It’s no secret that I have a very low tolerance for idiocy. Like the new California law which mandates that even stores which sell nothing but cigarettes (and don’t even allow minors to enter) may not allow any self-service sales of cigarettes. This is just plain asinine…
About the only effect the law has is to make the job of the minimum-wage clerk running the register a good bit more difficult, but he deserves it for trying to support himself by being a death merchant, I guess…
Of course, it also punishes customers who have to stand in line a few minutes longer, but they also deserve it for being filthy repulsive individuals who have the audactity to engage in an activity which is still legal, despite the best efforts of the State of California…
A clue: not one person is likely to suddenly give up smoking because of this law. Just who exactly benefits from it?
Even more annoying, though, are the belligerent idiots. You know the type: the ones who do something stupid and then get defensive and threatening when you call them on it, rather than realizing they screwed up, apologizing if needed, and moving on with their lives. They’re the ones who flip you off for blowing the horn when they cut you off or almost kill you on the freeway…
Like the nice lady who emailed me the other day looking for a job. I sent her a wry comment about how it might be prudent if she actually READ the sites she was trying to get hired by. It was neither profane nor abusive. Had I received the same message, I might have chuckled, said “oops” and let the matter drop. She didn’t. She got bitchy. Yes, she’s the one who fucked up, and she’s the one bitching at me about it…
I imagine she’s now trying to find ways to blame her mom, or General Motors, or the Democratic Party right now. Anything to avoid accepting responsibility for her own stupidity and lack of attention span…
Heck, at least I wrote back rather than just ignoring her. Which is what most other potential employers will be doing, I fear…
