We survived another family holiday together. No blood was shed even if some cursing did occur from me at one point. We exchanged nice gifts, we went out to eat on Christmas Day at the local Chinese place with friends ala "The Christmas Story" just because Josie and I both decided we weren't cooking for Christmas this year.
I don't know why Josie decided no cooking but for me it was simple. Cold plus fever plus honking out gallons of snot equals the most low key holiday ever. I stayed in bed most of Christmas day and yesterday. Most of the family has left for a post-Christmas get together in New Orleans. I decided being sick I would stay home this year.
Working retail for the holidays was an experience in and of itself. I developed a new pet peeve while working at the Big Box store. I discovered I hate, hate, hate, hate many Blue Tooth users.
Why? It's simple.
You'll be sitting in your little booth with your product and someone will walk up or by and they are talking. For a split second you think either they are talking to you or perhaps they are some random crazy person talking loudly to themselves. It's disconcerting either way, like suddenly waking up in the middle of a convo when you haven't heard the beginning. So you startle and wrack your brain to get with the program here only to realize it's some entitled person traipsing around the Big Box Store shouting about their hemorrhoids or foolish sexual adventuring or why they hate squid. Really TMI territory.
I'm not a fan of people yakking it up on their cell phones in stores and restaurants in general but the Blue Tooth earpiece takes it to an entire different level of annoying.
I've decided my rebellion for the next year is to go out of my way to be extra polite in public since this world is filled with folks that seem to be making it their lifes mission to trample the rules of polite society.
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