Where Are the Hippies When We Need ‘Em?
Because the internets (a series of tubes) aren’t filled up enough with bickering and rants I thought I throw a couple more out there. This is more of an observation than a rant really but whatever it’s something I think needs to be addressed. And, although they might be a small issues I believe they are stepping stone issues that would help us all get along much better… I’ll get to the politics another time.
1. Shopping Cart Etiquette - There is a nasty group out there that will fight blood, sweat and tears for that one spot in line at the check out aisles that puts them one spot ahead of you. Really people it’s like you are back in elementary school fighting for cuts in line… GROW UP! This lady the other day literally raced to 10 Items or Less line when she saw me walking to the same line and why I ask since I was ony carrying a bottle of bleach and the cash in hand!! Once there she in her glorious spot ahead of me she then proceeds to unload her cart and lo and behold she is way over the 10 item limit… figures. But wait dear readers there is more oh yes there is more. This line is also a cash only line and she somehow convinces the clerk to let her use her Amex card which doesn’t work on repeat swipes. Evil shopping cart lady wherever you are I hope the rest of your day was filled with cars and people cutting you off and those 3 minutes you saved by racing to get in front of me was eaten up by miserable LA traffic. Love, Scott.
2. Parking Lot Drivers - You may not know this but bad drivers are at the top of my list of worst kind of people and there are plenty of avenues of could go down in ranting about them but this time it’s the ones in the parking lots. While pulling into one of the many fast food chains near my house one of these wonder-kinds was attempting something that was just ludicrous. The entrance to this establishment is a one way, very narrow driveway with the restaurant one one side and very tiny slanted parking stalls on the other. In other words you need a small vehicle to maneuver in this area. So as I was pulling into the driveway this person was trying to pull off a 3-point turn about (much like Austin powers did with the little electric cart in first Austin Powers movie) and drive the wrong way out where I currently was waiting. He finally pulls of the turn and then stares at me like I’m supposed to move for him. It was a wonderful fulfilling moment where I felt like Clint Eastwood in The Good, The Bad and The Ugly and Ennio Morricone’s theme whistling in my ear while we stared each other down. He finally retreated and turned his vehicle around and headed out the proper direction. I beg and plead with all pilots of these new fangled horseless carriage… learn the ways of the road or figure it out or something but please stop being stupid your just hurting America.
If you stuck around through the end of this post, thank you for reading. A regular post will follow soon.
May 14th, 2008 at 8:36 pm
Usually people with such bad manners go out of their way to avoid eye contact. So I’ve been doing a lot of deep stares lately. I think you have something with the Clint Eastwood idea. Maybe spurs would help too…
May 14th, 2008 at 9:41 pm
I feel like loading every great theme from all the great films and creating my own soundtrack for any wacky situation I am in and writing about later and producing the great American script much like American Beauty
May 27th, 2008 at 7:44 am
It’s sad… this country has bred a culture of selfishness. There’s no sense of community anymore, at least not in the “me first” states. That’s one of the reasons we left So. Cal. Out here in layover country, I was pleasantly shocked at the outpouring of support, food and help from all aspects of the community while my wife was recovering from surgery. Thankfully, it’s a big enough country that there are different little worlds mixed in.