Dumb, rude and full of ignorance

Todays bitch is, once again, about stupid people. I was in Wally World the other day picking up a few things I needed. I was in a rush, and the lines were long. Holiday shoppers be damned. I chose to use the self check-out in an attempt to speed my departure from shoppers hell. This was a bad idea. The machine decided it didn't feel like working correctly, and after I had scanned my 2nd and last item, it told me to remove it from the bag and re-scan it. Ok, no biggie. Except, it would not allow me to re-scan the item. I tried in vain several times to do it, but the machine was having none of it. Here is where the stupid person comes in.

I got the attention of the minimum wage knucklehead-ette working the service area for the self check-out and tried to explain to her that it would not allow me to re-scan the item. Well, in the time I turned my back on said machine and started talking at (not to) the clerk, the machine had cleared and she simply pointed to it and said "You have to scan the item". I turned back and saw it was working, then tried to explain to her that it had been locked up, and right in the middle of my sentence, she turned her back on me and walked away from me to do some mindless task at another register. I instantly got pissed.

In a loud enough voice to be heard by everyone in a 20 foot radius, I said to said knucklehead-ette "Please don't walk away from me when I'm talking to you, that is VERY rude!" and she kept on going! When she turned back and went back to her little table, I had finished my check-out and approached her. I again, tried to explain to her that the machine was acting up and I didn't appreciate her walking away and ignoring me while I was in mid-sentence. She did it again! Right as I was trying to tell her this, she turned and walked off in the other direction, my voice trailing off in her ears as she did so. Ok, now I was livid. I'm not one to take such mindless stupidity and rudeness lightly. I sought out one of the managers and told her about the actions of this minimum wage moron. She said she would pull her off the floor and talk to her and deal with it. I left, disgusted with humanity once more. I have no idea if the manager actually did anything about it, but I felt a bit better for having said something to someone about it.

That brings me to cops. I usually have no problem with them. As a driver, I have not been pulled over in years. Until earlier this month in Ohio when one of Bowling Greens finest snagged me for what he termed as an illegal U-turn. Now, it was total BS, as I had already discussed in a prior post on the other Blog. Today, my streak continued. On my way to work this morning, I was going down the boulevard heading towards the station. I was not running late, per say, but I was right on the bubble of being slightly behind schedule. I crested a hill and honestly didn't pay any mind to the cop coming the opposite direction. He turned into the median and was about to turn around, and I was just about on top of him. Then he hit the lights. I figured he had a call and was turning around for it. I pulled off to the side of the road just as I was passing him to allow him to pull out. Imagine my surprise when he pulled in behind me! WTF? I rolled the window down as he walked up and asked what was up? He asked "Sir, you know why I pulled you over?" Ummm.... no, no clue. "I clocked you doing 61 in a 50" he informed me. Damn, I thought. I proceeded to tell him I honestly had not been paying attention to my speed, just jamming along to the radio and heading to the station for my shift. "Well" he said "Just slow it down for me, ok?" Yeah, sure, no problem. And back on my way I went. Sometimes, it pays to be a fireman. The cops don't usually like giving us tickets. One of these days, I am sure my luck in this area will run out, but not today!