glad im not like him

I was about 19 and my dad and I were at a fledging record store. There was this awkward Chip Douglas type of guy working there, the type who tends to stay at a place like that forever. I'm not against anyone who actually enjoys things and is having fun. I am against the people who are bitter assholes, who think they know everything, all with some "Mr. Nice Guy" phoniness sprinkled in between. Who just sit there and judge and think they know everything about everything.

My dad and I were looking. This other guy was in the store talking to the clerk. They were discussing some band. The guy talking to the clerk mentions how he is going to see some bullshit smalltime band, the clerk then invited himself along and told the guy they could go together. REALLY insisting, not doing that "oh sure" shit that fake people say. These guys weren't friends. They were strangers and this motherfucker was imposing. The guy talking to the clerk appeared uncomfortable and like he regretted saying anything at all, clerk kept insisting.

The store was dying because it was an overpriced shit hole. Even at the time there were better and cheaper stores in the area (why the place was dying) and e commerce was in full swing. Now, over 15 years later, it's even easier to just buy whatever stupid shit online and avoid jackasses like this.

Like. I'll never understand people like that guy at the store. Like, I didn't have a happy life growing up. I immersed myself into video games and shit. I began to actually gain some control and stability within my life, my interest dwindled, and I've since purged almost all of that shit I had and couldn't be happier with that decision.

What I don't get, is these people like that clerk who were clearly overly indulged assholes, who maybe like me, were raised by TV, but unlike me got to be spoiled. Why are they still so fixated on this shit? It's like they had more of a chance at life than I had, why did they choose to stop growing as a person? Why are they stuck in the decade they grew up in? Shouldn't my lost child ass be the one whose doing that instead? I seriously don't get it.

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anonymous Other February 20, 2026 at 2:04 pm 0 0