Your Mothers Should Be Ashamed of Themselves!

So on my very long drive into work in the mornings, I encounter many areas where people are trying to turn onto the road I'm driving on. I ALWAYS let people in. I just hope that someday someone returns the favor for me. And every so often, it actually happens.

Well, this morning I let several people turn in front of me, and I even let one guy come over when his lane ended. NOT ONE SAID THANKS. I know I've blogged about this before, but it just makes my blood boil. It takes less than ONE SECOND to give the thank-you-wave. Why can't people do this? It's just common courtesy!

It's like people who don't send thank you notes. THIS PISSES ME OFF LIKE YOU WOULD NOT BELIEVE! For instance, someone who I work with had a shower when I started here almost 4 years ago. I didn't even get to see her open her gift, even though I was at the shower. I was paged back to my office. But I know she got the gift.

She is currently divorced and married to someone else. I'm still waiting on my thank you note. I want to ask her every time I see her, "So, how's that Coffee Maker workin out for ya?" I'm sure she uses it every morning. How freaking hard is it to send out a thank you note?

Now, I realize I'm a bit over the top when it comes to sending out cards of any kind. That's just me. I know people make fun of me for it, but I'd certainly rather be known as the person who sends too many cards than the asshole who never sends one. My wedding thank-you's went out 2 weeks after the wedding. I did not want it hanging over my head.

One time someone told me, after I sent her a TY for a gift, "Your mother raised you right." Yeah, my mom told me that when someone gives you something, YOU SAY THANK YOU. It's not that difficult of a concept to grasp!

Oh, and there's also the other issue of someone else I work with who just got married. I wasn't invited to her outside shower or her wedding, but they decided to throw her a here, and I got invited to bring food and gifts. (Hey, thanks!) The shower was on a day I didn't even work, but I made sure I sent a gift ahead of time. This was several months ago. I see her every day. Do you know that she has not even ACKNOWLEDGED that I got her stuff? Hasn't even SAID thank you. Come on - send out a mass "thank you" email. Sure, it's impersonal, but it gets the job done.

It just makes me so angry!! At least say, "Hey thanks for my gift." You don't even have to tell me how nice it was for me to send a gift even though I wasn't at the shower! Just say "thanks," BITCH!!

Okay, I'm done ranting. Moral of the story: LEARN TO SAY THANK YOU! Is that so hard?