Stupidity, two for the price of one!
Jul. 6th, 2005 07:56 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gridloreI recently left retail hell for a new job as a courier for a dental lab. No more customers, but still stupid people! I had two great ones today.
First up is Road Rage Guy. I'm merging onto an expressway and this idiot in a truck not only speeds up, he changes lanes to cut me off. I express my displeasure via the horn, and the other driver proceeds to do the following:
1. Cut me off and stomp on the brakes, trying to force me to rear-end him.
2. Pull up next to me and swerve into my lane.
3. Slip in behind me and tailgate. He was literally inches from my bumper.
Repeat this cycle a few times. I didn't mind, since his company name and the 800 number for them was clearly labeled on all four sides of the truck! When he saw that I was speaking into my cell, he got really wide-eyed and sped off. From the tone of the person on the other end of the phone, I wasn't the first one to complain about him.
Have fun at Employment Development, asshole!
The second idiot requires some back story. Recently the San Francisco Giants honored one of their pitching greats, Juan Marichal, by retiring his number and unveiling a statue of him at SBC Park. As part of the celebrations for the "Dominican Dandy", the Giants wore uniforms with "Gigantes" (Giants in Spanish) instead of the team name in English. This was very popular, and the team introduced t-shirts with the "Gigantes" logo. I went to a game last night, and got one of the shirts.
Today I wore it to work. While grabbing lunch for my boss, I had the following exchange.
Me: The anti-tooth fairy (I deliver teeth.)
Idiot: Self-explanatory.
As I wait for my order to come up..
Idiot: (reading shirt) "'Gee-ganties'? What the hell is that supposed to mean?"
Me: "It's Spanish for 'Giants' (short rehash of what I explained above.)"
Idiot: "That's stupid. Why bother putting it in Spanish? Everybody who plays baseball speaks English."
Me: "Um, no. There are a couple of Japanese players who need translators playing currently, and a lot of the players from Latin America come to the States speaking very little English."
Idiot: "They don't play baseball in Mexico."
Me: Are you kidding? Not just Mexico, but the Caribbean and South America are breeding grounds for great players. Ever hear of Pedro Martinez."
Idiot: "Yeah, he's from Boston."
Me: "No, he played for Boston. Now he plays for the Mets, but he's from the Domican Republic."
Idiot: "Uh-uh, because you can't play for a team unless you've lived there for a year."
At that point my order came to the window, and I backed away slowly. When did this rule come in? Hell, there was once a trade that happened between games of a doubleheader! Player played for one team in the first game, then for the other in the nightcap.
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First up is Road Rage Guy. I'm merging onto an expressway and this idiot in a truck not only speeds up, he changes lanes to cut me off. I express my displeasure via the horn, and the other driver proceeds to do the following:
1. Cut me off and stomp on the brakes, trying to force me to rear-end him.
2. Pull up next to me and swerve into my lane.
3. Slip in behind me and tailgate. He was literally inches from my bumper.
Repeat this cycle a few times. I didn't mind, since his company name and the 800 number for them was clearly labeled on all four sides of the truck! When he saw that I was speaking into my cell, he got really wide-eyed and sped off. From the tone of the person on the other end of the phone, I wasn't the first one to complain about him.
Have fun at Employment Development, asshole!
The second idiot requires some back story. Recently the San Francisco Giants honored one of their pitching greats, Juan Marichal, by retiring his number and unveiling a statue of him at SBC Park. As part of the celebrations for the "Dominican Dandy", the Giants wore uniforms with "Gigantes" (Giants in Spanish) instead of the team name in English. This was very popular, and the team introduced t-shirts with the "Gigantes" logo. I went to a game last night, and got one of the shirts.
Today I wore it to work. While grabbing lunch for my boss, I had the following exchange.
Me: The anti-tooth fairy (I deliver teeth.)
Idiot: Self-explanatory.
As I wait for my order to come up..
Idiot: (reading shirt) "'Gee-ganties'? What the hell is that supposed to mean?"
Me: "It's Spanish for 'Giants' (short rehash of what I explained above.)"
Idiot: "That's stupid. Why bother putting it in Spanish? Everybody who plays baseball speaks English."
Me: "Um, no. There are a couple of Japanese players who need translators playing currently, and a lot of the players from Latin America come to the States speaking very little English."
Idiot: "They don't play baseball in Mexico."
Me: Are you kidding? Not just Mexico, but the Caribbean and South America are breeding grounds for great players. Ever hear of Pedro Martinez."
Idiot: "Yeah, he's from Boston."
Me: "No, he played for Boston. Now he plays for the Mets, but he's from the Domican Republic."
Idiot: "Uh-uh, because you can't play for a team unless you've lived there for a year."
At that point my order came to the window, and I backed away slowly. When did this rule come in? Hell, there was once a trade that happened between games of a doubleheader! Player played for one team in the first game, then for the other in the nightcap.
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