Some Random Thoughts

Here are 3 random thoughts for you to chew on. Your point of view on any of these topics is encouraged. I only put 3 cuz it was getting long and I currently can't remember the rest.

1. Is the handicap stall in the bathroom strictly for handicapped people? Or can anyone use it if that's the only one available? Most public bathrooms aren't that big, but every one must have a handicapped accessable stall. I don't have a problem with that. But many public bathrooms (like the ones at my work) have two regular stalls and one handicapped stall. But it's doubtful that 33% of the workforce at my company are handicapped. Yet it also seems unfair that a handicapped person has to wait for a specific stall while other people can easily choose any other. I also find that my conscience is less bothered with using the handicapped urinal. Hmm, maybe this is too much information...

2. I don't get personalized license plates. Many times I see them and I don't even know what they mean because they are related to some inside joke like "WE 54". What on earth does that mean? Other times they describe the owner as they feel they should be described but may not necessarily be true like "RASCAL" or "SLY ONE" or "HOT MAMA" or something. Yeah, you'd like to think that wouldn't you? One time I saw one that said "SEE YA" as if it were to convince me they were a fast driver or something. Yeah, so fast I'm stuck behind them for 10 minutes as I'm waiting for an opportunity to pass them. Maybe "SEE YA" means what is said as they are being passed. The fact that it costs like $50/yr to have this makes this even more absurd. A couple weeks ago, I saw quite possibly the first worthy personalized plate...YUBH8N4 (Why you be hatin' for?), haha! Perhaps that was targeted towards people like me who don't understand personalized plates. Admonishment from a license plate, haha.

3. Being engaged for the past 7 months or so, I've noticed a few things about being engaged, but today I just want to talk about the term "fiance/fiancee". I have a few beefs with this term. First, it's a French word. Why is there not an English word for this term? I feel all snobby when I say "Have you met my fiancee?" It's like saying "bon appetit" every time you eat. That's just silly. Another thing is this term often gives you more information about yourself to a stranger than you would care to give. For example, you waiting for your fiancee at a store let's say. Someone comes up to you and asks if you've been helped. You reply with, "no, I'm just waiting for my fiancee". So now you've just told this random person you're getting married soon. It's like too much information for such a simple question. But you can't say, "I'm waiting for someone/my girlfriend" because that would demean the position of a fiancee. Last of all, fiancee has an accent mark above one of the e's which is a real pain to put into type and I don't really have the patience to look for it, haha. One last thing is the spelling. I've seen it with one or two e's. I figured it meant one was for the male and the other for the female although I've seen both spellings for the female. An 8 month engagement was not long enough to get to the bottom of this. I'm looking forward to using the term "wife".