Tourist Season (Why can't I shoot them then?)
I have lived in the same town for my entire life. I live in a small, well-to-do tourist town with a population of around 6,000 for like 9 months of the year. Then for the 3 summer months our population swells to about 100,000. And having observed these tourists and their families for over 2 decades I have some grumblings....stemmed from recent happenings...
How can they all have kids? And a lot of them? And they apparently don't teach their 2 dozen children to look both ways before crossing the f-ing street (at a non-designated crosswalk nonetheless). So then you SLAM on your brakes to avoid hitting them and then they look at you like you're the moron. But then they take 2 years to cross the damn street. LOOK, I'm on my way to work, and having your beach chair collapse and fall off your shoulder during your walk across the street is making me LATE for work. I don't have all damn day like you do. Now get the f*ck out my way!
We have a few complicated intersections in our tiny town. But if there is NO stop sign posted, why oh why are you stopping? I know it looks like all four ways should be stopping, but there are such things as 2 way stops! And for gods sake, figure out how to drive through a round-a-bout traffic circle thing! YIELD!! YIELD DAMMIT!
I live in an upscale community with hundreds of expensive condos and beach houses. And they arrive in their designer clothes and their brand new sporty cars. So they obviously have money, right? So why don't they tip their >fabulous< waitresses better? We get paid $2.60 an hour!! We don't serve you because we like being your b*tch. We don't burn our arms on your eggs benedict because we're masochists. We do it because the money is good. Or at least it's supposed to be good. But we had three waitresses not even get tipped (I was one) last weekend and then all of us keep getting puny tips. We understand that the economy sucks right now and that the price of everything is soaring, but if you can't afford to go out, then don't.
I have more complaints, but I need to go brave the grocery store. Which is 1000 times worse with all them here now. Whiny brats screaming in the cookie isle that they want a brand of cookie that "this stupid tiny town has never heard of because they all suck sssoooo bbaadd!!!!!". And I know very well that when I travel, I am the tourist. And I'm sure I have done clueless things and then they probably hate me. But for god's sake, I know I'm not that bad. I can't be!