People Suck #5

Jeez, has it really been that long since I made a post? Holy crap.
In that time I failed my driving test, traded in my Wii and said "humbug" about 10,000 times.

Which nice little preamble leads me nicely into the most recent rant - Christmas shoppers.

I've been lucky this year; my girlfriend managed to do almost all of our Xmas shopping online, so I've not had to fight against the cold and the morons to get at stuff. And that suits me fine.
Unfortunately she decided we should have a new tree this year, as the one we have is a few years old and looking a little... worn.

Woolworths. I used to like Woolies back when I was at school. The one in Lanark was well laid out and fairly open and had a good selection of magazines, games and of course pick 'n' mix sweets (even if we couldn't afford to buy them).
Saturday was like Pikey Central. It seemed like everyone had brought along 500 snotty, screaming brats and had told them to make as much mess and noise as possible. Even the adults were pulling stuff off shelves and just leaving it wherever they felt like.

Sadly, I can't even blame it on just Xmas. We used to go to Matalan for the odd piece of cheap clothing. Our nearest one had more stock on the floor than on hangers and it got so bad in there that I told my girlfriend I was never setting foot in that store again. And I won't.

I like cheap stuff. We went through a brief period of having a bit of cash to burn, but we're back to normal now and are trying to cut down on costs any way we can. I can appreciate wanting to get things for less money.
But I would never take something off a hanger and dump it on the floor. I'd never rummage through a bargain bin and just toss the things I didn't want out of the way.

People suck. They sucked in 2006. They sucked in 2007. They sucked in 2008 and they'll continue to suck in 2009.