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I've been sick all week, and I can't seem to shake it. It doesn't help that I live in a perpetual smog cloud in the Valley of the Sun.
I went to "Zoo Lights" last night, which is about the only thing you can do in Phoenix that's even remotely Christmas-like. They cover the zoo in Christmas lights, play holiday music, and overcharge you for everything.
I won't say it was a totally miserable experience, since I got to see a Donkey, but all the powers were aligning to make it suck. First of all there is the parking situation. 3/4 of the population of Phoenix drives a big ass truck/SUV, and of those people only half are bright enough to park them properly. When you try to find parking you begin to notice 'half-spots', or the spots left over when all these dickheads pull into a parking spot over the divider line between the spaces. It's incredible that people just leave their vehicles like that, the nerve is off the charts. I'd like to hear an interview with one of these clowns regarding why they do that.
Another factor with the big truck/SUV population of this area is that you can't see past "Anything" because there is always the tail end of three trucks sticking out in front of you. These parking lots weren't designed to have two feet of maneuverability removed because the trucks don't fit into the spaces, the result is chaos.
The zoo people were kind enough not to have anyone directing traffic. Thanks zoo people. Love you too.
Anyway, once we finally found a parking spot, we walked into the zoo and we were greeted by the sounds of the season. Not Christmas carols, but coughing, wheezing, sneezing kids. Lots and lots of them. It was a mess, people walking every which way, cutting in front of other people with no regard for anyone else. People taking flash pictures of the animals right next to the sign that says "Please don't take flash pictures of the animals".
I swear that moving into a cave far far from other people is looking better every single day. People as individuals may be great and wonderful, but people as a whole? Suck ass.
I went to "Zoo Lights" last night, which is about the only thing you can do in Phoenix that's even remotely Christmas-like. They cover the zoo in Christmas lights, play holiday music, and overcharge you for everything.
I won't say it was a totally miserable experience, since I got to see a Donkey, but all the powers were aligning to make it suck. First of all there is the parking situation. 3/4 of the population of Phoenix drives a big ass truck/SUV, and of those people only half are bright enough to park them properly. When you try to find parking you begin to notice 'half-spots', or the spots left over when all these dickheads pull into a parking spot over the divider line between the spaces. It's incredible that people just leave their vehicles like that, the nerve is off the charts. I'd like to hear an interview with one of these clowns regarding why they do that.
Another factor with the big truck/SUV population of this area is that you can't see past "Anything" because there is always the tail end of three trucks sticking out in front of you. These parking lots weren't designed to have two feet of maneuverability removed because the trucks don't fit into the spaces, the result is chaos.
The zoo people were kind enough not to have anyone directing traffic. Thanks zoo people. Love you too.
Anyway, once we finally found a parking spot, we walked into the zoo and we were greeted by the sounds of the season. Not Christmas carols, but coughing, wheezing, sneezing kids. Lots and lots of them. It was a mess, people walking every which way, cutting in front of other people with no regard for anyone else. People taking flash pictures of the animals right next to the sign that says "Please don't take flash pictures of the animals".
I swear that moving into a cave far far from other people is looking better every single day. People as individuals may be great and wonderful, but people as a whole? Suck ass.
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