Random Ramblings of a Small Town Girl

We were going to try to go see Iron Man 3 today but the showing we wanted to see was sold out. I think they had one at 5:30 but it was only 3:00 and I didn’t want to have to find something to do for 2 hours or so.  They had “XD” tickets on sale for a 4:00 showing but they were $13.00!  The matinee price is $5.25, I think. I am not even sure what XD is but I was not going to pay nearly $8 more per ticket for it.  Theater prices are too high already, if you ask me. Not to mention their concession stand is ridiculously priced too.  We stood in line for about 5 minutes before we decided to just wait and see it some other time. But right before we got out of line, this big, heavy set guy butts in front of us and throws his ticket in the little slot below the booth glass and says “I want you to exchange this ticket for a 3:15 showing because I missed my 2:00 show because I was waiting on popcorn!” She told him that showing was sold out. He then said “Well, I just want a refund then and I want the name and number of the manager too!”  He was very rude and just hateful to the poor girl.  It wasn’t even her fault.  She gave him something to fill out for the refund and he said “I’m gonna take as long to fill this out as it did to get my popcorn.”  He didn’t even care that there were people behind him.  He was an inconsiderate, rude jerk.  I will say that the girl never got an attitude back with him. She just calmly spoke to him and did what he asked.  She’s better than I would have been. I am not a difficult person to get along with. If you’re nice to me, then I’ll be nice to you. But if you come to me with an attitude, I will dish it right back. Which is why I don’t work in customer service LOL

It always amazes me that Trey has such a thirst for knowledge. And I’m thankful that we have the internet so that he can soak up all the knowledge he wants. What prompted this post is this. We went to Rhiannon’s choir concert last night. There was a cute little boy there with cochlear implants. Of course, they are very visible. Trey asked my sister what they were (I already knew because I have a friend who’s son has one). She told him and it seemed to intrigue him. He went home with my other sister and she sent me a message saying that whenever he got to her house, he just had to google “cochlear implants”. He wanted to know how they work. Now mind you, this kid is only 7 years old. Just last week, he was telling me about nanobots. He is just a super smart kid and I am so glad I chose to homeschool him. I know he would have been so bored in a traditional classroom setting. And I know some people think that homeschooled kids are “antisocial” but that’s not true at all. Trey will talk to just about anyone and he loves interacting with other kids.

Now, I’m not saying my other two kids aren’t smart. They are very intelligent kids. But they never just voluntarily looked up anything educational LOL. All 3 of my kids are very different and I love that about them. It definitely keeps things interesting in my house haha. I’ve been blessed with some pretty awesome kids.

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