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I got the idea for this post a couple of weeks after reading a post on Phil, “The Regular Guy, NYC,s,” blog about laughing at winter morons in the big apple. Here’s the link if you want to check it out: http://blog.theregularguynyc.com/karma-schadenfreude-and-laughing-at-winter-morons-in-nyc/
So often these days I find myself saying, “really?” As in, “Did I really just hear you say that?” or “You aren’t really going to do that?” Of course, that is a rhetorical question because obviously the answer is yes, otherwise I wouldn’t even need to be questioning the stupid activity.
For instance, on my morning commute there is almost always some idiot — usually more than one — on the road who gets the rolling-eyed question, “Really?” You know who these people are; the person driving 50 mph in the slow lane with a string of 100 cars behind them. Then after you merge into the fast lane to pass them, they speed up to about 95. You know who I’m talking about. You get up next to them, doing about 80 in an attempt to go past them and they just keep going faster. Really?
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Or the opposite, some bozo who goes flying past you about 85, then pulls over in front of you and slows down to 60. Really? WTF?
And then this: Last week I had a few extra minutes one morning (because obviously I must have forgotten to do something before I left the house), so I decided that if, when I got to Starbuck’s, there wasn’t a line at the drive through, I’d pull in and pick up some breakfast. Eureka! Luck was on my side, only one car at the ordering window! I swung in there followed immediately by a big ole SUV, thus trapping me in. No worries, I’m the second car in line. Won’t take long at all.
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Wrong. So, so wrong my friends. As car number one was taking forever to order at the speaker sign thingey, I muttered to myself, “please know what you to order before getting in line.” Well dear readers, it turns out this woman did know what she wanted. She also knew what 27 other people wanted, as I found out at the pick-up window, where she got so many drinks she had to get out of her car to stack them in the back seat. And then — here’s the kicker — she wanted to pay for each order separately. REALLY!!!!! No freaking way?
So much for my few extra minutes. I was now going to be 10 minutes late. Holy venti mocha lattes, what the heck are people thinking? I mean — really?
What craziness drives you to the point of — really? What activities make you scratch your head, squint your eyes and want to bang your forehead on something really hard?
Word of the Day: Buccal
Fun Fact About Me: I love Chinese food.
Original post by Jansen Schmidt, February 2015. Photos courtesty Google Images.
Oh, I so feel your pain, Patricia. I can guarantee every morning to get behind some doofus who feels the speed limit is dangerously high and drives below it. Or, there’s a stop sign to get onto the highway where a driver can turn left or right. I always turn left, but almost every morning some idgit wanting to go right pulls alongside me and completely blocks my view of oncoming traffic. Gives me this murderous red haze, which is so not healthy on a Monday morning.
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Oh Coleen, I’ve been there before, too. They stop at the sign then creep out and creep out and creep out, instead of just going. So frustrating.
I hope you have a better week now that Monday’s on its way out of here.
Take care.
Patricia
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People who slow down–or even stop!–to go through a green light. Or on a busy street to make a left turn, wait until there’s not a car *in sight* before they go. Then there’s the guy in the express lane at the grocery store, with 35 items, when the sign says limit of 15. Who, of course, has 25 coupons, and writes a check, none of which was filled out while he was waiting in line. I could go on, but hey! I learned a new word today, so that’s enough from my buccal cavity. 😀
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Oh yes, the grocery store express line abuser. I hate those people. They KNOW they’re in the wrong, yet they just keep doing it. Nobody stops them, that’s why they get away with it. Always cheaters somewhere.
Thanks for visiting today and enjoying the new word. Use it wisely my friend.
Patricia
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Oh man, what a horrible morning, to be boxed in at the drive-through like that. I hope you’re able to laugh about it now. I get ticked when people don’t pull their car up to the front pump at the gas station when it’s clear and free. Then I have to drive around and pull in nose to nose, facing them. Of course, all the other pumps are occupied, but it didn’t occur to that person to pull up to the front so the car behind him wouldn’t be inconvenienced.
Ah, but when another car pulls behind him, boxing him in while waiting to get gas, I get the last laugh because the idiot can’t pull out until I’m finished pumping my gas and back out so he can also leave. 🙂
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I love getting the last laugh; always brightens my day. Does that make me a sick-o?
Thanks for stopping by and sharing your frustrating adventures. Seems like there’s always an idiot somewhere.
Have a great week!
Patricia
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I meant to find this link and leave it in my comment. Have you heard/seen Weird Al’s “Trapped In the Drive Through”? Your adventure at the Starbucks drive through reminded me of this!
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Holy cow. That was more awful than my experience.
Thanks for sharing.
Patricia
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