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One thing I've wanted to rant about for a long time is the change counter machine at McDonald's.  You know the one.  You hand the cashier your $20 bill, he types "20" into the register, and suddenly a little pile of coins comes tumbling down a little chute into a tray next to the register.  Nice and neat for you to pick up. All hail The Machine.  Never mind that the guy's still gotta give you your bills.

I am not sure if every McDonald's uses this but I've encountered it a number of times now, but each time I am still struck with a sense of bewilderment and amusement.  There is something comical about McDonald's mandating that cashiers must use The Machine to do their change counting.  The only reasons I can see for having this machine are 1) McDonald's corporation thinks their cashiers are too slow at counting out change, or 2) McDonald's corporation thinks their cashiers are too stupid to count out change.  Both of which seem like blunt insults to the poor cashiers, who could probably count out $0.99 in coins in their sleep.

It's bad enough that they have to send their day pretending to be happy about standing between a fryolator and a pile of Big Macs, but to hire a machine to do their change counting seems a little over the top.  I'm no Luddite but I think the world got by just fine before The Machine and I can't imagine it's bumping up McDonalds' bottom line even a bit.  If I worked there I think I'd count the change anyways, just to make sure the machine got it right.  I'm sure the customers would be happy with the human touch I'd bring to my job.

Ok, so I pull up to a 4-way stop sign at the end of my street.  I had to turn left.  Just before I get there and stop, another car pulls up the the intersection coming from the right.  Now, normally he'd have the right of way, right?  Since he got there first.  Only this time, there was a pedestrian crossing the street in front of him, so he couldn't go.  So I figured he's stuck there for a few more seconds, so I'll just go.  Make sense, right?

So, I go, I turn left, a few seconds later his pedestrian clears and he goes, so he's now following me.  And what does he do next?  He turns on his friggin high beams at me!  what the hell is that about?  Was he planning on running down the pedestrian crossing the road in front of him, just to get ahead of me?  What a jerk.

Sorry everyone I know this story probably seems stupid but this stuff really gets to me. 

Oh, my lord.  What's with this radio commercial?  I saw them during the ALCS, and they are so annoying.  Why are there people dancing without their clothes?  Why is this disgusting man showing his crack on television?  I don't understand why this will make me want to listen this radio station.  Don't they wan tto associate good things with a commercial?  I mean...it doesn't even make sense.

I've had it with Home Depot in Assembly Square.  For one thing, every time I go there, it's impossible to find a cart.  Weeknights, maybe, weekends, forget it.  WTF?  If I had a cart, I'd buy more stuff!  Hello?  As it is now, I'm like, ok, what do I need.  Ok, I need lightulbs, I need batteries, and I need a lawn mower.  But I don't have a cart.  So guess what I don't buy?  Are you listening Home Depot? 

It's the lawn mower.

Another thing about home depot.  What's with the receipt checkers?  What are you, best buy?  They make me get my receipt out of my wallet, because I always forget to keep it out, kinda look at it for a second, draw a squiggle on it with their "Picture Pages" pen, and off I go.  Come on.  Those guys aren't checking jack.  I could sneak a ride-on lawn mower past the self checkout and they'd still draw their little doodle on my receipt and send me on my way.

I had to stand in line at the liquor store this evening behind I woman who I swear hasn't showered in at least 3 weeks.  In fact, I had to get out of the line and pretend to look at some wines just to avoid the stench.  I got back in the line about 4 people back after that and probably lost 10 minutes of my night, but it was well worth it to save my sense of smell.

If you are going out in public how about some basic hygiene.

why do pedestrians think they own the road?  I swear, when I am a pedestrian, I am as considerate as possible to drivers.  I walk briskly across the road so the driver doesn't have to wait.  I don't just walk out into the street any random spot, causing drivers to slam on the brakes. 

 But when I'm behind the wheel, its like another universe..  people walking out, taking their sweet time crossing the road.  How about a little consideration huh?  Did you save a few seconds by stumbling out into the road before I drove by you?  Do you drive like that too?  Maybe that's the problem with this city...

You know my gripe?  See the quote: 

"Have you noticed that anyone going slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is an asshole. "

Too many people take this quote to mean that there are many bad drivers on the road.  Isn't it the complete opposite?  Come on', people!  This is saying that every driver blames everyone else on the road to be a bad driver, stating that everyone else should be driving exactly like he or she.