things I don’t understand, part 3
Dreadlocks.
Why Office Depot bothers to have checkout lanes. The only person who’s ever working is the guy in the copy area.
Why hotel lamps have to turn on and off with those stubborn push buttons instead of operating like every other lamp in the world.
Eating rice cakes.
Why, instead of finding my house on a map and getting directions before leaving, people WHO MAKE DELIVERIES FOR A LIVING just “wing it” and call me five times in an hour as they randomly try highways in the hopes of getting close. If you aren’t smart enough to Mapquest some basic directions, frankly I’m not sure I WANT you upholstering my couch. You might sew yourself to a cushion.
Choosing to attend Bob Jones University.
The response from my neighbor who, after I told her kindly but pointedly that I would have a dog myself if I wanted to clean after them in my yard, said brightly, “Oh, yeah, you should get one.”
Kindergarten graduations.
Surprise that Jon cheated on Kate and the 8. Seriously, would you want to live with that woman?
Straight men wearing mascara.
Arbitrary capitalization (“Please Wait for the Next available table”).
Why the previous owners of my house wallpapered the sunroom with interlocking orange-on-orange squares.
The people who argue with me that, yes, my cell phone number actually IS the Honda parts and service line. Do they think I don’t know?
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Awesome series, Jen! These are all things I’ve wondered about too… though I don’t think I could have remembered them all!
Agree with you on almost everything, Jen, especially those blasted inconvenient hotel lamps (there, I feel better now!).
Kindergarten graduations, though… I agree that they’re pointless, but they’re just so doggone cute!
This IS the Honda parts and service blog, isn’t it? I’m telling you, it IS!
“Arbitrary capitalization (“Please Wait for the Next available table”).”
Ok. Now yOur JusT gettiNg PIckY!
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Office Depot. With you there.
Who is Bob Jones? Is he that cult preacher that posioned eeryoen with punch? No? Country singer? Am I close?
you SHOULD get a dog by the way. but for reasons other than poop. but then again, your life will revolve around the poop. maybe that’s only me.
mascara on men can work. here i go again. long hair, mascara. two words: Jared Leto.
wait… i think he limits it to only eyeliner.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iNW5bHpBvI8/TPIDK-DY5bI/AAAAAAAAIA8/313l9QJYllo/s1600/Jared%2BLeto.jpg
geez. I think i see a trend here.
Bob Jones U is a very conservative school in SC which has been accused of some racist policies and has rules like not listening to any current music. Not where I’d want to spend four years.