Took a few days off to attend my sister's graduation, my niece's high school graduation, and to get in on my game night. Hey...I'm a big, fucking softie and a game playing geek. Get over it or fuck off, your choice.
After attending two graduations in three days, I've come to a certain realization: The reason so many of today's kids are so fucked up is because their parents are as fucked up as they are. You think I'm kidding? Alrighty, then......read on:
Let's start with etiquette and protocol. To me, etiquette dictates that if you need to get closer to where the graduates are in order to take a picture, you do so as unobtrusively as possible, and, if you do wind up getting in someone's way, you apologize and get the hell out of the way as quickly as possible. Kudos to those who remembered protocols and said "Excuse me", "Pardon me", "Thanks", and "Sorry" as they quickly got as close as they could to take their picture, which I can TOTALLY understand wanting to do, and got back out of the way just as quickly.
What's the opposite of that? How 'bout the chick who chose to stand in front of my brother-in-law for the better part of a half hour on Saturday, and only sat down when a Granite City police officer MADE her do it. Believe me, to hear my mother-in-law shout back and forth with that group in front of us was a shocker, as she's usually the one asking me to restrain myself. Of course, they had the excuse that "we're just showing respect for the graduates as they come in".
Maybe, but that only explains about 10 minutes of her standing there. What about the previous half hour? Oh, yeah, and AFTER the little exchange? Let's get clear about something: you have a problem with me or any other member of my family, at least have the decency to turn around and tell us how you feel. Don't sit there, facing away from us, and throw your bitchy little comments to the family members on either side of you, just loud enough so we can hear them. Put your big girl pants on, turn around and face us, and give me the opportunity to hold up a couple of fingers so I can show you my age and/or opinion of you. Just saying.
Here's another one, and I'm gonna tread in a politically incorrect area on this one: I HATE it when black people show their ass in public, then try to rationalize it by telling me "It's a black thing. You don't get it." Bull. Shit. It's not a black thing, because I know a whole lot of black people who have good manners and understand proper social protocols and DON'T act like morons in public.
Do me a favor: don't drop the race card to justify acting like a complete tool. Again, grow up and take some fucking responsibility, and just admit you didn't bother to listen when your mother tried to teach you how to act around other people.
And that goes for you white folks who act like shitheads in public, then try to justify it by saying shit like "Lighten up" or "You just don't get it". Again: BULLSHIT.
I DO get it. YOU are the one who doesn't. You're acting like a fucking idiot in public, and don't want to admit you are. How 'bout you own up to it, then shut your cake hole?
Oh, and to the woman who decided to be passive aggressive and yell in my ear AGAIN in a tone and volume that rattled my eardrum after I tried to POLITELY explain you'd hurt my ears?
FUCK YOU, BITCH!!!!!!
I was very polite in pointing out that I understood your excitement at seeing your child graduate. I even pointed out, firmly but politely, that you'd hurt my ears. Hell, your friend or family member or whoever she was even shot you a look that said "you might have gone a bit too far". However, when I turned back around and sat down, you just HAD to do it again.
Yeah....you're a bitch. Hope your kid has better manners.
My God, it was a wake-up call for me. I mean, I just blogged an entry earlier this week about how so many of today's kids don't have any manners, and it wasn't even clicking with me at the time that the reason so many of them are that way is because so many of their parents are idiots.
Now, like I've said before, if you're one of those who "gets it": THANK YOU.
If you're not? Stay the hell away from me, especially when I'm hot, sweaty, and sunburned. You might just find out a whole hell of a lot more about yourself than you thought you were going to when the day began.
Hey......when you break protocols on me, I WILL fire back. Especially when my wife has given me the okay to do it.
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