Why did you come to the mall!?

[Arcade Man D]

My new job fell through (eBay company selling collector's items + economy in the toilet = you do the math), so because I didn't burn the bridge, I'm back at the arcade.

WHY ARE YOU HERE!?!? (General rant about a whole day)

Monday was blizzard conditions. Looking out the window at 1 PM you can't see to the end of the parking lot, white-out. Roads can't be kept cleared by the plows. The guy who comes in to relieve me (I'm not ranting at this guy) left at 2:45 PM to try to get there at 4. He didn't make it until 5:30 because downtown is utterly gridlocked from the weather.

So why in the blue hell are you taking your children to the mall in these driving conditions!? Especially if you're taking them to come to the arcade! You don't need to be out in these conditions! STAY HOME AND DRINK HOT COCOA WHILE WATCHING CHRISTMAS SPECIALS!

[Erin]

because they have to prove what "excellent" drivers they are by going to the mall with small children in tow during a blizzard.

(and imagine the words "excellent driver" being said by Dustin Hoffman in his Rainman voice)

[rerant]

Oh I can beat that stupidity by a MILE!
A few weeks ago a friend of mine decided to plan a trip to his cottage, which he decided to just tell me I was going to, and lived under the assumption it was happening.
Anyway, this past weekend (when we were supposed to go) we got hit pretty hard with snow and almost all major highways out of the city were closed.
I told him I wasn't going.

This is what he expected:
Drive up north (normally a two hour drive, would have been five with the weather) in a damn blizzard, go to a cottage that is not fully winterized (meaning no running water and having to use an outhouse), stay there for two days, and somehow make it back on the Sunday, when it was snowing yet again. All in a Ford Taurus.
Yeah, I DON'T THINK SO!
And he was upset and confused when I told him I wasn't going. Really? REALLY?
Some people just don't get it.

[DGoddessChardonnay]

This is what he expected:
Drive up north (normally a two hour drive, would have been five with the weather) in a damn blizzard, go to a cottage that is not fully winterized (meaning no running water and having to use an outhouse), stay there for two days, and somehow make it back on the Sunday, when it was snowing yet again. All in a Ford Taurus.
Yeah, I DON'T THINK SO!
And he was upset and confused when I told him I wasn't going. Really? REALLY?
Some people just don't get it.

And, unfortunately, some people never DO get it.

Sorry folks, if I want to watch Bumper cars, I'll stay home, bundle up and go outside on my front porch and watch the morons on Wendover Avenue. I absolutely REFUSE to get out in a vehicle if it's bad weather. And I live too far away from the Litter Box for someone to come and get me (it's 15 minutes away in GOOD weather) and I don't have a death wish.

So if we do have any weather bad enough to warrant calling out, I'll be home with the coffeepot going and watching the nonstop coverage on News2.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

Today it was snowing pretty hard at times, so hard you couldn't see across the street. And it was still fairly busy today. Normally in snowstorms you only get a few customers here and there but they were calling for backup cashiers.

I guess this is what happens when you put off your Christmas shopping until the very last minute. You're forced to go out shopping in bad weather or else tell your family why there's no presents this year.

I suspect tomorrow will be more of the same, and it's supposed to snow more tomorrow than it has today.

[rerant]

I guess this is what happens when you put off your Christmas shopping until the very last minute. You're forced to go out shopping in bad weather or else tell your family why there's no presents this year.

I'm a pretty last-minute person myself but A) I don't drive so I don't have to deal with the roads, B) I go at least five days before Christmas (still last minute but not last SECOND like a lot of people and C) I don't damn well bitch when I'm crammed in a store like a sardine.
People who complain about lines during Christmas should be banned from celebrating it.
"UGH! Why are these lines so looooooong? Aren't there anymore cashieeeeeeeers?"
"Sir? Sir! I couldn't help but overhear your complaint, and as official monitor of Christmas Douchebaggery I'm going to have to revoke your rights to participate in this particular holiday this year."
"But... I... YOU RUINED CHRISTMAS!"
"Yes. Yes I did."

[PepperElf]

All in a Ford Taurus.

Yeah. That'll happen.
I use to drive one so I know how it handles in the snow. Staying home sounds great!.

Even in my "new" used car... I stayed off the road when it was a whiteout outside.

and now im craving hot chocolate!... grrr

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

"But... I... YOU RUINED CHRISTMAS!"
"Yes. Yes I did."

"I'll be taking that tree now. Here's your festivus pole instead."

[SuperB]

This is what he expected:
Drive up north (normally a two hour drive, would have been five with the weather) in a damn blizzard, go to a cottage that is not fully winterized (meaning no running water and having to use an outhouse), stay there for two days, and somehow make it back on the Sunday, when it was snowing yet again. All in a Ford Taurus.
Yeah, I DON'T THINK SO!
And he was upset and confused when I told him I wasn't going. Really? REALLY?
Some people just don't get it.

You just described the majority of my customers this time of the year. Let me guess, he also had no way of providing traction for his car when (not if) it got stuck, he didn't pack a decent coat, or gloves, or hat and he thought his tennis shoes would be adequate for trekking through the snow.
What have I missed..... oh, when he planned to arrive at the cabin I'm sure he had a shovel and a plan for alternate heating when the power went out. Right?
< / sarcasm >

[protege]

Yeah. That'll happen.
I use to drive one so I know how it handles in the snow.

When it snowed, my dad always took the Taurus, and left the minivan at home. He figured, the Taurus was already a piece of shit (200,000+ miles with little or no maintenance over 3-5 owners), so he didn't care if something happened to it. Sadly, the winter wasn't enough to kill it--but beating the crap out of it the following spring did

[calulu]

We got lots of calls this week from people in those snowed in areas placing orders and then getting super sucky when it was explained that most of the florists in those snowed in locales didn't have access to Santa's super sleigh or reindeer to do deliveries.

If you know the weather is so damn hazardous why drag your kids out in it or subject someone else to your own stupidity?

[rerant]

You just described the majority of my customers this time of the year. Let me guess, he also had no way of providing traction for his car when (not if) it got stuck, he didn't pack a decent coat, or gloves, or hat and he thought his tennis shoes would be adequate for trekking through the snow.
What have I missed..... oh, when he planned to arrive at the cabin I'm sure he had a shovel and a plan for alternate heating when the power went out. Right?
< / sarcasm >

YUP!
That's pretty much him in every aspect.
There was NO WAY IN HELL I was going to that cottage. Not with knowing how unprepared he would be.
It was a farce, really. A total, utter farce.

[Pagan]

"UGH! Why are these lines so looooooong? Aren't there anymore cashieeeeeeeers?"

Oh, jeez, yes! If I had heard that one more time today....

And I was getting tired of people using the Pharmacy as an express check. You know there might not be a line and we might not look like we're busy, but guess what? WE ARE!! We're filling scripts and trying to finish our paperwork so that we can get out when we close you idiots.

I was tempted to say, "The lines are long? Gee, really? At 5pm on Christmas Eve? Wow! I wonder why?" And the one genius who couldn't figure this out.

[MannersMakethMan]

I had to pop down to the local supermarket with my mum for a loaf of bread yesterday, and told her we should probably park a little way out and walk the rest of the way.

"But surely" she said "Surely, most people will have gone by now? Nobody comes shopping Christmas Eve?"

I just told her that she put far too much faith in people. Surprise, surprise, cars were queuing all the way round the car park and the aisles were blocked. People are morons, who can't plan ahead. I have to include us in that to a certain extent, but dad did decide to eat pretty much two thirds of a loaf after coming back the night before, so I'd like to put it down to 'unforseeable circumstances'.

[Tito]

I think some people like to brave it, because they figure they'll have the whole place to themselves.

Putting their childrens life at risk like that, though, is just plain dumb! Some people just should not be allowed to breed.