Further Stupid People (and a Flock of Stupid Birds)

Apparently I am on some sort of a roll. A roll of negativity though and this is the end . . . for now! *smile*

More stupid people.

My neighbour: We live close to a ravine where many raccoons live. Raccoons adore garbage. They have been known to rip bags asunder in their quest for tasty scraps of trash. It is not unusual to see torn bags and trash spread all over the street after they have been on the prowl. Today was garbage day. Now think for a second. Would you put your trash out the night before if this was your reality? No, of course you wouldn't; you'd put it out in the morning so that you didn't have to re-bag a weeks worth of smelly kitchen waste using a shovel.

Guy on Train: I understand that it is nice to use the 45 minutes on the train to read the paper. It is a nice relaxing start to the day. Why is it necessary for him to leave all of the crumbled up sections under his seat? Every day. JERK

Finally Stupid birds: Every morning I stand on the train platform waiting for the train. I stand there, listen to the birds, standing beside the same people every day (but never talking to them, of course, as that is weird), staring ahead at the platform across the tracks. Today the birds were rather loud. Why? Someone had heaved up a huge pile of vomit on the platform across the tracks and the seagulls were fighting over the chunks. EWWWWW

How is that for a lovely way to start your day? For the birds it is likely business as usual (that is how their parents feed them as baby birds isn't it?) for the commuters wincing at each swallowed chunk - not so much.

My, it has been a fine start to the day! Perhaps I should just go home.

Comments

[Kim]

Okay - in defense of the newspaper guy. Sometimes I would leave my paper behind too; I always imagined some, poor, bored person, finds it on the next train ride, and enjoys reading it. I know I did when I found them left behind.

Now my used coffee cup, napkin and brown paper bag go with me. :)

[Jerry]

I understand what you're saying Kim. But I just don't know about this guy is far to annoying to think about anyone else. Besides, he rips articles out of the paper and pulls the pages apart. Anyone reading it after him woul dhave to put all of the pieces of the puzzle together!

[Kim]

Oh no, that's unacceptable; the minute you've ripped an article out of the paper (and some would say, done the crossword), you might as well trash it.

[Jerry]

Good lord - commuting ettiquette is so confusing! One would think after five years I'd be getting the hang of it all.