Week

So, the past week has been interesting.

I'll start with the cab driver.
This cab driver was taking me from one interview to another, and we started chatting.
Religion came up, somehow. He went on to tell me that Muslims were 'my enemy,' and only 'trying to deceive me.'
Being Jewish myself, I told him that when I go out for drinks with Muslim friends, we don't talk about plotting the death of the nation. We usually talk about girls and motorcycles and beer.
He responds, "Your friend, 'Mohammed', I guess, is trying to deceive you! I am a historian! Trust me, throughout history Muslims have been trying to take over the world!"

I told him, "no, you're a cab driver. I wish you would re-think your entire existence."

The way I see it, nobody is the 'enemy,' per se, except for individuals like this cab driver, people that can't look at the September 11th incident, and realize that it was individuals, not a religion, responsible.

I mentioned the slaughter of the crusades. He responded with, "If it wasn't for the crusades, the entire world would be Muslim! What do you think about that, son?"

The next fifteen minutes were incomprehensible yelling. As I was leaving, he tried to shake my hand. I asked him quite politely to have an incredibly awful day.

Anyway, I got a job! Except, this job sucks ass!
Every shift, I get there at 7:30. I load a truck full of bicycles. We drive about 40 yards, and I unload the bicycles. We repeat this process three or four times. Then I get to stand around, all day, waiting for tourists. Only tourists. My job is to look at them, determine what size bike they need, and place it in front of them. Upon return, I take the bike from them, (detail) clean it, and put it back on the bike rack.

I do this for around 10 hours. It is horrifically boring. In the interim between tourists, I generally play with my yo-yo, or ride a child's bike around in circles.

Today, I yelled "I AM HAVING SO MUCH FUN!" for a good 15 minutes while cleaning a bicycle. I spend the majority of my time, however, staring at the ground with my mouth open. Seven thirty in the morning to six thirty in the evening. Spending all this time in the sun has left me incredibly fucking sunburned. Great.

Then, it is time to close. I repeat the morning's process, except in reverse. Then I get to take a bus home. It seems a bit redundant.

Anybody know of anywhere that is hiring?
Thanks.

On top of that, holy shit, today is the worst cigarette craving day I've had since I quit. It's been over a week now.

Fuck.