things I don’t understand, part 3
Dreadlocks.
Why Office Depot bothers to have checkout lanes. The only person who’s ever working is the guy in the copy area.
Why hotel lamps have to turn on and off with those stubborn push buttons instead of operating like every other lamp in the world.
Eating rice cakes.
Why, instead of finding my house on a map and getting directions before leaving, people WHO MAKE DELIVERIES FOR A LIVING just “wing it” and call me five times in an hour as they randomly try highways in the hopes of getting close. If you aren’t smart enough to Mapquest some basic directions, frankly I’m not sure I WANT you upholstering my couch. You might sew yourself to a cushion.
Choosing to attend Bob Jones University.
The response from my neighbor who, after I told her kindly but pointedly that I would have a dog myself if I wanted to clean after them in my yard, said brightly, “Oh, yeah, you should get one.”
Kindergarten graduations.
Surprise that Jon cheated on Kate and the 8. Seriously, would you want to live with that woman?
Straight men wearing mascara.
Arbitrary capitalization (“Please Wait for the Next available table”).
Why the previous owners of my house wallpapered the sunroom with interlocking orange-on-orange squares.
The people who argue with me that, yes, my cell phone number actually IS the Honda parts and service line. Do they think I don’t know?
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Jennifer Taylor
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Awesome series, Jen! These are all things I’ve wondered about too… though I don’t think I could have remembered them all!
Agree with you on almost everything, Jen, especially those blasted inconvenient hotel lamps (there, I feel better now!).
Kindergarten graduations, though… I agree that they’re pointless, but they’re just so doggone cute!
This IS the Honda parts and service blog, isn’t it? I’m telling you, it IS!
“Arbitrary capitalization (“Please Wait for the Next available table”).”
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