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February 5, 2007
People
Completely clueless or out to get me?
Last week was one of those weeks where I really start to wonder if the entire world couldn't collectively come up with a quarter to buy a clue or if everyone is out to irritate me.
Example: Cowboy and I get a rare evening out for dinner and a movie. It happens to be a Sunday night. We walk into the theater just a teensy bit early. The place is empty. Literally, completely devoid of human beings. We decide to sit smack dab in the middle of the theater. Woo hoo! A group of people walk in. We are not concerned. We are taking up only two seats in a decent sized venue. Yet, where do they sit? DIRECTLY BEHIND US. Not a row or so behind us or to the side or even a row or two in front of us. DIRECTLY BEHIND US. Then the dude behind me begins to cross and uncross his legs, kicking me in the back every freaking time. After giving him one dirty look and getting kicked again, we move. The guy asks if he has been kicking me. Cowboy answers in the affirmative. The dude apologizes which mollifies me slightly, yet does not explain why with every place else to sit in the theatre HE HAD TO SIT DIRECTLY BEHIND ME. I wouldn't sit behind me. I'm tall.
Later in the week, I was picking up prescriptions for my Mom. Obedient thing that I am, I am standing at the little sign that says "Please Wait Here for Pharmacist" that's a little ways back from the actual counter so as to give people the illusion of privacy (and trust me, it is just an illusion). When it's just about to be my turn, some lady swoops in from the side and marches up to the counter. She picks up her prescription, pays for it and then turns and sees me and says, "Oh, I'm sorry. Were you waiting?"
No, of course not. I just like to hang out over here by the bedside commode display for fun.
I am not even going to BEGIN to discuss driving. I might burst a blood vessel. So is it just me? Or is Mercury in retrograde? Have you been having this kind of week?
Posted by Eileen at 7:00 AM | Comments (8)
Comments
Ohhh I know exactly what you mean! Someone tried to go in front of me at the bank a few weeks ago, and I said (probably a little too loudly and hysterically) "Excuse me, there's one line and it's HERE"
*sigh*
Posted by: laurenjharwood at February 5, 2007 7:55 AM
That's one of the things I like about England--these people are very serious about lines (or I guess I should say queues). They even line up in an orderly fashion for buses. It's amazing. And don't even try to cut in front of them, because they'll make sure you know what you've done...in that very proper British way of theirs.
Outside of that though, everyone is out to irritate you. I think it's just fact. People invariably stand too close behind me in line wherever I am and constantly hit me. I move up a bit to get out of range, but then they sidle up too and are right back at it. Dude, respect the personal space bubble!
Posted by: Christina at February 5, 2007 9:44 AM
Oooh! The dreaded butt brush. What is it with that?
Posted by: The LC Eileen at February 5, 2007 10:27 AM
If its not in retrograde yet, I'm sensing it should be soon. Must be something in the air. I had an idiot packer at costco on the wknd, instead of leaving things in their boxes and loading it back in the cart, she wants to take the cans out and put them on top of the fragile stuff. Grr.
Posted by: Lis at February 5, 2007 2:19 PM
I was at Disneyland over the holidays with friends. We were sitting, waiting for the fireworks show to start. I was leaning against the side of a trash can for back support. This woman comes up and stands in such a way that her butt was inches from my face. I couldn't get away from her. And it's not like she couldn't have moved 5 inches the other way and been out of my face. It was very disconcerting. And sadly, there are pictures of it.
Also? This woman backed her car into mine in the parking lot at the grocery store yesterday and then tried to claim it was my fault. That she was backing up before I was pulling in. Um, regardless, even if I hadn't been pulling in I was *driving* and you *backed your car into mine*! Obviously, the term "Right of Way" means nothing to her.
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at February 5, 2007 4:08 PM
I don't know about Mercury, but there's definitely an extra dose of crazy being passed around.
Posted by: RandomRanter at February 5, 2007 5:10 PM
My boobs itch almost all day, which usually means the invisible field of Bizarro-world is brushing up against me. Either that or I'm feeling frisky. I'm rooting for frisky, but one never knows.
Posted by: Tina at February 6, 2007 1:41 AM
Or you've bought one of the Delta Burke bras. I don't know what they make the lining of those things out of, but those bras made me itch like a man in a fuzzy tree.
The LC Eileen
Posted by: The LC Eileen at February 6, 2007 11:17 AM
