Reverse Discrimination

I quoted a HVAC job last night at 8pm--sharp as that was when my prospect asked me to arrive. Pam and her husband listened intently as I made my proposal. Nancy and I really had our "A" game on. I was even considering buying my own proposal....it was that good. Well 20 minutes had elapsed so I dropped the big one and asked him for $15,619.37 At this point he said "thanks for coming by but we have already made our decision. Were gonna go Geo-Thermal!!
Huh?? What??? Your kidding right?? I said GT has to be THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLARS for an air conditioner. His response was very kind and professional so I don't fault him at all but in a nut this is what he said......or at least this is what I heard. "You were out of the hunt before you parked your truck, Since you were so kind to pay your taxes promptly and in full the Obama administration in all of its glory and wisdom is gonna give me TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS of your tax money for me to give to your competitor the geo thermal guy. This way I get to purchase my air conditioner for not only below market cost but actually less than what it cost to manufacture it.
Isn't AmeriKa great!!!!
Welcome to the USSA, You are now semi-free to roam about the country....FOR A FEE!!!!!

Pot calling the Kettle BLACK

My blessed Nancy in all her Saint-hood was on her way to Wal-Mart to pick up my blood pressure meds when in a moment of weakness I volunteered to go in with her. I guess I felt a little guilty about sending her in alone. Anyway, nobody can find my Rx. We are doing our designated part by standing in line preventing any other customers from receiving their Rx's while the clerk begins to implode in front of a now very interested and anxious crowd. She appeared to be warming up in the Christmas spirit as she was approaching critical mass at an excessively high rate of speed. Add in the 4 year old in the back of the grocery section screaming so loudly we can still hear him up front in the pharmacy and we have everything we need for a highly charged exchange. Breathe in......Breathe out......ouuussaaaaaaa Breathe in....... Breathe out...... Well it turns out that the pharmacy tech can neither read or write and had butchered my last name between copying it from my Rx to the label on the bottle. It was at this point the clerk leaned over the counter and uttered these words "She screws up Rx's all the time, You just cant fix stupid"
Dear God, help me. If she could of only heard all the voices screaming in my head.
Once again Wal-Mart never ceases to disappoint me.

Irony

I was assembling a fire for my bbq pit using the local "green sheet" for starter. The green sheet is one of those free papers you find in the front of a convenience store advertising garage sale junk and "wholesale" phone service for the ethnically challenged. Phone ads typically start out "No Credit Check, No Social Security Number Required, Habla Espanol!!!!" So while I am wadding up paper for the fire a ad catches my eye. In all of its glory it read as follows, For Sale... Tiger Woods Signature Series golf clubs with signature engraved....$250.00 .............................my, my, my, how the mighty have fallen.