At the conclusion of yet another full week of work, I have just a few things to get off my chest. 

Rant #1: Stupid people

Phone rings. I answer "Good morning/afternoon.  Thank you for calling BB&T Bridgewater.  This is Ashley, may I help you?"

Caller: "My name is so and so and I would like to get a balance (or I have a question).  I have an account there.

Me:  "Really?  You have an account here?  I would never guess that you would call the bank at which you have an account."

Next scenario:

Me: Good morning, sir.  What can I do for you?

Sir: I just need to cash this (1200 dollar, personally written) check.

Me: Sure (Starting to process the withdrawal).  I'll just need to see your driver's license.

Sir: You what?  I've been banking here for years! Why do you need to see my ID?!

Me: Well, you see sir-I don't know you.  Do you know me?  Would you give me 1200 dollars that you're responsible for just because I was who I said I was?  I'll be honest with you, sir.  We ask for IDs just to piss people like you off.  It has NOTHING to do with bank security and your protection.

Rant #2: Crappy drivers

I'm a woman and I'm an OK driver.  Not the best, but not the worst, by far.  I like to drive on the interstate, and this week I've had to every day.  There's a very short weaving lane to get on and off I-81 in Harrisonburg; in fact, it's one of the most dangerous places on 81.  But here's a newsflash: STOPPING is NOT what you're supposed to do to make your way onto the interstate.  Slow down, sure. Stop? HECK NO!  That makes merging into the rest of traffic even MORE dangerous. 

Rant #3:  People who house a lack of consideration/effort

Generally speaking, I try to be as considerate as possible.  I go out of my way to make things happen for me and for other people I care about.  Lately, such consideration and effort has been far from reciprocated.  I guess that I could turn this into a rant about me as I will just assume I always expect too much, but this isn't what thats about.  It's about you (probably most of you) letting people down with your inconsiderations and effort lackage. So there.

To balance this not so positive entry...

Lots of baseball this weekend!

I got free pizza AND cheesy bread tonight! (Because Domino's screwed up, they had to make my pizza over, offered me free cheesy bread and when the guy brought it out to me I told him I didn't pay and he was like "nah, don't worry about it." So I didn't

I'm about to go hang out with a verrry cool kid!

Casey comes soooooon! :-D

and the weather's not gonna stay crappy!

Have a faaaantastic weekend, thanks for reading