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Again with the phones!

What have I bitched about with the phones, people? You MUST tell me who you are! I do NOT pay for caller ID and I do NOT use a cell phone, as odd as that may seem. So, when you call me and start talking – I do not know who the hell you are. Sometimes I ask, sometimes I just nod and agree and get off the phone. I figure if the mystery caller had a clue, they’d tell me who the fuck they are!!

Oy, vay, I tell you cell phones have ruined any shred of civility that people had about phone etiquette. People call me quite often and just start talking. Now, if I talk to you on the phone a lot (Caroline, Heather, Russ, Emily, Nick, etc.) I’ll know who you are, but if I don’t talk to you often, I probably won’t. Sometimes I can figure it out obliquely as the person talks, but sometimes I really don’t know. And frankly, sometimes I get really annoyed and just want to hang up. I’ve got my phone call peeps and I’m good with them, but I don’t want everyone to turn into phone callers. I’d pull my hair out! As of today, I’m screening all calls. So, if you get the machine and want to talk, I’d advise announcing who you are or leaving a msg. Or better yet: EMAIL ME!

So, for all of you who are new to the Misangela Ride, be advised: don’t call me all the time and do not just start talking to me! ARGH!

I’m an emailer. I’ll email you 15x a day, but I do NOT want to sit and chat on the godsdamned phone. I just don’t. So, if you are a phone caller, get yerself an email account and start typin’ beeyoch!

I love all of you, I truly do, but the serial phone callers and just-start-talking-ers are making me CRAZY.

Do not meddle in the affairs of Misangelas for you are crunchy and good with ketchup.

That is all.

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Wind power

So, once again, the subject of wind power came up…

What is the frelling problem with it?? I simply cannot understand why the midwest all the way to the west coast is not covered with turbine farms. Seriously. WTF? Firstly, they are soooo beautiful! The turbines turn very slowly – not what you’d think, eh? – and they are absolutely lovely. Really. They are huge and tall and very languid. Look:

turbines

What is so horrible about them? They are very tall, so you can graze cattle or grow crops around them. Why isn’t the whole midsection of this country and most of California covered with them? I just don’t get it.

Yes, Alaska has some oil. But it’s a drop in the bucket compared to what this country sucks up. Yes, Canada has oil, but it’s not being extracted yet. So, why in the world aren’t we putting these turbines EVERYWHERE to gather up the wind power? WHY?

I’ll tell you why. It’s the godsdamn environmentalists bitching about birds flying into them and “they are an eyesore.” I say BULLSHIT. They are actually really beautiful. If I could have one in my yard, I totally would. I think the turbines are hypnotically beautiful. I had to pull off the road to admire them! They spin very slowly – not what you would expect – and they are absolutely BEAUTIFUL.

Why don’t we have them in all that farmland that is unused? Or even the farmland that is used? There is no reason you couldn’t have cattle grazing beneath them. There is no reason you couldn’t grow crops around them. The only thing holding them back is the stupid assholes who are so short sighted that they don’t get it. The environmentalists and the politicians who are on their payroll are the problem.

My gods, I’d rather see acres upon acres of these lovely turbines than coal strip mines or Alaska dug up!

What the hell is wrong with people? Why would anyone block the use of turbines? It’s stupid.

The one thing this country has in unlimited supply is wind from the midwest all the way to California. Have you ever driven out I-40? LOTS of wind, folks.

Lobbying against using the wind that is plentiful is ridiculous. This country needs to get a clue.

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WTF is wrong w/ people?

So, twice this week I’ve gotten calls from people who are not friends who just started talking to me when I answered the phone. The first was the massage guy who just started talking and asked how Nick was feeling – he was checking to see if Nick was well enough to make the appointment the next day, but it took me a minute to figure out who the hell it was. The second was today: this chick just starts talking and asks me if I have Quark loaded up and could she come over and print some stuff out…

Um. Yah.

Ok, massage guy I can give a pass to. We’ve talked a lot and several times on the phone, perhaps he assumed familiarity.

The chick today, however, was just plain stupid. After I realised that I did not know this girl – let’s face it, my friends call and ask me to do stuff like this often – I asked who it was. The girl giggled and said, “Oh, it’s Leslie (or something) and I got you off of Google.” I said to her, “Why would you call me and talk to me without introducing yourself?” She giggled and seemed to not understand why that was an issue. She then apologized awkwardly and I told her if she wants to print something out she can go to Kinkos or another print shop for fuck’s sake.
WTF?

Are people so completely rude and senseless that they don’t even know how to call a stranger any more? Do they think that everyone on the planet uses a cell phone all the time or has caller ID and can see who’s calling – not that it matters if you don’t know the motherfucker in the first place! Why would you Google someone and then call them and just start talking? WHY? Furthermore, why would you think you are calling a print shop and then they answer the phone with a plain Hello? Wouldn’t that be your first clue that a) this is not a retail establishment or b) this is someone’s personal number? And even if you’re stupid enough to assume these things, why would you just start talking without so much as a “Hello” or “Hi, I just found you on the web, and…”

Geeze. It’s stupidity like this that convinces me that our society is breaking down faster by the year. We are going to hell in a handbasket. I know I sound like a fucking curmudgeon, but DAMN, are people under 30 really this naive? Or lazy? Or stupid?

What is it that makes this behaviour seem ok to them?

Here’s a clue: IT IS NOT OK TO CALL ANYONE, BUSINESS OR OTHERWISE AND JUST START TALKING UNLESS YOU ARE FRIENDS WITH THEM.

Gods, just the fact that this must be said is pathetic, is it not?

If you call me this week, you’d better identify yourself straight away – I may hang up on you if you don’t.

Harumph.

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Oh, GOODY

The blog ads must be working… I’ve already got a n00b comment.

For those of you arriving late to the party, here are the house rules:

– Make sure you look over the categories and understand the tone of the entry before you comment.
– Don’t expect me to be nice to you if you make moronic comments.
– DO expect to be ridiculed if you make really moronic comments.
– The overall tone of this blog is satirical, catty, misanthropic and ranty. Don’t like that? Move on.
– I do NOT post for you, I post for me. I vent, I talk politics, I tell stories, whatever. I do not need your input on the state of my emotions or other dimestore psychology. (See “moronic comments” above.)
– I DO love relevant commentary, especially on my political stuff.
– Last but not least: see that domain up there? It says MISANGELA, not you. This is MY blog and I reserve the right to delete comments, block commenters and otherwise bounce anyone who I deem ASSHOLE. Don’t like that? Tough titty.

Now that we’ve got that out of the way, I hope you enjoy your stay. ::giggle::

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Just DAMN

The more things change, the more they stay the fucking same.

And that’s all I have to say about THAT.