Pet Peeve: Family Change Room

01/25/2009

crsign Pet Peeve: Family Change Room

Yesterday I took the girls swimming to the local aquatic center. And like any father with tree girls I went into the family change room, the last thing I need is for my girls to see a bunch of naked old guys. The is where the frustration begins.

Who do you expect to be in a family change rooms? Families right! Well it seems that to some people the family change room means that it is a place for single men, women, boys and girls to use. Come on people what part of family do you not understand. Family means, at least,  one adult and one or more kids or a handicapped person.

So were waiting for an open stall, and final a couple become available.  Out of these occupies stalls walk young men, 15+ in age, and you guessed it one out of each stall. I guess they were illiterate and blind, because the change room is clearly marked.

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Just Like Mommy

01/17/2009

 

image001 Just Like Mommy

This is the note the teacher received the next day,

Dear Mrs. Jones,
I wish to clarify that I am not now, nor have I ever been, an exotic dancer.  
I work at Home Depot and I told my daughter how hectic it was last week before the blizzard hit.  I told her we sold out every single shovel we had, and then I found one more in the back room, and that several people were fighting over who would get it.    Her picture doesn’t show me dancing around a pole.  It’s supposed to depict me selling the last snow shovel we had at Home Depot.
From now on I will remember to check her homework more thoroughly before she turns it in. 
Sincerely,
Mrs.  Smith


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The Big 3

12/15/2008

The Big 3

I’m not sure about the rest of you, but I am tired about hearing the Big 3 automakers complain that they might be going bankrupt.  Now I understand that there are thousands of jobs on the line, but who do they think they are asking begging for bailout money from the government.  You don’t see Toyota or Honda going to the government begging for a bailout.

When are the Big 3 going to realize that people are looking for fuel efficient cars. Gone are the days of the big V8 and the 4 barrel carb.  People want reliable cars that are good on fuel.  For some odd reason Ford, GM and Chrysler can’t get this through their heads.  

I find myself  laughing when I see ads on TV that say “we have 10 models with 33 MPG or more.”  In what world do they think that is an accomplishment. In 2000 I had a Honda Civic that got 44 MPG (in town), later I had a Jetta that got about the same mileage.  33MPG is nothing to brag about, when the Japanese have had better mileage than this for the better part of 10 years.

That being said if they get the bail out will anything change, I DOUBT IT!  Not to mention this starts a dangerous precedent. Who else gets a bail out? What about the small business who’s going out of business, does he/she get a bail out?

Why are the automakers any more important than the loggers in BC, or the fishermen in the Maritimes, or the small business person? None of which have ever gotten bail outs from the government.

Chapter 11 might be the best thing for these company’s.  Then maybe something will change in the way they do business.

Don’t get me wrong I feel for all the people that could lose their jobs, at no fault of their own, but this problem has been a long time coming.

Just my thoughts!!!

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