can't even buy groceries without running into???...

i read my brotha's blog about his recent trip to the grocery store & i wanted to comment...what happened to the days when one could go to the grocery store without having to witness vulgarity to the highest level???...i thought the grocery store was a place to purchase sustenance for your body, not get an earful simply because someone cut in front of you or decided to make the express line of 15 items or less into 150 items or less...oh by the way, according to the supermarket manual & years of extensive service at a grocery store, items ARE counted as individual items...so if you have 14 lemons, please do not step into the line with 14 lemons thinking it will count as 1 item...i digress and now back to the matter at hand...where have the manners gone???...since when does not being "lady-like" so acceptable???...what happened to the gentlemen...oh wait, does it mean you're "soft" because you have the sense to not drop your jeans below your waist and show your bottom???...seems the ones that have to let the world know they're "gangsta" or a "thug" overcompensate their insecurities by letting the world know by their attire that they're soooo tough...hmm, last time i checked gangstas wear 3 piece suits and invade countries and throw the world into turmoil...last time i checked gangstas destroy the very core of the environment and give tax breaks to those that are breaking the world...why not give the earth a break???...still need a hint???...but again, i digress...the behavior at the grocery store is totally inappropriate no matter what the locale...didn't Teddy speak softly and carry a big stick???...now, i'm not advocating one to pick up a blunt object and use it against another...but, why use your vocabulary as the same???...why substitute your vernacular with words such as ***** or *****...does it make you tougher to the world???...does it make you feel so much better???...we all have certain degrees of intelligence and intellect so why not use it for some good???...we are already deemed as heathens and animals by "others" in this society so why prove them right???...when was our glorious past replaced with a unglorious future???...i just don't get how being obnoxious validates your existence???...so, if i use correct english or a lower tone in a similar situation to the grocery scene does it mean i'm less effective or a square because the last time i checked the real ones that are square are housed in 8X11 squares for not thinking of the consequences that accompany irrational behavior...it's called prison...but, if you would still like for your mind to be imprisoned then do me the favor and do it on the day i'm not in line...it's you that's out of line, and i'm not talking about the grocery one...

Dream???...How about nightmare...

i heard from my friends that Jay-Z & Mary J. Blige were in town...the person that opened for them calls himself Dream...I did not see the Dream for he is truly a nightmare...that's what he should call himself...i mean are you serious???..shawty is a 10???...who the heck goes by shawty???...what if the woman was tall???...do you still call her shawty...sad to see that this recycled music is what some deem as "music" when it should be called morsic...what happened to the days of the temptations or james brown...heck, i'd even take some frank sinatra or nat king cole at least they sang "real" lyrics that were their own...give me something to like and i won't hate... :)anyone that promotes or sings about another man's relationship and says things like this is no man...[Chorus:]Lil' mama so hood, (I love your girl)Lil' mama stay fly (I love your girl)Wife beater with the denim (I love your girl)She keeps them heels on high, (I love your girl)Man look at shorty roll, (I love your girl)Man, look at shorty go, (I love your girl)(I'm sorry I gotta be up on your wild girlfriend?)wife beater???...why would someone want to label an article of clothing such as that???...so, hmm, i think i'll put on my child beater today...yeah, that's it...wait, i will also wear my auntie beater on thursday, my uncle beater on friday and oh yeah, my girlfriend beater on saturday...come on, people, get with it...use your intellect, not the one that's programed by Clear Channel...how can something so cloudy be so clear???...

since when???

i was sitting down at Starbucks, starsucks if you're a pete's customer, or even Starphucks if you think the barista's cute and i was observing just simply how people interact even just for a cup of coffee...since when do people not say "please" or "thank you" anymore???...since when does "your" cup of coffee supercede all respectable manners as you make your dash to the barista...could it be the over caffienation of our nation???...researchers suggest no more than 200 milligrams a day...but, i think the majority of us over indulge in that...believe me, i see it driving on my way to work on the no way, i mean the freeway...i'll write later about why i call it the no way...back to my Starbucks observation, i notice that people collectively don't hold doors open any more...they don't even seem to greet you as you walk in...maybe it's just me, but ever go shopping at a retail store and the people just look at you as if you're the brotha from anotha planet???...what happened???...is my money just not good enough???...because, last time i checked it's legal tender and the currency seems to be pretty current...it used to be that people were so excited that you visited their place of business they would greet you with a hello, sir or a hi, mam...they would make you feel at home...and who doesn't want to have a place called home???...home is a great place to be...but, sometimes it's nice to venture out...and when you do, you would want the expectation that you will be treated with the utmost respect, not because you're spending your hard earned green-backs, but because you took the time to make the conscious decision to choose that very place of business to select an item or two...another observation is how demanding people can be...people, it is just coffee...it always has and always will be...i was at an SB today and a woman started speaking in a tongue i had no idea existed...it seemed as if as soon as she opened the doors she entered a portal of abbreviations of the coffee world...she says, yeah, 1 mach wit' creme, one wit' room and a blah blah blah...i just looked at her, looked at the menu, and couldn't for the life of me figure out what the heck she just ordered...i looked for "mach" on the menu and couldn't find it...it's just not there...no it isn't...no it isn't...don't believe me???...pull up the menu...it's macchiato, people...since when is a language turned into something else???...oh wait, there's ebonics...hmm, should have known...a macchiato is as follows:
macchiato: anglicised, is a coffee-based beverage, which literally means marked milk...seems like the only thing that's marked is our command of a language and it doesn't look good...could it be this type of "short" behavior is now transcending into the deldrums of customer service???...as the dollar grows leaner and leaner you would think retailers wouldn't get meaner and meaner...they should be jumping at my beck & call simply because i visited the store...i am neither pompous nor a snob but just an individual who would like at least some polite recognition for visiting...if they would treat you like the character in I Am Legend you would get all types of respect...why???...because they are dependent upon you for a sale since you're the only one coming into the store...i feel as if it should be a mutual agreement between the retailer (starbucks) and the purchaser (me)...is it too much of a demand to just even get a good bye have a nice day or a thank you???...i mean i could have gone somewhere else...heck, i could ban coffee all together (imagine the impact if we all did like the days before)...seems like the only thing they listen to is your wallet and not the owner of the wallet...will there ever be that golden time when you were actually treated like a customer since it used to be "custom" to be valued???...that only depends on one thing, you...