MY PET PEEVE

 
            DOES ANYONE HAVE A PET PEEVE
            LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT MINE
            IT HAPPENS AT MANY RETAIL STORES
            WHILE STANDING IN CHECKOUT LINES

            I HAVE MY PLASTIC IN MY HAND
            AND WHAT COMES UP ON THE SCREEN
            ENGLISH OR ESPANOL ARE MY OPTIONS
            I KNOW I’M GONNA BE MEAN!

            I TELL THE CLERK “I’M NONE OF THOSE”
            “WHERE’S MY LANGUAGE PLEASE”
            I GET IGNORED, TREATED LIKE A FOOL
            LAUGHED AT FOR EVERYONE TO SEE

            DISCRIMINATED AGAINST, PROBABLY
            BUT NO ONE SEEMS TO CARE
            IT’S ENOUGH TO MAKE ME ANGRY
            AND PULL OUT ALL OF MY HAIR

            I WANT TO LITIGATE AND GET EVEN
            AND SOMEHOW PROVE I’M RIGHT
            IF YOU LIVE HERE LEARN THE LANGUAGE
            DON’T EXPECT FAVORS, FEEL CONTRITE

            IF STORES HAD TO PUT UP SIGNS
            WRITTEN IN EVERY LANGUAGE THERE IS
            IT WOULD STOP ALL OF THIS INSANITY
            AND NONE OF US WOULD GET PISSED!