I've been sitting here listening to the gurgling of the rain coming down and thinking how fast this year went by. Each year, because of the weather here, you are convinced that Spring and Summer are still going strong, when all of a sudden it is Halloween and they are displaying Christmas decorations in the store. I get caught every year...
Considering the weather (and the need), I was cajoled into cleaning kitchen cabinets. It was actually okay, and I passed a bunch of unneeded (or incomplete) stuff to Chuck. We did, however, find some missing attachments for our food processor and some baby utensils that can be put away somewhere else.
The most enjoyable cabinet, is where we keep the Tupperware and/or disposable leftover containers. I have a constant battle to locate tops to fit most every one of them. For the most part, I threw them all away. I'll buy more disposable ones and soon the problem of finding tops will repeat.
I wonder why nobody has come up with a scheme to make it easier. My scheme is to put a number on the top and bottom, so all I have to do is match them (That would also go for sock- which I can never match). Maybe color coding would work as well, but the bottoms are always clear...
Yesterday, we went to visit a new REI store that has come to town. It was very impressive. The clothes that were offered are not to be found anyplace else in town. They had a large selection of shoes and boots. Bicyles and skis hung from the ceiling. Everything made up what appeared to be a "complete" selection of goods that, for the most part, wouldn't be or couldn't be used locally because of weather or terrain. Yet, the store was extremely busy with lookers (like us) and a lot of buyers. On the other hand, next time I need extremely strong mountaineering pants, waterproof hiking boots, multi-layer extra warm shirts, 47 different kind of specialized hats, extremely light- quick put-up tents, hybrid bikes, thousands of varieties of dehydrated dinners and stoves that would fit into my pocket- ALL EXTRAVAGANTLY OVERPRICED...I will definitely know where to look (at least, for as long as the place lasts in good ol' SB)!
IDIOT SIGHTING
At a good-bye luncheon for an old and dear coworker who was leaving the company due to 'downsizing,' our manager commented cheerfully, 'This is fun. We should do this more often.'
Not another word was spoken. We all just looked at each other with that deer-in-the-headlights stare.
This was a lunch at Texas Instruments.
IDIOT SIGHTING
When my husband and I arrived at an automobile dealership to pick up our car, we were told the keys had been locked in it. We went to the service department and found a mechanic working feverishly to unlock the driver side door. As I watched from the passenger side, I instinctively tried the door handle and discovered that it was unlocked. 'Hey,' I announced to the technician, 'it's open!' His reply: 'I know. I already got that side.'
This was at the Ford dealership in Canton, MS
IDIOT SIGHTING
We had to have the garage door repaired.
The Sears repairman told us that one of our problems was that we did not have a 'large' enough motor on the opener.
I thought for a minute, and said that we had the largest one Sears made at that time, a 1/2 horsepower.
He shook his head and said, 'Lady, you need a 1/4 horsepower.' I responded that 1/2 was larger than 1/4.
He said, 'NO, it's not..' Four is larger than two.'
We haven't used Sears repair since.
IDIOT SIGHTING
My daughter and I went through the McDonald's take-out window and I gave the clerk a $5 bill.
Our total was $4.25, so I also handed her a quarter.
She said, 'you gave me too much money.' I said, 'Yes I know, but this way you can just give me a dollar billback.
She sighed and went to get the manager, who asked me to repeat my request.
I did so, and he handed me back the quarter, and said 'We're sorry but we could not do that kind of thing.'
The clerk then proceeded to give me back $1 and 75 cents in change. Do not confuse the clerks at McD's.
IDIOT SIGHTING
I live in a semi rural area. We recently had a new neighbor call the local township administrative office to request the removal of the DEER CROSSING sign on our road.
The reason: 'Too many deer are being hit by cars out here!
I don't think this is a good place for them to be crossing anymore.'
IDIOT SIGHTING IN FOOD SERVICE
My daughter went to a local Taco Bell and ordered a taco.
She asked the person behind the counter for 'minimal lettuce.'
He said he was sorry, but they only had iceberg lettuce.
-- From Kansas City
IDIOT SIGHTING
I was at the airport, checking in at the gate when an airport employee asked, 'Has anyone put anything in your baggage without your knowledge?'
To which I replied, 'If it was without my knowledge, how would I know?'
He smiled knowingly and nodded, 'That's why we ask.'
Happened in Birmingham, Ala.
IDIOT SIGHTING
The stoplight on the corner buzzes when it's safe to cross the street.
I was crossing with an intellectually challenged coworker of mine. She asked if I knew what the buzzer was for.
I explained that it signals blind people when the light is red.
Appalled, she responded, 'What on earth are blind people doing driving?!'
She was a probation officer in Wichita, KS
IDIOT SIGHTING
I work with an individual who plugged her power strip back into itself and for the sake of her life, couldn't understand why her system would not turn on.
A deputy with the Dallas County Sheriffs office, no less.
IDIOT SIGHTING
How would you pronounce this child's name?
"Le-a"
Leah?? NO
Lee - A?? NOPE
Lay - a?? NO
Lei?? Guess Again.
This child attends a school in Kansas City, Mo.
Her mother is irate because everyone is getting her name wrong.
It's pronounced "Ledasha".
When the Mother was asked about the pronunciation of the name, she said, "the dash don't be silent."
STAY ALERT! They walk among us......and they VOTE
