Rude People... and Saturday 9!

I keep forgetting to tell this story on the old blog, so here we go. From the concert the other night...

There have been only two times in my life that I was so absolutely pissed off at a stranger that I very angrily confronted them about what they were doing. The first was several years ago at a cheer competition in Frisco, where a mom stood in an incredibly long concession line with all of us for a half hour, then tried to let her entire TEAM of cheerleaders cut to give their orders. If she wanted to order 20 cokes, I didn't have a problem with that. I did have a problem with her funneling in 20 girls to do their own individual orders.

Time number two happened the other night. We were in stadium seating, and the row behind us had a particularly wide space in front, for lots of leg room. Tracy and I had even mentioned that when we sat down. We should have gotten one row back, to have some space.

A drunk and/or high woman (around 30 years old, I'm guessing) and her boyfriend were sitting directly behind us. The woman kept putting her boots against my chair, and the chair of the guy next to me. Eventually she started kicking the guy and me in the back. He said something first. Then I said something. Her boyfriend kept yelling at her and physically holding her legs down, so she would stop.

A few minutes later, she pressed her boot against my back. I turned around and took her foot off me and placed it onto the floor and told her to stop it. She was slouching in her chair and laughing and writhing around like an idiot. To her boyfriend's credit, he was constantly doing his best to keep her from touching us, but that chick needed to be escorted out.

A couple of times more of her boot in my back and finally actually pressing against my head, and I stood up and turned around to face her. I put my hands on the back of my chair and leaned over and screamed over the music, "I WILL HAVE YOU KICKED OUT OF HERE. DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME?!"

Yeah, that was me. It felt sort of out-of-body, but I heard it coming out of my own mouth.

She kept slouching and writhing and giggling. Turns out she was with a whole group on that row. When I turned back around to watch the show again, they started asking what was going on, and the boyfriend explained to them that she was kicking me and pushing her feet onto me. One friend asked if they wanted to switch seats. He said she would just put her feet on someone else, so he was going to keep her from doing it.

If she touched me one more time I was going to find security to have them deal with her. Luckily for her and her boyfriend, she managed to keep her boots off me for the last half hour of the show. Grr!


Saturday 9: I Don't Want to Wait

1) Are you impatient?
I can be, yes. I don't like to be late, and I don't like when others are late. Time is valuable and I don't want to waste mine or anyone else's.

2) Do you believe some people have a gift for predicting the future?
Nope

3) The microwave is a great invention for those who "don't want to wait." What was the last thing you prepared in yours?
I made Lauren some nachos with the taco meat from Thursday night.

4) This was the theme of the TV show Dawson's Creek. Michelle Williams, a costar on the show, went on to earn multiple Oscar nominations. Name another performer who started out on TV and then became a movie star.
Oh! I've got this one! George Clooney.

5) What's the last bit of advice you received?
Get a cast aluminum patio set, rather than wicker, because the wicker could fade or crack over time.

The wicker these days isn't actual wicker. It has an aluminum skeleton and is made with all-weather PVC, treated with anti-this and anti-that, and colored all the way through. Still, a salesperson told us that it is less durable than cast aluminum. Even on our covered patio, the sun that peeks through in the morning and afternoon has weathered the wood of the hot tub, so I know I still need to consider that in my selection. But I love love love the modern wicker sets like this one:

Royal Terrace Havana at Chair King

6) What's the last advice you gave?
I gave some advice to CJ about a certain gentleman in her life. I'm quite the expert in issues of the heart. Just sayin'.

7) Easter is considered the season of rebirth. What leaves you feeling refreshed or rejuvenated?
Being outside in the fresh air, convening with nature a tad.

8) Easter is also recognized as the start of the spring season. What are you looking forward to this spring?
We have always had a table and four chairs on our back patio. I really want a nice, comfy conversation set instead, with a long couch, two chairs, an ottoman, a coffee table and end table. I look forward to hanging out on the patio, lounging with friends and refreshing beverages.

9) Which would you rather find in your Easter basket: yellow marshmallow chicks (aka Peeps) or a chocolate bunny?
Seriously? Chocolate bunny all the way.