Hey, Stupid People: Shut Up!

I'm feeling drained and tired, probably due to the weekend. And I haven't been on the bike since Thursday. Need to get rolling again.

So while I get reloaded on Life, here is yet another old rant. I wrote this one in response to a "Letter to the Editor" of the Reno Gazette-Journal. I must have been having a bad day because I usually let small minds other than mine pass on by, but this letter really pushed my button that day. This guy had some personal issues that he felt belonged in the newspaper.

His letter, dated January 28, 2003, is in bold and is printed in its entirety. My snarky and R-rated responses are italicized and in brackets.

"Pet peeves: therapy in letter writing?"

I hope so!

1. Drive-through workers who give back change on top of the bills so it slides off.
[Minimum wage workers trying to do their best with their boss literally standing on their butt and pushing them to speed up the line.]

2. Utility and phone menus: "Press one for English."
["Press two if you're bigoted American creep who wouldn't let his granddaughter date a cultured, respectful man because he has a permanent tan."]

3. Teachers who won't give a little extra because they have "too many" students.
[And how did you vote the last time the school district floated a bond to pay for more schools to ease crowding? And how many times have you overseen 40 hormonely-enhanced supersmart citizens?]

4. Customer service workers who don't speak or read English and can't provide customer service.
[How about you learn a little Spanish and ask them how many jobs they're pulling down so their kids have the "honor" of being ridiculed at our overflowing public schools?]

5. People who don't call ahead to cancel appointments.
[I wouldn't talk to you, either, jackass.]

6. Reckless people who cut you off to get to the light 2 seconds before you do.
[You lost - they won. Get over it.]

7. Mandatory gratuities added on food bill for six or more.
[It seems you have this thing against minimum wage workers. Have you seen a doctor about that? And also about the empty void between your ears, that rock you call a heart, and that dark spot on your penis?]

8. Dept. store workers: "Everything we have is on the shelf."
[Or better yet, "It's store policy to hide things in the back so we hold down profits, close stores, and lay off minimum wage workers." (see above)]

9. Spyware and pop-ups on computers: cost money to get it all off of there.
[I'm almost with you on that one, but I stay away from the porn sites that load them onto your PC in the first place.]

10. Doctor referrals: have to pay for two appointments.
[So you want that generalist to decide if that black spot on your penis is either dirt, a smudge, VD, or cancer? Do you have an extra penis that you can use in case things are bad?]

11. Foreign languages spoken in public places, stores, companies, etc.
[Unless you're a full-blooded member of the Washoe (local) tribe, you probably have a close ancestor or cousin who speaks a foreign language.]

Anyone who agrees, maybe if we all speak our mind we can get something done about things. If we are silent nothing will be done for sure.
[Sure. Look how all the cross burnings and German Shepards shredding peaceful demonstrators stopped the civil rights movements.]

[deleted], Sun Valley, NV"
[Dickhead]