I had a pretty crappy day.
It was -3F when I left for WW this morning.
The woman who is my receptionist on Sundays and I expected the numbers to be down, and they were. I mean, it's the Sunday before Christmas, many people have started to head home for the holidays, and those who are staying in town, who wants to get out of bed on a Sunday morning when it is so cold?
Oddly enough, the largest meeting was the 8AM meeting, at about 20 people. It was downhill from there
My 9:30AM had about 12 people.
At 10:55 AM, 5 minutes before the start of the 11 AM meeting, the place was empty. My receptionist and I were talking about what the procedure was if no one showed up.
Then 3 people walked in.
I started the meeting at 11AM. At 11:10 AM it was like a bus pulled up! Not a ton of people, but enough to cause a line.
One guy came into the meeting room and wanted to know if I was going to start weighing people. I said, "No, the meeting has started."
I felt it just wasn't right or fair to the people who show up on time, for me to leave them sitting there and bump them for people who had come late. That's not our policy anyway.
It was an incredibly difficult meeting. No matter what I did, nobody would talk. It was stone silence. The other two meetings had been good meetings with lots of discussion.
The angry guy then stomped out of the meeting saying something like, "This is ridiculous."
I wanted to say, "What the ---- do you want me to do about you're coming here late?" (And no, he lives walking distance away, so being late was not due to car trouble).
It made the whole morning just terrible, plus it made me really mad.
I then came home and Sukie was in a fussy mood (maybe he needed a juice box) because he was feeling house-bound. I suggested we go out, but we couldn't because there was a car stuck in the alley behind our house.
It was just a horrible day, where there was no pleasing anyone.
Needless to say, I am not necessarily the most patient person in the world. Especially when it comes to other people having tantrums.
On the bright side, it is supposed to warm up to 30F tomorrow.
That's 33 degrees warmer than it is right now.
