"Today was a terrible day because..."

[Wookie Mistake]

But we can still rant about ourselves right? I think some of the things that make me angry are more often than not caused by me. Sometimes I feel like I should stand in front of a mirror and shake my fist in a mildly irritated manner...at myself. XD

But one thing that I'm constantly frustrated about, is people with poor driving manners/habits. Especially when someone is in the passing lane and is going five miles below the limit and not moving over. Super frustrating. Or when I'm driving slightly over or at the speed limit on surface streets when the roads are relatively empty and yet someone feels the need to stick their bumper up my exhaust. Gahhh!!

Now I need some comfort food...and I don't think the girls scouts are selling somoa's just yet...This rant just keeps getting wor...ooh ice cream

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[Pokemon Trainer Sarah]

But we can still rant about ourselves right? I think some of the things that make me angry are more often than not caused by me. Sometimes I feel like I should stand in front of a mirror and shake my fist in a mildly irritated manner...at myself. XD

But one thing that I'm constantly frustrated about, is people with poor driving manners/habits. Especially when someone is in the passing lane and is going five miles below the limit and not moving over. Super frustrating. Or when I'm driving slightly over or at the speed limit on surface streets when the roads are relatively empty and yet someone feels the need to stick their bumper up my exhaust. Gahhh!!

Now I need some comfort food...and I don't think the girls scouts are selling somoa's just yet...This rant just keeps getting wor...ooh ice cream

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Haha yeah you can definitely rant about yourself. xD Just not other forum people. I'm sure we're all mature enough to know what's appropriate and what's against the spirit of the forum! ;) Right... RIGHT??? xD

Driving brings out the worst in people, honestly. xD What I really hate is when people do stuff to get ahead in traffic which inconveniences other people. Like people who keep going down the lane that is ending, passing everyone waiting in traffic, and merge in at the very end, instead of merging earlier where the sign is (I try not to let them in xD).

[Suicune's Fire]

But we can still rant about ourselves right? I think some of the things that make me angry are more often than not caused by me. Sometimes I feel like I should stand in front of a mirror and shake my fist in a mildly irritated manner...at myself. XD

But one thing that I'm constantly frustrated about, is people with poor driving manners/habits. Especially when someone is in the passing lane and is going five miles below the limit and not moving over. Super frustrating. Or when I'm driving slightly over or at the speed limit on surface streets when the roads are relatively empty and yet someone feels the need to stick their bumper up my exhaust. Gahhh!!

Ahahaha, you sure can. But I'm gonna be mad if you're mean to yourself. >:c

I made a thread for road rage a little while back because I get that mad at people. Like, I have pretty bad road rage. XD

[Rival Max]

But we can still rant about ourselves right? I think some of the things that make me angry are more often than not caused by me. Sometimes I feel like I should stand in front of a mirror and shake my fist in a mildly irritated manner...at myself. XD

But one thing that I'm constantly frustrated about, is people with poor driving manners/habits. Especially when someone is in the passing lane and is going five miles below the limit and not moving over. Super frustrating. Or when I'm driving slightly over or at the speed limit on surface streets when the roads are relatively empty and yet someone feels the need to stick their bumper up my exhaust. Gahhh!!

Now I need some comfort food...and I don't think the girls scouts are selling somoa's just yet...This rant just keeps getting wor...ooh ice cream

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You should find stuff to throw out the window at their cars. Makes me feel better.

[Pokemon Trainer Sarah]

You should find stuff to throw out the window at their cars. Makes me feel better.

What do you throw at cars? How are you not in jail? xD

[Rival Max]

What do you throw at cars? How are you not in jail? xD

Babies, small animals, my hopes and dreams.

[ant2011]

hopes and dreams.

Wait you still have those?

[Rival Max]

Wait you still have those?

No..no...i just didnt have anything else to say.

[XaiakuX]

Okay, so I definitely have a rant. I'm pretty sure just about everyone who has worked some level of retail will agree with this.

So, I work at Wal-Mart. I also happen to be the Toys Associate. My issue is this: Parents who bring their children into the store, and send them off to my department like it's the freaking Ronald McDonald play place or some department store daycare while they shop. This bothers me on several levels, and I'm going to list every single one of them right now. First of all, your child isn't my problem. Yes, it is my job to look out for my customer's safety, and you shouldn't just leave your child to their own devices in a public setting like Wal-Mart. Not only do we have loads of dirt bags, idiots, rednecks, and obviously ignorant and stupid parents, we also have pedophiles and registered sex offenders that come into our store all willy nilly. Now, this man/woman could walk up to the kid, look me in the eyes and tell me they were the kid's uncle/aunt, and off they go with your child. I'll think nothing of it because I don't know you, I don't know your child or your child's abductor. There you are, short one child, and an irreconcilable mess because you just let your child wander off without supervision. This is on you, and you get to live with that. THIS is the primary issue I have with parents leaving their kids in my department.

The second issue I have is that it heavily hinders my workflow. Because they are "customers" and they are also children, I have to keep an eye on them because I don't want them to TEAR INTO MY MERCHANDISE and play with every toy they see, which is considered theft, by the way. Granted, when they do this, I'm gonna call you to have you take them away from my department, and now we've both wasted time with this fiasco. I am not your child's babysitter. I am here to make sure my department looks clean and professional, as well as put new toys on the shelf for your little mongrels to tear up.

The third issue coincides with the second issue, and that's the attitudes. The ones that I get from children from, and even better, the ones I get from parents after I call them over to retrieve their misbehaved child. This is where I spout my "terrible parenting" rant. I won't do that, here. But, if your child comes into my area, starts tearing stuff open like it's perfectly normal, then throws a fit about it when I scold them about doing it, there's something wrong there. Even worse, when the parent comes at me with the same kind of disrespect and attitude the parent had. Okay, your child was tearing open a product, or making a huge mess, or upsetting other customers, and I asked them to stop doing that. When I asked them to stop, they mocked me, screamed at me, or threw something at me. So yeah, I called you to come take care of them. If it was my kid, I wouldn't be exchanging word with the adult, I'd be exchanging words with the kid, and probably be some level of discipline when we got home. Look, I get it, you want to defend your child's honor or whatever. But, there were actual illegal things happening that an adult could get arrested for and even face jail time for, and you're perfectly okay with that happening.

This is just my every day, and people wonder why I'm so stressed, or why I hate my job, or why I'm "so angry all the time." This is one thing. One thing I deal with out of my entire day. If any of you are parents, or planning to be parents, don't be this kind of parent. Don't let your children do whatever the heck they please. Thanks for reading.

[Neo Emolga]

So, I work at Wal-Mart.

work at Wal-Mart.

at Wal-Mart.

Wal-Mart

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Dude... ;_;

When I saw that, I already knew there was going to be a whole crapshow to read through.

There are so, so many awful parents out there that are perfectly okay for their kids to be raised like demonic livestock at Satan Ranch. I swear, it really begins to sound like a good idea for people to have to pass an exam before they're allowed to have children. Also, I feel like everyone should try working retail for at least three months so they get to know what it's like.

If I was an executive at Wal-Mart, I would enforce these policies:

- If a customer opens a package, they're expected to purchase it. Not doing so should be considered destruction of property. If the item is rendered in the same way that would cause it to not be accepted for a store return, it should be a forced purchase.

- Kids that are found isolated from their parents should be considered lost. Ask for the parents to pick little Timmy and Sally up using the loudspeaker so the whole store gets to know about how Ms. Parkinson can't freaking look after her own kids.

- If customers give staff a hard time over dumb, stupid nonsense, out they go. Those aren't people I'd even want as customers if every time they show up they think they're entitled to wreck the place and be disrespectful to the staff.

My sympathies go out to everyone who works retail. I haven't ever done it myself, but when I do shop at these places, I try to be as respectful and considerate as humanely possible, especially to the staff who are working long shifts, are tired at the end of the day, and probably have already been dealing with other customer nonsense.