That feeling when you struggle to pay at the parking lot exit and spend three minutes trying to get your credit card in the machine the right way only to have it work and then realize the gate to let you out has been broken off and you could have just driven out without paying… Ugh.
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August 20, 2026 at 12:43 am
Haha … well … at least you know you right thing! Here’s mine for this week. 🙂 https://brendasrandomthoughts.wordpress.com/2026/08/20/one-liner-wednesday-let-the-sun-shine/
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August 20, 2026 at 12:05 am
🤷😜
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August 19, 2026 at 9:01 pm
How frustrating! But hopefully a little funny as time passes.
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August 19, 2026 at 11:50 pm
It would be funnier now if I didn’t have to pay for a flippin’ roof on my house next week. 🤣 I’m consoling myself with the thought that if I hadn’t paid, the cameras would have got me and sent me a parking ticket. 😛
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August 19, 2026 at 7:55 pm
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August 19, 2026 at 10:44 am
Ha! That would result in some head-shaking.
We spent 10 minutes behind a guy Monday night who could not figure out the exit.
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August 19, 2026 at 12:23 pm
The few times I use a fast food drive-thru, I always seem to be behind the one person in the world who has never been through one before and just cannot figure it out.
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August 19, 2026 at 12:37 pm
Funny story: I had a friend who worked at McDonalds when the drive-thru was held up. Right behind the thief was an off-duty cop who was a regular. The thief didn’t get far.
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August 19, 2026 at 12:34 pm
I wasn’t quite that bad, but I have been there before as the guy who takes 10 minutes. 😛
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August 19, 2026 at 8:03 am
so funny, and i’ve been there !
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August 19, 2026 at 12:32 pm
That’s what you get for being so focused on making sure you’re close enough to the machine without taking your mirror off your door. 🙄🤣
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August 19, 2026 at 6:51 am
Oh! that’s a bummer..
But the warm rush of righteousness that washes over you on reflection…..???
Not… I be pissed too!! 💜💜💜😘
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August 19, 2026 at 12:31 pm
Haha! Well yeah, aside from the fact I gave them money towards fixing it.
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August 19, 2026 at 3:31 pm
Nightmare 😲😲😲
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August 19, 2026 at 2:33 am
Lol.
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August 19, 2026 at 2:25 am
That’s really a bad thing that could happen, Linda.
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August 19, 2026 at 12:30 pm
Very.
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August 19, 2026 at 2:12 am
Oh, that is frustrating!
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August 19, 2026 at 12:29 pm
Right? You can be sure I’ll pay attention next time.
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