What is it with the human race? We’re ALL jerks! I mean, it’s not enough that we have to evolve because being an ape is SO uncool. Then we have to get semi-intelligent brains (a bit more than the monkey brains) and what do we do with it? “Wow we have so much knowledge now, we should totally build a solely industrialist society and slowly, but surely, kill Mother Earth!” So we did that. Progress eh?

What made me think of this little gem of information to pass along to my sparkling blog readers? I frequent this gas station near my place of work. I don’t go there to get gas for my car because the prices are outrageous, but they have a nice little convenience store that has their own little sandwich making shop right in it. Let me tell you buddy, they have the BEST sandwiches.

Anyway, I also go there for the pleasant service. There are 3 of the cutest nicest old guys working there and you can tell they really enjoy it when they say hello and you, oh I dunno, actually answer back! Basically, I have a good time inserting myself in passing conversation with these guys.

I went to the gas station this morning to get a Frappuccino to start the day off with a bang and I talk with one of the guys and I take my stuff and he says “Now you have a great day ma’am.” And I turned around, you know, because we are human beings, and said, “Hey thanks! You too!” Exciting right?

Well I don’t know what crawled up in the behind of the girl next in line, but she was a jerk. She gets up to the counter and the guy is ringing up her stuff and says “Good morning!” (mind you it’s 9:30 so it’s not even early enough to reasonably be an ass because you are tired) and she’s silent and won’t look up. He says “Will you be needing a bag?” because she has a fountain drink and some gum so who knows? She replies, “Ugh! Nooooo. *giant sigh*” really loudly like . . . she really needs everyone to know she’s annoyed and being mean to a little old guy.

Really? She just couldn’t help but be a jerk? She couldn’t just say “Morning” and “No bag for me.” Would it have been SO much harder for her? Would it have made her day so terrible NOT to be a jerk? Sure I blog rudely about everyone behind their backs, but you better believe if I met Mariah Carey I’d be nice to her face. And besides this beautiful blog, I’m actually nice to people in general. So I just don’t get why people have to be mean for no apparent reason.

The point is kids, be nice. Be nice to the human beings around you (even if you are talking smack behind their backs) and that goes double for the elderly. People who are jerks to the elderly must pay in hell (unless it’s that guy hitting every kid walking past his house with a broom then you’re okay).