There are some stupid, stupid people out in the world today. I am not talking about mentally challenged or handicapped but just plain stupid people asking stupid questions and doing stupid things.
I am at a stop light. The guy behind me honks his horn. I look at the light, it is still red so I ignore the horn. This guy gets out of his car behind me and come up and says, "You can turn right on a red in Phoenix." I said okay thanks but I am going straight. He said "Well you should be in the other lane." I pointed out the left lane was for left turns only and pointed to the left turn only sign and said I wasn't turning left. He storms off back to his car and for the next 2 minutes he honks his horn several times and then tries honking it in one loud honk.
2 police officers pulls up with lights and a blast of the siren. The guy behind me gets out of his car (mistake 1) and starts screaming at the police officers (mistake 2) about my not turning right and how I need a ticket. One is calming the guy down. and the other comes up and asks me what happened. I told my side of it and he said hang tight for a minute. A pedestrian comes up and speaks to the officer in Spanish. He comes back after a few minutes, and says next time don't hesitate to call us yourself. Have a nice day.
20 minutes later, I see this same pedestrian at the neighborhood Walmart. It was just across the street form the incident. He says the guy was cited for road rage, and a few other traffic infractions. Then the driver objected to $2500 price tag of all the tickets and ended up being arrested for assault, resisting arrest, and damaging police property. It began after I drove off and after the guy realized I wasn't given a ticket.
Speaking of Walmart, it was crowded and after I finished getting what I needed, I saw a short line to pay for stuff, then I realized why. There was a trainee checker with her trainer and she wasn't well trained. However, I had only a few items and thought it would be no problem, I asked for the 8 pack of coke to be put in a sack and she no problem, and did it. After she rang up my total, she said it would be $15.08. I handed her a $20 and a dime hoping to get $4.02 back in change. She begins to put $20.00 amount tendered. the trainer stops her and says how much did he give you? She says $20.00 and this (holding up the dime). So you should put in $20.10 for amount tendered. She protests "Why did he give me 10 cents?" Put in 20.10 and you will see. She begins arguing with the trainer and the trainer finally takes over she puts in 20.10 for the amount total and I get my $4.02. The trainer was ringing up other customers and trying explain that I didn't want a lot of coins. The trainee said, "Well I don't see why not, I know how to make change."
At McDonald's, a while back the cash registers were not functioning and the 30-something women behind the counter says " I guess we will have to get your total the old fashion way. She pulls out a pencil and a calculator.
I have many more stories, but that's enough for now. I don't know if it is the water down in Phoenix, or the school system, or just what it is. Something is making them do stupid things. I can't figure it help. God help us all!