Today I thought I would rant about people and circumstances that annoy me. Right now, my biggest source of annoyance is a female who is renting a home from us. She professed herself to be a Christian, which really made my husband and myself want to give her a chance at renting our place. Well, the honeymoon didn't last long. Within two months she stopped paying rent and gave us money when she felt like it. She made excuse after excuse for why she could not pay the rent, even using her child as an excuse at one point. Does anyone else see something wrong with that?
I am a big fan of personal responsibility. I have been on my own since I was seventeen, and I have never missed rent, and rarely paid a bill late. This is just the type of person I am. Sometimes I wonder why a lot of people do not have that same sense of responsibility in their own lives? What makes me wonder even more is why some people seem to have such a hard time managing their money.
When I was growing up we were pretty poor. I learned the value of a dollar at a young age. I learned to spend my money wisely and to set my priorities in order. Some people, on the other hand, seem to think that fun comes before work, or that fancy cars come before having a roof over your head. I just don't understand the logic in that. Particularly, where I live, in a very poor, urban environment, fancy, name brand clothes are all that matters. Many of the people who live around here fall in the very bottom tier of the socio-economic ladder. Still, that doesn't stop them from buying the latest and greatest pair of Jordans that came out on the market.
Have you noticed that people have a habit of taking kindness as a weakness? I have. The kindness I have toward others and my inability to confront people on their wrongdoings makes me an easy target for people to run over. Once people know I am a Christian it makes it all the more appealing to push my buttons. Sometimes it feels like they get a kick out of seeing how much they can push me before I snap, and then when I snap they get to accuse me of not being Christ like.
People like our renter are the type who really want to make you lose your cool. You give them chance after the chance, and all you get are a bunch of empty promises. Her inability to pay her rent has caused us to crunch it financially, and for that I am truly pissed off. I can't help but wonder if she even did the math before making a year-long commitment to pay a certain amount. To me, it's simple math; if you are spending more than what you are getting in, something is going to have to give.
Well, that's my rant. Not particularly interesting by any stretch of the imagination, but what's the point of a blog if you can't lay it all out on the table?
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