There are somethings that go on these days that I just don’t understand. I saw a bunch of them last night all at one event as people walked by. I hope none of these step on anyone’s toes, but I was brought up differently in some of these cases.
- When did it become acceptable to breakup over text/social media?
- When did it become acceptable to track down your ex in a public place and then scream and yell obscenities at them in front of 600 people?
- I’m still not sure what memo I missed that said you could wear pajama’s to a public social event that wasn’t designated as a sleep-over.
- When did flip flops (not sandals) become acceptable foot where? They kill my feet. I don’t know how people (men/women) can wear them daily
- Why do people park as close as they can to an event and then scream and yell because it is taking too long to get out because of traffic?
- Why does the same person scream and yell at their spouse when he/she lets one car out into traffic? I thought that was this thing called courtesy… again… apparently I was wrong.
- When did opening your car window and screaming “MY WATER JUST BROKE!” become an appropriate way to try and get ahead in traffic? This one got a chuckle out of me because she was sitting next to the ambulance when she did it and the EMTs quickly checked on her. It delayed traffic even longer.
- How is it that a parent can not know that their 12 year old child does not like fireworks?
- How is it that same said parent will chastise above 12 year old until the point of tears because the parent is being inconvenienced by the child’s fear? I’m not talking about belaying the fear and trying to teach the child that there are ways to deal with scary situations and the child still scared. I’m talking about the parent being so self-centered that they continued to drag the child anyway.
- I missed another memo that must have stated that it is no longer appropriate to teach your kids the meaning of ‘NO’. It must have stated that in place of this teaching, you should throw endless money at the child until they shut up and go away.
- Has saying ‘excuse’ me when you bump into someone in a crowd been outlawed?
- Are we in such a hurry as a society now that we accept shoving people aside on the sidewalk as acceptable?
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How can you drop a glass object from the counter to the floor and it doesn’t break… Yet… you can knock an identical object over on the counter and it shatters into a million pieces.
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Why does a tiny cut hurt much worse than a large cut (see above broken jar)?
- Why do I feel guilty using an electric chair when I have a medically documented injury that causes me problems walking but someone else has no problem using one because they are just too lazy to walk.
- When did it become acceptable to eat and drink everywhere you go (church, the grocery store, the doctor’s office)?
- Why is it that I can go all day without worrying about something but the minute my head hits the pillow I can’t stop thinking about it?
- Why is it that the people who try to be honest can’t get ahead in life but the ones who lie and cheat the system seem to always get ahead?
- Why is it I can work a full time job with good pay and struggle to pay my bills … yet… the guy who has been unemployed for 3 years and doesn’t want to work can afford to pay $8 a pack for cigarettes out of the machine and have a $60 bar tab in one night?
- Why does same guy above feel it is a great accomplishment to achieve such things. So much so, that he must brag about it publicly?
- Why does a party with no alcohol flop but the same party with a beer wagon will bring people out of the wood work that you didn’t invite or don’t even know?
- Why is tipping (also known as a gratuity by law) now considered a requirement even for poor service? (Actually, this one I can answer. Because the employer only has to pay his/her wait staff less than half of minimum wage if they make tips.)
- Why do people, at a classy sit down restaurant, leave a $5 tip for a group of 10 people with a bill over $200?
- How is it that someone can send money to a foreign nation to help a child they don’t know but not support the local fund raiser for the kid down the street who has medical problems?
- Why do we patronize the big box stores who take their profits out of the area/country when we could buy from the mom/pop store down the street and know that they will be able to feed their family again tomorrow
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Why is it I feel so bad saying no to someone because I know doing whatever they invited me to do will cause me to hurt tomorrow?
- Why do I push myself to do something when I know it will cause me to hurt tomorrow?
- Why did the technician who came into the office to help with a technical problem look like he was kidnapped from junior high?
- Why the heck has the weather been so unpredictable these last few weeks?
These are just a few of the things I stare at the ceiling and think about when I can’t sleep.
~Cappy