Don't you just hate these people who think the whole world revolves around them and what they want? Don't they realise that it really revolves around me? Just kidding. I don't think that, but you know the sort of person I mean.
I ran into one of these types when I was off camping the other week. It was the off season and there were only the two sites in use, mine and one just across the track from me. I was by myself but the other site was a family. There was a slightly older man, a young woman, quite pretty, and a couple of rug-rats.
I first noticed the woman when I heard her giving the man what for. She was really laying down the law. I saw him heading off towards the local town and the pub a little later and he looked happy to be going and I suspected that he'd stay there until late.
It was evening and we were having a nice long twilight. I was sitting in front of my tent listening to music. I wasn't playing it loudly, and it's not as though it was heavy metal or something like that. It was classical music. I like symphonies and marches and such. So sue me.
Like I said, I was just sitting there listening, enjoying the cool breeze after the hot day, relaxing in the countryside.
And then little miss 'it's my world' came barging out of her caravan and stomping over to my little tent.
"Turn off that bloody racket," she snarled. "I've just put my kids to bed and I want silence while they go to sleep."
"Good luck with that," I thought, listening to a kookaburra screaming its head off.
"Actually," I quietly informed her, "the music currently playing is Brahms Lullaby. If anything, it'll put your kids to sleep."
"It's far too loud," she snapped at me. "You'll have to turn it off until the morning. I can't have that sort of racket keeping me and the kids awake half the night."
I considered the matter. Was I playing too loudly and disturbing the peace? No. I wasn't. She was being unreasonable.
"Piss off, lady," I politely told her. "The music stays."
I assumed that would be the end of the matter, but no.
"Are you going to turn that off or not?" she demanded.
"Not."
Would you believe the silly bitch reached over and turned my player off? Talk about gall. I promptly turned it back on and told her to leave it alone.
She started breathing hard.
"Do you know who I am?" she demanded.
"Don't know and don't care," I said. "The music stays on."
That rotten bitch picked up my player and slammed it back down and the music died. She smiled at me.
"The music stays off," she said. "See my husband about getting that thing replaced. He'll buy you a decent player."