Today I had an indifferent encounter with a cashier at a local Target store. However, it does seem to happen more than never nowadays. As I was checking out, paying for what I have chosen to buy, I did something that would not seem to be a big deal. I handed him a hundred dollar bill and me being only sixteen years of age, wearing my new American Eagle sweat shirt and jeans, this guy had to check this out. He stood there for about three minutes holding it up to the light checking every corner and every mark, while telling me all the different little things this hundred dollar bill had. Now don’t think there wasn’t a line, because there was one, a growing aggravating line; however, this one stubborn cashier had other agendas. He started comparing it with other hundred dollar bills; still unsatisfied he decided to call a lady with experience to come check it out. As I waited there thinking, wow this guy giving me way too much credit, they were talking it out. The lady was the in defense for me and the cashier was fight against me showing all the maybes in the dollar bill. Then at last in a long five minutes this small jury of two decided a verdict on this guilty proven innocent case that had occurred, I was proven innocent, freed to go with my chosen products and my due back change from the hundred dollar bill. An indifferent encounter indeed, although I do see why the actions were taken, but such actions that severely, was out of the question.
In today’s society, these drastic measures seem to be occurring more and more often. Guilty proven innocent I call it, because you are given absolutely no trust, being treated as a guilty criminal until they can prove you innocent, but even then they still will not trust you. Examples of this would be security checks at sport events, airports, country borders, schools and now cashiers and a number of other things. No longer are we innocent proven guilty, is that the American freedom our Army fights for? Is that the freedom we the people deserve?
Saturday, October 18, 2008
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A Little about Me and My Blog
A little background on me perhaps may suit the best of your interest; who in the right mind, anyways, would want to obtain knowledge from an unknown. My name is Bjorn from an unknown state, if you catch my drift, and the reason I decided to write a blog, simply is because of the very fact that I think almost alien to the norm of my age, being a teenager, feeling obligated to write down and publish my thoughts, ideas, and central steps to a life filled with what everyone is searching for; a life of happiness, joy independent of circumstances, and wealth in knowledge. Although, this is my blog’s topic, certainly beyond extraordinary, I can’t say myself that I have achieved perfect happiness, for I am just as humanly blooded as you are. However, I must say this ahead of time that without the belief of an almighty, one and only God, happiness is impossible to obtain. I know this might deeply anger some of you, but every human being has a whole in their heart that can only be filled by God Himself. We must come to an understanding that life is not centralized around our self and that rejection of God is caused by our own pride fullness and selfishness; that is rejecting logic, making ourselves Gods.
Again, this blog is entitled Beyond Extraordinary, and I am the author, Bjorn. You can contact me at my email: sevenrebelsoforder@hotmail.com, if you have any questions or concerns. I am excited to see the outcome of this blog. God Bless
Again, this blog is entitled Beyond Extraordinary, and I am the author, Bjorn. You can contact me at my email: sevenrebelsoforder@hotmail.com, if you have any questions or concerns. I am excited to see the outcome of this blog. God Bless
2 comments:
hey bjorn!!!
you are very intellectual and it was fun to read your blog
peace out!
hey bjorno.
wow. u sound really smart.
ur blog is really intoxicating(:
good luck!
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