Things That Annoy Me, Volume 1

I would say that overall I'm a pretty happy guy. However, my five years at Wal-Mart provided me with an intense burning hatred of ignorant people. Okay, maybe "hatred" is too strong of a word, I don't know. I do know that I hate the stupid things that some people do. In what is sure to become a recurring feature of my blog, I will take a look at things that annoy me, and the mouth-breathers that are guilty of causing my frustration.

Let's take a look at today, for example. For lunch I decided to have lunch at Moe's (WELCOME TO MOE'S!!!). I'm not usually a big eater at lunch time but was extra hungry today, for some reason. So I stroll into the door (WELCOME TO MOE'S!!!) at 11:00. First person in the place. I order my food (Joey Combo, a chicken burrito with tortilla chips and queso) and go sit down in a booth by the window that's closest to my car. Not that anybody is planning to steal a 2005 Saturn Ion, but it's just a habit. I also normally try to avoid booths if I am alone, simply because I hate it when I'm with a group of three or four people and there are no booths because they are all occupied by just one or two people. But since I was the only person in the restaurant I thought, what the hey.

So as I get settled into the booth the next few customers are already coming through the doors (WELCOME TO MOE'S!!!). I'm just getting started with my burrito when a family of four sits down in the booth directly behind mine. There are probably no less than eight booths on the wall, and I was in the second from the front, but they choose to sit in the one connected to mine. That would have been fine, except when I say family of four, I mean a mother and three young children. Like, less than six years old. Do you think they were well behaved? No. In fact, they were climbing all over the place like a bunch of caged monkeys. One even tried to pull my cap off. Now I like kids, don't get me wrong, but you know what annoys me (other than sitting in a booth adjacent to mine in an empty restaurant)? Parents that don't control their kids. She didn't even try to.

The kids were one thing, but next we have a guy that looks like he's had a few too many burritos, if you know what I mean. Remember, there are at least eight booths along the wall (and another row of booths on the opposite side of the restaurant). There are at least sixteen tables in between. There are, at this time, three "sets" of customers in the restaurant. So where do you think big boy sits? In the booth on the other side of me. Facing my direction. Looking directly at me. Ugh. The kind of situation where every time you look up, you have to see this guy stuffing his face full of burrito, and dripping cheese on his shirt when he tries to eat his chips (no lie). You can't avoid it unless you sit there and chew with your head down or turned to the side. Very annoying, and something that could have been easily avoided if he would have turned his back to me - or, you know, SAT IN ONE OF THE OTHER ROUGHLY THIRTY OPEN TABLES IN THE RESTAURANT!

Oh, and by the way... the burrito did not taste very fresh, the chips were luke warm, and the food is overpriced anyway. I've had better food at Taco Bell. That's the last time I'm going to Moe's for a long time, and I recommend you all avoid it too.

Holder OUT.