*facepalm*

So yesterday was Nate's birthday and he wanted to rent a Redbox movie and watch it. That meant that today, I'd have to return it.

They waited until dark to tell me- irritating, to start things off. I set the movie on the counter and ran to get my keys, license, shoes, and jacket, headed out to the car, and got going to Smiths. I had gone a few blocks when I started wondering just where they'd gotten the DVD and whether it mattered what Redbox I returned it to. I reached over to see if it said anything on the case, and realized... I'd forgotten the movie.

So I made a quick turn and headed home again. I grabbed the movie, checked with my brother about where to return it (it doesn't matter), and headed out again. Next I managed to miss the turn to Smiths. Not too much of a problem, I could just go down a block and just have to make two left turns instead of one. So I made the turn at that retarded intersection next to Purple Turtle and managed to make it to Smiths.

The parking lot was absolutely empty. Stupidly, I thought, "Cool!" I parked and got out to go to the store, and noticed lines of shopping carts blocking the door. It was closed? All the lights were on... but it was closed?

Yep, it was closed.

Well, there's a McDonalds across the parking lot with a Redbox. I turned around. Lights off. It was closed too.

Disappointing McDonalds. Since when were you ever closed?

Well, I didn't even head over there then. I got back in the car, thinking vaguely that maybe there was a Redbox at Maceys, although Maceys was probably closed too. It was worth a try. I headed over.

Maceys I made it to without a problem, except for the radio music. They played that "Stuck like Glue" song, and now it's going to be stuck in my head for the rest of my life. I was feeling too flustered to turn it off. But then, wonder of wonders, in the Walgreens parking lot, way before Maceys, was a Redbox. So I quick pulled in to Walgreens and headed over to the return, DVD at the ready.

There was a line. At the front of it? A man who had decided to let his child that was not even tall enough to reach the screen do all the button pushing. They were apparently having issues too. I heard a big, "HMM" from the Dad, and after gawking at the screen for another minute and making the rest of us just stand there and shiver, he said, "Well, guess I gotta go to a different one." And he left.

Good luck with that, guy. All the other places are closed.

Then I had to wait for this girl and her boyfriend. They went through a bunch of movies, checked the ratings on several, decided it was too high, and eventually picked one called "The Backup Plan".

Wow, coincidental.

Finally my chance came to return the movie, which took all of three seconds. Just... what. Then I pulled out, had to wait at that stupid Maceys light, and finally made it home again.

*facepalm* That took way longer than it needed to.