The Zimmerman Trial

So I'm sure we've all heard about the "not guilty" verdict that was handed down to George Zimmerman on the Trayvon Martin case. There has been a lot of people on both sides speaking out, both happy and unhappy with the verdict. Personally I am not only unhappy with the verdict and I am angry at the justice system and American media over this case. The fact is that George Zimmerman followed around a teenage boy, who was unarmed, and instigated a fight until that teenage boy ended up shot and dead. The police told him NOT to follow Trayvon Martin and he ignored them. He not only blatantly went against what the police said but he killed someone because he was an overly zealous neighborhood watchman.
First off, I would like to address people saying Zimmerman was not told to stand down. There is audio evidence provided by 911 and the police where it is clearly stated that he did not need to follow Trayvon Martin and that he needed to wait for the police. Instead Zimmerman continued to follow him and instigate a fight. Secondly, Zimmerman started the conflict so it wasn't self defense. Yes, there is evidence that Zimmerman was beaten by Trayvon BUT (and this is a big but) Zimmerman followed Martin down the street and confronted him for essentially walking and wearing a hoodie. Zimmerman was the one who began following and threatening Trayvon Martin and Trayvon defended himself against Zimmerman and was shot for it. The fact is, Zimmerman committed the most wrongs in the scenario and is not being held accountable for any of the things he did. Now I would like to discuss the matter of race that has been brought up time and time again during this trial.
A lot of people are saying that this case was about racial profiling, but honestly, I think Zimmerman was found not guilty because of so many people screaming "racial profiling." What he did was clearly wrong, as long as he is convicted for his crime why should we worry about whether or not he's a racist? The answer is the issue of race should have been dealt with after the trial was over. I think that because people became so caught up on the subject of racial profiling that they forgot they were judging the crime and not the morals of the accused. In this country, like it or not, you cannot get into trouble for being a racist because it is a matter of personal opinion which is protected in the US (even if it is a huge problem and a bad thing). Zimmerman may or may not have been racially profiling Trayvon and decided to confront him based on his race but we will never know. Zimmerman himself was biracial so it is up for debate as to whether or not he stopped Trayvon because of his race. The fact is the court, media and the jury should have focused on only what took place and not whether or not Zimmerman did any of this because of racial prejudice. As for me, I believe that Zimmerman is guilty and that because of the way the media covered the case, a killer is walking free.

Working At a Theater

I haven't posted on here in a little less than a month and to all of my active readers I apologize. I've recently been hired at a local movie theater and that's what's been taking up my time and what I'll be writing about today. More specifically I'll be talking about what it's like dealing with people, both the positive and the negative. I happen to really like my job, it makes me happy to help people, I work with really nice and interesting people and I get to see and discuss movies regularly. It's pretty much a perfect fit for me. However, just like any other job there is a downside though.
That downside would happen to be dealing with some of the people that come through. There is nothing more frustrating than a customer that decides to be rude or to say/do unkind things to the people that are trying to serve them and give them an enjoyable experience at the movies. There are people that come through and make a scene or talk down to us over something as simple as accidentally pouring a regular Coke instead of a Diet Coke. When I deal with people like this I have to constantly tell myself that maybe they've had a bad day or maybe they're in a hurry and not get angry with them. Sometimes that's more difficult than others. Especially if they act like I'm just a stupid girl in a minimum wage job that can't fix a drink right.
While my job is not stressful or particularly hard there are days when I'm a little slower than others or when we have a rush of customers that all come in five to ten minutes before their show starts and then get angry because we can't get one to two hundred people through the line in that span of time. While this makes dealing with snotty people harder it also makes dealing with the nice and polite people that much more pleasant. I am more than happy to be polite and go the extra mile for those customers because they simply remember to say please and thank you.  Personally, I love having a smile on my face and bringing people their popcorn and drinks and watching them come out of the theater talking about how great the movie was and the impact it had on them. That's the best part of my job, hearing people talk about how excited, happy, sad, afraid or angry a movie made them. This aspect reminds me of watching movies with my dad when I was little.
My dad used to sit down with my brother and I and put on Star Wars or Indiana Jones and I still remember to this day how those movies made me feel. I remember wondering what Darth Vader was without the suit and how shocked I was when I found out Vader was Luke's father. I also vividly remember being terrified that Jones was going to have his heart ripped out while fighting on the bridge. My dad started my excitement for movies and my passion for them and he will never know how much that changed my life. So when I see people leave a movie at the theater talking about its impact, that's what I remember and that makes dealing with all of the rude customers worth it for me.