Seasonal Bitchin' Disorder

Sick
It's germ season again, and the hackers and snorters are once again being kind enough to bring their Sick Show into work to provide a wondrous array of auditory delights. You'd think that if you were in the throes of coughing up a lung and half a liver, you might want to shut your office door and enjoy these convulsive moments in semi-privacy - but no, let's broadcast the noise to all, along with an accompanying germ stream. Yes I can visualize the microbes wafting out into the hallways, permeating the air with the invisible sweet scent of disease, landing conveniently on easy-access areas such as doorknobs and table-tops, lying in wait to pounce on the next unsuspecting victim.

Winter
As often happens in Bend, we skip a season. This year we went from opressive temps in the 90s one week to the 40s the next week, followed up by some snow. Freezing rain was this morning's present. Was up with the kids one weekend at Waldo Lake at 6000 feet of elevation, getting sunburnt, and the next weekend we're in Bend rolling giant snowballs down the street.

But that's not the really interesting stuff. I know you want to hear more 'Annoying Human' stories, and believe me, I have a lot of them.

Stupid People
Let's face it, the world is full of these. Heck, you could be one. Perhaps myself - and I'm just too stupid to realize it. There are many stupidity zones, and I'd like to touch on one in particular : Awareness Stupidity. This is manifested by people who are blatantly unaware of what's going on around them, and make choices that cause Smart people much aggravation. Here's 2 simple examples :
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