Are you freaking kidding me? (aka The dumbest rant ever)

So...Before school started this semester, I drove my little self down to Walmart to buy some pens and pencils. I wanted some mechanical pencils, a few normal ones, and some good pens. I had decided that for once, I would splurge a little bit and buy nicer, more expensive ones because in my humble opinion few things are better than a great writing utensil. This is especially true considering I am a freak about penmanship and I write things rather than type them as often as possible.

So anyway. I got these pens. Zebra Orbitz. I've had them before and loved the way the wrote. So it's like $3-4 for a package. No big deal. There were 6 pens and 3 ink refills in the package. We are starting the 3rd week of school and I have ran 4 of the pens out of ink AND used 2 of the refills. WHAT? Are you FREAKING kidding me? Ugh. So now, I guess I'm going to have to guy buy new pens again soon because these will be gone within a week. On average, I use a tube of ink every 2 or 3 days. I don't remember having this problem last time I bought them, but I didn't use them as consistently either...but seriously--that's not much writing before the pen wears out, so it's kinda frustrating.

I also paid almost $5 for some freaking mechanical pencils. They are like bic something or other, they looked really nice so, no big deal--right? Wrong. The pencils won't hold the lead that they came with...I dont' know what's wrong with them, but I can't use them because no matter what the lead always falls out. Once again. Are you freaking kidding me?

Then on to the normal pencils. You would think that there is very little room for error in a graphite pencil (or whatever they are made of). But once again, I decided to go for the slightly more expensive brand--a) because they were pretty [solid black] and b) because they claimed to be smooth writing [I can't stand a pencil that scratches against the paper, it's almost as bad as fingernails on a chalkboard]. I paid like $2 for 6 pencils, thinking that they would be all around high quality. Heck no. Their erasers don't erase AT ALL, they smear it around and make a big ole mess and the lead breaks pretty much every time I try to sharpen a pencil. AAAANNNDD the pencil is really scratchy against the paper, so once I finally get the dang thing sharpened I can hardly use it because it sends chills up and down my spine. Dang it. I'm so mad.

I mean, I know it's only ten dollars...but it's ten dollars freaking wasted and I am really mad about it because I could have just bought the crappy brands that I normally use and had a higher quantity of stuff, not to mention the fact that I've never had any trouble with it. UGH.

See, people laugh becuase I'm such a cheap skate...but apprarently NOT being a cheapskate doesn't work out for me, so just shush your mouth and leave me be. GRR.


Stupid pen and pencil companies.


Post script: Yes, I do realize how stupid and petty this rant sounds. After all, why the heck would someone get upset about stupid office supplies? Yeah, well the answer to that question is simple: me. It's one of my things, call it an idiosyncrasy, call me weird, whatever you prefer...but that's just how I am.