I consider myself to be a pretty even-keel kind of person. I might get frustrated or irritated by things, but most of the time, you'd never know it to look at me...I can usually keep myself pretty well in check. There are some things, however, that just chap me, and occasionally I'll find myself muttering or fuming or just simply shaking my head in disbelief. Here are a few that have gotten me recently:
- I went to get my nails done a few weeks ago, and there was a woman sitting at one of the stations who was on the phone the ENTIRE TIME I WAS THERE. And not just on the phone, but talking into her Bluetooth headset because, well, nails. Of course, she was sitting right next to where they sat me, so I was "able" to overhear much of her conversation with the various people she decided to call while there (when one phone call ended, she would call someone else...of course). My favorite part was hearing her mutter into her BLUETOOTH that she didn't want to go into specifics about something to do with her and her boyfriend because there were too many people around, then hearing her immediately proceed to go into said details regardless of her audience. #SMH
- Last month while grocery shopping, I found myself in the bread aisle. I was shopping for mini bagels for Greyson's school lunches. The bagels I wanted are located on the bottom shelf of that section, so I was squatting down in front of my cart to grab what I needed, and I pulled a bag of bagels off the shelf. I'm pretty careful when buying bread to make sure that it's not rock hard or moldy, so I was inspecting the bag per usual...and noticed something I'd never seen before - a hole in one corner of the bag. But not just any hole...this one was a hole from someone's teeth...and just behind the hole in that bag was a mini bagel with a bite taken out of it. You guys, I'm serious!! SOMEONE TOOK A BITE OF A BAGEL THROUGH THE PLASTIC BAG, THEN PUT IT BACK ON THE SHELF!!! And that missing bite...GONE!! It was not in that bag!! Now, I watch my children pretty closely at the store ("stop touching things," "put your hands in your pockets," "no, you can't have that," "no, we already have that at home, we don't need another one," "yes, you can go get a cookie, but only one," etc...), so to see that there was a shock to my Mom-brain...seriously!! I put the defiled bag of boiled bread in my cart along with a bag that was unsullied, and took it up to customer service. Wow. Just wow. #SMH
- Two weeks after the bagel incident, I was again in the bread aisle at the same grocery store, this time for bagels and for buns for Labor Day hamburgers. I just recently discovered Brioche buns for hamburgers, and I'm telling you what, I may never eat another type of bun again (unless it's a pretzel bun, because seriously OMG yum). Burned once before, I check the bag of bagels for anything strange, find nothing and go home. Get home, unload groceries, and hey, what do you know...those lovely Brioche buns that I didn't inspect as closely...? Yep. Someone took a bite out of those too!! Which meant going BACK to the store to return them and get new ones, as if I don't already have 8479 too many things on my plate as it is. I'm speechless. #SMH
- I work in an office building, 15 floors of professionals who rent office space in order to conduct their businesses. I'd wager that at least 40% of the tenants in this building are attorneys, our office included. The attorney I work for handles Family Law cases as well as Estate Planning and Probate law. Most of the family law cases we are currently working on have children in the mix, which makes what I do very challenging at times...especially when our clients bring their kids to appointments with them. Don't get me wrong, I understand that childcare is expensive...I'm so grateful to not be writing checks for daycare anymore...and I totally understand that stuff comes up. BUT when you have 4 children under the age of 6 and an appointment with your attorney regarding your separation from your children's other parent, it's usually a really good idea to either find someone to look after your precious cargo for a couple of hours OR reschedule your appointment for another time when childcare is available. It's really NOT a good idea to bring your 4 adorable children to your appointment with you, leave them in the hallway by the elevator under the "direction" of 5-yr old big sister for an hour, and let them run up and down the hallways screaming their heads off and generally disrupting the entire floor. Your children are beautiful, you should be proud of them...please leave them with a sitter next time. #SMH
I'm certain that there will be more "Shaking My Head" posts in the future...the hits just keep on coming! At least it's not boring!!
XOXO
