Dear...

Really, would it have killed you to pull the cell phone away from your face for 2 seconds to really acknowledge the elderly guy who aproached to ask if he and his wife (who was slowly walking towards you, her walker moving one inch at a time) could share your table? Would it have cost you anything to politely say, "of course" instead of rolling your eyes and sighing snottily, "I suppose"? Did you care whether or not you made them uncomfortable with your deliberate act of ignoring them while they sipped at their coffee? Did you even notice that you were alone at a table for four and had the only available chairs in the whole place? Do you realize you could have made their day simply by being nice, appearing happy to have them at your table, by saying hello and then wishing them Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays or even just Goodbye when they got up to leave? Would you have noticed if I'd ripped that freaking phone from your hand and shove it up your left nostril? Because I wanted to. That makes me as rude as you, i suppose, but I wanted to.

Someday you're going to be old. And someday you might need to sit down and the only available seat will be at an occupied table. And I hope that whomever is there was raised a little better than you seem to have been.

Sincerely,
Someone Whose Momma Did A Few Things Right...

Why do you act this way? You came home from exams, and called your mother stupid because she told you to stop yelling at your sister. You said that she "wasn't even there", oblivious to the fact that mom was two feet away from the whole ordeal. You cannot go one day without starting a fight. Just stop it. We're all sick of your crappy attitude. Mom bends over backwards for you, helps you, stays up late for you, and this is how you repay her. You're a horrible son and you don't deserve the wonderful mother you have.

Sincerely,
your youngest sibling

I'm not sure you've noticed--well, apparently you haven't--that the book store is not a library. They might not seem to mind if you sit in one of their easy chairs to browse through a few books, and they don't even mind if you do homework in their coffee shop, but come on...don't use their stock as research material. Don't take stuff off the shelves and sit there in the coffee shop, using their books to get your homework done. Don't take a novel off the shelf and sit there and read it, either.

Most towns and cities have actual libraries, where that sort of thing is acceptable and expected. But the book store is a place of business, not your personal research and recreational facility.

And if you just have to use their books, for pete's sake put them back when you're done. It's not fair to first basically steal the material and then have someone else pick up after you.

Frankly, you annoy me, and I kind of wonder about your upbringing.

Sincerely,
I Pay For My Books, Thank You Very Much

This is for all you idiots that have forgotten how to drive. I think you should be required to take a written test AND a road test every 3 to 4 years. AND, the road test should include how to READ traffic signs. LEFT TURN ONLY and RIGHT TURN ONLY mean exactly that. Every afternoon I go to the Post Office. There is one entrance and one exit. The exit has 2 lanes, 1 for right turns and 1 for left turns. Invariably I will be alongside someone who wants to turn left FROM THE RIGHT lane and looks at me like I am crazy because I am trying to pull out and turn left from the left lane.

Also, how about what a merge lane is for???? People, get a clue or go back and re read the drivers hand book. It is NOT for you to get to the beginning of the merge lane and STOP with your blinker on. You are supposed to gently merge into the traffic. The lane is intended for you to accelerate to match the speed of traffic and then MERGE (oh my, what a concept, a lane named merge that is used for merging) into traffic.

OR, how about the trip lines at traffic signals? People, those lines are there for a reason. They are sensors that detect when a car is there so the light will change. If you are behind the lines or in front of them, guess what? It won't detect your car and you can wait a very long time to get a turn signal or even a green light.

Thanks for letting me rant. It beats road rage.