Daily Thoughts

I’m selling some items on Craigslist. One of them is microphone stands. These are generic, standard, $20 mike stands. I’m selling them for $10.

Someone contacted me about them, and wanted to know if I was ever in Sarasota (30 miles away), and if I would be willing to drive halfway to BeeRidge Road (20 miles away) to bring one of them to her for her 5 year old.

I thought she was pretty stupid, and probably had more money then sense. Sarasota women tend to be spoiled, rich women who marry for money, and never really develop any common sense. I told her that it would not be worth my gas or hers to do this, and that she could buy one for $20 in any music store. I was trying to be nice. Nice sometimes doesn’t work…entirely.

She wrote me back, said thank you for being honest, that she “didn’t realize” how far away I was. Nice, but still stupid. Ever hear of MapQuest? Then she closed it with “Which music store?”

WHAT!! I’m sorry to say I lost it. For one thing, we had already established that I do not live in her city, so how on earth would I know that??? Sent her a reply telling her to please use her brain and the yellow pages and look it up for herself. I admit, I sprinkled a couple of expletives here and there.

O.K., I earlier in this blog established that I’m NOT the kindest or most patient person in the world, but I did feel bad the minute I hit the “send” button. I thought I should write and apologize, but really, it wouldn’t do any good.

Anyway, someone who has enough (or little enough) sense to have a 5 year old child should have enough common sense to know how to find a music store in town, right? I thought so too.

Just for a moment though, I had a picture of her in my head, calling a friend to ask them instead.

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