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Ticked off! @ filthy manners

Ticked Off!


October 22, 2012



Every day a deputy sheriff in his squad car picks up his kid at a local karate school. That's not so bad. But it ticks me off that he parks his car in the fire lane, in the opposite direction of the traffic. If I were to do that, sir, I would have a ticket in a blink of an eye!

I don't understand why there are six people scheduled for the same time at the doctor's office, and the doctor is an hour behind first thing in the morning. By the time he sees you, you have been waiting two hours. Why make an appointment in the first place?

Don't pick your teeth, blow your nose or cough without covering your mouth at a restaurant table. And wash your hands after using the toilet!

To the guy on the motorcycle racing his engine and shaking his head at me: I was already doing more than five miles over the speed limit. Keeping you happy is not worth what a speeding ticket would cost me.

The flip side

Thank you so much to the gentleman and the freerunners near the science center who helped my friend push my car out of traffic! It was a very hot and frustrating day, and having people pitch in and help meant a lot.

My mom lives in Orlando, and I don't. I recently visited my mom and met so many kind people. My mom's neighbors are wonderful. They do what they can to be good neighbors. I can't say enough thanks for their kindness and neighborly concern.