Jim looked up just as he heard Blair coming in through the door. It was obvious even without his sentinel senses that his beautiful soulmate was exhausted.
"What happened to you today Chief?"
Blair looked up then and Jim could see the frustration that was also evident in his eyes.
"People are just so stupid sometimes and it just got to me after a while today."
"We can't all be brilliant Grad students like you Einstein," Jim laughed back.
"I'm not talking about that sort of intelligence, I'm talking about pure common sense. Nearly every single person I met today didn't have any at all!" Blair ground out vehemently.
Jim just raised his eyebrows, but refrained from commenting. Blair caught the look and immediately knew what Jim was thinking.
"I do too have common sense!"
"I never said a word Chief."
"No but you were thinking it."
"Okay. Where were these people that had no common sense, and what makes you say that?"
"Well, you know that I was helping a friend out today with his job?" At Jim's nod he continued. "Well, my friend sells tickets for a miniature train ride, and once the customers have paid, they get a token which they put into a turnstile to enter the ride. Everything is clearly marked and they are also told as they buy the ticket what they should do. Barely a single person today was able to work out how to put the coin in the slot and walk through!!! It does not take great intelligence to do that!! Also, they kept trying to enter through the exit side, even though it is clearly marked exit only and all of the turnstiles have the universal red 'no entry' sign stuck in prominent positions. It gets so frustrating telling people over and over again the same thing!"
"I'm sure it was baby, but you shouldn't let it get to you."
"I know Jim, but there's more. Next door to the ride is a secure carpark. There are two paystations for the customers and only one of them is open 24hrs. The one outside the ride is quite often shut, but there is a big sign and arrow pointing the customers to the other paystation. Not a single person today read the sign. They all came over to us and tried to pay there, and when we pointed out that we were only selling tickets for the ride, they started abusing us for not being the carpark. It was totally stupid and then they had to be pointed in the right direction for the paystaion. After a while I felt tempted to take their money, and let them wonder why they then couldn't get out of the carpark!"
"I would have had to arrest you for fraud if you had baby." Blair gently punched Jim in the shoulder in reply to that.
"I have no idea how my friend manages to do this day in and day out. I would go insane after only a couple of days. Thank god the uni has some mildly more intelligent people to deal with."
"How about I give you one of my special massages to help you get over the stress of today?" Jim offered to Blair, and then watched as Blair's pupils dilated at the thought of what those massages always led to.
"Lead on man, I am definitely all yours!"

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