January 28, 2011

5 Societal Observations

1) Who are the morons with a foot of snow on the top of their car a week after a snow storm? It drives me crazy. First of all you look like you’re driving around with a mattress dipped in white-out that happens to be the exact size of your roof. Second of all, are you that lazy where even after a week of snowfall you are yet to brush it off?

2) Do you ever notice that when people save a file on their computer they don’t use spaces in between the words? It’s always annoyed me but lately it’s driving me crazy. Use a god damn space people. You’re allowed to. It’s not like the file saving component disallows it. What’s even more annoying is the people that use the underscore in between each word. Why are you afraid to simply use a space??!! Name the file like a normal human being please!

3) People need to cut the crap and stop using their flashers when the roads get a bit hairy. We understand why you’re driving extra-slow in the right lane. Turn the god damn flashers off. We get it. We understand. The roads are bad. Give it a rest.

4) The practice of car owners who refuse to park their precious vehicles near other cars because god forbid someone should park too close and maybe nick it! Even worse, when they decide that one spot is not enough for them so they park diagonally in the corner of the lot. Or simply park on the top of the white line. If your car is that precious where you feel you’re obligated to more parking spot than the rest of us sedan owners than keep the thing in the garage. And if you want to park a half mile away in the mall parking lot as to ensure noone is around you then you should consider taking anxiety meds. I know a few of you out there who do this. Come on now…

5) I cant stand when I see parents “walking” their children. I’m sorry but that backpack that looks like a monkey is a leash. Would you put a leash around your child’s waist if it didn’t look like a monkey? No you wouldn’t. Well this is the same thing. If the monkey makes you feel less guilty than so be it but know it’s demeaning. So now we’re in an age where people carry their ratty little dogs in handbags but “walk” our children. Think about it. How about holding your child’s hand? Novel idea.

1 comment:

Phibbles said...

Re 2: In the old days, spaces in file names would confuse older PCs. So they started using the underscore instead. But you are right, people should feel free to use spaces now. I do.

Re 5: We used an elmo harness on Aidan when he was first learning to walk. It was perfect for disney when he was 18months old. He didn't want to be carried, but he was too short to hold our hands and walk a lot. It actually isn't good for them, throws off their balance learning to walk with one arm stretched in the air. The harness gave him the freedom to move, but us the security that he wouldn't wander off too far, to quick.

We didn't use it long though. No more than 6 months I would say.