They're not going to open, no matter how long you stare at the doors!

[greensinestro]

I went to the post office this morning, and all I can say is thank God for those automated machines, the ones that weigh packages and produce your postage. You can even buy postage stamps from these machines. When I got there, there were already half a dozen cars in the lot, and it's thanks to the holiday season.

I was at the machine, and in came this woman that looked about 70, carrying four large packages. Now, it was 8am, and the post office does not open until 830am, and I heard, in that irritating whiney New York accent, "Oh, moy Gawd! They don't open until 830?" Strange thing was, she was talking out loud to.....nobody! And after saying this, she stood there, with her packages in hand, staring for what must have been two or three minutes at the door, like if she stared enough, the place would open early for her. After I took care of my business at the automated machine, I left, and she continued standing there, staring at the doors!

I hate post offices this time of year anyway, which is why I prefer going after hours. No crowds, and no morons like this woman.

[Catwoman2965]

Don't you know that she was waiting for an employee who can read minds to magically appear, let her in, and take care of her? DUH - maybe its me, but i'm alwasy checking to see when places open as I like to get there early,and get my stuff done so I can be home before the hordes come out!

One of my pet peeves is companies who put store location on their websites, but no info on the hours!

Slightly OT; while living in my first apt (converted second floor of a house) - my landlady was a little old Italian lady in her 90's, and while she spoke very good English, was slowly deteriorating mentally, and her understanding of English suffered as well. I got to the point where I had to get a PO box, as she would bring in the mail, and take it all, since she wasn't capable of being able to sort mine from hers. It got so bad I would go into her bedroom where she kept the mail, and take mine....wrong, I know, but it was the only way I could be sure I got my bills and stuff.

So anyway, my post office was remodeled, so for a while, I had to go and pick up my mail, and then got the box. NIce thing was, the boxes were in the lobby, and we had a key card to get in, so you could get your mail anytime. I can't tell you how many times people would try and come into the PO when I went in, and then expressed surprise that it wasn't open! Um, its 11pm on a Sat night, do you honestly think its open????? pretty funny when they found out it wasn',t and then would say to me "well, how come YOU can go in? or "how did YOU get in" if they saw me leaving....

[IHateStupidCustomers]

You know, I have seen customers do this a million times. And I find it humerous that my cats, who have no idea how the world works I imagine, will do this same thing. Stare at the front door, waiting for it to open...seemingly thinking that if they keep staring, they can will it open with their minds or something. I have to laugh everytime I see a customer staring at a door like my pets do.

[Ill_Used_Heroine]

3 of my many cats do that, and I have a cat flap! They just sit there and stare at it. Sometimes they move it with their paws and seem amazed that they can kind of see outside, but do they push themselves through it? Nope! Yep, me and my gf are doormen for cats ... and they know it!

[IHateStupidCustomers]

Yes, me and my boyfriend are doormen, too! Even for doors inside the house. If a door is open just a little bit, and they can push it open, they won't. They cry and cry and cry until I crack and go over and open the door so the princesses don't have to exert any energy, lol.

[protege]

My cat does that now.

When I first moved home, I was without a cat, so I kept the basement door closed. Kitty came home soon after, and spent most of the time hiding downstairs. He was freaking out over the move, and since his litterbox was down there, I left the door open. Then it got cold, and I put in a kitty door. At first, he would stare at it like "open the damn door, asshole." But, after awhile, he would use it.

Snowie, on the other hand, does *not* like the kitty door. She's a bit freaked out about it, but at least she uses it if she wants to hide downstairs. There's a litterbox upstairs too, so she doesn't go through the door often.

[Catwoman2965]

Or how about the cats who think that the weather is different outside of the back door than it is outside the front? My cat was an outside cat, but such a chicken there was no danger of him being squished by a car or anything else. He would cry like a baby at the back door, until you let him out, and if it was raining, a minute later there would be this frantic scratching on the door. I always waited a minute after I let him out knowing he would do this. I'd open the door, in he would bolt, and then make a beeline for the front door! So i'd open it, and he'd sit in the doorway, like he was amazed it was raining there too! He'd finally come in, but then repeat this same thing over and over, if you let him.

He was sweet, but dumb as a stump.

[earl colby pottinger]

Well, in his defense

if it was raining, a minute later there would be this frantic scratching on the door. I'd open the door, in he would bolt, and then make a beeline for the front door! So i'd open it, and he'd sit in the doorway, like he was amazed it was raining there too! He'd finally come in, but then repeat this same thing over and over, if you let him..

When I lived in Jamaica there were a number of times when it was raining on one side of the house and warm and dry on the other side! This did not last for long when it happened, but there was one day where everything in front was soaking wet after the rain passed, and the back stayed still warm and dry all day.

[ArcticChicken]

Yes, me and my boyfriend are doormen, too! Even for doors inside the house. If a door is open just a little bit, and they can push it open, they won't. They cry and cry and cry until I crack and go over and open the door so the princesses don't have to exert any energy, lol.

We have the opposite problem, see, our apartment is old, so none of the doors latch quite right, and our cat has figured out that if she headbutts a door repeatedly enough she can make it open, and has taken to headbutting open my cousin's door at about 7am hopping up onto his bed and headbutting him until he wakes up and pets her. (7am for my cousin translates as about 3am for everybody else because he works a night shift)

[IHateStupidCustomers]

One of my cats will NOT go outside if it's raining. He'll cry and cry at the door and I'll open it up to show him it's raining and he doesn't want to go outside and he gives me this looks like "real funny, jerk, make it stop raining." And when it doesn't stop raining, you can almost see the wheels turning in his head, thinking about how to get from the door to the nearest tree without getting wet.

[shenzee]

My cat likes to make me think he wants out of the bedroom. At 2am. But when I get up to let him out, he runs under the bed. Then after I curse at him and crawl back into bed, he runs back out and pounds on the door again. Fun for everyone involved! Guess the cat is smarter than I am....

[Ill_Used_Heroine]

Yes, me and my boyfriend are doormen, too! Even for doors inside the house. If a door is open just a little bit, and they can push it open, they won't. They cry and cry and cry until I crack and go over and open the door so the princesses don't have to exert any energy, lol.

Years ago, when we had kittens (and we've had ALOT), they'd always cry outside the bedroom door when it was closed. We finally removed the bedroom door and replaced it with a screen door. Voila! No more crying

It's a sight to see when there's, like, 5 kittens climbing up and hanging off the screen of the door, even when we open it. And the latest batch of kittens have taken to climbing up the door in the morning and crying to let us know that we'd better get out of bed and feed them.

[powerboy]

Once at my old job. A business a couple of doors down from us, had closed for the day. An older woman came up and saw that the open sign was off and the lights inside were off. She read the hours on the door and she still tried opening it. After a few minutes, she would start to bang on the door. Finally she left.

[myswtghst]

Or how about the cats who think that the weather is different outside of the back door than it is outside the front?

My mom's dog Sunny does this. She'll make you take her out, realize that it's raining and she wants no part of that, and drag you back inside (she weighs 95 lbs now). Once you get inside, towel her majesty off if she got damp, and put the leash away, she'll wander for a minute, then decide we should go out again, just in case it has stopped.

I've taken to using my dad's golf umbrella when I walk her in the rain, so the princess can stick with me and stay dry-ish.

And both my kitties will sit outside a closed door and either stare at it (in the case of the bathroom, which is where their litterbox is) or meow/cry/scratch at it (in the case of my bedroom door). I rarely lock them out, unless they're being obnoxious, but man, when I do, they let me know they don't appreciate it.

Also, anyone else find it funny how the thread deteriorated into a conversation about how our pets are smarter than some SC's?

[Ill_Used_Heroine]

I'd love to be able to be like, "You know, my DOG is smarter than you. Why do you even HAVE a library card?!"

I'm sure it would be highly cathartic.