ANOTHER PARKING LOT

Hey there, silent reader.  Let me start by asking, have you ever encountered a situation so astounding and unbelievable that you were literally left speechless?  It doesn't happen to me very often (as many of my friends can attest to) but there are two occasions that stand out in my mind.  The fact that anything stands out in my mind is astonishing in itself, but I digress. Another sign of impending old(er) age, yippee!

One involves the ever irritating parking lot scenario and the other, the even more irritating grocery store, or any store for that matter.  Always a potential for nightmare scenarios there!  For now I'll share with you another of my memorable parking lot moments.  

My friend and I were out shopping and had driven up and down the rows a few times (it's a very busy store).  We finally saw someone getting ready to leave. So we pulled to the side, turned the blinker on, yada yada, you get the picture, right?  The people were (somewhat) busily loading their stuff.   My friend was driving this time so I didn't have as much of a problem with the waiting patiently part.  So there we sat and at long last the end was in sight. They returned their cart to the 'cart lot' (a rarity in itself) and prepared themselves for the return journey to whereversville.  We hadn't been waiting a super long time but we were ready to get out and get shopping!

They slowly reversed out the space and as they did we noticed a van coming up beside us to pass.  Or so we thought.  That's what cars had been doing all along cuz we were nice enough to leave them room to do so.  Big mistake. Just as the departing car moved forward, his rear tires just barely on the far side of the diagonal parking line that big ole van veered right on in.  Right there.  Right in front of us.  Really?  What was that all about?  Didn't they see us?  True, we were in a sedan and they were in a van but still, really?  I was completely flabbergasted, mouth agape and all.  Talk about nads!  And they were women.  At least I'm pretty sure they were.

Well, I was having none of that.  Uh uh, not happening.  By the time we found a place to park, my voice was back and it was pissed.  And I had to know. Just had to.  I caught up with the two women and confronted them.  I was reasonable nice, really.  It wasn't easy but I can control myself from time to time.  :-)  I think I was extra cranky for a couple of weeks after that though.
Anyway, these two had the audacity to claim that they didn't know we were waiting there to park.

Oh, really?  Do you often see people sitting in cars pulled off to the side in parking lots with their blinkers on? Hmm, maybe it's just for fun?  Maybe they're PI's or Undercover Agents trailing a suspect or a philandering spouse? Maybe they do it just to mess with the good folk who want to park their car and go shopping.  Yeah, that must be it!  (Anyone see pigs flying?)

And so, to all of you out there who swoop in at the last moment and snatch parking spots from those who have waited patiently for them I say, Bite Me! 

AGT BUT CAN THEY SEE IT?

RANTING REGARDING THE 1ST RESULTS SHOW

 

Hey there silent reader.  I just have to vent and this is a great place to do it. After all when I'm here it really is all about me!  And this is a wonderful way to let 'er rip and voice my opinions on the many shows I watch.  (Lets face it, I'm old and cranky and don't have much of a life.)  This weeks gem, America's Got Talent - The Results. 

Image Credit: Andrew Eccles/NBC

It was stressful!  I found myself griping at the judges when it came time for them to choose the final act (which to me should have been obvious).  So there I was, screeching at the TV like a banshee as if it can hear me.  Kind of pathetic, I know but I couldn't help myself.  I was beyond cranky.  :-)

I had such high hopes for these judges.  They seem like nice, intelligent, artistic people, right?  But then stupid Howard made the wrong decision. I wanted to reach right into that screen and wring his scrawny little neck!  

Now don't get me wrong. I have nothing against the singer, Anna or any of the other child acts that appear on this show.  Well that's not entirely true. There have been a few put through over the years that have left me shaking my head in disbelief and wondering just what was in those glasses that sit on the judges table.  I just don't trust the voting audience not to put them through based solely on the "cute" factor. 

But the band, I mean they're a rock band!  A good old homegrown American Rock band who, by the way, played the perfect song and did it considerable justice.  (I repeat, stupid Howard.)  How often do we get to see that on this show?  Singers, yeah we get those by the bushels.  Rock bands (good ones anyway) not so much.

But the worst part?  The vote was left up to America.  I admit, I had a brief, if unrealistic, glimmer of hope.  But then I remembered.  America gets to choose.  Aaaarghh   (I think I threw up a little bit in my mouth.)  American voters (I can't really speak for other countries) are not to be trusted with these things.  They can be so stupid and usually are.  Just look at some of the Idols if you don't believe me.  And which winner of the X Factor (USA, anyway) actually had the "X" factor?  Personally I would be happiest if it was all left up to me but I don't see that happening anytime soon.  Too bad.  I'd be great at it!   :-)

But, for now, I rest my case. And all I can say to the judges who were so wrong (Howard) and the AGT voters is, Bite Me!

UNKNOWN READER IN GERMANY...

Hey there silent reader.  A personal note to the unknown person in Germany who had the foresight and good sense to visit my blog, :-)   My apologies and thanks. You were the first (and possibly last) to visit and I am only sorry there was nothing other than the test page for you to read.  Now there is something a bit more substantive for you to read.  However, the theme of my blog may not be right for everyone, but I do hope you visit again.   

THE PARKING LOT 

Hey there silent reader and welcome to my world.  It's a crazy place where almost every day something happens that drives me nuts.  Maybe it's just because I'm getting older, and the patience I once had in abundance has now shriveled  up and died a horrible death.  I don't know. It's possible.

I always did wonder why old people were so cranky!  And now I know.  It's because people are basically  self-centered idiots who don't think before they act and I, for one, am tired of putting up with their crap!  I'm sure at least some of you (assuming of course that there are any of you reading this) must agree with me.  

I'd like to share a story with you.  A tale of a simple trip to the store that should have gone smoothly as such trips usually do.  I drove to the local Wal*Mart with my son and daughter-in-law for groceries.  Nothing dramatic there, just an every day outing, right?    

Driving down the parking lot I spied a lady loading up her car with her goodies and thought, all right, a parking spot right in front.  This must be my lucky day.  So I pulled over to the side so as not to cramp the style of other cars looking for parking spaces (or whatever else cars do cruising parking lots), politely turned on my blinker to indicate my intentions (nice of me, right?) and patiently waited for her to finish up and hit the road.  So, there she is, piling her goodies into her trunk and I'm waiting patiently (no easy feat for me).  Then she goes to the drivers door, opens it and reaches in.  Next thing I know she's on her cell phone, standing next to her car, just staring right at us.  And there we sit, patiently (aargh) waiting, thinking she sees us here, she'll be leaving any minute now.  I mean, who wouldn't, right?  But no.  In a kindly world, maybe.  In the world of parking lots, not so much. She must have spent a good 10 to 15 minutes yakking on her phone while we sat there sweating (it was hot outside and in!) feeling more and more ridiculous as time went by.  It became a test of wills which, I am sad to say, the cow eventually won.  We moved on. 

But really, lady?  You couldn't have just waved us by, acknowledged our presence with some kind of "one moment" gesture (and I don't mean a gesture of the middle finger variety) or better yet just stuffed your fat ass (and it truly was) in your car and left?  How important could that phone call have been?  Certainly not an emergency.  they don't take that long!  So then a personal call while leaving people obviously waiting on you to leave, hmm.  I tell you for a minute there I considered ramming her and her phone into the next row but, of course, didn't act on the impulse.  It was tempting but in the end, good sense (and a righteous fear of being imprisoned) prevailed.
But next time, who knows?  So be warned all you parking lot idiots.  You never know whose parking lot I'll visit next. 

And so in the closing of this sad tale, all I can say to that woman and all the others like her is Bite Me!

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