I see people crossing streets while texting. It drives me nuts. Sometimes I'll drive right up on them and they never even look up.
Things that frustrate us all
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I really don't undertstand what the fuck it is about people and exits. Last week I'm leaving a grocery store and an somewhat elderly man in an electric cart provided by the store, STOPS in the exit area, blocking just about half of it, to play with some electronic device (maybe a phone).
Apparently the exits are going to have to be something along the lines of that episode of "The Simpsons" where you press a button and shock somebody. My finger is going to "slip" a lot. You might say I restless finger syndrome.
Apparently the exits are going to have to be something along the lines of that episode of "The Simpsons" where you press a button and shock somebody. My finger is going to "slip" a lot. You might say I restless finger syndrome.
"You were like a Redd Foxx record"
Goddamn, they were out in force today.
Most of them are minor quibbles, but the major ones that stuck out:
The lady in an SUV that pulled into a two-way street and made a wide U-turn and ended up blocking the lane she left, so nobody could get in, while traffic came by on the intersecting street. I saw her again as she passed by me after I got back. She was taking a garage sale sign down. I wonder if it was hers or she was yanking somebody else's.
The guy in a big pick-up truck that nearing side-swiped me. He gunned it and didn't use a blinker or even LOOK, he just yanked the wheel into my lane. If it wasn't for the fact I'm quick on the draw and paying attention, I'd have been hit. I can only imagine what a texting peson would have done -- no doubt veer into oncoming traffic or hit the brakes, letting the person in back slam into them, 'cause the phase was so distracting.
On the plus side though, I helped an elderly man who was saking and using a stand to walk with.
On the weird side: the tiny old lady behind me in line that was making noises. I can't tell if she was trying to sing but couldn't do it anymore, or if she was mumbling like she was on a vibratign bed. It sounded the latter. I know, it's not right to say it, but it was kind of funny. I wonder what she does if I put a quarter in one of her pockets.
Most of them are minor quibbles, but the major ones that stuck out:
The lady in an SUV that pulled into a two-way street and made a wide U-turn and ended up blocking the lane she left, so nobody could get in, while traffic came by on the intersecting street. I saw her again as she passed by me after I got back. She was taking a garage sale sign down. I wonder if it was hers or she was yanking somebody else's.
The guy in a big pick-up truck that nearing side-swiped me. He gunned it and didn't use a blinker or even LOOK, he just yanked the wheel into my lane. If it wasn't for the fact I'm quick on the draw and paying attention, I'd have been hit. I can only imagine what a texting peson would have done -- no doubt veer into oncoming traffic or hit the brakes, letting the person in back slam into them, 'cause the phase was so distracting.
On the plus side though, I helped an elderly man who was saking and using a stand to walk with.
On the weird side: the tiny old lady behind me in line that was making noises. I can't tell if she was trying to sing but couldn't do it anymore, or if she was mumbling like she was on a vibratign bed. It sounded the latter. I know, it's not right to say it, but it was kind of funny. I wonder what she does if I put a quarter in one of her pockets.
I'm still voiceless....
Sore throat?
I'm not sure. I thought it was a sinus infection, but... this one is defying my usual tells. But my voice has been known to disappear for two months.
Ouch
anything over a few days is usually stress related. Have you talked to a GP or someone similar about it?
Yeah. I went to my doctor ten days after the first bout and got my voice back with medication. Then it died again and I went back to the doctor and got stronger meds. That usually works, but this time it hasn't. Last year, I lost my voice for 57 days, a new record. I feel tight in the chest, the Flonase and antihistamine treatment isn't working enough...
I can recommend anything lavender scented for stress. 
Being treated like I am not a person.
{{Hugs}} That sucksBeing treated like I am not a person.
. Can relate sometimes. Some people.When my DEAR DVR decides to stop recording completely... meaning even after I delete stuff it's still showing up at 0% space. I tried hard rebooting, but I'll give it another shot, via both DVR's to see if it helps. The timing couldn't be worse.
Been looking forward to this week via METV. They're having a nightly Perry Mason movie marathon.
And since it's rather late (starting at 12:30 am each night), I planned on DVR'ing it so I could watch it the next day.
Watching the most incompetent, unprofessional, childish people at work being kept on, while all the reliable, competent and mature people quit or get moved to other departments. *sigh*
I'll add to the traffic tales of woe... I was waiting at a red light, in the right lane, planning to go straight through the intersection. There was a big truck next to me, in the clearly marked "left turn only" lane. Except when the light changed, the truck went straight. No signal, no nothing, even though I was already moving forward. (And, no, I was not in his blind spot.) 
Thank God I have good reflexes.
Thank God I have good reflexes.
Liking someone who will never, ever like you back. Like ever.
Liking someone who will never, ever like you back. Like ever.
I've been there. More than once. It's not fun.