I couldn't stop myself....I actually YELLED our the car window calling someone a MORON yesterday
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We had some errands to run yesterday and I stopped to get gas at Sams while we were near that area since it was a bit cheaper there. The way they have the pavement marked everyone is supposed to go into the pump area in one direction...depending on what side your gas cap is on is what line you will get in. The lines to get gas were at least 3 or 4 cars deep in each lane. So, I just got in line and waited my turn.
The lady in front of me was pumping her gas and I notice then that the pump in front of her had the garbage can pulled out in front of the pump. This idiot whips around everyone and gets out of her car....then starts to try to move the garbage can from in front of the pump. This is when the devil took complete control of my faculties. I was HOT....I was ticked off that someone would be so brazen to cut in front of so many people....and I just couldn't stop myself.
I rolled the window down and YELLED....."The pump doesn't work you MORON!"....rolled my window back up and watched to two women jabber on to each other. The one pumping gas came up to my car and actually said "she has a mental problem and didn't deserve that." I replied to moron #2..."she shouldn't be driving then" and she said something smart back to me and I told her to go to hell. (This is when I knew I was beyond anything I would call normal because I don't talk this way or confront people like this.) She told me she didn't want to be there with me....and my inner voice said "good one" and I let it go.
I just have no clue what came over me....why I even went down this path....but this might be the beginning of my surly old lady years. You all might be in for some interesting stories if this continues.
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I hear anger.
Kasey, If you yelled at every moron out there you would get hoarse.
Most of the people there probably said to themselves "wonder which Moron she is talking to".
Don't feel bad Kasey, this modern world is hard to take sometimes.
You would have to file a "Needs Analysis" approach with the company just to be a customer? Denied, anti-defamation of character factiously disenfranchised ... usa.
I once pulled into a gas station and saw a lady put her CC in, press the button for one pump, and grab the diesel nozzle.
After 10 minutes of laughter I rolled down my window and yelled "Is your car a diesel?"
It was worth every minute of wait time.
Margaret Thatcher
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics."
Mark Twain
Beware of morons, some of them can be heap of trouble to deal with.....
Primerica in Redlands is a "Clone" of the company in GEORGIA. The owners are headquartered here, and can grant appointments as RVP.
Don't get me started on morons.
That's just you gettin' into the Juneteenth spirit, Kasey!
Sometimes you just got to do what you got to do. Excellent come back though asking her, “ then why is she driving”. I may borrow that one sometime if you don’t mind.
Kasey, you called it like you saw it and didn't back down. I respect that.
As far as the moron goes, that is what happens when you give out drivers licenses like participation trophies. Bob
You act like that in public and come here and seem proud of yourself. If you treat people like that in public you must be a real joy to be around in your shop…
You are probably safe, being female. But if a guy goes around acting like you did, he is liable to get a gun shoved in his face.
You might want to learn that "discretion is the better part of valor."
Morons aren’t allowed in my workspace…..think of me as a first line of defense against arming morons….you’re welcome.
I was in the center turn lane waiting for traffic to clear when a "lady" came driving toward me IN the same turn lane. She slammed on her brakes, stopping about 2 feet from my front bumper, and sat on her horn wanting me to get out of her way! I had had a bad day, that was going to get worse. I put on my flashers and got out to tell her the lane was made to turn off the street, not for driving down the middle of 6 lanes. She blew a gasket, screaming words that questioned my choice of bedmates, and some other gibberish. When she offered to make "love" to me, I told her no thanks, I had a headache. About that time a cop pulled up and asked if we had an accident. I explained the situation, and he told me to get out of there. When I came out of the store, he was busy writing her a ticket on the side of the road. She must have made the same offer to the nice policeman, I guess. 😈
Even the best of us loose it sometimes and just let it fly. We are only human.
GOTS TO GET IT OUT ! Things happen... say, 3 Our Fathers, and 2 Hail Mary's.
I try not to yell at them....I let my finger do the talking. Most seem to understand sign language.
At least I know I'm not alone. Such an odd experience. Typically you just roll your eyes and talk to yourself about how stupid people are....at least that is my typical response to this sort of nonsense.
I don't give out many 'disagrees', jkbt, but you just earned one. If we as a society don't start calling out the stupid and rude when we see it then pretty soon (and it's comin' quick!) we'll resemble the movie Idiocracy.
You know what they say about opinions .....................................................................
I have before, and will probably again, get mad at idiots on the road. BUT you have to be careful because now we have to deal with idiots(morons) and physcopaths(sp?). People have been killed for things smaller than that.
I am guitly myself, and they ALWAYS deserve what i tell them but i now have the thought in my mind......is it worth killing someone over.
Sad but true, and i TRY to avoid it when i can. Sometimes people do things SO bad that i still lose it.
I dont blame, nor judge you, just be careful because there are a LOT of physcho people in this world.
Just sayin'
I have to admit, I have flipped a bird at more than one dummy driver. Twelve years ago I got a job as an over the road truck driver. First day at work, at orientation, they warned us. They said that one of our drivers was shooting a guy a bird on I 10, the guy's wife made a 10 second video, and sent the video to company HQ.
In that short video, you got the truck ID, SL254, right there on the cab, and next to that the logo G&P TRUCKING, and next to that the truck driver's arm out the window, shooting the bird. That driver was fired on the spot.
I wanted the job so I was instantly cured of bird flipping. However, as I said above, it is really a bad idea to go confronting drivers out there, keep it up and you will be looking down the barrel of a gun.
I knew a lady that lost her pointer finger on her dominant hand when she was 35....I don't think I ever heard how. The funny thing about it was she was so used to using that hand that she came to use her "bird" finger to point at things and it often looked like she was telling someone off. She was the wife of someone that worked with my father, so I was in my teens when I noticed this.
A guy (49 years old) who was the son of a client of mine for several years back in the 1990's and early 2000's was driving in Memphis last year and was cut off in traffic and yelled back and forth with the driver. The driver turned right at next intersection and got back into traffic behind him. Came up beside his van and shot him in the head. The guy was talking to his wife on the phone at the time and was telling her what happened and that he had lost his temper forgetting where he was. It made me rethink my propensity to tell folks either by voice or by sign language my thoughts of them.
Sam club and their stupid one way lanes.
I am the guy who backs through the lane to get to the pump that will reach my filler.
Growing up driving old beater cars with no money I learned real fast NEVER to buy a car with the filler on the passenger side. If you run out of gas and pull off the road the car tilts to the passenger side and it is almost impossible to pour a can of gas into it.
Never run out of gas......thats a better way! 😁
I stopped the help a young woman. Said she had plenty of gas, just got some! I tried to crank, no fuel and "fuel" light was on. She put 50 CENTS worth in it and drove 10 miles before running out. Mind you gas was about 2.10 per gallon at the time!
I said wait here, i will bring gas back from my house once i unload my groceries. Came back, she had got it to crank and drove another 50 foot, then ran out. Parked on the side of the ditch. The gas filler was on the drivers side, put the pickup tube is still in the center of the tank! Had to out 3.5 gallons in it just to reach the pickup tube!
Idiots everywhere, can barely even help em?
Since I no longer work for a employer that can control any portion of my behavior, any words that come out of mouth is my honest opinion and the truth. I have been asked, in court, about statements I have made and have answered those questions with no repercussions.
If someone acts like a moron, talks like a moron, they are not a duck.
Margaret Thatcher
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics."
Mark Twain
As long as no one called anyone a "Karen", or a "Boomer", all is OK...😉
Trinity +++
Should've taped it then up loaded it youtube with you commenting on how stupid they were with "The Three Stooges" noises.
Agreed! Its so frustrating to pull up and all the pumps are taken except the ones for the wrong side. Most of the time people just pull in and ignore the arrows altogether...this particular day was VERY busy and everyone was lined up for all the lanes.
It would be nice to have filler doors on both sides of the vehicle so you can pull in however you want.
I just got home from a short trip and I got flipped off in Des Moines by a guy for no reason.
I often caution my little bride to curb her tongue a bit.
"Dawnie, you're going to cause me to have to kill somebody one day."
Having a mental problem doesn't exempt you from being or being called a moron. Ever.
And fiery auto crashes
Some will die in hot pursuit
While sifting through my ashes
Some will fall in love with life
And drink it from a fountain
That is pouring like an avalanche
Coming down the mountain
"watched the two women jabber on to each other. The one pumping gas came up to my car and actually said, "she has a mental problem and didn't deserve that."
OK, the other one has a mental problem. So what is the excuse for the one pumping the gas?
We've gotten to the point where "challenged" people have more rights then the rest of society.
Well, if you had an electric vehicle....
Sorry, I had to.