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Apr
01

The Most Difficult Thing I’ve Ever Written

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It has occurred to me that I should possibly present some things that I actually like to show  that I’m not a completely angry person.  In fact, I’m quite reasonable.  The other day I started to compile a list of things that I actually like.  It was hard, even harder still to find things that involved someone else.  It seems that most of the things I like involve eating, being on my own or watching something happen.  I still have to think more about this but I could only come up with roughly 20 things I liked whilst the list of things that make me angry is over 100 long.  Anyway, here is a list of things that give me great enjoyment or pleasure with some elaboration.

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1 Being angry

If I wasn’t angry about things I’d be boring.  FACT.  If I didn’t recognise how annoying certain rules/people/places and things are I wouldn’t be me and I’d be friends with everyone.  FACT.  Constantly wanting to change and avoid things is a good way to realise that you’re not in a fucking coma.

2 Seahorses

They are just cool and amazing animals.  They really are.  That is all.

3 Robots

They are often portrayed as nearly but not quite human and often display more humanity than anything else.  Robots all make me cry.  I’d love a robot. I’d treat it really well and wouldn’t abuse its loyalty.  I cried when Data died in Nemesis and couldn’t see for a few days after The Iron Giant. Don’t even get me started on any of the Short Circuits or Batteries Not Included.  Obviously SKYNET is just a wanker though.

4 Cherries and cherry flavoured things.

Nom.  Just nom.

5 Spooning

Now this is one of the only things on this list that actually needs another person.  I find it highly enjoyable though and have been known to break down pillow barriers that friends have set up and forcibly spoon them during the night.  Yes, that’s right you can forcibly spoon someone.

6 The sound of tennis balls hitting a tennis court.

I can’t really describe why I find this so pleasurable.  I just do.  It’s really lovely though.  Like a nice soft popping sound.

7 The sound of Carol Voerderman’s marker on the white board on Countdown…

This came from my friend Rena but she is spot on.  It’s crazily satisfying.  You could I think alternate this with Rolf Harris drawing shit though and you get the same effect.

8 Making lists

I obviously have nothing better to do with my time than make self indulgent lists.  So what?  If you’ve even read this far I’ve won.  When I make lists I feel temporarily like I am in control of my life. Like I can see the solid and tangible effects of what I have done or intend to do.  I never look at them again afterwards though.

9 Head Massages

OK so this one needs another person to but that could be a hairdresser.  I could be in the worst mood ever and giving out but the minute my head gets massaged in a particular way I nearly go floppy.  Hairdressers are usually the best at this… not that I go that much and I have been known to tip a tenner based purely on how they wash my scalp.  I’m not even sure if it’s a sexual thing but I cannot accurately describe how nice I find it.

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10 Getting hand written letters

This is something more that I miss more than anything else.  Nobody sends these anymore.  It makes me sad.  It shows someone put a lot of effort into things.  There’s something so personal and intimate about it, especially considering now the only letters I get are bills and warning letters.

11 Hearing my child use words like ‘compensate’ or ‘sarcasm’ in the correct context.

That just makes me proud.  I don’t think I was that articulate at nine.

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12 Don Conroy

He’s just amazing.  He draws stuff and is a cutesy little old man.  He likes nature.

13  Dancing and singing on my own.

Nobody can witness the horror but I can still enjoy myself, sliding around on my kitchen floor in just a tshirt and socks like in Risky Business.  I don’t even have to have music playing.

14 Drawing.

Not something that I do as much as I used to but something that I used to constantly do.  At one point I know I wanted to go to art college but I wasn’t allowed so I pretty much stopped.

15 Reading

I like reading.  Thing is I like it so much that if I decide to read something I will physically stay in the same position of up to 6 hours.  I won’t eat or anything.  That’s probably not good.

16 People watching

This doesn’t involve actual interaction but it is pretty cool.  If anything you can approach it in an extremely judgemental way.  I like watching other parents being crap (not mean parents, I mean stupid permissive parents) or a couple fighting or trying to establish the  brain limitations of the two fools beside me on the bus.

17 Beards and facial hair.

I love beards.  I just love them.  Nothing does it for me as much as a nice beard.  It’s never been a prerequisite but ever since I was small and realised that Tom Selleck was hot I knew facial hair was for something that I am attracted to.  Because it’s ‘manly’.

18 When Bosco went into his house

Do you remember that?  That made me so fucking excited.  It was cool though wasn’t it?

19 When I understand an abstract concept.

This happens from time to time.  It makes me go ‘Bazinga’.  See my attention span is really really short and even if I understand a complex theory whether or not I can engage with it or remember it again in the near future is a completely different story.

20 Halloween

Best holiday of the year.  When else do you actively have an excuse to dress up?

21 Low brow art

I bought a book called Weirdo Noir about a year ago and since then have actively found art that I like nearly every day. One day I’ll buy some pictures of slightly deformed teddies and children with skulls for faces.

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See I’m not completely negative but I think I will continue in my negative vein from now on.  That kinda hurt my head.  Don’t make me do that again.

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Mar
21

Ye durty feminist yeh

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The Dirty Old ‘F’ Word

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I am a feminist.  There I said it.  It’s not a thing I readily say out loudly because it’s the like the whole abortion issue.  It can be a touchy subject to say the least.  The ‘f’ word has become a dirty word these days.  Mostly because people picture you to be an unshaven, man hating trog who likes to start fights with anything phallic. I am  not a self-righteous feminazi.   In my case, and many other feminists that I know, that is not the case.  You know what?  It makes me angry that people will fight with me when I say that I am a feminist.  And so the rant begins…

I’m going to clarify my definition of a feminist.  There are loads of variations on what constitutes an actual feminist but this is my interpretation. 

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I have a vagina and I shall do with it what I want.

This means if I want to have sex I will, if I don’t I won’t. I have the right to not be called a ‘sluh’ or ‘frigid’.   End of. If I want an abortion I’ll get that little fetus sucked right out of me if I want.  I am not a vessel and I am not there to have babies if I don’t want to.  I shouldn’t feel bad about doing what I want with my own body.

I can do pretty much anything a dude can do.

I can.  I’m not saying I can do it better.  I’m not saying that I am great at everything.  Yeah, sure I’m short but I believe I should have the same opportunities to everything that a guy does.  I have potential.  My gender should not determine what I can or cannot do.  I also believe that all the opportunities that I should have are not available to me based on my gender.  I imagine now that there is someone smug out there saying… ‘well why aren’t there more female scientists out there?’ Well probably because we’re only getting ourselves all really educated now, eh?  We haven’t really had a shot at it yet, have we?  In my lifetime I will probably have to work harder than any guy I know in a comparable field just to break even.  It is undeniable that women are often taken less seriously in a variety of areas career wise.

My physical appearance should not be determined by the ability to be objectified.  I should not have to do anything that a man doesn’t do.

If I want a massive 80s bush instead of a stupid bald vag that’s my choice.  (FYI shaved balls look crazy too) I do not want to pretend I’m a 7 year old when I’m naked.  It shouldn’t be expected of me to shave, wax or anything if I don’t want to.  That’s not saying I don’t.  That’s just saying I should have the choice to let my legs get to the stage where a yeti would be jealous.  If you see me naked you shouldn’t be worrying about that shit.  I won’t shave my minge because I’m asked to either… I’ll grow it longer out of spite.  I might even put it in an elaborate bun.

I think men and women are more similar than anyone gives anyone credit for.

Men should not HAVE to do anything because it is their supposed gender role.  Same for women.  Feminism is about expanding our expectations of what women and men should do.  Focusing on these differences just accentuates them and makes it impossible for men to report being raped or abused as well because they feel it won’t be taken seriously.  Men should be able to be stay at home dads too if they want without feeling that they are not the provider.  Fuck that!  Do whatever makes you happy.  It’s never going to be a black and white issue.  If it was I’d be in a nunnery. 

Women are not always naturally passive.

OK some women are passive and to be.  Their choice.  Fine.  I, on the other hand, am not.  If I like a guy I’ll probably tell him.  OK… I might be pissed and doing a disgusting scary grinding dance in his direction but I will.  I think it’s stupid that women that are confident and assertive should repress that and become entangled in a series of mind games that only serve to perpetuate sexual stereotypes.  Bollox!!!!!  If I see something I’m really that pushed about getting I’ll do it.  I find it strange that forward behaviour scares people, or at least makes it harder for them to take you seriously in this apparently progressive day and age.  It still exists and that pisses me off.  I can’t feign being demure, playful  and shy when I’m the complete opposite of that.  I reckon I’d have a better success rate with the opposite sex if I was sober more often though… and not grinding.

Women who hate women just for the sake of it should be smothered.

Over my life I have met more women that are highly critical of other girls for no reason.  One girl I knew said that she ‘had way more friends that were guys than girls because girls were too much drama.’  WTF?!!  That really just honestly sounds like you’re just a bitch.  There is something really wrong with someone who cannot be friends with their own gender.  Is it because you cannot get the sexual attention that you desire to validate you?  Did Daddy not give you enough hugs?  Seriously have a look at yourself if you cannot be friends with people with willies and flaps.  Another girl I knew said that ‘girls just aren’t funny.’  What about Caitlin Moran, Sweet Dee from It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia and loads more?  Women are funny – it’s just society has lower expectations for them whilst paradoxically being highly critical of them.  And for the record period jokes are hilarious.  If someone is an asshole it doesn’t matter whether they are male or female, they are just a cunt but generalising about men or women doesn’t make any sense.  To me girls who are only friends with guys are weird and are seriously lacking a vital part of their social interaction with peeps.

 

If you disagree with any of these statements I’m afraid that you are simply just wrong.  The word feminist means a lot of different things to different people but until it becomes accepted as essentially not being an aggressive term nobody will get beyond it and it’s message.

It was ‘Woman’s Day’ a while ago and I actually heard several dudes ask where there day was.  All I could do was shake my head.

 

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Mar
20

People Ignoring

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Ah after three years of keeping my anger under wraps it’s time for me to let it out again! It’s great to be back. OK so people ignoring… sounds like a hobby… I suppose you could make it one.

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Anyway, I’ve been thinking that people ignoring is quite an annoying thing to do to someone. I mean, fair enough someone could be a totally crazy stalker, but I’m not even talking about that level. I’m talking about just not replying to people that you’d see on a regular basis. Maybe you’re sick, maybe something happened but generally as technology has meant less and less actual in person contact, we’ve allowed ourselves to become more and more selfish. I’m really talking about texting here, but even communication on the internet can allow people too much time to reply. Let alone how annoying it is now when you see on Facebook that someone has read your message but they haven’t replied. The fact that this is now a feature only heightens paranoia between people who potentially know each other very well. Now I’m not saying that I sit and wait for a response once I’ve seen that a message has been read. It’s more that if the message was important and I saw that it had been read I’d sit around like a fool wondering about its implications. Luckily, it hasn’t but that doesn’t mean it won’t. Wouldn’t it just be better if that feature was removed? I wouldn’t care otherwise.

Sometimes you think the only way to avoid giving an answer to a question that you don’t want to is to ignore said question, be it by text, email or if you know what someone ringing is going to ask. This is for the most part bullshit. Grow a set and answer the stupid question. You might think that the person is cray-cray, and maybe they are, but by ignoring the person you could be making them worse and more prone to craziness. Ignoring people is like pretending that they don’t exist and no matter how you feel about them they do deserve your honestly and respect. SO ANSWER THE FUCKING QUESTION. Obviously, that’s not to say that you talk to an ex-abusive partner or anything like that but if you never make your position clear you will only intensify the situation with that person. They need an answer or clarification on some situation or another. You can cut them off then after the fact, but you need to engage with them and create a finale. You can walk off then head up high even if it was really awkward. This isn’t just some kind of relationship thing… this can be applied to everyday situations in cases where the following questions need to be answered:

‘Where’s my dog?’ (Dead)
‘Who did you end up with last night?’ (Your sister)
‘Why am I vomiting so much?’ (I spiked your drink with bleach)
‘Why is my carpet wet?’ (I pissed on it in my sleep)
‘Did that letter come?’ (You didn’t get the job)
‘I’m on my way there now. Where are you?’ (I’m not going)
‘You out tonight?’ (Yes, but not with you)
‘Why are my bits itchy?’ (I gave you the clap)

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It mightn’t seem polite but reply. Be blunt. Tell the person you’re replying to that this is the way things are but never ever ignore them. There may be a legitimate reason for not replying but do not try and instigate conversation with them again and ignore the ignoring either. At least apologise or make up some crappy excuse for not replying. I know that people sometimes don’t reply to things for real reasons. That’s not what I’m saying.

By ignoring someone you are telling them that they are not worth your thoughts. Particularly in stupid mind game relationshippy type things too this is the crap that I hate. The whole idea of pretending that you’re not interested by not texting someone first or replying too quickly, sometimes even ignoring them. It is pretty stupid when you think about it. Because these games exist people sit around waiting for a text that may never come when instead they could be doing something productive. Sometimes people (and I don’t mean me here to be clear) fixate on it so much that all they need is a text saying that said person is not interested and they can move on. It’s called manners people!!!!! The ignoring, as it seems to be in every case, is all about a power play… even with close friends. STOP IT. IT IS MEAN.

You’re probably thinking now…’Oh she must get ignored all the time.’… Sure, sometimes I do and it pisses me off. But I can tell you know hand on my heart that I do not ignore people on purpose. I can also tell you that on the flipside I’m not the mental person who will text you five times in a row until you answer…because that my friends is undignified.

Anyway hope I can keep this momentum up! I’ll be angry again really soon!

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Jan
17

Did I ask you?

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I am very angry today but I won’t get into it. As you know I get annoyed all the time. These are some sentences that real people I know have said, some are friends…some not.

I mean there are other sentences that people should really just think about before they say them. Half the time I’m not sure whether they mean them or whether they are just really really stupid.

There are two things that really really bug me here:

1. People making assumptions based on inaccurate information and either finishing your sentences or giving you advice that there really is no point to. That’s not to say that even if there was advice going that they would or should really be in a position to give it without it being asked for.

2. People explaining things to you based on the presumption that you are stupid and do not understand anything. That’s right, anything, …even if you have been proven on the contrary to have at least half a brain. Especially when it’s someone that you know and should know things about you, like what you did in college and then begins to explain to you the different kinds of camera angles.

‘I feel really sorry for old men when I think that all they get to see naked are old women’ –
OK…so old men are hot naked, right?! I really don’t think so especially if the only part that counts only works half the time!

‘Well you’d like a lot more mainstream stuff than I would…’
Seriously, what the fuck?! How can you make a judgement call like that on me when you don’t even know what I like? So you know all the bands that I like and who they are of course?

‘You know they don’t film things chronologically though, yeah?’
Why would I? Sure I only taught Film and TV studies and did it in college, what would I know?

‘It’s not the end of the world…I mean you can do other things then’
– a female once said to me about sex after having a baby and how it’s ok that your vagina is pretty much useless after you have one. Isn’t it weird then that lots of people have more than baby? Isn’t it foolish when you think about what you just said properly? College graduate my arse!

‘Women have a tendency to always overfeed their children..’
Where did that come from? Were you a fat and stupid child? Is that why you’re bitter?

‘You’re not fat you know…’
OK…. I don’t remember telling you that I think that I am but now I’m really feeling massive.

‘Sometimes someone mightn’t be that attractive until you get to know them … or you find out that they like some of the same things as you’
Said in the first few weeks of going out with someone when we found out that we liked some of the same things. Apparently tact was not one of them. Charming, yes?

‘You know people would take you more seriously if you wore make-up.’
Oh my God! Now I know that I can go on and run for government!

Now I know how to be taken seriously following Jordan and Christina

‘All you care about is smoking’
That’s just wrong. I also care about drinking and on occasion eating!

‘You’ve left it too long to have another one…’
A random stranger told me when I was at some gathering in college with my child. Wrong on so many levels! First …you assume I want another child. Second…you don’t even know that I’m only 28 and third what the fuck is it to you?

‘You might have all day but I don’t…’
Some narky old woman says pushing past me and my sister. Apparently she did have all day though because a snail could have outrun her.

‘You know what I would do if I were you…’
Well to be honest I wouldn’t have opened my mouth in the first place. Maybe shut the fuck up now though…

Anyway the moral of the story is to for me to relax and for everyone else to be quiet. Before you say something think and if you want to go all out and be an asshole do it with style instead of sounding like a thick, ok?

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Jun
04

Stupid men vs stupid women

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These two lists caught my eye and I’ve been thinking about it ever since…

1. http://tweekerchick.blogspot.com/2006/11/so.html

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2. http://www.v7n.com/forums/forum-lobby/41941-50-mistakes-guys-make-bed.html

There’s a few things that I want to say here. Firstly, why in the name of Sweet Baby Jebus do these lists exist at all?!! Is it really necessary to generalise and divide people down the lines based on their gender? These lists (and the women’s quibble list was written by a male therapist) are kind of pointless but it doesn’t end there! Who wrote these? Were they annoyed at being crap in bed or not getting what they want?

My main problems with the lists can be broken down to the following. The first list, the one aimed at advising women how to keep their men happy really bugged me. Maybe it’s because I have a vagina. For starters some was common sense. On the whole though it made a lot of stupid assumptions about women, romance and sex. The tone of the entire thing was very aggressive, as if the person writing it believed that this was a woman’s duty and obligation, citing aversion to complying with your man as a ‘feminist’ attitude:

’Withholding oral sex just because you’re ragging. He didn’t do it. Unless you want him to withhold oral sex because he’s hormonal, I suggest you get some kneepads’

It was filled with hypocrisies and generally quite insulting, saying that despite a girl saying ‘no’ to anal, if she laughed, basically a guy has the right to still try and stick it up her arse.

Also:

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Getting that bored look on your face. Men are more visual than women. Give him something to look at. Get on top and arch your back a little bit. Move. Do something to indicate that you 1) are not dead and 2) didn’t suffer a minor stroke rendering you unable to move’

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‘Faking orgasms. Just. Don’t. By faking (IF he believes you) he thinks he’s doing everything right. And if he doesn’t know its not working, he’s not going to change it. Starting a vicious cycle of unfulfilling sex which will eventually be very damaging to his ego’

So which one is it?

OK….. I won’t even go into it anymore. I mean if you wanted to do something that badly and she won’t and it bothers you that much, why are you still together? If you say you care how can you in all honesty demand something that you know she doesn’t enjoy? It makes men all sound like pigs and I’m pretty sure only 95% are (tee hee!).

50 Mistakes Men Make In Bed list sucked balls too because it was way too sugar coated. We know that women like to talk and communicate…OK…I get it! But seriously does a poor guy have to ask everything before he does it?

‘Expecting her to make love bottom up
Yes, we all enjoy rear entry. But she may be more self-conscious of her butt, she may feel like a sex object, and she may not like the rather impersonal nature of this position. If you really want to do it, and you explain to her why you like it so much (i.e. “It’s incredibly exciting to see your gorgeous bottom as we make love”, rather than “I get so turned on fucking from behind”) she’ll probably co-operate from time to time, even if it’s only on your birthday and hers.’

Hahhahaha! How stupid on so many levels is that? Sheesh! I love the use of the word ‘co-operate’ – it makes all women sound like sex is a major ordeal for them.

Does he have to make a massive effort every time you want to bump uglies? Is that what women all want? It’s bad to both men and women:

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If you’re one of that rarer breed of men who has trouble coming during intercourse, may we respectfully suggest you see a sexual therapist?’

How is that a problem? Weird a guy wrote it!

Less offensive and less aggressive but still. It assumes that women all want to be have gentle romantic sex. It makes women all sound needy and fragile and passive. Sorry to disappoint but that isn’t real life. It was hypocritical and mean to men too saying that women don’t have to shave but men should. Nobody needs to do anything! Nobody!

What’s worse is the reaction of women to Mistakes Women . Any comments I saw before the whole thing got spammed up with semi-clad women were basically ‘LOL. This is so true. Women should all read this and make it their bible’ – from both men and women. Women probably join to look cool and ‘OMG you’re so liberal’. Vaginas are vaginas worst enemies. I bet if we could, our vaginas would eat themselves. On the other page (50 Mistakes Men Make) everyone was just bitching about how wrong it is. The lists weren’t that different but the tone of the latter was by far less aggressive. It was kind of crappy though because it was written by a man, although way less offensive.

Anyways, I think these lists are stupid and although I toyed with the idea of melding the two together to possibly make something good I decided I couldn’t be bothered. When will people realise that although physically men and women are different, each person is their own. Just because someone has a penis does not make them a rapist and just because I have a have boobs doesn’t make them a moany bitch. Speaking for everyone is wrong and perpetuating stereotypes that should have died years ago. Communication and finding a compatible partner are more important than bending someone to your will. The fact that these lists even exist hurts my ever-shrinking faith in humanity.

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Apr
19

MY FIRST POST!!!!

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I enjoy giving out.  That’s why I’m here.  I’m not going to pretend that this is anything other than cathartic for me, perhaps a little self-indulgent, but if anybody else enjoys this or sees my point, brilliant.  Writing is fun.  If you expect anything other than me tearing various topics to shreds then maybe look away now.  I don’t particularly feel represented.  I mean there are a variety of talk shows spread across the media that we have but as of yet I’m still to find something that isn’t aimed at a person in the middle – me.  Not an Adrian Kennedy caller or an affluent mother of two who lives in Blackrock (not that I particularly dislike Blackrock).  So why can’t I do this then?  Maybe some of you will agree with me.

Hopefully I don’t seem slow or ignorant and I hope I don’t include many inaccuracies.  I could start by giving you a little of my background but that would boring and that’s pretty much the sum of my life so far.  Hence the fact that I’m taking the time to detail a glorified version of what ‘grinds my gears’.

I guess I’ll start with something easy…

RUDENESS

This is probably one of my most hated traits of the majority of the human race.  When people expect that they have a right to be served first in a shop or won’t give up their seat for a pregnant lady you have to question how selfish society actually is.  I feel like I’m becoming old prematurely when I think like this.  Then I think about old people, particularly older Dublin people, and think about how they seem to feel that they can act whatever way they want, pushing you on the bus or hitting you with a stick (Yes!  It’s really happened).  I’m sorry your life was shit and probably still is but that does not give you the right to be a complete asshole to me.  I mean children generally have better manners these days and they would be less at fault for doing something similar.

To illustrate I’ll give you an example from my everyday life.  I was crossing the road one particularly windy day smoking a cigarette.  My hair was blowing all over the place and covering my face a bit as I saw a gap in the traffic and began to walk briskly across the street.  I was turned slightly to watch for traffic when I realised that I had slightly clipped someone’s heel who was standing in the middle of the road.  I abruptly, but genuinely said ‘Oh my God, I’m so sorry’ but continued on thinking nothing more of it.  It wasn’t serious, right?  Nobody was hurt right?  It was only a slight bump.

But no, nothing goes that simply for me.  I’m waiting to cross the next section of the road when I feel this sudden shove behind me nearly tipping me out onto the street.  I take my headphones off and turn around.  An old woman stands there screaming at me about how I nearly ‘killed’ her and could have pushed her under a bus.  Funny that because she didn’t seem bothered about moving on such an apparently busy street.  I look at her and tell her I’m sorry again.  What else was there to say?  She does not seem bothered with that as  a reply and continues to repeat herself.  People are looking but I think they might agree with her being mental.  Then she tells me all I care about is smoking.  Obviously, the reason I bumped into her on the road where she was causing an obstruction is because I only care about smoking!  How could I have been so stupid!  Anyway I tell her I have nothing else to say as she isn’t happy with my reply, put my headphones on and continue to smoke.  She toddles of down the road still giving out I expect but I’m the one left pissed off.  Technically I did nothing wrong.

That’s just a basic example of why I’m not really all that fond of the older generations here.  Now don’t get me wrong now – I don’t think ALL old people are crazy cranky feckers, but a lot of the ones that I come into contact with are.  Maybe it’s where I live… hmmm…

Rudeness does not simply stop there I’m afraid.  If you’ve ever worked in retail you’ll know exactly what I mean.  It’s like once you enter the realm of serving people in any kind of shop a lot of customers forget you’re a person.  You could be working in the most technical of shops selling the most amazingly complex stuff and people still assume that you are retarded.  I mean, obviously, you don’t have anything else going on in your life if you work in a shop.  It really is mind-boggling when you see customers quoting ‘consumer law’ at you.  For starters you’re just doing your job and secondly as it is your job you do actually know what you are doing (well hopefully you do).  In my own experience I dealt with many guys from consumer rights , as one shop I had worked in was reported repeatedly, but when they came in and I explained what we were doing they found that we were completely within our rights.

In one job I was a supervisor and had to save a little girl who worked for me from an irate pseudo upper middle class housewife who was telling her that the gillet (yeah, GILLET) was priced at a ridiculously low price.  The girl was nearly crying as the woman was shouting at her so much.  She was extremely rude as well.  We’ll say for the sake of argument that the gillet was priced at a hundred and this had a price sticker on it saying it was twenty.  It didn’t help the fact that these price stickers had the name of the item on them as well.  It clearly stated it was a scarf.  Also, anyway, the rules are if more than 50% of an item are priced differently the customer has a case to get the item at that price, but not a right.  It was the only item with the scarf’s price on it.  I explained this to the woman.  She still demanded it at that stupid price.  I told her she couldn’t have it for that and explained it again, like you would to a very slow child and walked off to leave her ponder her own situation.  She then started talking to her friend about buying one somewhere else and as I know it was directed at me I told her that she might be better off.  Five minutes later she bought it at the till.  In your face.

Why is it ok to be mean to people?  It’s like you value your own life above others?  Why can’t everybody value everyone else or at least treat each other with respect?  Do you want to know why?Becuase a lot of people are assholes.  Plain and simple. And while I’m here ‘please’ and ‘thank you’ are important words and not enough people use them.

If you’ve come this far thanks for reading.  Hope you enjoyed it and will come back.  I know it’s a bit thrown together but they should get better.



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