy, I sort of forgot he was there.
After the movie Topher and AG make a Beeline for the exit and don't even wait for us. My head hurts from all the explosions and fast action shots from the movie and I've mentally checked out. When we finally catch up to the ashats Topher asks us....lord give me strength...to give us his costumes back. He actually wanted his costumes back right then and there. We already knew they weren't ours to keep but he couldn't let us at least bring them back to him the next day.
I was not wearing anything under my costume so i dared him, in front of his girl, to take it from me if he really wanted it. He didn't. I did have to give him back the earrings he let me borrow though and the boys ended up stripping in the lobby of the theater and handed over their shirts. It was the dumbest thing I have ever witnessed and/or been a part of.
I hate how quickly things went from being awesome and amazing to complete and utter shit. I also hate how I ended up being responsible for a least some of the the awkwardness because I was being honest.
Ugh. Ugh. and more Ugh.
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