Category: Monday Morning Grievance

Monday Morning Grievance: Self-Checkout Lines

It’s Monday and I haven’t had my coffee.

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The other day I bought groceries and – as usual – used the self-checkout lane.

I like the self-checkout lane:

It’s quick.

It’s easy.

It means I don’t have to talk to a cashier.

There are those who don’t know how to use the checkout lane:

The gentleman whose entire order consists of one banana and can’t figure out how to ring it up.

Rather than ask for help, he mumbles curses at the machine and new-fangled technology in general.

The woman buying an entire grocery cart of produce without a clue of how to ring it in and – to top it off – can’t remember what type of produce she actually has in her cart.

She stands there comparing what she has in the bag to all the pictures.

It might not be so bad if she didn’t start over for each new item.

The couple buying several bottles of wine and cases of beer.

They have a clerk there to punch in the authorization code for each item.

You know what, it’d be faster to go through regular checkout, people.

There, they’d only have to punch it in once.

At least, that’s the way it normally works.

Heaven forbid your coupon doesn’t scan properly or a sale item doesn’t ring up right.

I know those 16 gig thumb drives are on sale for $3 a pop, but at a price that ridiculously low, did you really think there’d be no problems? Especially when you’re buying them from a grocery store?!

Sigh. Maybe I’d be better off using regular checkout myself.

But then I’d have to talk to the cashier.

I think I’ll stay right here, thank you very much.

Just do better next time, all right?

 

 

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Monday Morning Grievance: Oversleeping

It’s Monday and I haven’t had my coffee.

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I overslept today.

I had such good intentions, too.

I was going to get up and write this blog post.

Then, I’d make some coffee and read for a bit.

After that, I’d go pay some bills.

All before heading out to the school to start organizing my classroom for next term, which starts in two weeks.

Now, though, I’ve overslept by an hour and a half.

I can’t procrastinate on the bills.

I shouldn’t put off working in my classroom.

I’ve got to have my coffee if I’m going to be halfway pleasant today.

The real question is

Do I have time to read, or must I wait ’til tonight?

 

 

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Monday Morning Grievance: Summer Colds

It’s Monday and I haven’t had my coffee.

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Colds are inconvenient at the best of times. We expect colds in winter; after all, they’re called colds, not hots. Somehow, colds seem worse in warm weather. I mean, come on already.

It’s 75 oF [ 24 oC]

I’ve just taken the hottest shower I can stand

I’m wearing two pairs of sweatpants, alpaca wool socks, a long-sleeved thermal running shirt, a sweatshirt, and a hoodie

I’m buried under 2 comforters and two blankets

I still can’t get warm

Making things even more intolerable, I’m technically on vacation.

Blargh

 

 

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Monday Morning Grievance: Starting Over

It’s Monday and I haven’t had my coffee.

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I’ve decided to restart this feature. In the past, I shared three or five pet peeves with little or no explanation. It might make more sense to expound upon one unnerving thing at a time.

That said, it might be somewhat ironic that I greatly dislike starting over.

Starting over implies that things haven’t worked out or gone according to plan.

Starting over indicates that things haven’t been entirely thought through.

Starting over hints at failure.

Of course, I also know I’m entirely off-base in these opinions.

But knowing I’m wrong is another grievance for another Monday.

 

 

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