I'm sorry, you had what's coming to you...even if it was a train.

A man in San Leandro, CA was killed when he ignored the flashing lights and the red and white stripped baracade signaling an oncoming Amtrak train. He was hit by the train. He was on his cell phone while he was hit. Are you THAT into your conversation that you miss the lights, the noises and the big mass moving in your direction? It's tough to say, but some people just deserve it...

Dumbness from Drivers

I have these questions to ask..

-How hard is it to use a turn signal?

-How hard is it to use emergency blinkers when you're double parked?

-If you can only go 40mph on the freeway, you shouldn't be on the freeway.

-If you're turning to the right...you're supposed to pull all the way over to the right.

-What's so fashionable about tailgating in traffic? I don't need a hood ornament thank you.

Dumbness from YOU!

No, I'm not calling you dumb, er, maybe I am, but we're all dumb in our own little dumb ways (how many times did you think you could fit the word "dumb" into a sentence?).

I'm glad that form thing worksish, it's being a little dumb pain but it seems like it's working 90% of the time...

I'm hearing of crazy drunk drivers smashing into walls (for the record the dumb part is the drunk driving part, the smashing into the wall, I feel almost sorry for).

Big one I overlooked is the infants at R rated movies...c'mon now, babysitter, or wait for the DVD. For the record, my theatre doesn't allow any children under 6 years old to be permitted to any R rated film after 6 pm, people look at our sign and say, "why would they?" Dumbness all around.

Also got one about grocery stores...I've got a ton of those too, do I see a list in the future? Maybe another print out to leave on the shelves of grocery stores...I'm getting all warm and fuzzy inside (too bad, it's raining which makes me cold and damp).

Hey Mom...I'm Poopular!!!

Looks like I got a little star next to my name. That means I'm a STAR for the week! (Sorry, too much of my radio station, STAR101.3, where YOU'RE the STAR!).

Sit down, relax, read, comment. First post way down there at the bottom is part of the interactivity. On the right there's a file that you can print out the "10 Dumb Things Done on Public Transportation" and put it on transportation, guerrilla media style (Michelle Wolf's class anybody?) Take pictures and send them in, and I'll put them on Flickr. Otherwise, report a stupid person using the link to the right!

Have fun!

On why..?

Working at a movie theatre has its..moments. Luckily I wasn't here for this moment of stupidity. Cinemark theatres has a advertising program going on with the National Guard. It is...ridiculous. You get a stupid little advertising/recruiting handout at the Box Office. Two of the popcorn bags have National Guard Trivia, and 10 minutes before your movie, you get a National Guard music video. Complaints? Of course, I don't blame them. This is what I don't get...

On Saturday, a lady, distraught with the amount of National Guard crap she was being force fed came up to the concession stand, told our worker, "I don't want to make a scene", and preceded to take the two National Guard bags off the display and run out the door with them. Well, to us, the bag is our inventory and a loss for us, so two of my co-workers ran after her. There was an ensuing tug of war. We won. There was the yelling of "it's only two bags" and a...well...scene. She was talked to by my boss about the situation and she was resonably upset. My question comes with...

-Why not TALK to somebody about it first?
-If you don't want to make a scene then...why do something that WILL make a scene..
-It's only two bags...yes, then what difference does it make to her? There are 1.5 million other ones just like them, what is running off with two bags going to do?

This is called doing without thinking, and what I consider idiotic behavior. The motive is not, the action is.

On Mayoral Races...

Sometimes stupid processes need to be given some attention. As I sit here, I'm listening to the KTVU Noon news. There's a tight mayoral race in Vallejo. There's a mayor. There's a recount, today, so the new mayor today, may not be the new mayor. Get it? Good. They said that if the recount comes out that this election is a tie the two men will...draw...straws...You read right, don't need to go back. They will draw...straws...I really don't know what more to say...

*Edit*
Why did I leave you with wrong information. Drawing straws, that's really dumb. How could you believe me? There are of course other options in case of a tie, reports NBC 11 news...

"If it (the mayoral race" were a tie, the winner could be determined by a coin toss, drawing straws, rock-paper-scissors or the lucky draw of a card."

*Edit x2*
Grosse Point and Mt. Clemens, Michigan actually flipped a coin, the winner of the coin flipped picked a piece of paper out of the box that either said "elected" or not.. in this past election, as a result of a tie..Link

Florida's state law says that to determine the winner of a tied election, the candidates will draw lots.

New Mexico's state law says that the winner may be chosen by a game of chance, as directed by a judge. This may include a game of poker.

The above is not Vallejo's law, it's California State Law...