the good old days

It’s been a looong day of useless work and it is only going downhill. So here’s a little rant:

If you have just complained about gas hitting $4.00 per gallon (and haven’t we all?) don’t follow up closely thereafter with any of the following…

• Talk about how you think alternative fuel proposals (e.g. wind power) are a load of bunk
• Brag about how you drive 20 miles to this great gas station in the middle of nowhere which charges $0.05 less than anyplace in town (thereby losing three dollars or so)
• Laugh at my hybrid and tell me how long it will take to pay itself off
• Extol the virtues your brand-new SUV or RV (seriously, man, you bought that NOW?)
• Smoke (a bigger budget-buster than high fuel prices)
• Leave the engine running while you sit in the drive-through lane at McD’s during the lunch-hour rush
• Leave the engine running while you run into the store
• Leave the engine running AND LEAVE YOUR PRESCHOOL CHILD IN THE CAR while you run into the store

I am sick of this behavior anyway, but when you prelude idiocy with crying about the price at the pump, I have no pity for you at all.

I think it’s the last two that get to me the most. Even if you don’t care about the gas you’re wasting, it’s a big advertisement that you want your car (and/or child) stolen. I have to really fight the temptation to just reach in and turn it off.

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