Maybe it is being 8 months pregnant and hormonal, or maybe I have legitimate gripes, you decide:
1. I went to the library this morning by myself (a special treat) and handed the librarian Mary's card, "I need to find out if there is anything on this card overdue or due soon."
"This isn't your card. You can't get any information about this person's account."
"It is my child's card. She is 8 years old. I am responsible for her welfare and her fines. I need to know if she has any overdue items."
"Sorry, I can't tell you."
So... this afternoon we canceled both Will and Mary's cards and I found out and received a household card on which I can check out 100 books. We have cards at 3 libraries in Maine and not one gives me grief about the kid's cards. Apparently it is state law in Maryland that privacy concerns trump common sense.
2. We stop by the grocery store this afternoon and I pull into a spot in la-la-land so I don't have anyone next to me. I get back to the van after picking up milk and light bulbs and find a huge Chevy Suburban parked 12" away from the side doors. This is not the first time that this has happened- which is WHY I park in Timbucktu. Perhaps I got a little testy, but I'm thinking of plastering a sign on the passenger side of the van: UNLESS YOU WANT BIG DENTS IN YOUR CAR, DO NOT PARK HERE. 6 KIDS MUST GET IN/OUT OF THIS VAN.
I recall one trip to the library about 2 weeks ago. We were walking back to the van to find someone pulling in the spot next to us. Will very carefully held the doors open so everyone could get inside and then he and Mary strapped in all the little kids. While I was walking around to hoist myself in, I heard a big thump, thump. Both the driver and her preteen child opened their doors right into the side of my van. I was soooo angry I wanted to pull my van out and slam it into the back of her car a few times. But I didn't. That is against the 7th commandment.
I guess in today's world a tiny bit of sense is just too much to ask for.
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I have the van problem too. I always park with empty spots on either side. My van looks like 6 kids get in and out of it, so you'd think folks would stay away. They don't.
The other problem I have is people pulling into the slot next to me AS my children are trying to get out of the van. Can't they just wait until we are out and safely away before pulling in?
Anyway, I think it's Maryland and not your hormones. Hope you feel better soon.
I have a daily opportunity to offer it up while waiting in the parking lot to pick up J after school. I have NEVER seen so many STUPID (and I don't use that word lightly) drivers in one place. Honestly, I am suprised that no one has gotten hit.
I just want to go up to ppl and read them the riot act or at least remind them that one cannot park legally on the crosswalk! (Among many other infractions!) It's just so indicative of how self-aborbed most ppl can be.
Hope you are all having a better week...we'll be joining you in the St. Anthony Club in a quest for J's one lone tennis shoe.
God Bless,
TracyW.
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Take care,
Barb
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