Wednesday, September 8, 2010
What are the odds?
What are the odds of walking through an indoor breezeway with one other person and looking out the window and seeing a large group of landscapers working in uniform. They are all wearing brown shorts and a dark tan shirt. You say to the person you are walking with (and the only person within 1000 feet of you) that they look like a group of UPS workers because of said uniform. What are the odds of hearing a voice directly behind you say "But I am not mexican" and turning around to a UPS worker who came out of nowhere and was walking directly behind you ?? Seriously? Only me.
Sunday, September 5, 2010
Casino Drama
Awhile ago, I was at the casino sitting at a slot machine and doing pretty well on it. A woman who was sitting two seats down from me says ' Excuse me '. I look over at the woman and she has her debit card in her hand and says "Can you read me these numbers , I can't see them too well" and hands me her phone. The woman had a very heavy accent so it took me a minute to figure out what she was saying. So I was like "Um okk" and read her off the numbers while she keyed them into her phone. She messed up so we started over. Five minutes later she says thank you and I resume my slot play.
Approximately one minute later, she leans over with her phone extended to me and says "Can you read these numbers off to the lady please?" So now I'm a little annoyed because she is bothering me and I have absolutely NO desire to put my ear up to a phone of someone I do not know. I'm a bit germophobic and all I can think of is that her nasty ear stuff is going to end up being my nasty ear stuff. However, she looks very confused and is obviously not going to leave me alone until she gets whatever it is she is trying to do accomplished. So I take the phone, hold it close to but not right at my ear and start to read the numbers to the lady on the other end of the phone. Immediately the lady tells me that I can not do this and she needs to speak directly to the card holder. So I hand the woman the phone back and tell her this. She doesn't understand what I am saying. So I repeat that the lady needs to speak directly to her. Again, I resume my playing.
About 4 minutes later she hangs up the phone and says " Excuse Me". I look over and she proceeds to tell me that she spent over her limit but has plenty of money in the bank and called the lady so that they would let her take out more money because she wanted to play the machine she was sitting at. The lady on the other end of the phone told her they would add a little bit of money so she could withdraw it and it would take a few minutes. I smile and tell her that's good ( which really means " If you don't shut the hell up and leave me alone I am going to scream). AGAIN, I resume my playing even though I'm not really playing because it seems that the button on my machine was really a cue for her to say excuse me and ask me to do something for her.
I was thrilled that I hit the button 3 times and I didn't hear anything from her so I assumed they fixed the machine so that it serves it's proper purpose. WRONG. "Excuse me" . This time I just looked at her because if I opened my mouth my response would have been " OMG LADY YOU ARE WORKING MY LAST NERVE AND THIS ISN'T A SMOKING SECTION SO I CAN'T SMOKE TO CALM ME DOWN SO SHUT THE HELL UP AND LEAVE ME ALONE!'. She says " Please watch my machine, I want to go see if I can get my money". I say Ok and am glad that I will have a few minutes of peace. Then she is gone forevverrrrrrrrrrrr and I am stuck making sure no one sits at the machine until she finally returns. She tells me that it's not available yet so she will wait a few minutes and try again. With that, I cash out and tell her to have a nice day. I am NOT going to do that again. When do you stop being polite? I can't be mean but man some people are just annoying. I would never hand someone my debit card, and give them my phone and have them speak to the bank for me.... especially in a casino.! DUH.
Approximately one minute later, she leans over with her phone extended to me and says "Can you read these numbers off to the lady please?" So now I'm a little annoyed because she is bothering me and I have absolutely NO desire to put my ear up to a phone of someone I do not know. I'm a bit germophobic and all I can think of is that her nasty ear stuff is going to end up being my nasty ear stuff. However, she looks very confused and is obviously not going to leave me alone until she gets whatever it is she is trying to do accomplished. So I take the phone, hold it close to but not right at my ear and start to read the numbers to the lady on the other end of the phone. Immediately the lady tells me that I can not do this and she needs to speak directly to the card holder. So I hand the woman the phone back and tell her this. She doesn't understand what I am saying. So I repeat that the lady needs to speak directly to her. Again, I resume my playing.
About 4 minutes later she hangs up the phone and says " Excuse Me". I look over and she proceeds to tell me that she spent over her limit but has plenty of money in the bank and called the lady so that they would let her take out more money because she wanted to play the machine she was sitting at. The lady on the other end of the phone told her they would add a little bit of money so she could withdraw it and it would take a few minutes. I smile and tell her that's good ( which really means " If you don't shut the hell up and leave me alone I am going to scream). AGAIN, I resume my playing even though I'm not really playing because it seems that the button on my machine was really a cue for her to say excuse me and ask me to do something for her.
I was thrilled that I hit the button 3 times and I didn't hear anything from her so I assumed they fixed the machine so that it serves it's proper purpose. WRONG. "Excuse me" . This time I just looked at her because if I opened my mouth my response would have been " OMG LADY YOU ARE WORKING MY LAST NERVE AND THIS ISN'T A SMOKING SECTION SO I CAN'T SMOKE TO CALM ME DOWN SO SHUT THE HELL UP AND LEAVE ME ALONE!'. She says " Please watch my machine, I want to go see if I can get my money". I say Ok and am glad that I will have a few minutes of peace. Then she is gone forevverrrrrrrrrrrr and I am stuck making sure no one sits at the machine until she finally returns. She tells me that it's not available yet so she will wait a few minutes and try again. With that, I cash out and tell her to have a nice day. I am NOT going to do that again. When do you stop being polite? I can't be mean but man some people are just annoying. I would never hand someone my debit card, and give them my phone and have them speak to the bank for me.... especially in a casino.! DUH.
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