So here’s a little something to brighten your day.  Just a little “be thankful I’m not Dave moment.”  I decided to go to Aldi to get some of my grocery staples today.  Aldi has shopping carts that you have to put a quarter into to use, then you get it back when you return it.  I used all my quarters yesterday that were in my truck so I had to swing by the house to grab one.  I pull up in front of the house, but today is when you can’t park there from 12-4pm because of street sweeping.  All I have to do is run up the stairs to get my quarter, there is no way I could get a ticket in that time, right?  Wrong.  When I come down the meter bitch is out there writing me up.  I say, “Come on, I was in there 30 seconds!”  She says, “there’s nothing I can do, it is printed.”  Then as I’m getting in my truck to leave she is trying to put the ticket on my winshield instead of handing it to me.  I wanted to slam the truck in reverse and smash that meter-mobile to shit.

So, fuming, I decide now I have to get some groceries.  I get to Aldi and do my shopping.  I get to the register and try to swipe my credit card because I have $10 to my name right now.  It asks for a pin number.  “It’s a credit card,” I say.  The guy says, “we only take debit cards or cash.”  There are about 4 people in line behind me, which is the only line open.  So I embarrassedly walk out of the store with my groceries in the cart.  The guy gave me back the quarter for the cart.

So now, grocery-less and pissed, I’m hungry and I have now wasted 35 minutes of my hour lunch.  Taco Bell is right there.  I go to the drive through and order 3 soft tacos and an order of nachos.  They give me my food and I pull away.  Then I realize that they didn’t give me my nachos.  At this point my blood is boiling, and I go in to get them and the lady behind the counter is too nice.  She gives me a free apple pie for my troubles. 

These three things would probably be nothing to think about if they happened individually, but all of them happening in a 45 minute span really…really pissed me off.  Anyway, that was my lunch break, I hope all yours were better.

Lessons that can be learned here:

1) Always keep quarters in your ride,

2) Put your flashers on if parking in a no parking zone, no matter how long or short your stop is,

3) Make more money than me,

4) Know if the store you go in takes credit cards,

5) Always check the bag before you pull away from the drive-thru

 Hope you all had a good laugh at my expense.

Dave