Monday, March 21, 2005

Public Observations

I, and probably others out there, see things while cruising through life that I would love to comment on. Civility, sense of self-preservation and/or the futility in saying anything generally keep my mouth shut. Just once I would love to be able to let it all out.

A while back I was in a grocery store and the woman in front of me had two big boxes of trojans condoms amongst her groceries. Someone had a busy weekend ahead of them. I wonder if it was for personal or work related activity. And if it is work related can you write it off on your taxes as work related expense. Whatever the reason, someone's going to get some action, so i say.. have at it!

Unfortunately, most of the things I want to comment on are things that piss me off. Saturday I get out of my car to go into a restaurant, car next to me pulls into handicapped spot. No sticker, special plate or card from mirror indicates he is disabled. I see him and his wife/girlfriend come into restaurant and they both seem fine. Arrogant bastard, can't walk a bit farther because it is raining some? Afraid you'll melt, well got news for you ya fat fuck melting off some of you, while creating a puddle of shit would at least help you some. I could be wrong, they might be giving disabled tags to people with very small penises or suffer from mental conditions leading to exaggerated views of self importance.

Mental health is heavily influenced by how a person is raised. I hate to see parents let their children run roughshod all over them. I sat in a restaurant watching a woman, constantly threaten a child with punishment, but then do nothing when they continued to act up. Then they try "If you are really good, I'll buy you a toy later" Congratulations lady, you are the Neville Chamberlain of parenting. Nothing like rewarding someone for not acting like a little bastard. I wish it it worked like that in my life, I would love to have my boss come up and say "Hey Steve, if you would stop surfing porn sites and work that would be great, I'll even give you a raise." Doesn't work that way. Best to set that record straight early, there are consequences when you screw up. You know what I call someone who doesn't care about that point? Sociopath. Start laying down the law or when the reporter interviews you and asks you if there are any indications he would shoot a nun and sodomize cattle, don't say you didn't see it coming.

But, let's not forget, Judge not lest thee be judged, unless the other person sucks then feel free to rip them a new one.

1 Comments:

At 1:20 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

I have one: While driving back from lunch, I saw a woman throw her lit cigarette out her car window. So who the hell is going to pick that up? Is it going to decompose, being made of paper and tobacco? Well, how many cigarette butts do you see at the beach and in public parks and outdoor malls, just waiting to decompose? And what about filtered cigarettes?

I want to respect people's right to smoke (and I do, publicly) but I find I have such a visceral reaction to people I see smoking in public, and it seems to be getting worse (Could that be because in CA you can hardly smoke anywhere these days, so seeing a person smoking in public is almost a shock?). The minute I get a whiff of smoke, I feel myself getting angry as I search for the offending party. I don’t know this person, and yet I’m making judgments. And have friends who are smokers and I don’t let that fact color my perception of them, but don’t offer the same grace to strangers. It’s completely irrational, I know.

 

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