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Monday, August 20, 2007 'EXCUSE ME PLEASE' IS MN NICE FOR 'GET THE F**K OUT OF MY WAY!' I discovered today that the Mall of America is NOT the place to go on the third day in a row of dreary rain at the end of the summer tourist season. Nope, not the place to be.Besides the fact that everyone’s heads all seem to be as muddled and gray as the weather, people are very cranky because they’ve been cooped up with the kids and aren’t enjoying the end of their vacation a whole lot. So the fabulous idea of heading out to an over crowded shopping mall seemed to be the perfect solution for the vacationing world of Minnesota. Personally the only reason I was there at all is the extended care on my computer is about to expire and I wanted all the little things that seemed as if they might become an issue after said expiration fixed. And I never pass up an opportunity to visit the Apple Store. So these are the dunderheads I had to deal with today. I was ran into more times than I could count, kicked and smacked by little feet and arms running a muck all over the place, forced to endure loud cell phone conversations by obnoxious teenage girls that I really wasn’t interested in being a party to and robbed of my lunch napkins by someone who mistook me as a napkin dispenser. But the best encounter today was when I approached the escalators: The scene: Two women conversing loudly, oblivious to the rude and completely insane behavior of their children, six loud rude and completely insane children (one throwing a tantrum) and two strollers heading towards the same escalator as myself. Foreseeing a potential nightmare, I tried to make a dash for it; prior to what I am sure in finality was a circus act of people getting onto the escalator. Somehow the children, sensing my eminent budging managed to spread out, form a circle and block every possible opening to mount the moving stairs and then stopped dead in front of it. Two of the children decided to play with the moving hand rail, two were stepping on and off the bottom step, one child was still throwing a tantrum and the other decided to throw one because he didn’t like the tantrum the other one was throwing, all the while the women stood behind all of them as if waiting for the doors to open. “Excuse me.” I said probably louder than I needed too I thought. But I guess not loud enough because I was completely ignored. Playtime continued. “Um. Excuse me.” I repeated, a little louder this time. Nothing. “EXCUSE ME PLEASE!” I literally screamed. Nothing. Finally I just shoved my way past all of them. To the rants of one of the mothers “Give them a break! They’re just kids!” at which point I lost control. “Apparently you do not realize that ‘Excuse me please’ is Minnesota nice for ‘Get the f**k out of my way!” I shouted back. Manners… They’re completely lost on society. posted by me | 3:32 PM | 0 comments Comments: Post a Comment |
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