And the pavement grows all around all around....

[Suna-chan]

Before i go into this, i want to just say that this matter just makes me laugh, and I'm not angry when i write this. I know sometimes just writing without my tone of voice or facial expressions is misleading, so just clearin this up before i start! ^^

Well, i was coming home from school and i had to ride the bus today. Anyway, so it started out..and basically went just as smoothly as the bus always do! We stopped at the other 2 neighborhoods before mine and we stopped at the first stop of my neighborhood...then...we get to this area in the road that gets a bit curvy and narrow.

In this section of road, 3 trucks are parked. Each of these trucks have trailors and other things attached to the backs...and on top of that this older man is standing in the middle of the road. What is this man doing you ask? why, none other than watering the road! Yes! ladies and gentlemen, this guy has a hose and is just spraying it on the road and on a driveway. No, not pressure-washing..but just plain, old...watering it with a garden hose!

Well..needless to say, the bus cannot fit through this space..so we sit there for a minute, thinking the guy will move. Nope! No such luck! the guy seems oblivious to the bus full of children anxious to get home.

We are all confused as to what this guy is doing...and one kid says (only loud enough for our bus to hear) "uh..dude? the grass is over there"
which got even the bus driver laughing.

And at this point, about 5 minutes have passed and the guy has seen the bus, we are sure of it. But he still refuses to move, so the bus driver honks the horn. When this happens, the guy just takes a quick glance at his watch and continues doing..whatever..he is doing. Perhaps trying to make the road grow? o-0

Anyway, 10 minutes go by and finally the bus driver calls in and asks what to do...and they tell us to walk. It's just so funny that there aren't really any objections (even though the stops are like.. a mile away and we all have 15lb bookbags)

So, we have to walk by that guy and everyone says "hey we should say somethin we shoudl say something!" But when we pass him, no one says anything so i decided to say something.....

What I ended up saying was something along the lines of.."Hi! Excuse me, but our bus really needs to get through"

and he just looked at me, smiled a little bit, and turned his back to me and kept trying to cultivate the road with his little garden hose!

XDXDXD this just cracked me up! Anyway, it was sort of a funny story i just thought i would share with everyone! Hopefully you'll get a quick little laugh out of it! and perhaps you have a similar story of just plain oddness to share!

[Excel Zero]

that is fantastic sis

I think I know a few road cultivators on the base here

[Terin]

what a weirdo...
-T

[Shurikane]

Where do you live? I need to go shoot this guy.

[Terin]

I live on Douhet Dr in apt numb....waitaminute, you aren't talking to me!!!!!!
*pokes Shuri*
-T

[Therin]

Background: I work as a cashier. Yes, shockingly enough, Lews Therin, slacker extrordinaire, finally found work last summer.

Event: This guy comes in, buys like eighty six items. I'm ringing along at a goodly pace, probably about halfway through the order when they guy says "Wait a minute, wait a minute."

I look up, "eh?"

He points to an item on the screen, which I do not currently remember and says, "Isn't that supposed to be on sale?"

I shrug, "I don't know, would you like me to get it checked?"

He shakes his head, "No, it's supposed to be on sale for [insert an amount here]."

I make an "I'm sorry" gesture, "Well, I'll have to get it checked man. Not that I don't believe you, you understand, simply that I might get in trouble if I just take it off."

So I ding my bell and set my light flashing. Ten seconds later: "What do you need, Josh?"

Before I can say anything, the guy points at the screen, "This is supposed to be on sale for [that amount that I can't remember]."

Manager nods politely, "I'll go check it for you."

While we're waiting, I look at the price the item rang up as, do a little quick mental math and come up with: "You realize that's only a fifteen cent difference, right?"

He looks at me like I'm stupid or something, "I know."

I chuckle. I mean, this guy's got to be kidding, right? "You're kidding, right?"

His face darkens. He actually thinks I'm laughing at him! "No. It's supposed to be on sale. I want the sale price."

I stop laughing, but remain relaxed and reach into my pocket for fifteen cents, "Hey, I'll give you fifteen cents right now, if you want it that badly."

And he says, I swear this is true, he says, "No, I want the sale price!"

So the manager comes back, shakes her head and says, "I'm sorry, sir, it's not on sale this week. Maybe it was last week."

He gets all huffy, "No, I saw the sign. It was on sale. Come with me, I'll show you!"
Keep in mind, he's talking to the store manager like this.

So she rolls her eyes behind his back at me, because she's seen all this before, and follows him.

Now, here I am, sitting behind my register giving my aggrivated smile and druming idly on the counter behind me. My entire line is frozen over fifteen cents.

They come back together, he's ranting at the manager about "You people can never get anything right" and she's apologizing because it's her job to do so. I can tell she wants to just haul off and slug him right there. Make no mistake, my manager, she can lay most people out flat without much trouble.

So the guy comes back in line, and the thing is in fact on sale. For fifteen cents less than the price that shows. So he gets it free. Now, instead of being happy about this, he comes back in line and grumbles to me for the next thirty seconds as I finish his order and as he pays. I give him his receipt and apologize for the guys who do stocks, who can't seem to do anything right, and tell him I hope he has a nice day. And I mean it. This guy has just proven to the world that he's a world class prick, and I really do hope he has a nice day. I say the same thing, and mean it, to every one of my customers. Now this guy isn't content to show that he can get a free item over fifteen cents. When I say "have a nice day" he says, "No, I'm going to go file a complaint, and I hope you never do this again."

To me.

Of all people, he says that to me.

Not my manager.

Not a passing grocery worker.

Me.

What have I done? Look back over that and tell me I've done something wrong.


Anyway, I was kind of annoyed at this until I heard my next customer yell after him as he went out the door, "Hey, do you want fries with that!?"

Then I just completely cracked up :p

[emmy]

i think i'll try watering the road. maybe a car will grow out of it!

[Suna-chan]

wouldn't that be cool? i wish i could water the road and make a car grow. -sigh- lol..but yea...apparently when my sisters bus came (around an hour later) the guy was still there..but he moved for them..-shrugs-...so weird, ne? ^^

[emmy]

very weird! in a i-want-a-mercedes-sooooo-badly-that-i'm-gonna-water-the-road-until-i-get-one, kinda way!

[reaper]

Hate to break it to ya but unless your rents are rich dont get your hopes up for a mercedes myself i would like a bmw but its never ganna happen