Today is bad.
First off, I had to leave work early yesterday because I was feeling sick. I thought that resting yesterday afternoon would make me feel better, but instead I got sicker as the day progressed and now I can barely swallow my own saliva without shuddering.
I went to the Auburndale Shaw’s to get some tissues, throat lozenges, etc…and the stupid teenage cashier started yelling at me because when it says: “$XX.XX is your total. Is that correct?” I pressed YES, but apparently you’re supposed to press ENTER. (Apparently I forgot about that after a similar debacle at the same supermarket last October.) I swear, when interviewing at Shaw’s they must ask: “Are you surly, unfriendly, and kind of nasty?” And if you answer yes, they give you the job. I should have gone to Stop ‘n Shop — they tend to be nicer there. I would have gone to Trader Joe’s but I needed some NyQuil…which SHAW’S HAD RUN OUT OF, ANYWAY!!!!
So, I came home and I couldn’t find street parking by our house. (I usually park on the street because our driveway is really narrow) On top of that, some jerk was parked in front of my driveway so I couldn’t pull in there.
So, I parked at the end of the block which was no big deal, but when I carried the groceries back to the house, one of the bags got a hole in it and everything fell out. I had to chase bottled water down the street.
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Hope you feel better soon!!
Thanks!
Hee hee, I was going to write more…but someone came over to my desk to ask something and I hit the submit button!
I was gonna say that those “comedy of errors” kind of days are a pain. Sometimes when I sense a “series of unfortunate events” coming on, I let the chips (er, water bottle–sorry for the terrible pun) fall where they may. It’s weird, I find that the more I try to stop the wave of “errors,” the more the errors happen! :( :)
I’m sorry about your bad day. I’ve had that problem with the Shaw’s card readers too. Why does the screen say ‘yes’ if you aren’t supposed to hit ‘yes’??? That’s idiotic! For a while they had little signs saying to hit the green enter button instead, but at the Shaw’s in Watertown, they took those signs away. Luckily I’ve had it happen to me enough times that I hit enter automatically.
You know what, this really grinds my gears. I’m going to write a letter to Shaw’s.
And is the car blocking your driveway? Get them towed!!! Do it!!! :)
I have to agree with Courtney, there’s little else that can brighten up a crappy day like having someone ticketed and towed. It brings a smile to my face every time someone blocks my driveway.
I hop you feel better soon.
Nothing like a $250 impoundment to brighten your day, LOL!!
Are these the Karl Rove approaches to a bad day…make someone elses worse? :) :)
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Nah, it’s not being Rove-like. It’s teaching those who think they are “entitled” and “special” that they’re subject to the same laws as everybody else.
sorry yesterday was so bad- I hope you’re feeling better and that today goes smoothly. {{hug}}}
Thanks, everyone!
It wound up being the mailman blocking my driveway! For some reason my local mail carrier doesn’t use the typical mail truck, but a regular, unmarked, car.
[...] Universal Hub points out some frustration about the credit-card devices at Shaws. [...]
Would you prefer Safeway, where they are forced to be fake nice to you?
Actually no, that creeps me out! Especially when they say my name like we’re friends!
I always swipe my card either on the wrong side or the flipped the wrong way, and the check out people usually give me this really “are you stupid???” look :(
I do that too!
Wow.
Yeah honestly it kind of pisses me off that every store’s credit machine is different, but they all say to press “yes” (for instance), but if you DO on some of them, they flip out and reject! I’m only following directions, you know.
I hope you feel better soon. If I was in your position throughout this whole entry, the girl at shaws would have been yelled at right back, the car in front of my driveway would have been been towed and very loud, high-pitched screaming and cursing would have ensued after the whole shopping bag catastrophe. But then again, I’m a raging bitch when I’m sick.
Feel better!!!!
Sorry to hear you are feeling bad…feel free to check this event I’m hosting over at Jimmy Tingle’s in Somerville this sunday, its a bad poetry reading.
That might make you feel better…
:)
Channel Zero and Jimmy Tingle’s Off Broadway Theater Present:
The Bad Poets Society!
Mankind’s Worst Poetry from The Age of Shakespeare to the Modern Age!
With Special Opening Reader: Jimmy Tingle!
Poe, Shakespeare, Longfellow. Great Poets are eternal. Alas, none of them will be an appearance anywhere near the Bad Poet’s Society, a loving tribute to the world’s worst verse from the inept poesy of Scotland’s William McGonagall, to the lyric dementia of Nick Kenny a poet in love with the US Navy.
Jimmy Tingle, Somerville’s One Man Renaissance will kick off the festivities with his own special reading!
Don’t Miss this Unique Festival of Inferior Rhymes Now Back For One Night Only after a Five Year Hiatus!!!
Sunday, September 10th, 7pm
Handicapped Accessible
Beer & Wine during intermission
(Sorry no open Mike)
Jimmy Tingle’s Off Broadway Theater
255 Elm Street
Davis Square
Somerville Ma. 02144
617-591-1616
Order Tickets on line at:
http://www.jtoffbroadway.com
Admission: $10 cheap!!!
We are also blogging all this week on the topic of bad poetry and bad poets at http://www.channel0.blogspot.com.