General Conniption. People who stand in doorways and at the top of stairs.

There are many of you out there, who, this holiday season have decided to go out and about, and perhaps you don't normally go out, and thus you have no concept of the ways in which one behaves courteously in public spaces. Here are some basic rules to follow.

Stairs: If you stop at the top of the stairs, you're going to get pushed down them. Maybe not by me, maybe not on purpose, but it's going to happen. You may be lost, but the top of the stairs is really the WORST place to sort that out.

Doors: Again with the stopping. "Hey, so-and-so, haven't seen you in forever! happy holidays, blahblahblah..." GET OUT OF THE FUCKING DOORWAY. You go through doors to have conversations with people, that's precisely the reason door-to-door salespeople are creepy, because they have conversations in doorways. It's only compounded in a busy doorway while people with armloads of shopping bags pile up behind you.

girl at wellesley station

so nice of you to find a nice out of the way spot to spit inside the station. gross.

Woman in front of me at Starbucks

Dear Maam,

could you please show a little courtesy and refrain from doing your taxes with the Starbucks employee. I know it's not peak hours, but when people are behind you waiting, sort it out and go. Unless you're buying a franchise (which you can't even do with starbucks) there is no conceivable reason for you to spend ten minutes at the counter.

Additionally-- Starbucks employees-- you are not blameless. For you to allow customers to stand in line for ten minutes while some old bat struggles to understand the concept of a starbucks card is completely unacceptable, particularly when there are several employees working. Employee at the counter-- see that people are attended to, or at least apologize for the wait. Employee #2-- people are waiting, and unlike them, cleaning the coffee pots CAN wait.

A little conscience, please.

elevator couple...

Hey assholes, you don't have to re-push the button for the floor you're going to just because I got on. The elevator didn't forget, nor did the buttons reset themselves when my foot crossed the threshold into the car. If I had the kind of power to do that sort of thing, I wouldn't be living in an apartment.

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