It's been forever since I posted a mindless rant.
Whose the special someone ya wanted to punch them in the head today? LOl I'm playin. Seriously, being clean things are different. Duh! Things though high I could care less about. Here's one of mine:
If you're PO'd at somebody else don't take it out on me. Yes, yes you the lady works in the booth at the gas station. Look be nasty or be chill, but you gonna change up all the time it's making my head spin.
This lady at our gas station. Funny, funny lady. Sometimes she's cool to the nth degree, but sometime she's freakin all the way the other way. Example:
Change. Look back in the day between Tres and me we stole so much change off someone we could have purchased a new car. Always with the change back then. So I know about this. The lady at the gas station there's been times if I have quarters she's all "Oh that's great baby. I needed them quarters". Donw to my all time fave line "It all spends the same" she says.
Last night this lady says to me "Oh we don't take change at night". Oh O.K. really? I'm like "Well you're the only business don't then, and anyway ya told me before it all spends the same". She says "You're a smart a*s" No, no I'm just sayin. She pulls the she can't find my brand of ciggies and I point to where they are. "That don't mean nuttin" she says. HAHAHa Yes, it means my ciggies are back there.
Dumping them $5.00 in quarters feels good. She starts to counting and yells through that microphone "See this. This don't make no sense. I don't take change at night. Look, these two guys now got to wait".
I say "Gentleman please go right ahead" and she screams "Oh no, no naw you in it now". WHAT? So she counts and says I'm short so I put another quarter in that drawer thingie. I apologize to the cuties behind me and they say it's fine. Then I told her AFTER I had my ciggies "Just because you can't count don't be all putting me out like that in front of these guys. You're rude".
She was mumbling something when I walked away. See, now if she was a dope fiend well she wouldn't be in that glass house with ciggies and money and credit cards. Nope.
RUDE RUDE RUDE !!!! BAaaaaaaddddd....hate it when people do crap like that...if I had a zombie gun I'd laser it on people like that gas station lady...
May I join in today's rant.....yesterday I was on my way home (bet 5:30/6pm) and slightly ahead of my was a smartly dressed woman.....(mind you this was in broad daylight not even a block away from the Capital (DC) and swarming armed officers).....and as soon as she caught wind that I was behind her (NOT up on her heels and back) she EMEDIATLLY grabbed her purse and nervously slowed down to a hault. You could she the panic in her face as she fumbled for her cell phone trying to see what direction I would go in or if I was going to continue behind her. I laughed to myself because when I noticed all this the first thing I did was look at myself from head to toe to see if I had missed something. I wanted so badly to say "miss.....I dont want to rob you....I just got off work like you". I then thought about that woman SCREAMING if I said one word and being thrown to the ground with GUNSSSSS in my face (LOL)! I took offense but then I thought about the day and age we live in and decided not to take it personal. I releaved her heavy heart by going in my intended direction with a valuable lesson:
Hugo Boss shoes $200
P,C,& D Jeans $170
Polo shirt $45
YSL Carryall $75
The fact that my "man" bag looked better than her purse.....PRICELESS(LOL)!
Hugo Boss shoes $200
P,C,& D Jeans $170
Polo shirt $45
YSL Carryall $75
The fact that my "man" bag looked better than her purse.....PRICELESS(LOL)!
Oh, man...this is bringing out the misnathrop in me...people - UGH!
D- Those dreads are scary to white women =) (Though I have a particular weakness for either tons of hair, or no hair at all) And you are probably the guy that would rush in to help her if she WERE getting robbed! Funny what people are conditioned to see. Loving the man bag =)
Okay, my people rant...
Being at the checkout in the grocery and having to listen to teenage checkers and baggers discuss their dreary little lives that they think are so dang interesting...oh yeah, you are the most fascinating people on Earth - NOT!
Being forced to listen to other people's cell phone conversations while they shop...what? It can't wait? Are you a doctor on-call? "Hi, I'm at the store...oh just buying some oranges and cheese...uh-huh, I'll be home in a few...I'm so tired...went to the gym...yoga...the babysitter took'em to the beach because I was SO busy...What are you making for dinner?...Oh that sounds good, I could never eat that and stay in shape...blah, blah, blah, blah..." Shut the F-up!!
Having to be so vigilant at every stop sign and intersection as morons try to drink their lattes, smoke a butt, and talk on their phones while making an illegal turn.
Listening to a waiter mock me when I ask if there's bacon in the clam chowder because my daughter's a vegetarian and can't eat it..."BACON?! Who puts bacon in clam chowder (Laughing...)...Of course there's no bacon in the chowdah!" Chowder shows up with little bits of bacon floating in it...Instead of potatoes I'd like extra wild mushrooms and I'll pay the extra for it, says here on the menu they're $5 as a side dish...I'm sorry the chef says he can't do that...What, he can't put mushrooms on a plate? What kind of chef is he that he's unable to handle a serving spoon?...Okay then. I'll have the steak without potatoes and a side order of mushroom..."I'm sorry, the chef refuses"...HUH? Chef comes out to my table to explain that it is rude to request changes...so you are going to put something on my plate that will go into the trash because I won't eat it...Excuse me, but I cooked professionally and I was always happy to give the client what they wanted...Well we don't do that here..."Okay, so you are a temperamental and foolish man trying to make some kind of silly point about who is in charge and let me just tell you, it's not you...all you do is cook, it ain't that hard...manager, please...Free dinner and applause from the folks at the adjacent tables. One woman says, "I would never have the guts to do that, but I'm so glad I got to see someone else do it!" Do what? Ask for what I want? Naturally I asked the manager to make sure that he personally plated and served my dinner...not my first day on that job if you know what I mean...looked it over real carefully when it came...For all that idiot knew I was a food critic from the local paper...donkey. It was funny, I wasn't even mad when it happened, it was kind of funny in a you're-stupid kind of way...my husband was smirking like, "Oh man, this guy does NOT want to go there with her..."
Thanks for the rant! I feel SO much better.
How dare she talk to you like that? Give me the address and I'll put the fear of God into that woman!
Peace (HA!) ~ M&M
D- Those dreads are scary to white women =) (Though I have a particular weakness for either tons of hair, or no hair at all) And you are probably the guy that would rush in to help her if she WERE getting robbed! Funny what people are conditioned to see. Loving the man bag =)
Okay, my people rant...
Being at the checkout in the grocery and having to listen to teenage checkers and baggers discuss their dreary little lives that they think are so dang interesting...oh yeah, you are the most fascinating people on Earth - NOT!
Being forced to listen to other people's cell phone conversations while they shop...what? It can't wait? Are you a doctor on-call? "Hi, I'm at the store...oh just buying some oranges and cheese...uh-huh, I'll be home in a few...I'm so tired...went to the gym...yoga...the babysitter took'em to the beach because I was SO busy...What are you making for dinner?...Oh that sounds good, I could never eat that and stay in shape...blah, blah, blah, blah..." Shut the F-up!!
Having to be so vigilant at every stop sign and intersection as morons try to drink their lattes, smoke a butt, and talk on their phones while making an illegal turn.
Listening to a waiter mock me when I ask if there's bacon in the clam chowder because my daughter's a vegetarian and can't eat it..."BACON?! Who puts bacon in clam chowder (Laughing...)...Of course there's no bacon in the chowdah!" Chowder shows up with little bits of bacon floating in it...Instead of potatoes I'd like extra wild mushrooms and I'll pay the extra for it, says here on the menu they're $5 as a side dish...I'm sorry the chef says he can't do that...What, he can't put mushrooms on a plate? What kind of chef is he that he's unable to handle a serving spoon?...Okay then. I'll have the steak without potatoes and a side order of mushroom..."I'm sorry, the chef refuses"...HUH? Chef comes out to my table to explain that it is rude to request changes...so you are going to put something on my plate that will go into the trash because I won't eat it...Excuse me, but I cooked professionally and I was always happy to give the client what they wanted...Well we don't do that here..."Okay, so you are a temperamental and foolish man trying to make some kind of silly point about who is in charge and let me just tell you, it's not you...all you do is cook, it ain't that hard...manager, please...Free dinner and applause from the folks at the adjacent tables. One woman says, "I would never have the guts to do that, but I'm so glad I got to see someone else do it!" Do what? Ask for what I want? Naturally I asked the manager to make sure that he personally plated and served my dinner...not my first day on that job if you know what I mean...looked it over real carefully when it came...For all that idiot knew I was a food critic from the local paper...donkey. It was funny, I wasn't even mad when it happened, it was kind of funny in a you're-stupid kind of way...my husband was smirking like, "Oh man, this guy does NOT want to go there with her..."
Thanks for the rant! I feel SO much better.
How dare she talk to you like that? Give me the address and I'll put the fear of God into that woman!
Peace (HA!) ~ M&M
Oh my I'm in awe of you guys! I'm so hopeless at doing that...although come to think of it I wasn't always...when I was 18 I was served by a much older than me guy and I paid him with a twenty pound note...I always make a mental note of the last three digits on a note before handing it over...and sure enough he tried to give me change for a tenner...I gave him this whole lecture about how it's better not to clip the note into the till until your customer has accepted and is happy with their change and then told him what the last three digits on my twenty pound note were! He stood there looking like a told-off school-child...and that before I became a teacher!
Guess I've lost the energy to do it anymore...don't care enough maybe...
Maddy x
Guess I've lost the energy to do it anymore...don't care enough maybe...
Maddy x
Whatever happen to " The customer is always right?"
GYAC...I just about fell out of my chair laughing at your story......love the man purse dig...
MNM,
LOL......did I say she was white (YES she was)......LOL!
Con,
:~)!
LOL......did I say she was white (YES she was)......LOL!
Con,
:~)!
Love M&M's rants.........LOL..........and she's not playin........Mom's I think your rant is everyone's rant..............the cell's in the cars are the worst.
GYAC, as funny as your rant was at the end.........it has to be awful to be stereotyped like that..........see, I'd feel like saying "Look lady I don't want your stinking wallet. You see these shoes they cost more than your shoes. Your loot couldn't buy these shoes"...........LOL..........and it is true that you would be the first person to help someone.
As for stereotypes then when GYAC asks M&M "Did I say she was a htie woman?"............I was going to automatically say something stereotypical like "Yeah she was because a black woman would have stopped and admired GYAC's jeans, and shirt and BAG"..........oh the best way to turn the tables would be D, for you to have grabbed the man purse protecting it from White Bread".............it's not even close but on the same line when we were all using I am certain it happened to all of us............it happened to me........people MOVE for ya............they slow down and wait for you to pass.........and it's like a speach bubble over their heads........."Junkie Alert Protect All Assets".
Rude, ignorant, backward people including waiters and cooks are downers, yo!
GYAC, as funny as your rant was at the end.........it has to be awful to be stereotyped like that..........see, I'd feel like saying "Look lady I don't want your stinking wallet. You see these shoes they cost more than your shoes. Your loot couldn't buy these shoes"...........LOL..........and it is true that you would be the first person to help someone.
As for stereotypes then when GYAC asks M&M "Did I say she was a htie woman?"............I was going to automatically say something stereotypical like "Yeah she was because a black woman would have stopped and admired GYAC's jeans, and shirt and BAG"..........oh the best way to turn the tables would be D, for you to have grabbed the man purse protecting it from White Bread".............it's not even close but on the same line when we were all using I am certain it happened to all of us............it happened to me........people MOVE for ya............they slow down and wait for you to pass.........and it's like a speach bubble over their heads........."Junkie Alert Protect All Assets".
Rude, ignorant, backward people including waiters and cooks are downers, yo!
See D, I've never seen a sister clutch her bag like that, it's a white woman thing...
I am a white teacher in an 82% African-American school - that's our demographic, oh, and 93% poverty...so I see the bag-grab a lot when outsiders are around. Some women wig out when students' dads come around the school - most are young and dress young...baggies and do-rags or wave caps...lots of tattoos and white tees...to people not from around there it all spells FEAR instead of just fashion...I don't care for the style myself, but it's just clothes.
Anyway, you are the bigger man and I admire your philosophical bent...after all, I guess in the end it's really their problem isn't it?
Peace~M&M
I am a white teacher in an 82% African-American school - that's our demographic, oh, and 93% poverty...so I see the bag-grab a lot when outsiders are around. Some women wig out when students' dads come around the school - most are young and dress young...baggies and do-rags or wave caps...lots of tattoos and white tees...to people not from around there it all spells FEAR instead of just fashion...I don't care for the style myself, but it's just clothes.
Anyway, you are the bigger man and I admire your philosophical bent...after all, I guess in the end it's really their problem isn't it?
Peace~M&M
The MAN bag:
Bryn,
LOLOLOL....that is not the first and I bet not the last time that will happen. A couple yaers back it happened and I could not resist saying "lady.....I am just as sraced of you as you are of me". The look on her face was PRICELESS!
MNM,
That is just my point....my pants were not "belted" around the lower part of my behind, no "wife beater" (tank top), no do-rag, my hair although locked was neat AND clean, and my shoes were not Timberland's or tennis shoes..... I also don't care for what would be deemed as "street wear" . When this happened in addition to looking myself over from head to toe I looked directly in my hand which was holding....of all things.....an ITouch.....LOL! With what I was wearing and carrying the LAST thing I needed to do was rob someone....heck I should been the one worried (LOL)! When you judge only by what you read or see on the news you do what you know failing to see the difference in people. On the flipside of that is the cold hard fact that random acts of violence and robbery DO happen so do I blame her for her (mis-guided) actions....no because had it been me in her shoes I may have done the same thing and BELIEVE me I am no whimp...."man" bag and all! ATB!
D!
PS: 93%.....WOW!!
Bryn,
LOLOLOL....that is not the first and I bet not the last time that will happen. A couple yaers back it happened and I could not resist saying "lady.....I am just as sraced of you as you are of me". The look on her face was PRICELESS!
MNM,
That is just my point....my pants were not "belted" around the lower part of my behind, no "wife beater" (tank top), no do-rag, my hair although locked was neat AND clean, and my shoes were not Timberland's or tennis shoes..... I also don't care for what would be deemed as "street wear" . When this happened in addition to looking myself over from head to toe I looked directly in my hand which was holding....of all things.....an ITouch.....LOL! With what I was wearing and carrying the LAST thing I needed to do was rob someone....heck I should been the one worried (LOL)! When you judge only by what you read or see on the news you do what you know failing to see the difference in people. On the flipside of that is the cold hard fact that random acts of violence and robbery DO happen so do I blame her for her (mis-guided) actions....no because had it been me in her shoes I may have done the same thing and BELIEVE me I am no whimp...."man" bag and all! ATB!
D!
PS: 93%.....WOW!!
HAD to add one today...last night coming home after driving an hour in the heat...sweaty, irritable, soooo glad to be pulling into my street...well...we all have to park on the street in my neighborhood...no garages over where I am...and most days we all know where we all park...unwritten code...MY parking place is here..my neighbors there.....that kind of thing....well...there I am pulling into my street...and not for the first time...Ive got this ONE neighbor who likes to stand in the freakin middle of the street with her little sweet 4 year old...and let him ride his toy truck or bike or whatever...she stands there and just like LOOKS at you as your sitting in your car WAITING until she gets the hell out of the street so you can park...and she stands there and smiles at you as your sitting in the car freakin tired and sweaty and just wanting to pull up so you can park,,,and she STANDS there and smiles and lets her 4 year old go up and back and up and back...until you feel like getting out of the car and screaming at her that her 4 year old aint all THAT cute and what you would like to do to her and her litle creature if she DOESNT get the HELL out of the Freakin street....ahhhh...thanks...I feel MUCH better now...OHHHHH that PISSED me OFF SO BAD yesterday....thanks :)
Welcome to the land of the clueless mothers...it's like they're having a move-real-slow contest...ugh...
D - I totally got your drift...knew to a mathematical certainty that you were groomed and dressed to the teeth and looking as fine as could be but I still give you props for your understanding heart.
...and that's a man-bag and a half!
Have a rant-free weekend one and all~MomNMore =)
D - I totally got your drift...knew to a mathematical certainty that you were groomed and dressed to the teeth and looking as fine as could be but I still give you props for your understanding heart.
...and that's a man-bag and a half!
Have a rant-free weekend one and all~MomNMore =)
GYAC
You would think that in 2008, with a woman & a black man getting within a whisper of running this country- that the > "I better cross the street attitude" would be gone.
Prejudices exist. It is an undeniable force in our society, so prevalent that it can be found within the most open-minded people and enlightened organizations, subtly taking its toll despite the best of intentions.
To recognize the insidious and pervasive power of prejudice is to take the first step toward defeating it.
Your good naturedness & humor in obvious uncomfortable situations speaks volumes for your character.
Muchlove& respect
jack
OH -my Rant - -give me a moment ,I got a million of em- - Just thought Id comment on Darins
You would think that in 2008, with a woman & a black man getting within a whisper of running this country- that the > "I better cross the street attitude" would be gone.
Prejudices exist. It is an undeniable force in our society, so prevalent that it can be found within the most open-minded people and enlightened organizations, subtly taking its toll despite the best of intentions.
To recognize the insidious and pervasive power of prejudice is to take the first step toward defeating it.
Your good naturedness & humor in obvious uncomfortable situations speaks volumes for your character.
Muchlove& respect
jack
OH -my Rant - -give me a moment ,I got a million of em- - Just thought Id comment on Darins
Jack,
Even having it happen to me over the years....even pre-addiction it still catches me off guard....sometimes I laugh till I allmost piss my pants...other times I wanna just scream but Jack what can we do? You are SO WAY right....we have certainly come a long way and with this election having a white woman....hell a woman period and a black man running against one another you would think....right behind The Nations Capitol mind you....that I would have been seen as a person walking down the street.....not a scary black man behind me. If I was at my drug addicted weight of 150lbs looking like clothes on a stick I could understand but as we still must learn prejudice is image as well as skin deep! At the end of the day you have to put the best spin on things you can and always leave to window open to view life from another side......thanks Jack!
PEACE GOOD PEOPLE!!
Even having it happen to me over the years....even pre-addiction it still catches me off guard....sometimes I laugh till I allmost piss my pants...other times I wanna just scream but Jack what can we do? You are SO WAY right....we have certainly come a long way and with this election having a white woman....hell a woman period and a black man running against one another you would think....right behind The Nations Capitol mind you....that I would have been seen as a person walking down the street.....not a scary black man behind me. If I was at my drug addicted weight of 150lbs looking like clothes on a stick I could understand but as we still must learn prejudice is image as well as skin deep! At the end of the day you have to put the best spin on things you can and always leave to window open to view life from another side......thanks Jack!
PEACE GOOD PEOPLE!!
i love it--you all crack me up--never fail when g starts a post everyone takes notice !! nice man bag--love it, but i must say it certainly looks like one that could be holding a million fresh from the bank-LOL just kidding :)
as far as rants go--you knw what bothers me---the middle class mom in the minivan who is talking on the phone yelling at her kids, giving the baby a bottle cooking oatmeal and doing yoga all while trying to merge into the lane im in!!!!!!!!!
thats my rant--i do nelive middle class moms with more than 2 children should be required to RIDE THE BUS!!!!!!
(just realized thats probably gonna tick a few people off--so hope you know im HALF joking) :)
as far as rants go--you knw what bothers me---the middle class mom in the minivan who is talking on the phone yelling at her kids, giving the baby a bottle cooking oatmeal and doing yoga all while trying to merge into the lane im in!!!!!!!!!
thats my rant--i do nelive middle class moms with more than 2 children should be required to RIDE THE BUS!!!!!!
(just realized thats probably gonna tick a few people off--so hope you know im HALF joking) :)
as long as its not eckies f***in bus amity as i have a way with words and a look the wrong way gets their undivided attention.ggrrrrrrrr,,eck
One of the things that really get me raging... there is a store in scotland called lidl, now it's like wal mart but ten times smaller. It is like a polish community centre as there are hardly any scots working there. Now there is NEVER more than 2 people on the tills....ever in the store where i work, so i go in , only have 30 mins piece break. Only one person on till 94 people waiting ( well not quite) what always happens after ive waited 5 to 10 mins they open another till, all the people behind me jump to that til, i'm left standing like a priest in a brothel so angry i feel like dishing out some bruce lee on their lazy asses.... i get so angry it ruins my break ( there is a lesson in there somewhere for me ????)
So if you hear of a crazy scot getting all king kong ung chung fueyy in the local store it is me... just send postcards, cakes, magazines to HMP Perth haha ( only joking ) .....rant over. Rant..like that word
So if you hear of a crazy scot getting all king kong ung chung fueyy in the local store it is me... just send postcards, cakes, magazines to HMP Perth haha ( only joking ) .....rant over. Rant..like that word
THIS JUST IN:
It was rainging in my part of the world yesterday and I got caught in it.....well I was entering a building (DRIPPING WET mind you) and this woman asked me "wow......is it raining outside"? The look on my face to her was (because it's what I was saying in my mind) "you have got to be F'ing kidding me"! PEOPLE....she actually waited for a reply and I walked off laughing at her without saying one word leaving her standing and looking as dumb as the question she asked.............STUPID QUESTIONS........HATE THEM!!
Good evening good people!
It was rainging in my part of the world yesterday and I got caught in it.....well I was entering a building (DRIPPING WET mind you) and this woman asked me "wow......is it raining outside"? The look on my face to her was (because it's what I was saying in my mind) "you have got to be F'ing kidding me"! PEOPLE....she actually waited for a reply and I walked off laughing at her without saying one word leaving her standing and looking as dumb as the question she asked.............STUPID QUESTIONS........HATE THEM!!
Good evening good people!
Kev, that's one of my pet peeves as well. The grocery store closest to my house is the same way - no matter what time I go there are never enough pepole on the registers (tills, as you say) and the ones that are there have the IQs of barrels of hair.
And another thing...why is MY line always the slowest...until of course I get out of it then it scurries right along?!
The cashier should always designate who is to be the next person helped when a new lane is opened...that "I can help the next person in line" business NEVER works unless you are willing to be vocal and point out, "Excuse you, but YOU were NOT the next person in line."
Today I returned something that cost $19.88 so I gave the cashier 12 cents and she didn't know what to do with it, just looked at me then stared at the change in her hand....hmmmm...how about just giving me a $20 bill? I had to tell her why I gave it to her. Sad times =(
ARRRRRGGGG!
And another thing...why is MY line always the slowest...until of course I get out of it then it scurries right along?!
The cashier should always designate who is to be the next person helped when a new lane is opened...that "I can help the next person in line" business NEVER works unless you are willing to be vocal and point out, "Excuse you, but YOU were NOT the next person in line."
Today I returned something that cost $19.88 so I gave the cashier 12 cents and she didn't know what to do with it, just looked at me then stared at the change in her hand....hmmmm...how about just giving me a $20 bill? I had to tell her why I gave it to her. Sad times =(
ARRRRRGGGG!
