A little more venting and then I'm done.

Maybe it's just because I'm hypersensitive, but twice in the last day have people randomly given me unsolicited information/advice/warnings, and it's really starting to get on my nerves.

Yesterday I was walking into a building where I was required to get buzzed in by the person I was visiting. As I'm approaching the key pad thingy on the wall, this little old lady is coming out of the building. After she comes out, she kind of stands in front of the door (as if to bar my way in) and says "I can't let you in. You'll have to get buzzed in." Um. OK. Thanks for the tip. I had no idea. Really. I'm not a proponent of granny-cide, but I so wanted to kick her in the shins. But instead, I said in my sweetest possible voice that I never had any intention of asking her to open the door for me. Old biddy.

And then on the trolley on my way to work this morning, I sat down in one of the single seats towards the front. The trolley was pretty full, but nowhere near capacity. Mostly, all of the pairs of seats were occupied by a single person. So after I sit down, this guy (around my age, I'd guess), leans across the aisle and says to me "you should really give up your seat to someone who needs it more." HUH? I'm sorry -- where was the old lady or pregnant woman who I must have shoved out of the way to get to the seat? And who the f*&k is he to tell he something like that? So a couple of stops later, an older man gets on, and I just sat there while this dude gave me the evil eye. Why? Because HE was occupying TWO seats himself. And I figured that he should lead by example. So I just glared at him as he scooted over to let the older man sit down.

I don't know why this pissed me off SO much, but both times, I was left FUMING. Especially this morning. I mean, it's like this guy looked at me, decided that I was going to be rude and inconsiderate, and thought that he should proactively give me a warning? And what about HIM being a gentleman, since he appeared to be young and healthy himself. WTF. Sigh. Enough griping. Now I'm going to write the post that I originally intended to write...