I am back in Vancouver! I tried to set up my home email to forward to my gmail address so I could check email a bit while I was away. Two days after I left I realise that my email forwarding attempt was an EPIC FAIL. I came home today to an inbox of 125 emails.

Despite the email flood, it’s nice to be home.

A quick little story: My sister and I rented a car and drove to Toronto a couple days ago and we had a hilarious experience at Avis. I step up to the counter and the conversation goes something like this:

me: hello, I’m here to pick up my car, I have a reservation.

avis guy: No.

me: what? I made a -

avis guy: NOOO!!! (no exaggeration, he is fully yelling)

*awkward silence.

avis guy: I can’t TAKE THIS ANYMORRRRE! (his voice is similar to Professor Frink but whinier)

*he runs out from behind the counter with his hands up to his head

me: ok.. so.. about my reservation

avis guy: I QUIT, I CAN’T STAND THIS JOB! DOING EVERYTHING RIGHT AND STILL GETTING YELLED AT, AHHHHHH!

*he runs right through the wall runs right out the door, and without skipping a beat another employee takes his place.

It was like I pushed him over the edge and he quit right there! I am guessing he had been working there for years (he was old as hell- and hell, as we all know, is really old). Who knows, maybe it was like that scene in Fight Club where Brad Pitt holds the gun to the asian guy’s head and makes him quit his job to pursue his dreams – maybe me pushing him over the edge will turn out to be a good thing.

This video is my dedication to an old man who is, for better or worse, no longer an employee of Avis.

Best. Song. Ever. I love Rosemary Clooney.