Instant Messaging Shenanigans

Instant Messagers- have you ever spoken aloud some of the chatting acronyms you often use? Many times after hearing a joke or something funny I have come VERY close to replying "LOL!"

Once I accidentally finished a voice mail by saying the exact same text I use for my email signature - first and last name and all.

TTFN

Sneaky Old Man

I can't wait until I'm old enough that I can break the rules and no one will care cause they'll just figure I'm senile.

Last night while placing an order for a couple of tasty shakes at the Arctic Circle drive-thru, an old man in a Lincoln pulled right in front of us and headed up to the window.

Now we had waited at least 10 minutes to order so I was curious as to what this guy thought he was doing. I figured he was looking for an exit.

Nope- as I rounded the corner and headed up to the window, I saw him holding out money for the cashier. He then was given a large tasty shake, and he sped off.

When I arrived at the window, I asked the cashier if the guy in the Lincoln had just cut in front of all of us. "Yeah- he was like 80 so I didn't want to tell him no."

Good job old man- in about 50 years I'll be joining you as the guy who can fart in public, shoplift, make crewd jokes and cut in line with out getting in trouble.

The Wave

You know, I remember a time when if you were a courteous driver and let someone get into your lane in front of you, you'd get "the wave".

You know what I'm talking about. That little wave. The driver would raise his right arm up and just wave his hand back and forth once as a way of saying "Thanks".

Folks those days are over. I am still an avid waver, and also an avid letter-go-in-front-of-me-er I've noticed that the last 10 or 15 people who I've let into my lane HAVE NOT waved.

What is happening to society if we can no longer even thank a courteous driver for letting us into traffic? Are we just expected to be courteous? Are the perpetrators thinking, "I don't need to thank him because it is his duty to be a courteous driver"???

I do actually agree with that theory. We should just be expected to be courteous drivers at all times- however anyone who has driven on the freeway knows that the opposite is true. There still exists the way of thought that by letting someone in in front of you, you are admitting that they are superior to you. "How dare that person come up the on ramp and try to get on the freeway?"

Don't let the wave die. If it does the world will never be the same. Next thing you know- people will be selling drugs to puppies.

Don't

In Utah you can't say, "we have locations on 21st south and 400th south." You have to be consistent. It's either 2100 south and 400 south or 21st south and 4th south.

DON'T