1. Liars. I get a lot of things off of eBay primarily for the cost and also the unique find of old things. As a fashionista on a budget, used and vintage items are a good part of my wardrobe. Recently, I purchased a cute pale pink blazer. I think with shipping it is like $18.50. Not bad for a blazer. And I was looking at blazers both new and old. The blazer I got was really cute, had a nice long shape to it. I also liked the masculine "boyfriend blazer" look it had missed with the feminine color of the pale pink.
The seller of it mentioned the blazer was NWT {which means New With Tags} and there was a picture of a tag hanging on it in the picture. See:
Now, I have many items I buy online sent to my house and a few I have sent to work {if I'm really excited and can't wait}. For some reason I was really excited about this blazer, and thus, had it sent to my work.When my assistant manager came in and said I had a package that felt like clothes I got really excited... REALLY excited! And it was be new blazer {my NWT blazer} or so I thought. Instead, it was an old blazer with a plain thrift store tag on it.
How dumb must this seller think I am to think that a thrift store style plain tag would make me think this blazer was brand new? Let alone the musty smell.
Now, for $18.50 I can't really complain. A good wash and the cutting out of the shoulder pads and we are back in business. However, I am not one to care for liars. I just never understood it. Why do people lie? Now, I understand being young and lying to your parents, hell, if for some reason I was on trial for murder and was guilty I'd be so scared I'd lie {side note, I've never, nor do I ever plan on, killing some one}.
Of course, I contacted the seller and let them know that I do like the blazer and plan on keeping it, but want some money back being as how the price I paid was for a NWT blazer, as it was described.
2. People. My friend Ashley and I {yes, we have the same name} talk to each other on the phone on our way to work nearly everyday. I leave my house at 7 to get to work at 8 and she leaves at 7:30 to get to work at 8, so everyday we chat for about a half hour. Today our convo was regarding rude, ignorant, etc Americans. We were discussing how people can be so rude. A few of our topics:
1. The people who know the driving lane they are in is ending, see the lane next to them stopping with people waiting in it and speed up to the last foot before the lane ends and then cut in line. Come on people, it is obvious we are all in the same traffic jam and we are all wanting to go home and believe it or not, the person you cut off may actually have a real reason to be in a hurry.
2. The people who are standing in a line at the check out register and hear someone say another register is open and run to the newly opened register and cut in front of all the people that were really "next" in line. You'd think by age 8 the understanding of a single file line would be apparent. But, apparently, there are people out there who really think that all the other people in line in front of them were just there to annoy them and must be doing nothing else other than picking their nose!
3. The people who make rude comments out loud about long lines, customer service, etc. For example, I remember one time I was at a restaurant and it was a busy night. The waitress was running all over the place and still giving good customer service. yet, some b***h yells out about how long she is waiting on a refill and how dare this waitress not give her the proper service she demands. Now, for those of you who know me, you will know that I truly try hard not to air my dirty laundry in public and also will only be rude when I really have a reason and most of the time my rude behavior is standing up for the under dog {my mother was huge on that and so are my grandparents}. So, of course, I tell the lady to calm down. I let her know that her ignorance in the business of waiting on tables is apparent and to point out the waitress did not have 3 of herself, with 4 arms and 8 legs.
3. American Public Schools. Now, I was raised in American public schools and I think I turned out alright, however, we as a country are so far behind others. At my work {for those who don't know, I manage student housing for KU} we have a few residents who are from overseas, China primarily. And almost all of them speak English. When I asked how they all know it.... well... school of course! Although, as I stated before, I turned out ok, I am also very uneducated. I only know one language {I know some Spanish, like a 3 year old}, I'm horrible at math because I didn't really learn in depth math till my brain was beyond taking in tons of info to know it, I don't know off the top of my head what comes after trillion, I don't know all my cursive letters because I wasn't pushed to learn them, I can't spell very well and will even click the spell check button on here and find a few errors {there were 5}, I don't know all 50 states, and I can't tell you on a map where 1/2 of the world's countries are. Way to go public schools.....
Ok... I'm done ranting. Thanks for listening... I feel better. :)
Have a great Friday kids!
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