Did you want my silverware too??

The set up: I was sitting in a restaurant at a 4-top table with one other person.  Our food had not arrived.  Another patron walks to our table and promptly removes one of the two remaining chairs, as he and his companions were overcrowding a different table .
He did not ask, did not motion, and did not even acknowledge that we may have potentially had another person at our table who was going to be using said chair.

My Take: Go crawl back under the rock you slithered out from under you classless piece of shit.  I would like to say this is the first and only time this has ever happened, but it isn't.

  

RIP Hostess, goodbye Twinkie the Kid

So Hostess will be closing after being around since 1930.  It is a sad time for this American staple.  I grew up with many a Hostess snack product either in my lunch or as an after school snack.
I am sad at the loss of jobs for all persons involved with the creation and delivery of these products.

My take: While I believe America should, in general, move towards healthier lifestyles, especially for kids, there is nothing wrong with a sugary snack as a "treat", in my opinion.  Let me emphasize "treat" here (an every once in a while non-healthy snack) - a fruit pie is not a substitute for a severing of fruit and bread.

If it looks like it _____, then it must be ...

You can't judge a book by its cover.
What sage advice.  Except most people who are book shopping rely on the cover, and the blurb on the back cover or inside flap to determine whether or not he or she may purchase a book.

My take: Guess what?  People do make snap decisions.  Ever heard any cliches about making first impressions?  We are in an internet age where people are judging you based on your Facebook and Instagram pictures, as well as you expressing yourself in 140 characters or less a few times a day.
It isn't "fair", and it isn't logical.

I prefer to come in 3rd place : reality TV

Say what you want about reality TV, but for the time being, it is here to stay.

I will never understand why on competition reality TV shows - cooking, athletics, singing, dancing, etc... the producers and editors actually will put clips of the contestants verbally stating (in some variation) "I'm here to win this"; "I want to win"; or "I deserve to win". 

Obviously the contestants want to win, there is usually money or some valued prize involved in the contest.  Does anyone buy a lottery ticket to donate money to the state?  I personally find it insulting to see those clips inserted into the program.

My take:  I would have much more respect for the contestant(s) who admitted their competition was likely greater than they were, and that he/she was "just happy to be there".

Take the test: Hopefully you're not an ass-hat

1. When you hear other people talking about you, the word ‘ass’ is usually followed by ‘hat’.

2. You do an internet search on “ass hat” and your picture is there.

3. You won “ass hat of the week” award at work.

4. You wear a hat on your rump.

5. You face looks like two butt-cheeks, and you often wear a hat.

6. Your behaviors are often described as “very ass-hat-like”.

7. Your significant other owns and wears an “I’m with the ass hat” t-shirt.

8. You are the current commissioner of the NHL and your initials are G.B.

9. You took the test and answered "yes" to any of the above questions.

10. You took the test, seriously.

Yes, I'm sweating profusely, but I look great

Clear this up for me: why would you buy and wear a leather jacket living in Southern California or Florida?

My take:  I suppose much like buying shoes that don't fit right, some people think it is better to "look good" than "feel good"?  Meanwhile you will sweat and stink up your jacket when it is 80 degrees outside and then be stuck having to carry it around if you take it off.  If you see me, I will be the one laughing at you.

Wow. I wonder your bathroom must look like.

When one "has to" use a restroom at a truck stop, there is often little expectation of good cleanliness, in fact, it usually a matter of how tolerable the conditions are. 

You would like to think in professional place of business that the employees there would have enough courtesy to not treat the bathroom as if it was a truck stop, but it seems that is sometimes not the case.

Mess on the seat (whether splash-back, or errant stream), toilet paper on the floor, and sometimes an un-flushed mess left in the bowl.  Seriously?

My take:  Anyone who has that little regard for his or her co-workers should be publicly humiliated via posters on the wall, and a massive posting on social network.  Manners clearly were never learned, so maybe the message will sink in with the Scarlet Letter treatment.