Simple Randomness

I Live Near a Bunch of Idiots

Ok, it’s time for a Monday morning gripe!

Right now I live in a condo complex.  And it seems lately that almost once a week I am just amazed at the stupid things that I see happening at our trash dumpster.

First, let me let everyone know about a very simple rule of dumpsters: if you leave trash outside of the dumpster, like on the side or something, it is not going to magically end up in the dumpster!  The garbage guy is not going to get out of his truck just to move your junk!

Seriously, I used to think that this was common knowledge, but apparently not,  I even remember one time I lived in a place where they had to post this same thing on every single trash can, but people still did it!

So this morning I go to throw out my trash and guess what was by the dumpster?  I’ve seen beds (currently there are 2 mattresses outside the dumpster), desks, couches, and all sorts of stuff.   But this one amazed me.  It was a copy machine.  Not just a little 4-in-1 type machine, but a standup business like one.  Where the heck did that come from?!?!

So simply put, I think I live near a bunch of idiots.  That or people who are too lazy to actually put their trash in the dumpster.  And yes, I have actually gone the extra mile and put some of these people’s trash in the dumpster, but maybe I should stop and see if they’ll figure it out after their mattress has been sitting there rotting for 3 weeks…but then maybe they just don’t care…

Anyway, there’s my rant for today.  Have a nice week everyone!

Allergies are Not My Friend…

So at some point this week my allergies hit again.  I just have your common seasonal allergies, and they seem to hit me at the beginning and the end of the season.  But this time they decided to turn into a head cold as well!

Honestly, I don’t understand allergies at all.  I don’t believe in evolution really (the whole we came from monkies thing doesn’t work for me), but for those that do believe in this how do they explain allergies?  If we really do evolve, wouldn’t we have gotten used to all the pollen and other stuff in the air by now?

For example, my son is highly allergic to cashews.  Shouldn’t evolution have taken care of that one?  I’d like someone who is an evolutionist to explain this one to me!  I’d love to hear some good ideas on this, cause I’m at a loss.

I also hate it when they turn into a head cold.  I was so stuffed up last night…no wonder my wife didn’t get much sleep!  I had Nyquil to knock me out, but otherwise I’m sure I would have been blowing my nose all night.

Which brings up another question…how in the world does the nose generate that much snot?!  I mean seriously, who turned on that faucet and left it running!

Anyway, this is more of a rant and gripe, but I don’t feel good.   And by the way, no this is not a picture of me up above.

I hope you all have a nice weekend!

The Best Salesmen in the WORLD

You know who the best sales people in the world are?  UNIVERSITIES!!!

Think about it, they have convinced all of us that we have to have a piece of paper in order to be worth anything in this world.  Not only have they convinced us, but they’ve convinced most of the companies out there as well!

Seriously, how many times have you been turned down for a job or not even applied for a job because you didn’t have the degree or certification that they were looking for?  And even worse, you might have been more qualified for the position in the first place!!!

Now don’t get any ideas, I’m not thinking of this topic because this has happened to me recently, but I know that it happens out there.  And how many of you are in college and half of your classes make you go, “Huh?!  Why am I taking this class???”

Think about it…

I Think I’m Officially Tired of Politics

So with all the different conventions, all the ads, and all the stuff on the news all the time I have to admit that I’m really getting sick of politics and political stuff.

Does anyone else get the feeling like this election is turning out more and more like a high school election?  I’m sure it’s always this way to some extent, but it seems more and more blatantly obvious this time.  It’s like both sides just want to promise the world, but in the end you know that they either can’t or won’t do half of what they say…

Well, my intent with this blog was never to get very political, if ever, so that’s all I’ll say on the topic for now.  I think it would be great if a viable 3rd or 4th option would come out.  Two parties seems to be part of the problem…

Has Good Customer Service Died???

More and more I’m wondering what happened to the day when good customer service actually existed.  Now I don’t think that it’s completely dead, but it seems to be going down the tubes with a lot of companies.

Here’s an example.  A few weeks ago my wife and I went to return an item to an unnamed department store.  When we bought the item, the lady rang it up wrong.  We called her on it, but she insisted it was right.  We weren’t worried because the price was the same anyway.

So when we take it back, we decided to do it without a receipt and just get store credit so as not to be confusing.  So when we get to customer service desk, we explain to the lady what happened.  She then put her head in her hands, groaned, and said, “So you want to return this without a receipt and it was rung up wrong anyway?!”  Not cool…

What happened to the days when it was more like, “Oh, well let me see what I can do with that.” or at least something nice?!  In the end she was able to just give us store credit anyway, but first she had to talk down to us.

Granted, this isn’t always the case, but has any one else noticed that for the most part customer service seems to be lacking out there?

Why Would You Wear Sunglasses at the Gym?

So I’m at the gym today, and I saw at least 2 guys wearing sunglasses while they were working out.

What’s up with that?

Are they trying to check out girls and don’t want to be seen doing it?  Or worse, are they checking out guys and don’t want to be seen doing it?

It’s weird enough to wear sunglasses inside, but if you wear them in the gym I can only think of a few reasons other than the two above:

• You just had an eye exam but didn’t want to miss your workout (not likely)
• You think you’re cool (you’re really not, sorry)
• You think you’re some kind of poker king and forgot to take them off

I mean seriously, why would you do that? Can you tell I’m baffled???

Halloween is a Dumb Holiday

Ok ok, I know that its a little early for this, but honestly I think that Halloween is a dumb holiday.  For some reason I was thinking about it today so I thought I’d write about it.

I thought it was kinda cool when I was a kid, but that was just because of all the free candy. That’s it, nothing more.

My real problem with Halloween is this: when did it become a ’sexy’ holiday?  I mean seriously.  I thought it was all about kids dressing up like little ghosts and witches and stuff.  But I think the movie Mean Girls said it best when one of the girls says, “Halloween is the one night a year when girls can dress like a total slut and no other girls can say anything about it.”  Sadly that is what this holiday has become.

For example, there’s this website called Costume Cauldron, and one of their keywords on their home page is ‘Sexy Adults.’  Even they are promoting the new sexy Halloween. Then on the home page some of the costumes that come up are ’sexy vixen pirate wench’ and ’sexy eskimo cutie.’  This is just retarded…

One thing I will say for Halloween though is that if you keep it for the kids, it still is a lot of fun.  Last year we took my son around as a monkey and he was totally cute. Toddler Halloween costumes are really cute, just because they are all about the fun of the holiday, not the bad side of it.

Needless to say, I would be totally happy if they didn’t have this holiday at all.  And sites like Costume Cauldron honestly annoy me.  But in the end, my kid loved it.  So for the time being I will still probably be involved to some degree in Halloween, just for my kids sake.  So I guess in the end there is still a need for these kinds of companies and sites.  But really, can we stop with the ’sexiness’ of Halloween already?

A Little Rant About Gas Prices and Liberals

Ok, I have to go on a little rant right now.  Normally I won’t do this, but I get so sick and tired of hearing all this stuff about how the gas prices being high is all some big conspiracy and blah blah blah.

That’s not even the thing that really bugs me right now.  Today I read a blog post (I won’t bother saying where) that went off on some ‘Big Oil’ ad that was promoting getting off foreign oil and using our own resources because demand is going to be higher by 2030 and we need to be independent.  I agree with those statements; we need to be using our own resources.

But instead, this ‘liberal’ (I’ll use that term lightly because I hate stereotypes, but it’s the only word that fits right now) had to go on the offensive because it was an ad by ‘Big Oil.’  And what was the line of attack?  If we increase our use of oil we’re going to increase gas emissions and kill the planet by then!

You’ve got to be kidding me!  The fact is that we are an oil dependent nation.  And right now we are getting high prices because we’re so dependent on everyone else in the world for our energy supply!  I agree that we need to find alternative ways of getting energy, but ethanol sure isn’t the answer.  And it seems to me that until we can get oil under control, we’re going to have a hard time really producing other reliable resources.

So why don’t we drill our own oil?  Because for some reason in this country we are paralyzed by the environmentalists and other groups that really should have no business directing policy.  It’s really quite sad.

But by biggest annoyance to people like this other blogger is that they can come up with all these reasons why we shouldn’t do something, but they have no solutions of what we should do.  They just complain about how whatever a ‘republican’ decides has to be evil and after money.  So my question to her and anyone else with that line of thinking: you got a better idea?

One solution: nuclear energy.  Nope, can’t do that, environmentalists say no.

Another solution: build more of our own refineries.  Nope, can’t do that one either because of environmentalist wackos.

Drill for oil in Alaska?  Nope, you’ll kill caribou.  Caribou?!?  You’re telling me that you would put caribou above the welfare of millions of people?  I’m sure the caribou will adapt, they have for a long time!!!

Ok, this rant has gone in several different directions.  But hey, that’s the nature of rants right?  I just get so tired of hearing about all the things that we aren’t allowed to do for one reason or another.  I’m tired of the complaints and excuses of what we can’t do but no alternative solutions to what we can do.  When does it stop?

I’m hoping that someday soon in this country we get some leaders that will do what needs to be done and not be paralyzed by those people who just want to get in the way.  We need solutions, not restrictions!

Going Over On Cell Phone Minutes

I went over on my cell phone minutes again this month!  I really wish that there was a better way to handle the whole cell phone thing, cause man do they slap you when you go over!

My big problem right now is that we don’t use a home phone.  We just use our cells for everything and so far it’s worked out really well.  But lately my wife has had to make a lot of calls to doctors offices and places like that.  And you know what that means…they put you on hold forever!

I’m starting to wonder if the doctor’s offices and cell phone companies and in cahoots with each other…maybe when you call in on a cell phone they purposefully put you on hold just so they can collect on the overage you have to pay for your minutes.  Ok probably not, but it makes you wonder sometimes!

One of My Least Favorite Things: Yawning…

Ok, this is a little bit of a gripe.  I hate yawning.  Whenever I get in one of those spells where I just can’t stop yawning I get really annoyed.  Does anyone else agree with me on this one?  I mean it has to be one of the most annoying things in the world.  You may not even feel tired or anything but your body decides that it’s time to open your most really wide and breathe funny.  I’m getting annoyed just talking about it…

Does anyone really know what causes yawns?  I don’t think I’ve ever heard a good explanation of it, at least one that really made sense.  And what’s with them being contagious?  I actually saw a Myth Busters episode about it once, and if I remember right they proved that it wasn’t actually contagious.

I better stop talking about this before I curse myself into a yawning fit…