My patience is declining with age

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Lexvol

Lexvol

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Does anyone else spot this. It seems like the older I get the less patience that I have with incompetence. Tonight I visited two retail establishments and left empty handed after dumping all of my items by the registers. Ten minutes in line with the potential of about five more did me in.
 
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USAF_Vol said:
Was it walmart?
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Good to see you USAF. Yes one was Walmart and the other was Speedway. Which brings me to this. The lady three people in front of me was playing the f'n lottery.

She was one of those people that buys 20 scratch off tickets, goes to the parking lot to smoke and scratch her tickets only to return 10 minutes later to trade her winnings for more tickets.

There is a gambling boat just an hour from Lex that will give her a damn bus ride. Why does she have to treat my Speedway like Harrahs?
 
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Every time I see a 'neck scratching off lotto tickets, I want to smack them in the back of the head.
 
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GAVol said:
Every time I see a 'neck scratching off lotto tickets, I want to smack them in the back of the head.
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.....after all, they could be buying some Term/life that would cost less money that their monthly tickets, and will probably be much more useful to their families. Of course if they check the lotter box on their physical exams, you may not want to underwrite that policy.
 
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Lexvol said:
Lets call the lottery what it really is....an idiot tax.
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I think it's great to tax dumb people. I just wish they could figure out a way to not have the dumb people stand in line in front of me at the gas station.
 
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On a similar, albeit side, note: the first two people I encountered at the Tennessee Aquarium today either a) did not speak English (not likely) or b) were just not in the mood to talk to patrons.

One of my biggest pet peeves.
 
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USAF_Vol said:
Can't argue the HOPE grant. College tuition for GA residents, not bad.
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The irony of funding education (which is not a bad idea) with lotto money absolutely kills me. If it really worked, the lottery would eventually go out of business. One day I will do an open mike night at a comedy club with this stuff.
 
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Oh, and just think, Lex: your little 'ens will probably go to school for free, thanks to the slow-scratcher that was in front of you. Buy ye' another!
 
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kiddiedoc said:
Oh, and just think, Lex: your little 'ens will probably go to school for free, thanks to the slow-scratcher that was in front of you. Buy ye' another!
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:lolabove: Excellent... I will stop saving for private schools now.
 
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GAVol said:
Every time I see a 'neck scratching off lotto tickets, I want to smack them in the back of the head.
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My personal favorites are the ones at the gas station holding up the line while they stand at the counter and scratch and then buy more. So annoying..
 
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kiddiedoc said:
On a similar, albeit side, note: the first two people I encountered at the Tennessee Aquarium today either a) did not speak English (not likely) or b) were just not in the mood to talk to patrons.

One of my biggest pet peeves.
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Yep. It is nice to be spoken to.
 
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I don't know if its like this in KY, but here you cannot purchase lotto tickets with debit/credit cards, so its always a situation where the 'neck buys his beer, cigs, and gas on the card, and then has to do another transaction with cash.....all after taking 10 minutes to decide whether he wants to play Gold Rush, Wild 10s, or Jumbo Bucks.
 
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Lexvol said:
The irony of funding education (which is not a bad idea) with lotto money absolutely kills me. If it really worked, the lottery would eventually go out of business. One day I will do an open mike night at a comedy club with this stuff.
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kiddiedoc said:
Oh, and just think, Lex: your little 'ens will probably go to school for free, thanks to the slow-scratcher that was in front of you. Buy ye' another!
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If Florida is any guide, the fault in the logic on this claim of funding education with a lottery is that the money coming in from the lottery simply replaces money from the general fund that is now used for somethign else.

Florida's lottery has "contributed" about $10 billion to public education. True. But, its not like its $10 billion on top of what was already going to be spent. The state just cut the budget from general tax dollars for education and spent it elsewhere. Net result is the same.
 
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OWB said:
My personal favorites are the ones at the gas station holding up the line while they stand at the counter and scratch and then buy more. So annoying..
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Oh man, that happened to me this morning! I was so angry. Funny how it's the same type of people buying a ticket everytime.
 
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On a side note of more idiots: I was in the mall the other day and there was a guy waiting outside of the RadioShack before it opened. He was smoking a cigarette and then put it out in the fake plant... well, the plastic caught fire and I coudln't help but laugh my arse off as he was drug out by the rent-a-cops. Stupid 'neck.
 
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Lexvol said:
Does anyone else spot this. It seems like the older I get the less patience that I have with incompetence. Tonight I visited two retail establishments and left empty handed after dumping all of my items by the registers. Ten minutes in line with the potential of about five more did me in.
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i'm with ya 100%. and the other day, i got roped in to going to the mall with my wife.......so she could make some returns............so we're standing in the Gap Kids store for what i thought would be just a simple exchange.

wrong. the item to be exchanged is not in stock. store credit, give me my gift card, later. wrong again. my wife proceeds to ask if another store may have it.......we stood there for a 1/2 hour as this poor girl at the desk called every store in Charlotte, 2 in Charelston, 1 in Pittsburgh and 2 in Ohio, only to find out that no one had the darn thing.

now i'm doing my best to be the "patient" husband, but as the line behind us began to grow, i got antsy. I'm glaring at my wife, pacing back and forth about to go out of my mind with this process.

and guess what.....we walked out of the store with a gift card for store credit. i think my way would have saved a lot of time.

so, i'm married to one of those people i guess.....:yes:
 
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VOLatile said:
On a side note of more idiots: I was in the mall the other day and there was a guy waiting outside of the RadioShack before it opened. He was smoking a cigarette and then put it out in the fake plant... well, the plastic caught fire and I coudln't help but laugh my arse off as he was drug out by the rent-a-cops. Stupid 'neck.
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I love it!:eek:lol:
 
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jakez4ut said:
i'm with ya 100%. and the other day, i got roped in to going to the mall with my wife.......so she could make some returns............so we're standing in the Gap Kids store for what i thought would be just a simple exchange.

wrong. the item to be exchanged is not in stock. store credit, give me my gift card, later. wrong again. my wife proceeds to ask if another store may have it.......we stood there for a 1/2 hour as this poor girl at the desk called every store in Charlotte, 2 in Charelston, 1 in Pittsburgh and 2 in Ohio, only to find out that no one had the darn thing.

now i'm doing my best to be the "patient" husband, but as the line behind us began to grow, i got antsy. I'm glaring at my wife, pacing back and forth about to go out of my mind with this process.

and guess what.....we walked out of the store with a gift card for store credit. i think my way would have saved a lot of time.

so, i'm married to one of those people i guess.....:yes:
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This is why every Mall should have a bar. "Go on honey. I'll meet you later."
 
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