Scarcely a week after Val's encounter with two line-jumping rumpusholes... Genius had his own situation in Pittsburgh. He sent me a text Saturday morning at 8:11 (my time).
"I've picked up your rumpushole magnet behavior. I'm waiting at the post office to drop off a package, and an old lady just walked up, greeted me, and then CUT IN FRONT OF ME! Now I have to evaluate whether to pick a fight with an old lady, or let her get away with being an antisocial monster. We're in line for the "opens at 9AM" post office that's still not open."
"Heh, heh. Let it go. Because YOU would look like the rumpushole."
"Yeah. Exactly. I wouldn't actually pick the fight but still..."
"Like me with the ice cream man. I definitely feel your ire. Monday, a guy in a black sports car almost hit me while I was standing in the yellow-striped handicap walkway at Casey's. He backed up, then PARKED there when I got in T-Hoe, despite a plethora of open spaces closer to the door, including the actual handicap space, for which he had no plate or placard."
"Don't get me started on entitled parkers! Especially in bike lanes!"
"Watch out for doors being flung open!"
Genius recently got an e-Bike, which he rides to work. And took on a 22-mile ride on his day off. Another thing for me to worry about, now with the manifestation of his rumpushole magnet.
They're out there. Must be the heat of summer that brings them out. My husband went grocery shopping yesterday and he said there weren't many people there. However, he started to realize the same "group" of people seemed to manifest around everywhere he stopped to pick up or find something from his list. It happened at the dairy section, then the meat section, the freezer section, produce section and the deli. He said they made him feel like he was holding them up, even though he was there first. He was starting to feel claustrophobic. He felt relief every time he got away from them, but only for a few minutes before they were surrounding him again. He said it was so bizarre and just plain weird. He was glad to get out of there. Fortunately, there were a couple of lanes at the checkout, or they would have been pushing him right out the door. Odd ducks, for sure. Ranee
ReplyDeleteI had a weirdo follow me like that in Save A Lot a while back. He didn't even have a cart! Nor was he carrying any items. Yet he showed up on every aisle I went to, even when I backtracked for something I forgot.
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