OT; PET PEEVES

The way people drive inparking lots it downright dangerous to be on foot. Mike in Wisconsin

I'm politically incorrect and always will be. Things are what they are and I see no need to pretty em up and I dpn't much care if the truth offends some people. Political correctness is for fools that want to see the world as a nicer place than it is. Living in an illusion is dangerous. Mike in Wisconsin

Words can wound far more than bullets sometimes. When I came back from Vietnam we were spit on, called baby killers and many other evil names. Now people expect us, after all these years, to forget about it and just move on. Well, you never forget it when you feel your own countrymen have abandoned you. That's a wound that goes deeper than any war wound. We answered our countrys call and were dispised for it.Alot of us managed to get on with our lives and recover enough to function, some didn't. Yes, words can hurt, even kill. Mike in Wisconsin

words can never hurt me". Perhaps this was our parents

remember - words can wound just as much as a knife or a gun -- a

Long threads.

People who need to get the last word.

:o)

Nope, Just folks who like to share and have a bit of cyber-fellowship. Sun

(This is graphic - so if bodily functions bother you do not read further)

McDonalds food (properly prepared) will not contain specks of fecal matter and urine residue. There are times when the clothing/diapers on small children does not completely cover the bottom (buttocks) and residue of bodily functions can contaminate the counter and thus your food.

BUT -- sitting children on the counter in a public space can not only be dangerous to the food you order but suppose a McD employee drops a LARGE cup of HOT coffee -- that child could get serious burns.

On the germ note -- when in a public place restroom ALWAYS use a paper to turn off the water after washing hands AND to open the door to leave AFTER you have washed you hands. There are many many people who use bathrooms in public (and private) places and then never wash their hands - then you open the door to leave putting your hands right in the urine and fecal residue that was left on their hands. You then proceed to your seat and pick up your sandwich and eat it.

Seeing ladies walk out of the stall in public restroom and walk straight out the door with not even a glance at the sink makes my skin crawl. Talk about pet peeves......................... Yuck!!

Sorry - Labor and Delivery was not the only nursing job I had -- I also worked in Infection Control.

Sun

**************who truly loves to go into McDonalds 2-3 times a year and get a SMALL cheeseburger (well done) and SMALL order of fries (with salt) with an orange soda. -- No supersize for me but I always get extra pickles..................... :-))

Mike, not everyone spit on you, or held you in contempt. There were a lot of us who admired your courage, and were, and are, grateful to you for your service. Karen Maslowski in Cincinnati

Since I've been doing this, and also washing my hands thoroughly after using grocery carts, etc., I haven't had so much as a sniffle.

Even worse than seeing a patron leave a restroom without washing their hands is to see an employee doing it. I've been known to leave without ordering when I see this.

Karen Maslowski in Cincinnati

I'd love to see it, too. I need a new doc, maybe two. I don't have one now, and I will be moving in a few months. I want to try physical therapy again, but not without someone who can help me undo the muscle spasms if it backfires! Xena

their underwear/skivvies showing. I HATE IT HATE IT

when the crack of the a** is showing and I can see the

When I was younger I heard that special exposure named "janitor pants." My kid's generation prefers the more direct term of "coin slot." The coin slot thing makes me want to jump whenever I hear it. That would be cold! Xena

Thanks for going when told and for doing what you were told to do, but I'm sorry you had to do it.

Unfortunately, the man or woman in uniform became a lightning rod for the bad feelings concerning the war and got treated truly badly. You weren't despised personally, but some people confused the persons forced to fight with the war itself.

My dad went to Vietnam and came back "damaged." He functions reasonably well and if you didn't know him before, you wouldn't know. But we know... I never spit on anyone for following orders, but I sure complained about it in public forums.

I have the same opinion now-I support the troops and not the policies. The people who fight aren't the bad guys, but the war still sucks! I can never forget that I lost friends in the first Gulf incursion and that the military did some major covering up.

Understand, I'm not whining. I recoved both physically and mostly mentally. Unfortunately, friends of mine weren't so lucky. It was tougher coming back that it was over there in some important ways. The words thrown at many of us really were as bad as being shot. The lesson I learned is if you don't mean it, don't say it and never say things you know are going to cause injury. I guess the comment about words hurting just got me thinking about things again :) Mike in Wisconsin

Exactly why, perhaps, people should be careful about bandying about words like 'retarded', however politically correct 'with learning difficulties' might be.

I have a friend with cerebral palsy, and while it would be technically correct to call him both 'spastic' and 'crippled', anyone who did so could hardly pretend they didn't know that both these words are terms of abuse, not just descriptions.

Trish

with their underwear/skivvies showing. I HATE IT HATE IT

when the crack of the a** is showing and I can see the

We call it 'Builder's cleavage' or Builder's Bum! It usually appears on over weight manual worker types...

Why can't fat blokes buy trousers that FIT instead of ones that are WAAAAAY to small, have to be slung UNDER the beer gut, and show Builder's Bum all over every time they bend down? I do NOT one some blokes fat hairy arse in view, thankyouverymuch! Don't show mine, don't want to be shown theirs!

We refer to it as plumber's butt. When I was working (before disability kind of job) everytime my computer had to be worked on (like wiring) I'd have to leave my cubicle, 'cause every time he crawled under my desk.................... Sharon

Sharon & Jack's cat walked across a keyboard and came up with this:

plumber's butt is one thing, the "saggin' & baggin" that the kids choose to wear is a whole nuther thing. I've had some hilarious moments watching the saggin teens, try to run across ( or even walk!!) a parking lot only to have their pants waist slide to thier knees. Then they try to non-chalantly pull them back up hoping that no one saw it. I'm secretly releived that my kids like belts.

Penny S

There are cover ups in every war, atrocities on every side. And the young men die doing what their country asks of them, when in reality, "country" are really a few old men sitting comfortably in over stuffed chairs someplace warm and dry.

DH served during Viet Nam, but not in Viet Nam. We were on a munitions base - he worked in the "area", I worked in the hospital. I could never understand why so many civilians disliked the same people they expected to protect and die for them.

Mike, not everyone spit on you guys, they were just louder. The rest of us cried for and with you.

Sharon

I like it when sweet and practical meet. :-) Xena