#minty rant

i do love my bf tho

Long story short, right before Christmas my brother and I were in line at McDonald's for a snack after getting some shopping done, and a man pushed us aside so he could start cussing and yelling at the employees for taking too long to get him his order. He started demanding his money back and telling them some hurtful and hateful things. I stood up for them and told him that he should calm down and just be nicer to them. Ultimately this lead to him yelling at me and calling me some horrible names. 

Other things have happened recently too where I’ve noticed that people in my town aren’t being very kind to one another. And I’m just genuinely curious as to why? Why is it so hard to respond kindly to someone, or to help someone in need? I gave a $5 bill to a homeless woman outside of Walmart and an older man yelled at me from his car, “She’s going to buy drugs, you idiot!” Which made this woman look down in shame. 

Honestly, I don’t care if she was going to buy drugs or alcohol or whatever, because what she did with the money was her business. My priority was to make sure she felt like maybe someone cared about her. If that meant giving her $5 so she could buy some new socks or food (or drugs), then whatever. I was just being nice. 

Like, why can’t people treat other people like.. well, people?

Don't be a douchebag. If you're a douchebag all the time now is the day to be REALLY FUKCING NICE. Dont even try it.

People who work in retail at big stores like Target and Walmart are out of their comfy homes before Jesus and the Mexicans on the busiest day of the year [probably after gorging themselves with sleep-inducing turkey] to cater to YOU.

This is one of the busiest days of the entire year. Fuck the day before Christmas. Fuck Valentine's day or last minute Halloween. THIS IS THE DAY. Workers and Customers alike have been caught into fights, trampled, even KILLED on this day, and for what? To save a few extra bucks.

They didn't ask to be there. They didnt ask to be trampled by crazy shoppers or have to break up fights [if any] ...

And they sure as hell didn't ask for your SHITTY behavior just because the last  flat screen was taken by a great granny.

They're there to do their job and they really don't need your fucking attitude.

So please, if you can, take a deep breath, smile and make their day a little easier.  They're trying their best to make yours easy too.  Suck it up when they don't give you the answer you want to hear. Tell them their doing a great job and that you appreciate what they do around this time of year. People are so wrapped up in their little worlds that they really forget to do that shit.

THIS INCLUDES FOOD SERVICES. Grocery stores, Mc Donalds, whatever. Just because you're hungry after shopping your ass off doesn't mean you get to be a dick to them too. Be patient, be polite, thank them for the food.