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"What does…’towed away’ mean?"

Yesterday during work, I realized I took an odd sense of amusement watching cars getting towed away behind me. Some people just don’t think to read the signs on the parking meters, stating “COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY, 4am-6pm”. So some shmucks decide they would park there, only to later find either a ticket or their car towed away.

There were two cars parked illegally in those spots yesterday, and I was anticipating the tow trucks to arrive. And they did. Except, they only towed away one of the cars, which I found a little confusing. Still, I found myself standing there, feeling amused and slightly evil for finding amusement in someone else’s misery.

Oh, but it was a short-lived evil feeling. When I saw the owners of the towed-away car, they were Asian…worse, I think they were actually Japanese. One guy, a little meek yet cute looking, came up to me and asked, “Ah, excuse me, where did this…car…go?”

Me: “They towed it away.” (smile of pity)
Him: “Ah…what does…’towed away’ mean?”

This question made me feel even worse since he didn’t even comprehend the meaning of the phrase. So I had to think of a way to explain it so he could understand.

Me: “Well, it means…’they’ took your car away, because you are not allowed to park here. Only these (points at commercial vehicle behind me) are allowed to be parked here.”
Him: “Ah, okay.”

I’m not sure if he understood the situation at that point, but he ended up walking back to his two friends/colleagues and they in turn tried to figure out how to fix the situation.

Oh, I felt bad for them.

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Excuse me, your stroller is in my way.

I went to Tapioca Express today with my friend, and we encountered some of the rudest/most oblivious people in the world. Tapioca Express is not too big of a cafe; since it was a Sunday, the place seemed busy, but there were still some seats and tables by the window.

Well, unfortunately, those seats were blocked off by these people with this huge stroller sitting in the middle of the seating area. I became more pissed off when my friend and I had to get the people sitting NEXT to the rude people to move for us. I mean, come on, what the hell? I kept shooting dirty looks at the people with the stroller, but they were completely oblivious to everything. They seemed way too engrossed in their “oh-so-important” conversation.

After awhile, the magazine table closer to the counter cleared up, so my friend and I decided we would move there. Instead of trying to battle through the obstacle of the stroller in the way again, we decided we would climb over the ramp near the entrance to get to the magazine table. We looked weird climbing over the ramp since we had to raise our legs up and over the ramp. Meanwhile, the rude/oblivious customers STILL did not seem to notice the trouble they were causing. All the while, they were letting their little girl run around in the store causing havoc.

Honestly, people like that do not deserve to be out in public.

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The new iPhone

Well, there certainly was a spectacle today going down Stockton past Union Square. I was minding my own business on the bus when I heard some old Chinese ladies talking about some phone, looking out the window. I turned around and saw this massive line of people waiting outside of the Apple Store; later on, I found out it was for the release of the new iPhone.

By 3pm or so, I was walking back to Union Square after work and saw the line again, this time even longer! It’s insane how crazy people get with new releases of certain products. I heard that all they updated with the new version was better speed and better price. Hm…seems like too little to get excited for.

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hint Representative in the neighborhood!

Hm, today while working the cart in front of Macy’s, a hint representative came up to the cart asking if my boss were in for the day. At first I was a little skeptical of the guy, but then I noticed his shirt–it said “Drink Hint!” and the slogan under it. We had a small conversation about the drink, and I mentioned to him about how I was not so keen on the cucumber flavor. I was just being honest; the guy said that the cucumber flavor was more for spas, which makes sense.

He left his name and number with me to pass along to my boss; I kind of want my boss to stock hint water at our carts, since I think that would be something new and interesting to people. Wonder how much we would charge though…

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Jamming Away With Nobody in Sight.

I was waiting for Bus #31 this morning when I heard some music blaring from a car sitting at the stop light of Eddy and Van Ness. I looked at who the driver was, and saw this big, African-American woman busting away in the driver’s seat as if she were completely oblivious to the outside world. Her whole car was shaking with the music and she looked like she was enjoying herself, despite drawing in an audience from outside.

It was just an amusing part of my morning. Oh, San Francisco.