Frustration

The Caps get their first chance to eliminate Montreal tonight.  I was flipping through my twitter feed on the my way to work this morning, only when I'm stuck at a stop light...relax.   I couldn't help but think about the multitudes of people that are getting to go tonight that have no vested interest in the team of the game.  They are going because " a friend has tickets" or something like that, and a guy like me, who would pay good money to go gets shut out. The bandwagon phenomenon is the worst part about cheering for a team that has progressed from terrible to awesome like the Caps have.   I saw this exact same phenomenon at opening day up in Baltimore a few weeks ago.  The girl sitting next to me had never been to a baseball game before, and had no idea what was going on.  She and her friend got tickets from a friend and decided to go.  I'm sure there were thousands of die-hard O's fans that would have paid for those tickets, and stayed for more than three innings.  You'll have to forgive me for being a little bit bitter this morning.  Happy Friday!  Have a great day!

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A Quick Vent

This is the last you will hear from me on this topic, I promise. I don't want to run you guys off by bitching about work too much.

I was told today that there will be no disciplinary action for my co-worker who did not answer his phone while he was on-call. Apparently it would have been ok if he had returned the call the next morning after our UPS unit melted down overnight. This is good news for me, because my job just got a whole lot less stressful. We are the only network administrators the I know of that can "not get" an emergency call in the middle of the night, and it be ok. So there it is, if I choose to take another call like the one I took over the weekend, it will be on me. Who's the fool now 'eh.

I'll be back to my old self tomorrow. Thanks for your patience.

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