Construction Workers and other annoyances!

Ok, so, no offense to the few of you who are or may know construction workers...but lately there have been a few that receive the "Here's Your Sign" award.

So there is mass road construction on 167th and the corner of Oak Park Ave. One day last week I'm driving from the Shoppe to the Animal Hospital. There's a gentleman holding one of those "Stop/Slow" signs. We have the stop side. One car is in oncoming traffic. After that, clear. The car passes. I expect to get the "Slow" sign.


Nothing.

No cars coming, no cars coming, still stop. FINALLY, cars start coming. They pass, again, clear. STILL THE STOP SIGN!

It goes thru ANOTHER rotation of cars before we get the slow sign. In the meantime, I making hand gestures at this guy. WTF? Seriously?

I was late to work thanks to that jerk ass.

So today, they have 167th down to one lane and a turn lane. The corner is being repaved. We lose the light due to a cement truck moving in to position. No big deal. So the light comes again, and right before I turn, it goes to red. I'm stopped. The guy is first of all, standing in the middle of my lane. There's a car in the turn lane, and this jack ass is trying to flag me around the corner. I'm telling him I have a red light (and there is traffic going on Oak Park, so I would just have gotten hit). He's still trying to flag me around. I continue to tell him there's a red light and I can't go. He looks at me, looks at the light and the realization hits. "Then don't go." he tells me.

WHAT A GENIUS IDEA! I tell him, "I KNOW. That's why I'm STOPPED!"

Grrrr.....

Oh yeah. Side note. I was at Taco Bell yesterday trying to order. There was a line, but I had enough time so I waited. I pull up, place my order and pull around.

I go to hand the guy my credit card. "Our machine is down." I tell him I have no cash. "Sorry."

Sorry? How bout you put a sign up? Or you TELL customers your credit card machine is down BEFORE they place their order and get all excited about the prospect of eating a delicious quesadilla? JERK!

That's my rant for today. I'm sure someone else will piss me off in the meantime and I'll talk about them as well. But until then....ENJOY!