1) People who jay-walk with kids. Of course jay-walking at all is wrong, but I am not gonna say I never do it. If I am between two very spaced out lights and just have to go straight across, I do, carefully. I never, ever do it with my child though. I just would not risk her life like that, nor would I 100% trust her to not step out in front of me. As well, I want to model good street safety for her. Seeing people jay-walk with kids (or strollers) makes me ill.
2) People who don’t signal when they intend to turn. Grrr.
3) People who honk at me the second the light turns green.
4) Rude salespeople. I have noticed this more and more. When I ask for something that cannot be done, long gone are the days of *I am so sorry, we don’t have/cannot do that*. Nowadays, when I ask of something, they just say *no* and then look at me as if they cannot imagine why I am standing there. This happened to me at the library when I asked to take out a book with ID since I forgot my library card. I knew they used to do this. So I asked. The woman said *no* and stared at me. Very annonying. If they cannot do it, cool…but they can at least say something like *I am sorry, our computer system doesn’t allow that* Right? RIGHT?
5) Blockbuster. They say no late fees…but the truth is if my movie is more than 7 days late, I have to pay a $3 “re-stocking” fee. Do they really think I believe they re-stocked the movie in 1 week, or it is anything other than a…um…late fee. Also, the threatening phone calls are annoying.
Wendy said,
May 11, 2007 @ 12:32 am
That is why we use Netflix. No phone calls, no late fees ever and I never have to break up a conversation between 2 teenage boys about who can kick Chewbacca’s ass.
PrettyMommy said,
May 11, 2007 @ 1:02 am
I dont think they have netflix in Canada :(
mommiebear2 said,
May 11, 2007 @ 10:02 pm
I second pretty much everything you said, except for I have Neflix. But I do remember the threatening phone calls back when I used to use Blockbuster. Is it just me or is something up with your ” “??
PrettyMommy said,
May 11, 2007 @ 10:05 pm
Oh, my quotes are weirdly formatted…damn.