Thank you Puppy

I forgot to tell you about what happened to me on Friday.

As a stand up citizen waiting for my bus in the wind, I saw an older man's fancy hat go flying. Now I was downtown and people here can't even be bothered to get a suit in their size let alone a fancy stylish hat, so this hat seemed extra important. I knew the attachment to hats as I myself love them. I never wear them because I think you need a great deal of confidence and self-esteem to pull off wearing a hat and I possess neither of those things.

Anyways, as the old man's hat flew towards me I leapt into the air and completed a double back flip to catch it. (double back flip is code for couldn't really catch it but managed to knock it onto the ground and proceed to chase after it for a minute with the wind blowing it away.)

So once I had this hat I turned to return it to its classy owner. I smiled and said "Here you go sir" and he said "F%?@ you" ... not actually but he didn't even smile which is about 90% the same thing. .

He didn't even say any of the things I was hoping for.

There was no "Thank you! Here is a 100$ bill with Kate Goslin on it!" and there was no "Oh you saved my classy hat! Please take this free Pug puppy as a payment for your vigilante-style attitude."

So needless to say I am horribly disappointed in the city's hat wearing population. They could at least say thank you or give me a puppy. I would prefer the puppy but I will accept the thank you.

Common Courtesy People.

Please, Thank you, Excuse me, Here's a Puppy. The simple rules of courtesy.




Thank you puppies: The next big thing. (Please don't actually give puppies to people who can't handle them? Then they go to the shelters and then Sarah McLaughclan has to make people sad with her commercials and then no one wins.... Only I may receive Thank you Puppies. And just one Pug.)



Thank you Puppy

I forgot to tell you about what happened to me on Friday.

As a stand up citizen waiting for my bus in the wind, I saw an older man's fancy hat go flying. Now I was downtown and people here can't even be bothered to get a suit in their size let alone a fancy stylish hat, so this hat seemed extra important. I knew the attachment to hats as I myself love them. I never wear them because I think you need a great deal of confidence and self-esteem to pull off wearing a hat and I possess neither of those things.

Anyways, as the old man's hat flew towards me I leapt into the air and completed a double back flip to catch it. (double back flip is code for couldn't really catch it but managed to knock it onto the ground and proceed to chase after it for a minute with the wind blowing it away.)

So once I had this hat I turned to return it to its classy owner. I smiled and said "Here you go sir" and he said "F%?@ you" ... not actually but he didn't even smile which is about 90% the same thing. .

He didn't even say any of the things I was hoping for.

There was no "Thank you! Here is a 100$ bill with Kate Goslin on it!" and there was no "Oh you saved my classy hat! Please take this free Pug puppy as a payment for your vigilante-style attitude."

So needless to say I am horribly disappointed in the city's hat wearing population. They could at least say thank you or give me a puppy. I would prefer the puppy but I will accept the thank you.

Common Courtesy People.

Please, Thank you, Excuse me, Here's a Puppy. The simple rules of courtesy.




Thank you puppies: The next big thing.
(Please don't actually give puppies to people who can't handle them? Then they go to the shelters and then Sarah McLaughclan has to
make people sad with her commercials and then no one wins.... Only I may receive Thank you Puppies. And just one Pug.) 



Newspaper Lions

Surprise! I am bored again. Big shocker I am sure of it.

I just wanted to take a moment to say a big thank you to the nice old man who works for the Metro newspaper. I get off the bus and he has been there every day for a while now (sometimes it changes people) and he hands me my free paper. Now, on days when the bus parks too far or is closer to the box I tend to just get them there but he always looks so sad and disappointed I try to see him.

I feel bad for this elderly man. He is so friendly and smiles at everyone but most people don't even make eye contact with him. What has the world come to if you can't even be bothered to look someone in the eyes and say "no thanks" if you don't want a free newspaper.

Today when he gave me my paper he said "don't ever stop smiling" to me and it probably was the highlight of my day. I guess it is because I am a small-town girl from one of the last places believing in common decency, but I just think its nice to be nice. At least to strangers just trying to do their jobs. It truly seems like a crappy job.

So, downtown please try to be nice to the paper people. They mean no harm and usually are just cold and bored so just give them a polite nod if you can possibly can spare the energy. It's not like its a lion trying to eat you, it is a person trying to give you a newspaper. Calm down.

Side note- as great as this old man is I really miss the old one. I had the same paper guy for probably close to a year and he was so friendly and I think he knew what bus I was on because he would see it coming and walk closer to it to give me my paper. One day they were giving away samples of special K bars and he gave me a full box. He was the greatest. But the new guy is also grand.

Newspaper Lions

Surprise! I am bored again. Big shocker I am sure of it.

I just wanted to take a moment to say a big thank you to the nice old man who works for the Metro newspaper. I get off the bus and he has been there every day for a while now (sometimes it changes people) and he hands me my free paper. Now, on days when the bus parks too far or is closer to the box I tend to just get them there but he always looks so sad and disappointed I try to see him.

I feel bad for this elderly man. He is so friendly and smiles at everyone but most people don't even make eye contact with him. What has the world come to if you can't even be bothered to look someone in the eyes and say "no thanks" if you don't want a free newspaper.

Today when he gave me my paper he said "don't ever stop smiling" to me and it probably was the highlight of my day. I guess it is because I am a small-town girl from one of the last places believing in common decency, but I just think its nice to be nice. At least to strangers just trying to do their jobs. It truly seems like a crappy job.

So, downtown please try to be nice to the paper people. They mean no harm and usually are just cold and bored so just give them a polite nod if you can possibly can spare the energy. It's not like its a lion trying to eat you, it is a person trying to give you a newspaper. Calm down.

Side note- as great as this old man is I really miss the old one. I had the same paper guy for probably close to a year and he was so friendly and I think he knew what bus I was on because he would see it coming and walk closer to it to give me my paper. One day they were giving away samples of special K bars and he gave me a full box. He was the greatest. But the new guy is also grand.