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They "mis-entered" my order to shut off my internet, so it's shut off 4 days before I leave. It takes them two business days to restart it, even though all that would be required is reenabling my login. They suck so much, it's not even funny. Here, now, when I need to coordinate with people to sell my furniture and get help moving, not to mention finding out where to drop off my hazardous waste (lacquer thinner), they disconnect me from the world.

Thank heaven for neighbors who will tell you their wireless password.

This morning, walking through Berkeley, I saw a woman throw her cigarette butt on the ground. Because I'm that guy, I said, "Oh, for the love of God, don't throw your trash on the ground."

She said, "Have some respect for a woman almost 70 years old."

"It's my city too, goddammit," I returned bitterly.

In retrospect, there are many good things I could have said, but in the end this is where my communication skills break down. What do you say to people who don't care about anyone but themselves? Their motivations are evidently nothing but pure greed, and I can't understand them. I'm sure the word "worthless" is a little extreme to apply to them, but it certainly springs to mind. Certainly I view them as broken people, as though there's a piece inside of them that just doesn't operate the way it should.

And no, I needn't have any respect for someone who treats my city as a dump, no matter how old she might be. She obviously has no respect for anyone else in the city.

Dammit, that's the wrong way to start a day. This sort of selfish thoughtlessness is exactly what makes me angriest. People suck.

In Berkeley, as I was trying to find a parking spot, some guy started across the street just as the light changed to red for him.  It changed to green, so I honked at him drove in front of him in the crosswalk, where I had to stop because I was waiting to make a left turn.  He gesticulated at me, angry that I got in his lawbreaking way, and I yelled at him that I had right of way. 
He threw up his hands and turned back to go wait at the corner.  I feel that justice was served, at least to some extent.  I honk at douchebags!  In honor of that moment, I created this crappy new userpic.