"You Should Care..."

…but I don’t.
I find it interesting the same day I was looking for a work-appropriate way to say, “I Don’t Give a Fuck”, I was told by a friend,

“You should care…”. (...then this was followed by some directives to do some shit I’m not going to do.)

Those Who Know Me Know that I am an extremely, as my sister Kelly once clarified for me, INTENSE person. It’s a personality trait (or some may consider a defect) of mine. I, more often than not, run off of emotions. And of course, sometimes that gets me in trouble. But my Feelings are one thing about me that is 100% pure, raw, and true. My Feelings are the uncut Columbian Coke of Ernestine.

I am always accountable for my responses/actions to those feelings, yes. But I never feel like I should have to apologize for my feelings. I am the one who passes the condolence and birthday cards at work to the neighboring cubicle without signing it. If I don’t have a relationship with you, sure, I can empathize. But do I care, no. And I feel like I’d rather give you nothing than give you fake words of concern or congratulations.

Think about it! Have you ever gotten one of those bulk birthday cards at work signed by the project VP, your manager and everyone within 5 rows of cubicles? Do you honestly think,

“Wow! All these people really DO care about me!”

Or is it more like,

“Screw this card! Where’s my bonus check!?”

Now you're probably thinking, “Damn! Ernestine is hella mean!” And again, I’d have to ask for an appropriate way to say,
“I Don’t Give a Fuck”.
I’m honest.
And I think you should care more about that.

…but I’m really not that mean. J