Hoofbite
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I would say they are inconsiderate but surely no one can be that much of a jerk. I'd say they are stupid but by all appearances they seem pretty normal. What else does that leave? Completely unaware.
100% out of the loop. Sure, there are some who are jerks and some who are dimmer than the other bulbs but I really think the majority are just unaware of what's going on.
Completely lost. So caught up in what's going on inside their little bubble that they totally forget they are either getting in someone else's bubble or inconveniencing a handful of others.
Here's what I am talking about. Went to a Redbox and when I got out of my car there was a couple standing there. No biggie, I've done the "line thing" before and I think I can handle it. But a short wait turns into a few minutes and a couple of peeks back to see if I am still standing there. I am. And so is another person by now but that doesn't even phase them. I mean, they have the look of being slightly uncomfortable because they want to finish up but they continue to flip through the movies, page-by-page.
Its almost like they haven't seen, heard, read or even so much as glanced at a preview for ANY movie. I mean, we're talking about maybe 50 movies. Tops, maybe 50 titles and they're actually reading the description while a line forms behind them. Seriously, is there any reason for this? Have I been gifted with a 6th sense? Am I the only person who can look at the cover art, read the title and make a quick judgement on whether or not a movie is going to suck?
"Ah, what's this? Jeepers Creepers 7? No thanks."
"Lets see here........On Bloody Terms featuring Steven Segal? Hmmm....hes been a straight-to-DVD guy for about a decade, lets pass."
Is it so hard? Between the insane amount of hero movies, anime movies, war movies and spoof comedies, is there a whole lot left? Two grown adults should probably have their Redbox options cut the moment cartoons come up.
Skip.
"Hmm.....Not Another Scary/Pirate/Superhero/Teen Movie? Seen one, you've seen em all. Should have ended this gimmick after Scary Movie 2."
And so on, and so forth. Not difficult at all. Just requires a small amount of commitment, roughly the amount it takes to go #2 on foreign soil.
As I think all this to myself, I notice that the guy is finishing the cigarette he started when I walked up and I start getting pissed.
"Times running out pal. You don't pick soon I'm gonna go get in my P.O.S car and pin your *** to that Redbox machine with my bumper."
And just before I'm ready to walk away and stop by on the way out of the store, they get their movie and leave. Like they knew I was about to blow a gasket, they just stroll off the instant before I was going to head inside the store.
Unbelievable. Just completely void of all common sense and common courtesy. Completely unaware of how the world works. Brand new to this game of life, they're still testing the ropes. Amateurs. Bush Leaguers. Newbs or N00bs.
Can't stand it. Like the people who hold up lines to argue over a price mistake of like 3 cents. Makes me want to kill. Literally, when I see a guy arguing over the price of a melon (I swear this happened not more than 2 weeks ago) because he thought the price was $0.98 instead of $0.98/LB when he had one of those 2-3 LB mini melons, I want to snap. Short tempered maybe but for **** sakes man, just move on. Take your little miniature basketball sized melon and get the hell out of line.
Equally frustrating is hearing the words "price check" because the guy in front of you decided to grab an item with NO LABEL! Not UPC, the whole label was gone.
I swear, what are these people thinking when they do this type of crap?
But the mother of all oblivious acts is one I think should be punishable by death. There's a code in men's room that you don't occupy a neighboring stall if you don't have to. I've lived by this code because I once had an older gentleman stand next to me and piss mostly on the floor next to my feet. So I kind of live by that rule and have found a few other people I know who do as well. So when I'm standing at the distal end of a row of urinals and someone comes in and boxes me into the corner, I get heated. I seriously want to drown that person in the urinal in front of them. Just complete disregard for a person's space and I think it should be commonplace for people to get beaten inside of a public restroom for violating this code.
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100% out of the loop. Sure, there are some who are jerks and some who are dimmer than the other bulbs but I really think the majority are just unaware of what's going on.
Completely lost. So caught up in what's going on inside their little bubble that they totally forget they are either getting in someone else's bubble or inconveniencing a handful of others.
Here's what I am talking about. Went to a Redbox and when I got out of my car there was a couple standing there. No biggie, I've done the "line thing" before and I think I can handle it. But a short wait turns into a few minutes and a couple of peeks back to see if I am still standing there. I am. And so is another person by now but that doesn't even phase them. I mean, they have the look of being slightly uncomfortable because they want to finish up but they continue to flip through the movies, page-by-page.
Its almost like they haven't seen, heard, read or even so much as glanced at a preview for ANY movie. I mean, we're talking about maybe 50 movies. Tops, maybe 50 titles and they're actually reading the description while a line forms behind them. Seriously, is there any reason for this? Have I been gifted with a 6th sense? Am I the only person who can look at the cover art, read the title and make a quick judgement on whether or not a movie is going to suck?
"Ah, what's this? Jeepers Creepers 7? No thanks."
"Lets see here........On Bloody Terms featuring Steven Segal? Hmmm....hes been a straight-to-DVD guy for about a decade, lets pass."
Is it so hard? Between the insane amount of hero movies, anime movies, war movies and spoof comedies, is there a whole lot left? Two grown adults should probably have their Redbox options cut the moment cartoons come up.
Skip.
"Hmm.....Not Another Scary/Pirate/Superhero/Teen Movie? Seen one, you've seen em all. Should have ended this gimmick after Scary Movie 2."
And so on, and so forth. Not difficult at all. Just requires a small amount of commitment, roughly the amount it takes to go #2 on foreign soil.
As I think all this to myself, I notice that the guy is finishing the cigarette he started when I walked up and I start getting pissed.
"Times running out pal. You don't pick soon I'm gonna go get in my P.O.S car and pin your *** to that Redbox machine with my bumper."
And just before I'm ready to walk away and stop by on the way out of the store, they get their movie and leave. Like they knew I was about to blow a gasket, they just stroll off the instant before I was going to head inside the store.
Unbelievable. Just completely void of all common sense and common courtesy. Completely unaware of how the world works. Brand new to this game of life, they're still testing the ropes. Amateurs. Bush Leaguers. Newbs or N00bs.
Can't stand it. Like the people who hold up lines to argue over a price mistake of like 3 cents. Makes me want to kill. Literally, when I see a guy arguing over the price of a melon (I swear this happened not more than 2 weeks ago) because he thought the price was $0.98 instead of $0.98/LB when he had one of those 2-3 LB mini melons, I want to snap. Short tempered maybe but for **** sakes man, just move on. Take your little miniature basketball sized melon and get the hell out of line.
Equally frustrating is hearing the words "price check" because the guy in front of you decided to grab an item with NO LABEL! Not UPC, the whole label was gone.
I swear, what are these people thinking when they do this type of crap?
But the mother of all oblivious acts is one I think should be punishable by death. There's a code in men's room that you don't occupy a neighboring stall if you don't have to. I've lived by this code because I once had an older gentleman stand next to me and piss mostly on the floor next to my feet. So I kind of live by that rule and have found a few other people I know who do as well. So when I'm standing at the distal end of a row of urinals and someone comes in and boxes me into the corner, I get heated. I seriously want to drown that person in the urinal in front of them. Just complete disregard for a person's space and I think it should be commonplace for people to get beaten inside of a public restroom for violating this code.
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