people really piss me off

Sunday, April 30, 2006

People really piss me off! Current mood: bitchy Category: Blogging Sometimes I really can't stand people. I guess this is why my profile says I would like to meet aliens. I hope that aliens are more kind. Today I took my mom to Sam's Club. She has been excited to go there beings the only we have had near us was 300 miles away. Well one opened up here where I live on Thursday. My mom was so excited she offered to buy my membership so she could come and go with me. So my hubby and I went on Friday and it was kind of neat, a bit of a zoo, but I can see that we will enjoy having it for certain things. So we bought our membership and went on our way. OK so I will cut to the chase here. Today is Sunday. My mom came to visit and wanted to go to Sam's Club before she left town to go home. So I took her. We got there at 5 minutes to noon and apparently they opened at noon (the manual says they open at 10 am on Sundays but, whatever). So there was a small group of people forming to get in. By the time we parked and walked to the door people were going in. I got in line to go in while my mom walked over to get us a cart. A young woman, my age or perhaps younger (I'm 32) was getting a cart as well. She put her cart in front of my mom and wouldn't even let my mom GET a cart. So my mom went to the next line of carts to get one, so the lady pulled forward and got in front of my mom again. She was not going to let my mom get a cart until she was in the store ahead of us all. Funny thing was, the lady's husband was in line to get into the store BEHIND me. Anyway, picture this: My mom has breast cancer and has been going through chemotherapy, so she has no hair. She was wearing a wrap on her head. To me, it looks like she has cancer. I would guess that anyone with one of those on their head and no hair peeking out has cancer. My mom is 71 years old, a petite woman. And here is this young woman, fit and healthy looking, acting like that toward my mom. No decency. No repect. No kindness. Not even a manner to be seen. What happened to MANNERS?? When people say excuse me, oh you go ahead, here can I help you???? Manners are out the window. People act like goalies... down there blocking the goal.... nothing is getting through and they will clobber anyone, man, woman, or child, old or young, with their stick to keep them from getting ahead of them. ARGHHHHHH. My mom was not even trying to get ahead of the stupid BEEEEEYATCH she was just trying to get a damn cart and get back over to where I was. I'm not saying anyone should have been more kind to her because she has cancer or because she is an older woman (although *I* would be extra kind and mannerly to anyone like that... and I have good manners with EVERYONE)... but at least have some common courtesy ya know?? Some people are just so ugly. A person could be a beauty queen but then they act like that and I tell ya, It is very unbecoming. It makes a person look very homely all of the sudden. They turn into ulgy little green trolls. I wish I had said something to that person. I wish I had asked if she is proud to show her children (who were watching) how to get into Sam's Club the fastest by stepping on and bullying people with your cart. I am not very outspoken but there are certainly times I wish I was. My husband on the other hand, he would have said something if he had been there. And he probably would have embarrassed me. I wish he had been there today. We bought two things at Sam's Club and my mom was so unimpressed with how badly people act when they see a bargain that she said she didn't ever want to go there again. All the idiots, acting like pirhanas tasting blood.... flies on poop... (this is where the wiggle worms comment goes but... I will skip that one today). THEN we went to another store because she wanted to find a new hat. She wanted the cute little uniform, conducter looking hats. We found a rack of them and I got a mirror from the jewelry counter and brought it over. She stood there and looked at the hats and tried them on -- slipping the next one on as fast as she could so that her bare head never had to be seen by people. She was obviously very self conscious about it and it made me very very sad to see. She just doesn't deserve to go through that. When we got home my husband said, "So did you have a nice time?" First I said, "Yes" but soon after I thought, why lie? And I said, "Ya know, really, we didn't. It was really quite disturbing on several levels." and then I explained it all to him. I guess, in sumnation, people can really be assholes. What a lesson to learn on a Sunday afternoon.