rants
first a quote from my friend joan in her recent interview
What makes you crabby?
Waking up in the morning. Getting a wand up my jacksie at airline security. Liars. Hypocrites. Cheap tippers and people who are rude to waiters, waitresses, and other people working in the service industries. Ann Coulter makes me as cross as two sticks. So do George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, and the rest of the current U.S. administration. I don’t like fat-assed, loud-mouthed, belligerent preachers. Or bullies. I really don’t like bullies. I enjoy knocking them down a peg or two. (italics mine)
i was thinking about this when i went out for a junk food fix - we don't do the tipping thing here in nz ... although
spacegirlnz did have a tip jar when she was fundraising for spacecamp and got quite a nice bit of money that way ... but i have to say that one thing that totally pisses me off is people not saying please and thank you ... i don't care if someone is being paid to provide a service for me i should still be polite - in my class of 28 kids there's only a handful who say please and thank you automatically - a sign of the times i guess
my friend debbie who is canadian, military, (2IC@Trenton) was the most amazingly polite person i've ever come across when she stayed with us - i've never been called ma'am so often - it was just her way of being polite
and as an aside one of the things debbie left with us was an inukshuk (actually i think she gave it to me the first time we met - the second time we met she stayed with us and was able to see it in it's place of honour) - we have it in the kitchen window where anyone walking up to our front door can see it - some may even understand the significance
Inuksuit vary in shape and size, and perform a diverse array of tasks. It is a symbol with deep roots in the Inuit culture, a directional marker that signifies safety, hope and friendship.
What makes you crabby?
Waking up in the morning. Getting a wand up my jacksie at airline security. Liars. Hypocrites. Cheap tippers and people who are rude to waiters, waitresses, and other people working in the service industries. Ann Coulter makes me as cross as two sticks. So do George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, and the rest of the current U.S. administration. I don’t like fat-assed, loud-mouthed, belligerent preachers. Or bullies. I really don’t like bullies. I enjoy knocking them down a peg or two. (italics mine)
i was thinking about this when i went out for a junk food fix - we don't do the tipping thing here in nz ... although
spacegirlnz did have a tip jar when she was fundraising for spacecamp and got quite a nice bit of money that way ... but i have to say that one thing that totally pisses me off is people not saying please and thank you ... i don't care if someone is being paid to provide a service for me i should still be polite - in my class of 28 kids there's only a handful who say please and thank you automatically - a sign of the times i guess
my friend debbie who is canadian, military, (2IC@Trenton) was the most amazingly polite person i've ever come across when she stayed with us - i've never been called ma'am so often - it was just her way of being polite
and as an aside one of the things debbie left with us was an inukshuk (actually i think she gave it to me the first time we met - the second time we met she stayed with us and was able to see it in it's place of honour) - we have it in the kitchen window where anyone walking up to our front door can see it - some may even understand the significance
Inuksuit vary in shape and size, and perform a diverse array of tasks. It is a symbol with deep roots in the Inuit culture, a directional marker that signifies safety, hope and friendship.