It has come to my attention...

that the general population are very rude!

Come with me on a short visit down memory lane, won't you? (read: I went to Extreme Pita yesterday for lunch while out shopping).

I got my usual veggie pita, root beer and 2 chocolate chip cookies (have you had them before? Soooo good!). A few minutes later I noticed that a car full of young girls* had stopped directly outside the doors. 3 got out and I heard when they came in that they just wanted drinks. Ok, fine. You're not going to be long, so I can understand just stopping outside rather than parking. Actually, wait. Nope. I can't understand that. You're young and there were parking spots like 10 feet further. C'mon.

Anyways, I continued eating (yummy feta goodness!) but my attention was drawn to the door a few moments later when the driver came in. She announced that she was hungry and she was going to get a pita. Congratulations, you're at Extreme Pita, it shouldn't be too hard to get one. I noticed that she'd parked the car before coming in.**

Fast forward to when they were done eating etc. They just got up and left. Without putting their garbage in the bin. Which they walked right by to get to the door. Please note that one girl did stop to finish a drink right in front of the garbage/recycling and managed to put that in the appropriate spot.

I finished my lunch and put my pop can in the recycling and the wrappers, etc in the garbage. And then do you know what I did? I walked over to their table, picked up the 2 trays that were on the table and put everything where it belonged and walked out. See how not difficult that was?

I mean, seriously! It's not that hard. If you're eating out and you can see the garbage then you're supposed to put it their yourself. You know the food court at the mall, Subway, McDonald's, etc etc. If you're at say Boston Pizza or East Side's then of course you don't clean up after yourself.

*ok, so maybe they weren't THAT young; one was driving, so she had to be at least 17. But they did look pretty young to me (could it be that I'm just feeling old?)

**I'm not sure what her motivation to park in an actual spot was. I figured she'd just park right where she stopped, but oh did she surprise me.
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On a similar theme, I was out getting grocies today. What is it with people that just stop suddenly or leave their carts in the middle of the aisle!? I guess they don't realize that the rules of the road can be applied when you're out of the car too. Well there are the people that have enough trouble with the rules of the road when they're actually on the road, so it is asking a little too much of them to apply it elsewhere.