Back to school shopping

Working weekends this month, so today (Wednesday) was errand day. I am trying to hit the thrift shops more often because of the low prices and greater variety than regular stores. Today I went to Savers. Just as I expected there were several famoolies doing the back to school shopping thing. Apparently it's quite stressful for both the kyds and the parental units.

Highlights included a moo snapping at her daughter "quit complaining and try on the next one", a boy telling his parents "I have to pee really bad", and a duh calling his whining toadler an asshole. How charming.

The whole time I was listening to them I was thinking about how happy and grateful I am not to be them. And I found 5 items which cost a total of 18 dollars and change. The miserable breeders and brats were all still there when I left.

Life sure is better when you're childfree.

"and a duh calling his whining toadler an asshole"



He says things that I think!

"back to school shopping "

if they'd buy some stuff in advance, it wouldn't be so hard! notebook paper on sale? get it now!

Don't you just love the moments when shit like this comes up and you can finally be the breeders dream? When they finally realize that you were right all the fuck along? And then my favorite part happens.. They bingo me frantically trying to make since of their lives.. And I just giggle back and point out their bullshit. Roasts their NUTS!

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The title of "good parent" doesnt come freely from me. If you choose to dabble in creating new life, then my opinions of your actions will be harsher and my praise will be harder to elicit. It's a tradeoff. If you are foolhardy and shortsighted enough to try your hand at playing God, you best be willing to live up to the expectations that come with such a station. Hopefully you'll find SOME relief in your contention, as I have yet to see a generation who has...
Godspeed, Catharsist

When I read this quote from FB:
"U know the Devil is soooooooool busy! Hes trying evrything he can to spread his NASTINESS...... but u know what i say......HOLYGHOST FIRE!!!! IN JESUS NAME AMEN."
I LOL every time.

Gods, this time of the year is always such bullshit. The breeders show their true stupidity at back-to-school time (almost as much as they do during the holidays), and I try to stay away from stores until school actually begins. Luckily, I get to stay in the back at work, so I just get to hear the stories of the moos and not have to encounter it myself.

Oh, no. It is that time of year, isn't it! CRINGES!

On the other hand, I do need some more binders. Maybe they'll be on sale.

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catharsist
Don't you just love the moments when shit like this comes up and you can finally be the breeders dream? When they finally realize that you were right all the fuck along? And then my favorite part happens.. They bingo me frantically trying to make since of their lives.. And I just giggle back and point out their bullshit. Roasts their NUTS!

"But but but it's all woooooorth it!"

You just keep telling yourselves that, breeders. Have fun with your whiny brats.

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a duh calling his whining toadler an asshole.

That is actually pretty awesome.

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"I have learned that pleasing everyone is impossible, but pissing everyone off is easy and fun as hell"

Some states have tax free weekends for back-to-school stuff (this Fri, Sat, and Sun in North Carolina). I won't go near any shopping areas Saturday or Sunday - I think some stores might be opening extra early on those days, like they do Black Friday - but Dh and I are heading out as early as possible in the morning to the electronics store. I want to buy a couple of exterior hard drives. Figure to save ~$20. It's great to have a life where I can think about buying nerd stuff instead of school supplies for the kiddies.

During back-to-school, retail shoppers' average IQ drops about thirty points.

Pregnant mootard customer.
"But why don't you have my print order?"
"To what e-mail address did you send it?"
"[E-mail for other store]"
"You sent it to the wrong store."
"But aren't you guys all, like connected?"
"No."

Famblee reunion customer.
"Hey I had a print job done at another store (since closed) in 2009. Do ya think you can make another one?"
"Hmm, let's see...not in your files."
"But I had it done at (office supply chain)."
"I'm sorry, that file is not available."
"Fine, then, I'll go somewhere else where they aren't all condescending."
Thinking: "Yeah, good luck with that."

General moo customer.
"Can I still get these 2 boxes of crayons for $1?"
"I'm sorry, we ran that deal last week."
"But I just read the ad today?"
"When did you receive this ad?"
"Last week."

Loud moo, other side of store. Kid is running about the store.
"GEEEOOOOORRRRGGGIIAAAA!!!! GGEEEEOOOOORRRRGGGIIIIAAA! Hey, can you use the intercom to call my daughter over here?"
"'Fraid not."
"But why?"
"We aren't allowed to do that."
"*Huff* Fine. GGGEEEEOOORRRGGGIIIAAAAAAA"

Man whose golden boy could not possibly be wrong.
"What do you mean we can't have two ink cartridges from a pack?"
"We double-box 'em to save space." (Funny how nobody complains of the same with our double-boxed flash drives.)
"But why?"
"I just told you. You get ONE for $14.99. You can either buy two or get a twin pack for $28.99."
"But my kid told me that you do that! This is so confusing!"
"Your kid is incorrect. We have never done that."

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michaela

"A child will make two dishes at an entertainment for friends, and when the family dines alone, the fore or hind quarter will make a reasonable dish, and seasoned with a little pepper or salt, will be very good boiled on the fourth day, especially in winter." -Jonathan Swift, A Modest Proposal

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michaela
During back-to-school, retail shoppers' average IQ drops about thirty points.

Pregnant mootard customer.
"But why don't you have my print order?"
"To what e-mail address did you send it?"
"[E-mail for other store]"
"You sent it to the wrong store."
"But aren't you guys all, like connected?"
"No."

Famblee reunion customer.
"Hey I had a print job done at another store (since closed) in 2009. Do ya think you can make another one?"
"Hmm, let's see...not in your files."
"But I had it done at (office supply chain)."
"I'm sorry, that file is not available."
"Fine, then, I'll go somewhere else where they aren't all condescending."
Thinking: "Yeah, good luck with that."

General moo customer.
"Can I still get these 2 boxes of crayons for $1?"
"I'm sorry, we ran that deal last week."
"But I just read the ad today?"
"When did you receive this ad?"
"Last week."

Loud moo, other side of store. Kid is running about the store.
"GEEEOOOOORRRRGGGIIAAAA!!!! GGEEEEOOOOORRRRGGGIIIIAAA! Hey, can you use the intercom to call my daughter over here?"
"'Fraid not."
"But why?"
"We aren't allowed to do that."
"*Huff* Fine. GGGEEEEOOORRRGGGIIIAAAAAAA"

Man whose golden boy could not possibly be wrong.
"What do you mean we can't have two ink cartridges from a pack?"
"We double-box 'em to save space." (Funny how nobody complains of the same with our double-boxed flash drives.)
"But why?"
"I just told you. You get ONE for $14.99. You can either buy two or get a twin pack for $28.99."
"But my kid told me that you do that! This is so confusing!"
"Your kid is incorrect. We have never done that."

I don't know how you manage to keep yourself from kicking them in their shins! Sheesh. Wouldn't it be lovely to look them dead in the eye and ask them "How in the hell have you managed to live so long when you are so damn stupid?"

I'm not sure how I manage either. I do have some neat coworkers (and one very lovely male coworker ) who help me stay sane. I wish I were diagnosed with Tourette's so I'd have an excuse to call the customers stupid cunts when they really, truly deserve it.

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michaela

"A child will make two dishes at an entertainment for friends, and when the family dines alone, the fore or hind quarter will make a reasonable dish, and seasoned with a little pepper or salt, will be very good boiled on the fourth day, especially in winter." -Jonathan Swift, A Modest Proposal

It's a bit early for buying back to school items. The brats have only just broken up for summer so don't go back to school for another month. They'll go back to school about September 5th so will be doing their back to school shopping on the 4th no doubt.

The childfree should be permitted to carry Tasers to correct the behaviour of brats....and their handlers.

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michaela
Loud moo, other side of store. Kid is running about the store.
"GEEEOOOOORRRRGGGIIAAAA!!!! GGEEEEOOOOORRRRGGGIIIIAAA! Hey, can you use the intercom to call my daughter over here?"
"'Fraid not."
"But why?"
"We aren't allowed to do that."
"*Huff* Fine. GGGEEEEOOORRRGGGIIIAAAAAAA"

I guess GEORGIA was ON HER MIND.

I enjoy back to school shopping. I also enjoy school traffic. I enjoy hearing "that looks Doorrrky out of the teen brats and "I dowanna go to schoooool" from the younger ones. I also enjoy seeing their frumpy moos fight with them and think "Ha ha, you can't make them my problem now."

I am so going to hell. I enjoy moo suffering that much.

Don't forget - when the real fun begins! ~ When the sales are over and they put the left over on Clearance!

Plenty of things you can use for your home office, or workplace, or - whatever!

I am waiting like a Vulture with baited breath, to swoop down
As with all Holidays and sales promotions.

All of these things (various Sales) have expanded so much to where you can also get - outdoor gear, left over summer gear and / or the beer cooler (or other dubiously related things -) that are *pitched* to the Famblee and "Back To School", , lawn furniture, BBQ gear, candles, "Dorm Furniture" - there's a wide array of left over products for any of these promotions.

Yeah, I'm cheap

Check out "Goodwill" and other resale shops around these times too - lots of stores dump their left overs at these spots.

Oh yeah, they're living the dream. It's all soooooo worth it.

It's times like this that I thank my lucky stars that I work on the truck crew and have very little to do with customers and never work weekends. Somehow having to get up at 1 in the morning to go to work seems worth it during back to school shopping.

I also love those moments when I see a pack of Breedersons out in public with their whining spawn and think, "That will never be my life." That being said, we managed to do our back-to-school shopping when I was a kyd without causing a big, public scene because we knew we'd be removed from the situation to be soundly spanked if we acted up. Even if it was kind of tedious, we knew we needed some things for school and this was the time to get them.

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satansbitch
I enjoy back to school shopping. I also enjoy school traffic. I enjoy hearing "that looks Doorrrky out of the teen brats and "I dowanna go to schoooool" from the younger ones.

Reminds me of the comic strip "Adam at Home." (Adam is the dad.) In one story, his very young son manages to convince himself that if he can get out of back-to-school shopping, he won't have to go back to school, and sinks into a sullen rage when it doesn't happen. (He does the same thing next year.)

In another story, IIRC, Adam's in a great mood, his son asks why, and Adam tells of some work project he's just finished. The kid's completely bewildered and says to himself something like "funny, doing homework does nothing but put me in a rotten mood for the rest of the day."

Glad I don't have kids and thank God for the Internet and online shopping. Fuck going to the stores to roam / listen to the natives!

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coco_uk
It's a bit early for buying back to school items. The brats have only just broken up for summer so don't go back to school for another month. They'll go back to school about September 5th so will be doing their back to school shopping on the 4th no doubt.

Brats in Prescott Arizona went back to school August 5th. Up til then they infested the YMCA.

The first few years I was in elementary school we had the traditional schedule of starting the day after Labor Day and ending the first week in June. That makes sense, especially in hot places like Tucson. It started changing in fourth grade, the 1979 - 1980 school year. One district started August 2nd this year. That is fucking insane.

Here in Scottsdale the kyyyyds start back on August 8th. In fact, there's one of those electronic Amber Alert signs close to my house, and each time I drive by I get to read "School Starts August 8th - Watch For The Kids".

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miss mmr
Here in Scottsdale the kyyyyds start back on August 8th. In fact, there's one of those electronic Amber Alert signs close to my house, and each time I drive by I get to read "School Starts August 8th - Watch For The Kids".

WATCH for them??

I'd prefer to already know where they are so I could AVOID that area!

When I lived in AZ, my high school would start the school year around August 9th and the year would end around May 10th. Now, I head to college around the end of August, get a month off in winter, and still get out around May 10-15. Glad I'm paying all that money and whatnot.

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michaela

"A child will make two dishes at an entertainment for friends, and when the family dines alone, the fore or hind quarter will make a reasonable dish, and seasoned with a little pepper or salt, will be very good boiled on the fourth day, especially in winter." -Jonathan Swift, A Modest Proposal