Saturday, December 13, 2008

Dear Santa: I'll Watch People For You

Dear Santa,
I know you are in charge of the whole Naughty or Nice List. I don't know how you can watch everyone all at the same time, although I bet it got easier once webcams were invented.

I saw some people today that should be on your list. 2 were Naughty and 2 were Nice.

NAUGHTY: BUTTHEAD IN A BEEMER was behind me in traffic. I know the light was green, but the 3 cars in front of me weren't moving. I caught him yelling and making obscene gestures because we weren't moving.

NAUGHTY: JERK IN A JAG was behind me in traffic. I had on my left turn signal to get into the left turn lane. Just as I was moving into the left turn lane, he came flying up behind me and cut me off. I missed my turn.

NICE: COUNTY VOLUNTEER CO-ORDINATOR was really excited about all the Shoebox Gifts lined up in her office. Enough for the residents at 2 Nursing Homes. She seemed a little frazzled, but also seemed like she loves her job. She also loves her Volunteers.

NICE: TEENAGE BOY IN A WHEELCHAIR AT THE BIG BOOKSTORE wasn't in a wheelchair like you see at the hospital. It was like one of those that are used by people who are paralyzed. He had a book in his lap and a Frozen Starbuck's Something in his hand. He kept moving his chair out of the way so people could get down the aisles. I bet his daily life is not easy, but he was smiling at strangers in the bookstore as he pulled over his chair, so they could pass. He smiled at me. I smiled back.

I'll be visiting my Mom down in the Tin-Can Retirement Village for the next 4 days. I'll try to be NICE to the relatives that pluck my last good nerve.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

I like your Nice list. Your Naughty list makes me want to hunt some people down and have a helpful little chat with them.

blackbird said...

I want to hang out with the teenage boy....you know, cause I don't hang around with ENOUGH teenage boys.

Anonymous said...

How such a beautiful place like Orlando has such a high concentration of naughty drivers is a mystery to me. Florida is one of the scariest places to drive.

Heather T said...

ah, the luxury car naughty type. Gotta love 'em. Actually, wait, no, that's not right. You don't have to love them. You have to figure out a way to help them understand that the niftiness of car doesn't make them more entitled to be on the road.

Hey, why is "nice" red and "naughty" green? I would have thought it would be the other way around.

Anonymous said...

Naughty drivers are such awful people, I concur. That boy sounds so so sweet.

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