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Posted by Angielala on January 22, 2004, at 14:06:06
It's weird to just read this and not hear the music with it... but I think it explains my days at work VERY well...
I LOVE ANI!
pixie (be nice)
i'm a pixie
i'm a paperdoll
i'm a cartoon
i'm a chipper cheerful free for all
and i light up a room
i'm the color me happy girl
miss live and let live
and when they're out for blood
i always givethe man behind the counter looks like he's got
a half a dozen places he'd rather be
and furthermore it looks like he's prepared
to take it all out on me
buddy, i don't really care what your problem is
just don't make it mine
come on kids, let's all hold hands
and pretend we're having a good timemaybe you don't like your job
maybe you didn't get enough sleep
well, nobody likes their job
nobody got enough sleep
maybe you just had
the worst day of your life
but, you know, there's no escape
and there's no excuse
so just suck up and be niceall the privileged white kids on tv
playing at death
brandishing their cold cuts
with their ghostly makeup
and their heroin breath
and all the little fishes are flapping wildly
on their hooks
while all the top critics find great meaning
in the telephone bookthe little emperor he has no clothes
so he can't come out to play
and besides which life is suffering
and he likes it that way
and the little guy is not so friendly
but you know life has been cruel
so wipe that smile off your face baby
and try to be coolmaybe you don't like your job
maybe you didn't get enough sleep
well, nobody likes their job
nobody got enough sleep
maybe you just had
the worst day of your life
but, you know, there's no escape
and there's no excuse
so just suck up and be niceyeah, i would like to perfect the art
of being studiously aloof
like life is just a boring chore
and i am living proof
i could join forces with an army
of ornery hipsters
but then i guess i'd be out of a job
so i guess that's out of the picturecuz i'm a pixie
i'm a paperdoll
i'm a cartoon
i'm a chipper cheerful free for all
and i light up a room
i'm the color me happy girl
miss live and let live
and when they're out for blood
i always give
Posted by deirdrehbrt on January 22, 2004, at 22:34:30
In reply to My life at work, by Ani Difranco, posted by Angielala on January 22, 2004, at 14:06:06
Thanks for that.
I'm so glad that the words are to "suck up and be nice", and not "suck up and pretend things are good". It's realistic. Anybody can be nice if they want to. Well, almost anybody.
It makes me think though.... If I can be nice, with all that happened to me, and all that I'm going through now, well... I think that I have the right to expect the same from the gal or guy behind the counter.
I've been watching "To Sir With Love" a few times, or more than a few times, this week. Mr. Thackeray taught that everyone should treat everyone else with respect. You don't have to be happy, you don't have to agree, you may not even want to, but we deserve respect simply because we are who we are. Just another exercise of "suck up and be nice".
Thanks again,
Dee.
Posted by Angielala on January 23, 2004, at 8:25:50
In reply to Re: My life at work, by Ani Difranco, posted by deirdrehbrt on January 22, 2004, at 22:34:30
Exactly Dee! Ani tells it like it is... I mean we all take things out on someone sometimes, but if we really try, we can just "suck it up and be nice"... and imagine how much less stress there is when people just act civil....
> Thanks for that.
> I'm so glad that the words are to "suck up and be nice", and not "suck up and pretend things are good". It's realistic. Anybody can be nice if they want to. Well, almost anybody.
> It makes me think though.... If I can be nice, with all that happened to me, and all that I'm going through now, well... I think that I have the right to expect the same from the gal or guy behind the counter.
> I've been watching "To Sir With Love" a few times, or more than a few times, this week. Mr. Thackeray taught that everyone should treat everyone else with respect. You don't have to be happy, you don't have to agree, you may not even want to, but we deserve respect simply because we are who we are. Just another exercise of "suck up and be nice".
> Thanks again,
> Dee.
Posted by Poet on January 23, 2004, at 12:52:07
In reply to My life at work, by Ani Difranco, posted by Angielala on January 22, 2004, at 14:06:06
Ani's words ring true. Even I the former queen of job misery never snapped at anyone I work with. Now imitating one of them behind her back is another thing. I only do it in front of two individuals who have issues with the target person. I'm not that horrible, besides one of them does her so well on the phone I've believed it was actually her calling.
My new job I promise to always be civil, it helps that I'm working for someone I like
Poet
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