Gone, bitch
I dropped Ali off at the airport this morning. She had a flight that would make a rooster yawn at 6:30 am. We piled in the party van and brought the girls with. Sadie rode shotgun on Ali’s lap the entire way. It’s a relatively quick trip for Ali as she will be returning Monday afternoon.
So on my way home last night I stopped at Pet Supermarket to grab some dog food. After grabbing the 3 cases of the expensive dog food as well as some bird food I made my way to the counter. On the counter were a number of items including half a dozen cans of dog food, a large bag of dry food and a couple other things. As I approached I asked the clerk if these were somebody’s since nobody was on the other side of the counter. He told me the woman went out to her vehicle to grab some coupons she had. Ok fine, I told him I would go interact with the African Grey and another parrot they had in the store.
I saw the woman had returned so I made my way up to the counter to patiently wait. She had pushed a couple pieces of paper at the guy. I wasn’t paying attention at first but I soon realized there was a conflict brewing.
Evidently the coupons the woman retrieved were Petco coupons, not Pet Supermarket. Pet Supermarket actually does honor coupons from competitors for items. One of the coupons was for a $1 off a can of the canned food she picked out. Ok, no problem. The other coupon was for 10% off your entire purchase. That was a problem.
The manager explained to this woman that they honor competitor coupons for merchandise but can not honor generic catch all discounts since they are not redeemable to a manufacturer. It made sense to me. Well this didn’t make sense to this woman and she was bitching mightily about it. She argued that that the store should basically accept any coupon from any pet store, regardless of what it is for.
Well when she realized she wasn’t going to get her 10% spiff, she said all she was going to buy was the single can of dog food that she will get the $1 off for, leaving her other pile of shit on the counter. I at this point had waited at least 5 minutes while this circus went on, I was annoyed. The bitch marched out of the store with her single can of food. I guess she showed them. I hope that was her dinner.
Yesterday Ali texted me this picture from her parking lot at work. At first the freakout reflex kicked in. When I saw the tan car underneath the other car it looked like our Camry at first glance. After closer inspection I was relieved to see it wasn’t.
Evidently some old woman in her 70’s that obviously should not be behind the wheel of a car anymore smashed the gas instead of the brake and pulled a Dukes of Hazard on the other vehicle.
She was quite lucky to only smash a single vehicle. She was even luckier she didn’t plow over a person. I understand old people are resistant to losing their drivers license and the loss of mobility that accompanies it. However many of these individuals are truly dangerous behind the wheel. At a minimum, more frequent testing of their driving skills should be required once a certain age threshhold is passed.
After my post work mini-workout and dog dinner prep, I headed outside on the tractor. We actually have had 3 or 4 rain free days which allowed the standing water on the property to dry up. I didn’t want to waste the opportunity to mow down the high grass that was sitting underwater for a few weeks. Despite the water being gone, the ground underneath in some spots was quite squishy, resulting in some more tire spinning/mud slinging action.
Highlights from this evening may include a trip to the Ave Maria Publix and if my heart survives that I may even clean Tuki’s cage.