HMMPPH!!
There are some things that just bug me. Here's a list of misused words that make my teeth itch:
1. Irregardless
2. Supposuvly
3. Fustrated
Here are some random occurences that bug me:
1. People who order massive amounts of stuff in the drive-thru
2. When parents insist on comparing kids grades and test scores in a battle of "my kid's better than yours"
3. Giving kids trophies for playing sports in which you don't even keep score just for participating
4. Bureaucracy in getting stuff done. You know when you're trying to do something proactive and some sort of rule, process or agenda keeps you from accomplishing your objective?
5. Military spouses that think they hold the rank of the military member.
Fashion trends that are abhorant:
1. The thong
2. butt cleavage
3. low low rise jeans
4. when something's labeled "retro" and I wore it at one time
5. clothes with cut outs
6. the showing mid-drift (especially if the mid drift shower is sporting rolls of any kind)
7. the obsession with fake tanning
Lastly, and probably my biggest flaw is that I also can't stand stupid people. I find that stupid people are everywhere and they suck! Like the lady at the movie theater yesterday who was trying to "help" and ended jacking up the order because she was among the stupid. If she would've just backed the fuck off and let the person who had originally taken our order just finish things up, everything would've been peachy.
I know how dusgruntled I sound, but I'm just in that kind of mood. I just got off the phone with my son's teacher who is a very nice lady, but she delivered info that was totally unhelpful. It seems the whole school system doesn't want to help. I find myself so extremely frustrated and angry because I thought, in my own arrogance, that I knew the school system and I would able to get his educational needs met. I'm not sure where to go from here, but I'm going to keep at it because I'll be damned if I'll let this particular bureaucracy discourage me!!!!
posted by WarriorM @ 10:58 AM
10 Comments:
At 12:48 PM,
ACG said…
Aw come on, ya gotta love a thong. It's almost like going comando.
And how about the butt cleavage of a hot guy in your bed... you know when he's sleeping on his stomach and the sheets gather right below the small of his back ;-)
At 2:46 PM,
WarriorM said…
I see your point about the butt cleavage, but my reference was into those teenage girls who you see out and about with the low low rise jeans, butt cleavage and thong oozing up over the waistband, while the mid-drift bearing spandex shirt rolls up over their belly and under their pudgy "boobs". UGCK!!!!!
The only good thing I have to say about the thong is that it's a fun tool for taunting my hubby. On a daily basis, no thanks! Of course, I DO have a tail and that really impeded thong wearing.
At 4:15 PM,
Zephyr said…
Awww c'mon... thongs are the next best thing to going commando!
The teenage girl image you paint on the other hand... *shudder*... well lets just say that I have been watching even the best bodies in those low-low-rise jeans and I've come to the conclusion that they are not flattering to ANYONE'S butt! And the number of chunky girls dressing like that is just plain scary! If you've got it, it can be fun to flaunt a little, but show some common sense and don't flaunt the bad stuff!!!
Hope you get the school issue hammered out. I bet Buddha Girl could give you some tips on bureaucracy-bashing!
At 7:35 AM,
Mouthy Girl said…
Mary...oh yes...I love a good, bitchy rant. Thank you ever so much! I loathe all of those misused words...but do me a favor and add the misuse of the word "cent." As in "That's five dollars and thirty-four cent, please." HELLO, plurals!!!!!!!!! Fucking plurals!
I hate people who treat service personnel like their own whipping boys/girls. Please and thank you go a long way, you ungrateful fucks.
Bureaucracy? You're opening a can of worms here. I've been home sick for days now but had to field calls yesterday from my co-workers who were wigging out because we've now been asked to provide the administration with a third copy of four different reports ALL IN DIFFERENT formats than the previous ones. Can you say waste of fucking precious time?
Your kid's school doesn't want me being his advocate. However, I can play hardball for anyone who wants/needs it. I did it on behalf of my sister and her daughter who has special ed services but who wasn't getting said services. They realized Buddha Girl is a worthy opponent. That's all I'm saying. Dumbasses.
One more thing, I call the stomach flopping over the jeans and out from under the shirt a DUNLOP. Her belly done lopped over. (Redneck. I know, but that's how some of the lovelies speak around here.)
At 9:35 AM,
I n g e r said…
Hey, I'm with you! All of it.
Also hate when people use "a lot" as one word, and when they say, "The thing is, is that..." etc. ONE "IS," people. ONE.
At 12:35 PM,
WarriorM said…
Clearly my sisters in bloggland feel my pain!! I feel so bonded with all of you now! Craig has a thing for the word "coupon". He hates when people (read ME) say QUE-pon, rather than COUP-on.
Lara and ACG, like I said earlier, I like the thong to entice my hubby, but other than that...no thanks! I'm not a fan of going commando either. When Craig goes commando in jeans it's HOT! When I go commando it's because I haven't done laundry...it's not my thang!
BG- I wish you were here to hammer out this school thing. I could use an ally. I probably wouldn't be remotely bugged if they didn't just give me the old "sorry, that's just the new policy, we can't help you" dance. They expect me to just go away and say "Oh, that's just the way it is, so sorry, son!" Nope not this girl!
The word DUNLOP is priceless! Thanks, redneck words and phrases are welcome 'round these parts! :-)
Jonesy, yes, you've been missed! I was wondering if Brady's been keeping you a bit too busy! ;-)The Bostonian SHOULD be punched if not for irregardless, but definately for similarealee!! Ass!
Inger, I love that you're on the same wave length, but I'm afraid I may be guilty of your pet peeve. I don't use "a lot" as one word, but "the thing is" would be a phrase used by me, maybe even frequently. Sorry!
At 12:50 PM,
John Q. Public esq. said…
ok with:
1. The thong
2. butt cleavage
3. low low rise jeans
4. when something's labeled "retro" and I wore it at one time
5. clothes with cut outs
6. the showing mid-drift (especially if the mid drift shower is sporting rolls of any kind)
but add to that, girls who wear knee high blk leather boots that are to big... they loo like a Palm Tree in a black pot...
JQP
At 3:30 AM,
Rosie said…
Mary, my Mary, my Mary...first of all tell me whose a$$ I have to kick at CJs school? Did you have to make the phone call to the teacher or did you have to call her? Humpf!!! Don't give up. If there is anything worth a battle it's your kid's education...but you know that already.
Most of your observations...I'm there with you. How can there be so many people who bare their oversized mid-driff and think they are sexy? Doesn't anyone tell them?
What about the 9 year old with make up and acrylic nails? Yeah, it's happening right here in River City.
As for military spouses using their partner's rank. Remember the time Dee R. called Base Housing and told them she was Mrs. COLONEL R. and she wanted her furniture NOW! Mom was horrified.
Hey wait...you were only 3 or 4 that was at Sembach that happened. Yeah, nope you wouldn't probably remember that then...huh?
Love you! I'm on your side...no matter what. Maybe you should delete this long post too! ; )
At 2:01 PM,
Trudy Booty Scooty said…
LOL Glad I got a smile out of you! I was going to tell you that I HATE it when people pronounce
"Important" as "Impordant" arrrrrrrrghhhh Makes me want to scream! And I'm with Craig on the Coupon pronounciation...although supposedly both are correct. QUEpon Bleck! Yuck! Spitooey! It's Coo pon Dammit!
And the below the hip bone pants with huge tummies rolling over the top....WHO thinks THAT looks good!?? I mean I'm all for body confidence.....and I absolutely don't wear low rise pants for a reason...but c'mon!
At 5:27 PM,
sjobs said…
Hi Mary,
I loved your post!! I really hate stupid people and waiting for them in the damn drive through when I am in a hurry, which is most of the time. I see my seconders wanting to wear the low cut pants and the shirts that show their navals and wonder how their parents let them out of the house like that......
As far as your child goes at school, keep on the district with whatever the needs are. YOU are the best advocate for your children. Most of the time school districts will listen to the parents and do what the parent wishes.
I teach second grade so if you want any help feel free to ask.
Mary
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