94.7 The Wave

I don’t get why people can’t bring themselves to give “the wave” when I let them pull into traffic ahead of me. What the eff? It’s not like I wasn’t paying attention and chick in the silver Toyota snuck in without me noticing. I slowed down, smiled and gave her a little “its okay, come on out” hand gesture. But I received no wave in return. “So I’m here to serve you lady? You think you’re alone on the planet and that you are owed this spot in front of me? Nice haircut by the way. Who do you think you are, Linda Lavin? Yeah, that’s what I thought.”

I feel like we’re on the edge, we’re going to be overrun. The a-holes are slowly but surely taking over in numbers. I blame Jeremy Piven and the show Entourage. I work at HBO and I don’t feel bad at all saying it’s crap show because it’s a show full of crap. Crappity crap crap…crap. Piven’s character Ari Gold is a high-powered, high-strung agent who yells, curses, lies, and manipulates to get what he wants. And he always gets what he wants. I’ve noticed that the number of rude phone calls has increased substantially in the last couple years, and I have to think it’s because the jerks out there feel this is the way to get things done. News flash – if you call me and ask for something that falls within my job description I’m going to do it for you, because it’s…my…job. You don’t have to yell at me, or threaten to call my boss or insult my intelligence. Sure, you’ll get what you want if you do those things, but you also would have gotten what you want if you would have said “please” and “thank you.” I used to get angry when I would get these phone calls, but now I’m just disappointed. It’s a blanket disappointment in the human race. And it all starts with pulling into traffic and not giving the wave. When in doubt, wave. Just do it. Just wave. Someone somewhere will appreciate it and will go home and tell his kids that there is still a glimmer of human decency out there.

On a happier note, the holidays are almost here. Let’s try not to murder any more retail workers, k, people?

(manic waving)
Gretch

You are so adorable, Linda. That lady in the Toyota wishes she was as cute as you.