Meaningless Drivel

Why why why, oh why does every show I watch have to use such a ridiculous method of trying to pull in viewers?  You know the one I speak of.  The show starts with a flash of what is happening now; then the screen goes black as glowing white lettering displays 8 Hours Earlier.  Or some other period of time that I don't really give two shits about.  Don't get me wrong, I appreciate non-linear storytelling as much as the next guy.  But that's not what this is.  This is just linear storytelling with the ass where the head should be.  I wouldn't even be ranting if it was used sparingly.  However; every show I watch these days is using it more and more.  Showing me the end at the beginning only makes me want to stop watching or fast forward to the end.  Which I do with alarming frequency.  So just stop it.

P.S.  What your doing is the equivalent of ejaculating before foreplay.  And nobody wants that.

I was taking some things to our storage space today.  Not too exciting.  Well, to be honest, this story is at no point exciting in any way.  I get done dropping my things off, and am driving out of the complex.  I put in my code to open the gate and start to drive out.  As I am leaving, I see someone coming up the ramp.  As has happened before, I can tell that they are going to try and enter before the gate closes without entering their own code.  Not this time person in the other car, I say to myself.  I block them from entering, forcing them to go toward the keypad.  The guy in the car still tries to squeeze through, but I created too narrow of a passage to get by.  We roll down our window, as they are side-by-side now.  I say, Go enter your own code.  He asks, You're not going to let me in?  I said No.  I use this place because of their security.  I don't know you.  If you want to get in, put in your code.  He tells me he helped build this place.  *So What!* I said great, then you know how important physical security is in a place like this and you can appreciate everyone entering their own code and not just letting cars through whenever they feel like it.  Yep.  He rolled his window up, backed up, and put in his code.  But seriously?  This is common sense people.  That's why everyone gets their own code.