What Not to Read in Public and Other Things

[asphaltcowgrrl]

Since my other half has gone back to working days, it's fallen to me to take the kids to their orthodontist appointments and whatnot since it's rather rude to take a half day the second day at your new job.  Whatever.  Luckily, I have really good bosses that are fine with me taking time here and there to deal with family stuff.

In preparation for the visit, I loaded my Kindle into my purse because I just started a really good book called Broken Pieces by Riley Hart.  Taylor's ortho comes out, talks to me for a few minutes and then takes her back.  In the two minutes that she's gone, a lady and her little redheaded boy (Tyler, I find out later) sit down in the two chairs next to me.  Never mind the fact that there are at least twenty other open seats in the office.  With a roll of my eyes, I open my Kindle to go back to my book, not really thinking about what I'm reading.  Or, apparently, the fact that there's a curious kid sitting next to me.

Yeah.

I hear this little surprised sound from next to me, some shuffling, and miraculously, the lady gets up and drags her cute little son off to the other side of the waiting room.  Not quite understanding why, I look back at my Kindle, which is still on the home screen displaying all my books.

Oh.

Okay, so that makes sense.



Hahahaha.. I bet she'll never sit down next to another person with an e-reader ever again.  It's been several hours and I'm still laughing.  But man, isn't that just the prettiest cover you've ever seen?

In other news... my boss just told me that when our accountant showed up this morning she said, "Is Amy here?"  And he says, "Yeah, she is."  Whooops.  And to think, I didn't need to come in today! Hah.  If I'd only known that at 10:30 this morning...

On a more frustrating note, I get billing reminders from one of our contractors which, in itself isn't annoying.  What is annoying is that this gentleman seems to thing quotation marks are put on this earth in order to emphasise points he wants known.  For example: Invoices "must" be in to Wendy by the "10th" and no later.  Yeah, I know, this is construction and things just don't operate normally in this little world.  But for the LOVE OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE learn how to use your punctuation correctly.

As a side note, I have a 'friend' (and I use the term rather loosely) that asked me to read her memior assignment for English class and made a point to say "I want you to be brutally honest."  Oh, uh, no you don't.  Trust me on this one, babe.  I swear to all that's Strunk & White, she must've found a sale on commas and bought a case of the damn things... and used them every time she'd take a breath.  *shakes head and walks away*

Lastly, this cracked me the hell up and I thought it might amuse you all as well.  Not to mention it makes a nice ending to this ridiculous post.

A bunch of the books I get for review come from a website that provides e-ARCs (electronic advanced reader copies) from a variety of publishers.  Well, Netgally is apparently now giving out badges and my first is this:



So yeah.  I'm now officially a *professional reader* and I have the badge to prove it.  TAKE THAT.

Comments

[haldoor.livejournal.com]

Ha! I love it! All kids should be exposed t such things in waiting rooms!

Woo, go you, you professional reader, you! You could have told that nosy woman that if she asked; you could have flashed your badge at her! "Hey, Lady, Professional Reader at work here; stand back; keep your kids under control."

[asphaltcowgrrl.livejournal.com]

I think they might grow up to be a bit tolerant if they were. :D

Hahaha... right? It's about time I was a professional something (other than a PITA). I so wish I'd seen that badge at the time because I could have used it right then! Kids are naturally curious, but once you hit 40, it's just plain being nosy.