Cause and effect, ignorance and neglect

I've returned to my blog after yet another hiatus and feel I'm becoming a person of paradox. I fight the indulgence of vomiting random thoughts on cyber space to relieve myself cathartically, but then I miss doing it. I'm torn by being self-effacing, yet I'm sworn to being self -disgracing and advertising this fact. CRAP. I hope I'm not turning into one of those universally absorbing people who purely perform acts suited to their own needs and greeds. I doubt it though. So I'll embrace the narcissm of expressing myself on my blog ... because I can and will. Let's hope it continues before I get distracted by something sparkly and shiny...

TOP FIVE GRIPES AND CONTENTIOUS CURRENT ISSUES

1. No hooks on the back of cinema doors at Victoria Gardens. Did a man design this facility? I'm not sure why my hand bag deserves to lie on a floor with piss splashback, dirt and torn up toilet paper?

2. $2 withdrawal fees at ATMS (not aligned with chosen bank). That's almost a cup of coffee worth of me punching in numbers and withdrawing my own cash from a wall. WHY?

3. Bad coffee and overpriced lunches that are extremely average. How can a badly made coffee and limp, tasteless sandwich cost $12? How hard is it to get this right and make it worth it?

4. Guys/friends that say they will call and don't. Are we all really that busy that we forget what matters?

5. Iphones - it's official, they've replaced human beings. If you have friends you are meeting for breakfast, lunch, dinner...you might want to allow for another space at the table. They will spend that much time wanting to be with whoever they are communicating to and swirling their fingers around to on that phone that the place setting may as well be filled. Would you like an iced water for your iphone?

I think I'm annoyed with humanity today. A new barista at Porgy and Mr Jones....resulting in a very uninspiring morning coffee. And then there's Thread....the new cafe around the corner at work who religiously get it right. With the barista even trying to impress me with his foam art.
Every coffee that get's delivered is followed by an anxious gaze from waiter and barista...."Do you know what it is?? He's trying to impress you today". I look at the chocolate dusted blob with curled top. Is it a bunny? No. butterfly? No. He looks crushed. "The Swan" needs a little more work. But the coffee...magic!