I forgot about people-I-hate Monday, which is ok, I guess, since there don’t seem to be as many misanthropes around as I might have expected.
Since it’s a day late for that, you can amuse yourself reading how very very indignant people get over the question of under what circumstances, if any, it is appropriate […]
I have, I think, mentioned my fascination with reading advice columnists.
Dear Annie: At a recent family gathering, we were all greeting one another as we usually do, and I heard my 62-year-old sister, “Roz,” announce, “I don’t want any hugging and kissing.” As I turned, I noticed my husband move to hug and kiss her […]
people who don’t set up the auto withdrawal that they’ve been agreeing to do for months, then play like it’s my fault;
tourists who like to sit in a caleche so all of Old Mtl smells like horse shit;
people who walk in the bike path when there’s a pedestrian path right next to the bike path;
people […]
Please don’t hate me, but today I went through an 8 items or fewer lane with more than 8 items. Normally I won’t do that, even if I have 9, but I didn’t have many (11), and no one was in the line, and all the other ones had people with full carts and […]
Do people not realise it is the epitome of rude to chat on the phone while you’re paying for stuff? Or — worse yet — having a conversation on the phone right under a “please do not use cell phones here” sign? Or — my least favourite — answering the phone while in the middle […]
Normally I leave somewhere between 15-20% as a tip (for average service). Sometimes this drives me nuts — just pay the servers more — but usually it’s fine because you just use the total tax and round up.
Last night, though: get seated in the back, a little low on the light. Okay — we’re […]
After on Profgrrrl’s story of rudeness in class, I will admit that in large lecture classes (where attendance was mandatory but not otherwise helpful), I would hide headphones under my hair (very easy to do!) and listen to music instead. Maybe the prof could see me, but it was a class of 200+ people. I’d […]
A week or so ago, there was a discussion at Ozarque (just generally a very interesting read, by Suzette Haden Elgin), spread over a few posts, about, generally, money. Much of the conversation annoyed me, but I am now calmer about that, so I am going to respond to it, in parts. (I am wolfangel78 […]
“Carpool lanes are making criminals out of people who are simply trying to make it to work on time,” California Assemblyman Ray Haynes, a Riverside Republican, wrote in a 2000 editorial against carpool lanes.
Hmm. “Laws against burglary are making criminals out of people who are simply trying to get other people’s stuff.” “Laws against […]
“Hello.”
“Hi, who am I speaking to?”
“Who would you like to speak to?”
“Who am I speaking to?”
“Who would you like to speak to?”
Lather rinse repeat.
I will never actually answer that question first.