People I hate — special election edition!
Though actually I do not hate anyone involved in voting this morning.
- the people who created the lists of electors and split up my street — a single, short block long — into two sections, one on the first page, the other near the last, but not split into odd/even or any other reasonable choice;
- supermarket designers who did not create a 6/8/12 items or fewer lane;
- supermarket managers who do not open said lanes when the store is busy;
- supermarket clients who bring in 20 items to those lanes (when not actively waved over);
- supermarket employees who ring through all those items.
Come, complain with me.
March 26th, 2007 at 7:13 pm
Have a mentioned the people who don’t use turn signals?
Or that asshole who keeps passing me over a double yellow line in the AM (because I’m only doing 5-10mph over the limit)? Middle-aged guy, driving a cheesy sporty car with a bunch of ‘patriotic’ ribbon magnets on the back… I keep hoping he’ll end up wrapped around a tree, but he’ll probably just kill somebody coming the other way. Grr.
March 26th, 2007 at 7:25 pm
people who intentionally don’t say what they mean but who still hold you responsible for knowing what they mean. my mother, for example, is skilled in this area.
March 27th, 2007 at 9:07 am
betty: Hey, that’s like my mom’s phrase: “If you had wanted to know [about that event], you would have asked.”
March 27th, 2007 at 6:26 pm
plam: that is true, if i wanted to know i would ask. in this case though, my mom says something different than what she means (thus throwing me off course) but expects me to figure out the real truth and act based on that. the classic, simple example is: “i’m fine!” which almost never means that. but it gets orders of magnitude more complicated than that….