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I spent over an hour at the cell phone store on Monday. During this grueling test of patience, I witnessed a confrontation between an irate customer and the store manager.

One of my pet peeves is when people use big words in an attempt to sound smarter than they actually are.

While watching the altercation, I was sure of two things:

  1. The customer was trying to get a refund.
  2. She was a democrat.

Below is part of the conversation.

                         ANGRY LADY
I’ve been here over an hour. I left work early, and need to go pick up my keeds.

                         STORE MANAGER
I apologize for your wait, ma’am. We have two PC’s at this location, and swap phones in the order they are received. That’s why we suggested you leave the phone when you first came in.

                         ANGRY LADY
This is ridiculous. How you only have two PC’s?

                         STORE MANGER
We only have two technicians at this location, ma’am. And some days are busier than others. Again, I apologize for your wait.

                         ANGRY LADY
Ya’ll need to consider supply and demand if you gonna have these volumes of transitions.

Now, I sympathize with her situation. I didn’t like waiting either. But please don’t start giving economics lessons when you have the vocabulary of an 8-year old.

Having a roommate can be difficult at times. Just ask Chico. People don’t usually move in with someone unless they have a pretty good idea of what the other is like.

But there are times when you ask yourself, “WTF is this guy doing?”

Take this morning for example. I was watching Fox and Friends in the living room. Meanwhile, Chico was ironing a shirt in his room, and listening to a hip-hop radio station.

Neither is right or wrong. I guess the main difference is the types of conversations we have. 

Today I talked about the U.S.-operated cargo ship seized by Somali pirates. And Chico updated his co-workers on Chris Brown and Rhianna.

– ZoNation: Affirmative Action and Socializing the Big Three. – Thanks, Mike. K.

Standing in line marking time. Waiting for the welfare dime. Cause they can’t buy a job.