'Tis The Season

So yesterday Austin and Tesoro ASB put on one of the most effective blood drive ever. Okay, maybe not really, but it was still very, very successful. So after lunch ends, Mary and I walk around the campus to pick up a bunch of the fliers for the blood drive that we don't need anymore. As we are walking around, we notice the heap of trash that lies around our school. Being the great people that we are, we decide to help out and pick a bunch of it up.

As we are picking it up, we are quickly realizing how pathetic many teenagers are. Why can't you take 30 seconds out of your day to throw your trash away? The most embarrassing one was, there was a trashcan nearly touching one of the messiest tables. Oh my gosh! You don't even have to get up! What is wrong with kids today? Take some pride in your school, it is no one else's job to pick up your crap! Grow up a little.

Now if you are wondering what the heck this has to do with the title, your questions will be answered shortly.

As we enter the cafeteria to go back into the blood drive, we walk past one of the janitors cleaning up the trash. We walk up and talk to him:

D&M (Derek & Mary): "We just want to apologize for all the trash you have to pick up after the stupid kids at school. We tried to pick a bunch of it to help you out, so thank-you."
NJ (Nice Janitor): "Well thank-you."
D&M: "Ya it is so pathetic and we didn't realize how bad it was."
NJ: "Ya its not really my job to do.... well, I guess it is part of it."
D&M: "NO!!! Its not! It is not your responsibility to pick up after us, you are not our baby-sitter. The students should take the 30 seconds out of their day to walk over the trash can. So thank-you again."
NJ: "Your welcome, and thank-you."

He was one of the nicest people I have ever met. Mary and I ended up really getting in the Christmas spirit later that day. We went Christmas sweater shopping, and realized that we should do something nice for the janitors because they do such a thank-less job. So just if you think about it, pick up some extra trash, and maybe say a nice "thank-you" to a janitor if you see one walking by, because I mean, c'mon, 'Tis the season, right?

Merry Christmas.

Thanks for caring,
Hasta la bye-bye.