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Okay, so yesturday wasn’t nearly as bad as Tuesday, but as the title suggests, I did run into many stupid stupid people.

First I got a call from the PC party with their whole “Hey, oo r u votin’ 4?!” I told them liberal because they’re too cool to call me.

Then after working, I decided to go off to the MTO. (That’s Ministry of Transportation Office for people who don’t get my shorthand.) I take a number, think “OMG this is going to take forever!” But it turns out they can’t renew your license if you left yours at home, but they’ll call you a cab to take you there. And there was one kid there with his grandparents who was going to get his G1, only to find out he was in the wrong place, and so on… so the line went quickly due to all those stupid, and the one misinformed people. I get to the counter, I explain the situation, she looks up everything on the computer… and it turns out they never mailed it. Why? Because my license expired in less than 3 months from my test. So the chick who told me 2 weeks was wrong. Same chick also told me I needed the card to renew, wrong again. The one on the phone who told me it should come soon… wrong! All WRONG WRONG WRONG! The point is, I renewed it, I don’t have to worry about identity theft, and this time it should arrive in the mail. If it’s not here before the two weeks before this temporary expires, then I go in again. (So the one on the phone was right about the two week thing)

After the MTO, I headed over to Home Depot. It was on the way, and all I wanted was 3M hooks & twine. Short list, big store. I found the twine… they didn’t have the one I wanted for a price I wanted. (Cheaper @ Walmart according to their flyer) Anyways, I walked back and forth, looking for the 3M hooks. So I ask a dude, “Where are your 3M hooks?” His reply? Well, his eyes just sort of glassed over and he stared into space like he was reliving a flashback involving 3M hooks and some terrible family tradgedy. After about 30 seconds, I reply with “This is awkward…” and walk away.

I decided to go to Walmart… it’s right beside the Home Depot, and still on the way. I find the 3M hooks… but not the twine. So I ask the first employee I see “Where is your twine?” “Um… ” she starts to point… then continues “wait, what’s twine?” At this point, I could take a hint. There’s no way I could possibly encounter anymore people. I check out, sensors go off at the door… she hasn’t desensitized the dvd I bought. So the door lady fixes that for me, I head home.

I get to my street… there’s a moving van in the middle of the road. Thank god for Men Without Hats on the radio, or I might’ve lost it. Why was there a moving van in the middle of the road? Well, seems a lady’s moving into my building on the 7th floor… with two van fulls of stuff. Even if she gets the biggest apartment, it’s still only 2bed, and 950 sqf. Not the point. She had them arrive at the same time… now, they’d both fit in the loading zone… but only if they didn’t have the ramps down at the back. So she has the one van unloading, while screaming at the other guy “Why aren’t you unloading?! I’m not paying you to sit in your truck!” The trucker however, had the normal response “How can I possibly do that when your other truck is taking up the loading zone?” I don’t know how she worked it out, but the guy circled so I could get by.

Back in my apartment, I decided it wouldn’t be a good idea to call anyone, or answer the phone… So when it rang, I didn’t answer. I check my messages, and recieve the one from that call. It’s along the lines of… “Hello? Hello? Mr. or Mrs. Naw-ben-shuck? Naw-ben-shush? Hello? Are you there?” It’s nice to know that the telemarketers have this problem sometimes too.

So to summarize, everything’s fine regarding my license. Home Depot & Walmart need to hire people over 25, or 20 for that matter. Men Without Hats will fix all your tension. And telemarketers are the stupidest people of all.

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