February 2009 Archives

In the past it has been bosses, which as the employee you can't say anything.  Other times it's with people who should be listening to you, like students.  I teach drivers ed.

Anyway, I just would like to know what goes on in these people's mind when they feel the need to speak over someone who is currently talking.  With kids I understand, they want to show they know something or they want to be a smart-ass.  

With my bosses I understood it was a power trip.  They wanted to show that they were in control.

When it involves someone who is on the same level as you, not a clue.  Seriously are they idiots why do they do it?

My solution:  I would love to be able to tell all these people to shut up, and maybe say an obscenity.  

I know I would get fired in certain circumstances, but I know I would feel so much better.  Wouldn't you?

She called back after four days of not hearing from me.  

 

The problem is I know why she is 

aggravated with me.  I hate it if I call someone and they never return my call.  I am just slow at calling people back, while others I know never return calls.

Still I am guilty.

My solution: leave a prank message to the person who doesn't return calls, telling them that they won red sox tickets or concert tickets.  Then leave a number for them to collect the tickets at.  

The key is having the number be the rejection hotline number, 617-861-3962, where they will be told why they're being rejected.

Then mention the next time you talk to your friend a reason why you might reject them as a friend if they don't return your call.  Your friend should be able to put two and two together and realize they need to call you back.  Or the person could be an idiot. 

And with that being said, I assume now one of my friends is going to leave me a weird number for me to call to claim Linkin Park tickets (obviously I'll call to make sure it's not a fake number because if there's a chance it's real, I'll call).  The number will probably lead to a you suck hotline.  Who knows.

Last week for those who don't have children was February vacation.  All day, everyday last week there were multiple children riding the train with their parents to go into Boston.  Some were going to the Children's Museum, while children were screaming at the top of their lungs if they were there yet at the Science Museum.

Now what did not bother me was the screaming at high levels.  Nor the look of confusion on parents who normally do not ride the commuter rail needing help on what to do.  (Those of you who ride the commuter rail or T know that look I'm talking about, the look of staring off into nothingness because they don't know what to do.)

What bother's me when these children take over a train, because they do, is when the parents allow these children to wander around.

They run up and down the isles bumping into oncoming passengers making it difficult for the regulars to actually take a seat.  Or they are blocking the isles and so you freak out because you don't want to miss your stop.

The best is when you try to tell a child to please move out of the way politely.  I had a very young mother, I would say a brunette in her late 20s, tell me not to talk to her daughter who  was obviously playing in the isle. 

The conductors try to make the kids sit down, but they don't listen to them because their parents aren't telling them to sit down so why should they.

My solution to this disturbance is to simply strap the kids down right next to the parents.  Now the parents who normally don't like to lose sight of their children will have a new restraint to use that's better than the leash, and those parents who don't care where their kids go will have the pleasure of spending more time with those darling children on their train ride.

This problem would then be solved, or we could simply just banned all children under the age of 12, but I think too many parents who normally don't ride the T/commuter rail would be upset because now they can't go on their normal once or twice a year ride.  Oh well at least texting is now banned on some trains!

I was taking the T the other day and while I was standing on the T a middle aged woman plowed through me to get a certain spot.  

Now this spot wasn't a seat, but a different location where many people were standing around.  The T was filled so her plowing through me along with the other people didn't even phase her.

Obviously when she reached her stop she wasn't near the door to be able to make an easy exit,  She had to plow through us for a second time.  Instead of just asking politely for us to move or just say sorry, she got frustrated when she heard people complain about her.

My solution to people like that is to have a large person sit on them and never move off of the T.

I was driving home from dinner last night and I almost got into an accident where I could have seriously been injured.  It's ridiculous people do not pay attention when they drive.  It happens everywhere.

I was in my car in the middle lane of I 93 and someone in his black Honda Civic almost rashes into me because he didn't check his blind spot.

It's because of people like this, inconsiderate, that people like me have to practice defensive driving.

Obviously I honked my horn because if I didn't this driver would have hit me.  Instead of the man holding up his hands in apology or showing some signs of being remorseful, he gives me the finger.

My solution to people who cause or almost cause accidents from not paying attention to the road:  have a large metal object crush these people's cars.