Shopping is bad I hate stupid people. And do you know where stupid people are? Well, let me shine a light on it for you. They're everywhere. They're especially in front of me in check-out lines. (And in front of or beside me on the road. But that's another story.) You know, you can usually tell just by looking that someone's going to cause trouble. A woman in front of me at Lowe's today (Only two lines open. Thanks a lot, Lowe's.) had nine rolls of the ugliest wallpaper I have ever seen. It looked like rocks. I really wanted to ask her where she was planning to use it and then tell her how god-awful ugly it was. But I didn't. The other 18 people in front of us managed to pay and get the hell out of the store. And then the ugly-wallpaper lady gets to the cashier. OK, first with the wallpaper. Then the cashier tells her the total and she pulls this big single check out of her purse. I smelled trouble. I think she must have asked about a business exemption or something, maybe to get the tax taken off. But she wasn't registered in the system. So the cashier tried it again. And again. And again. Then she called on the loudspeaker for someone who never called back. The woman asked how much she would have saved. It was like $6. Lady, I'll give you the $6 if you just pay and get out of here. Finally, she wrote her check and left. Then I was allowed to pay for my $3 tube of caulk. Some people, they just deserve ugly wallpaper.