This morning at WaWa a mother was holding a squirming, irritable child about 3 years old.  The child  started screaming and hit the mothers hand holding a hot coffee.  The lid popped off and the coffee spilled on the child's leg making the child scream louder.  The mother didn't even get napkins to wipe off the child's leg...she just told the girl that it was okay!  I ran to get napkins but the mother just left angrily.  I imagine when the girl becomes a teen that she'll probably hate her Mom.

The tiller needed a new spark plug so I went to The Sears parts website.  The plug was $3.99 plus $7.00 shipping.  What?!?!  So, I figured the store would have it in stock, I would just drive 15 minutes away to get it.  I walked into the lawnmower department and saw 3 salesman hanging out talking.  I started looking at the spark plugs on the wall display and didn't see the one I needed, but also noticed that all three salesmen conveniently disappeared rather than offer help.  I had to go to customer service and they sent back a very disheveled looking salesman.  Great.  I gave him the part number, the model number, the year of the tiller, etc.  he said he couldn't look it up by the part number and that he needed to see the spark plug!  I told him he didn't need the plug if I had the part number and I saw where the part number could be typed in to search for it.  He typed in the model number and tried to find the plug in a diagram!  He said they showed every part except the plug.  I once again told him to type in the part number...which he finally did.  Viola!  It came up on the screen and he once again looked on the wall to see if it was there.  At this point I said I would just order it online.  He put his foot up on a lawnmower and started pulling his sock up!  Thank you, Sears, for hiring such competent service professionals!

Omg.   Today I went to a well-known chicken sandwich place.  Did I mention ChickFilA?  I knew I was playing Russian Roulette ordering drive-thru but I was feeling queasy and didn't want to go in.   It was pouring rain and there was no roof above the order station, so rain was pelting into my car soaking my arm.  "One large soup and a small Dr Pepper".  Simple.  NOT.  "Do you want a large Coke?"  "No....small Dr Pepper".  I get to the window and was handed a large Dr Pepper and a small soup.


Then I went to a gas station to satisfy my sugar craving.  There is a counter with fresh baked goods and coffee.  Suddenly, I hear an earth shattering child's scream behind me so I turned around to see wtf and saw the father put the child on the counter....barefoot.  She then proceeded to walk up and down the counter area.  Yeah, folks...enjoy your morning coffee and doughnut.

Open the effing windows!

The inspiration for this blog is from my suburbanite neighbors who never open their windows....thus breathing the same stagnant air 24/7/365.  I seriously think this affects their brain function and has turned them into Stepford wives and husbands.   After living on a farm in the country for 20+ years, I know the benefits of breathing fresh air and how it impacts the working brain and common sense.   Of course, I also remember the days of liquid stench that was sprayed on the fields and the aroma of cow/pig feces embedded in my clothes...but it has made me a better person somehow.

 Four years ago I thought I needed to move to a nice suburban neighborhood.  It could have been  due to the Monsanto chemicals being drenched in the fields and effecting my brain cells.  I thought it would be like Wisteria Lane, but I quickly realized that everyone was out for himself and there were no baked pies or Welcome Wagon to be had.  I had serious adjustment disorder to Suburbia and felt like Crocodile Dundee in NYC.  Now I merely observe and shake my head and juggle the idea of whether to stay or move back to the country.

Not only will I be reporting my neighbors moronic behaviors but also that of mindless idiotic everyday people who seem to have forgotten common sense.  Seriously...I will have enough material for a book because people seem to be getting more clueless every year.  

So, enjoy my blog and observe people... You'll be amazed!