Cash or Charge?

Today I saw a guy use his credit card to get a pack of gum. Really, I should legally be allowed to plant my foot so deep in his colonic orifice that other feet grow from his ass in the spring. Pull out a dollar bill and pay cash would you!?!

Another incident: I was at Panda Express. For those who don't know, it's a Chinese food place; basically the food is already cooked, you tell them what you want and they package it. Well I was in line longer than usual due to some Rhodes Scholar having to re-run his ATM card 5 times, which included typing his PIN number all 5 times, then signing a piece of paper verifying it. Transactions at an a-la-carte Chinese place shouldn't take longer than a minute. "I'll have some of that and some of that...here's a 5 dollar bill". Get change and get out of there. At the very least fix your friggin' card so it works rather than hold up a line of hungry people.

Ok, rule of thumb: if it takes you more than 10 minutes to get items in 7-11 or a fast food chain, then go somewhere else. I don't have all minute! That's why I'm at a convenience store! haha. But really, I don't understand how when you use ATM cards, slide your card, type your pin, respond whether or not you want cash back, sign a document is seen as convenient.

On that note, Happy Thanksgiving! ;-)

Openings

Why is everything so hard to open these days? I don't know if you've bought any small electronic devices lately but the ones they have hanging on the racks of Best Buy or CompUSA, (Target, Wal-Mart, etc..) tend to come in impenetrable vaccuum sealed packages. Apparently this applies to monkey fetuses too...I found this pic to be hilarious and slightly disturbing.

Now, I understand the need for security but after you buy it you should be able to open the damn thing! I propose a key the cashier carries at the register that will "unlock" these things. Mainly because I don't feel like needing a tourniquet every time I'm trying to pry open one of these packages. I find that the method of opening these things requires brute strength and a sharp object. Even when you saw through the layer of reinforced plastic, as you pull it apart, it makes the plastic nice and sharp. There should be a way to open these things without blood loss.

Also have you tried to open a CD lately? I know, I know, CD's are outdated. But I actually purchase music sometimes (SOMETIMES), and I'm starting to favor the mp3 download revolution. Not due to the ease of my comp, but to the lack of having to open a friggin' CD. There's a fine coat of plastic wrapping it, which unless you have a razor is hard to peel off. THEN, in addition there is a super-sticky sticker seal on both sides which you have to peel off carefully lest it rip. By the time you get it open you've changed musical tastes.

I also recently noticed that Subway switched to plastic wrappers on their straws. Very important move...rather than a biodegradable easy to open straw wrappers, coat them with an annoying plastic wrap. I suppose this is better if they get wet, so I won't harp on this too much, but still, it's worth complaining about. haha.

I believe it was comedian Steven Wright who said, "I think they should put the wrapper of a straw on the inside because that is the part you don't want to get dirty." I concur!

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Two In The Bush

Quick note on a Friday; I was thinking of how funny it has been in my life having Bush as a last name. Aside from the shrubbery and the obvious allusion to secondary sex characteristics, there has been a Bush in office since I was a kid. Starting with the Reagan era vice-president George Bush Sr. Then President George Bush. He lost to Clinton in which I was given 8 years of breathing room (and the country was given some economic recovery) only to usher in our current George W.(Dubya) Bush. If there's another Bush in office soon, I'm changing my last name to Jackhammer.

And the amount of clever comments that come with having a shared last name is staggering. By staggering I mean non-existent. I guess people think they're being clever but then a lot of people watched Will and Grace so what are you gonna do. ;-)

Sorry for the unnecessary cheap shot at Will and Grace.