invisibility cloak

i'm finding this very unsettling - especially due to the frequency in which this keeps happening.

earlier this week - i had an early morning appointment. the office that i was supposed to have the appointment in had been moved though. truth be told, i was there before the office actually opened, but seeing as i was supposed to have the first appointment of the day, i thought that this was quite prudent.

i went up to where the receptionist was and stood, patiently waiting. i got nothing. not even an acknowledgement. finally, i had to wander elsewhere to get someone who would actually help direct me to where i wanted to go. so i end up in a different building, with a different receptionist. she's chatting away to someone in this back office. i stand there, again, patiently - although, as the time goes on, i get increasingly loud to try to let them know that i'm there. and still, no acknowledgement of my presence! after about 5 minutes (after the office had technically even opened) - they finally decided to talk to me. and then later they seemed peeved that i had come late (*shakes angry fist*)

so that was the first time this week. and then today it happened again.

i went to get coffee this afternoon. i wandered into my local timothy's (and i'm pretty sure i'm not going there again - which is sad, because i like timothy's, apparently just not this one). there were two people working behind the counter and someone at the cash trying to pay and collecting the drinks that she had ordered. i waited - standing aloofly in front of the long counter. and nothing. but that was not it! then someone else comes in and they ask to serve her! then after they finish with her, they ask for my order - almost as an afterthought. i was a little peeved by this time. but still, that's not it. i'm waiting for my drink and waiting to pay in front of the cash. someone else had come in and ordered a coffee after me. they rang in his order first - despite the fact that i was standing there right in front of the cash register - then they had to operate around me. let it be known, melpie, was not impressed. and her patience has been tried for the last time this week (luckily, there's less than 3 hours left in the week - so the patience metre will fill up again by tomorrow morning)