If you haven't figured it out already from the lack of Metra posts, I am back to driving on a fairly regular basis. And yes, if you're wondering, it still sucks. The Wife is picking up some extra hours at the Brat Farm aka Kindercare to help with our debt reduction plan that will eventually allow her to quit her job altogether. To do this, I have to get the "Beast Children" on the bus in the AM. This time, however, is the better than the last; I'm only driving three days a week this time. This allows me to take the train on Tuesday's and Thursdays.
I jumped on the early train this morning to meet up with the Mick and Rooster. Both regaled me with funny tales of the train and their lives. Last week they got on the bar car and it was filled with women over 50 all wearing red hats. One even had what looked like a dead red seagull attached to the top. Apparently, they are a cult of older women. I am jealous that I wasn't there with camera in hand.
Rooster then told us about her nightmare at Home Depot where she almost strangled an idiot night manager over her mishandling of a $6.59 refund for some ceiling tiles. Heather, I hope you enjoyed your fucking dinner. How people in customer service can be so stupid is well beyond me. I had a similar experience at EXPO about a year ago and haven't gone back since. They're owned by the same company; maybe it's part of their culture.
One point of note from the actual ride. A man and woman (I use this term very loosely) sitting next to us we're having an enlightening discussion about their excitement over the new Star War's movie coming out. I'm sorry, but I just don't get the hoopla over the whole thing. I thought the first three movies were excellent, but the others merely mediocre. Maybe I need to watch them again. At this point though, I am just glad it's coming to an end and some of these nerds can move on with their lives. Then to make thing even better they started to discuss the history of Legos in detail. That's a cut your wrist conversation if I've ever heard one.
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You will be happy to know the General Manager of the store was as helpful as Heather! No more Volo Home Depot for me!
Did you threaten to take the GM outside too?
Just finished with Home Depot's HQ. Much better experience. I might drive to the RL HD with my 20% off coupons!
The Star Wards nerds will NEVER move on with their lives! In 1983 when the "last" one came out, they didn't move on! We're going to get cartoons, and comic books, and games, and more legos, and graphic novels, and Monopoly games, and...it's never going to stop!
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