Peoples' Laziness and Government Inefficiency

Okay, yesterday I had to work all day. I thought I would get done by two, but instead got done by six because a local plumbing and electrical company (that is worth millions) broke a sewer pipe at the local VA hospital and they were having clog ups with it, and they just wanted us to snake it out (which we were not sure we could do because it was a six inch pipe and are snake is made for up to four inch pipe, but we got it) and make sure it was it was either dirt or something else (and that something else was roots and paper towels).

Now quite frankly I'm a bit pissed off about this job, or at least the people involved in it. First, me and dad fixed this on Wednesday, but they broke the pipe on a Monday, but the company that subbed us out only got approval on Wednesday from the people who run the local VA (at least I think that is who they got the approval from) to call us and let us do what we had to do.

Now here is the second thing that pissed me off. This company was originally going to fix the pipe themselves, but since they had us there, they "decided" to let us do it while most of them went home. In fact only one person stayed to help us, and all he did was cut the piece of pipe we needed.

Some People Need to Think Before They Jump

In our culture rude, anti-social, and even destructive and/or violent behavior seems to be becoming the norm when someone says something to someone or posts something on the internet that they do not agree with, or that maybe they have done some slight to them. Some of the common responses that I have seen on the internet can be as small as flaming and defaming, to very large and possible (or highly) illegal actions such as hacking, phishing, sending viruses, impersonating the person on the internet with the intent to defame, or even finding out personal information about them and posting it. And this is just on the internet. If you have to interact with them in real life and they can not handle being disagreed, or they feel that they have been wronged in some way, it could lead to anything from verbal fights and just avoiding and not talking to each other, to fist fights and shootings, or in the case of road rage, trying to run someone off. So before you go and start ranting off at someone, or decide it's okay to shoot someone in the head because they pissed you off, take a deep breath, think about what you are doing, what the consequences could or would be, and get some help if need be, before that option is taken away.

Lazy People

Why is it that some people won't shovel the sidewalk in front of their houses after it snows? Now I understand if that person is not physically able to shovel the snow. Say if you are physically disabled, or elderly, or have had surgery recently, or are dead, then I understand not being able to shovel any snow. But if they are someone who is perfectly able to shovel snow, and they won't shovel their sidewalk, then why don't they? What is worse is that some will shovel their walkway, and they will shovel out their driveway, but not they're sidewalk! What is the point in doing that for anyways if you are not going to shovel your sidewalk? I see that and it really makes me mad, because to me it says, "I can do it, but I'm to lazy to do it and don't give enough of a damn about other people to shovel my sidewalk."

Learn or Lose

Some people really need to learn to either put their dogs on a leash or in a fence. If your dog is a big dog, and tends to go off wondering around the neighborhood and bark at people, then you really do need to do something that will keep it from doing that, otherwise someone will call the dog catcher and haul it off to the pound.

Just 5,000?

What the heck is the point in having in having a friends limit on Facebook? Myspace doesn't do it. Are they trying to prevent a page from getting to clogged from posts from friends? I think 5,000 friends can do that. Heck, 50 friends can that. It's true, you can create a fan group with an unlimited number of fans, but ...for some people the feeling isn't the same, plus sometimes they're just created and left alone.

Rock Music?

Apparently there are some people whom have no idea what "rock music" really is. Kenny G (a name I would never put in in the same sentence with either the words "rock" or "music") has, according to AOL music, has done a "rock song" Weezer (another name I would never put in in the same sentence with either the words "rock" or "music"). Does no one know what "rock music" is anymore, or for that matter, what "music" is anymore?