Lunch Theater
I went to Jack in the Box for lunch to get my eggroll fix. As I was standing in line, I saw three pre-teens approaching the door on their skateboards. Two of the three slowed and came to a stop a few feet from the door. The third, however, was unable to stop and slammed into the glass door with a tremendous thud (the glass survived). As he fell to the ground, the others pointed and laughed. I laughed also. As I was eating, the same group sat down at the table next to mine. Within seconds, one of them managed to knock over his soda drenching the crash test dummy. I laughed again.
This poor kid was obviously having a bad day and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Does that make me a bad person? I don't really care... I'm going to hell anyway. In the words of Mark Twain, "Go to heaven for the climate, hell for the company."
posted by Aaron at 7/25/2006 02:50:00 PM
2 Comments:
No, that is perfectly acceptable behavior. In fact it's preferred. I am almost willing to make the claim that I had all teens and kids approaching their teens. They seem to be getting on my nerves more and more. I had no idea I was already in my 70's. I'm going to turn into that grouchy neighbor that chases all the kid's away from my pink flamingo's on the lawn, drawing me away from Wheel of Fortune and Matlock.
3:14 PM
You too huh? I'm sure we all, at one point, said that we would never be the old ogre who complains about popular music, talks about the "good ol' days", and winces at the sounds of hormone saturated pre-teens frolicking. Now I just want to sit on a porch and shoot them with a pellet gun when they walk by. But I don't think I liked them even when I was one of them.
3:29 PM
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