"From the time I knew right from wrong, it was my sad privilege to differ in many things from the perceived opinions and principles in my locality." - Elizabeth Van Lew
Once, maybe twice per elevator ride, then once at the reception desk, and once more if somebody else strolls into the office, equals four times per delivery, that I am asked by apparent cretins about the !@$#! weather. Multiply by about 80 deliveries a day, times x years, and maybe you can grasp how _fucking_ annoying it is to hear one of these idiotic make-talk sentences drooled out by people who apparently have nothing else to do with their minds:
1. "Is it cold out there?" What, like yo...
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Okay, really, what is it with people that they feel entitled to talk to you when you're riding a bike? I'm asking, because I don't know.
Pretend that it's snowing. Does somebody standing next to you lean over and suggest that you're wearing the wrong shoes? That was my first winter here -- "wow, you're really riding the wrong bike for <i>this</i> weather", from some <i>pedestrian</i>. Like he'd know.
Or you pass somebody while walking. Do they freak out? No. Try riding past the...
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