Isn’t that just a great quote?
I did a thing recently- I went on vacation to a place with a metric shitton of people to a place with a whole lot of people I don’t much agree with. (Hi, Florida.)
What’s a metric shitton, you ask? Two assloads, of course, please keep up here.
I’m not really a mass of people person in general- especially as I get older and deafer. But there were a few ermagherd that just happened things that happened.
Rick and I went en masque, which feels like a slightly classier way of saying we wanted to avoid the disgusting germiness of our thousands of co travelers. Leaving from Albuquerque, we were far from the only ones being cautious, and plenty of folk were masked up.
Then we hit Atlanta. You know, for a town that’s supposed to be all about southern hospitality, they missed the mark… by a lot. Maaaaybe it was the mask, maybe it was the purple hair, I dunno. I don’t think it was the Grogu cardigan, cause Grogu is freakin adorable… all I know is there were a variety of stares and downright unfriendly glares. When we were on the way home, we again got to fly through Atlanta, only this time, we stopped for a quick bite cause our flight actually arrived a tad early.
I noticed the sign at the brewpub stating that we were forfeiting our rights to sue for catching covid in the establishment by stepping foot over the threshold. I nudged Rick and said something to the effect of ‘how quaint’. I figured it was some kind of holdover from when facilities first started opening up that someone forgot to take down.
Then our server rocked up… and there was definitely an attitude there. It stuck around as we ordered an appetizer to split, thinking that would be a snack for two and be the fastest to have made up. Every other table around us got a jovial lady, filled with goodwill and chat for all that weren’t us. Even the lady with neon blue and purple hair got happy, chatty server.
We got tudinal server and burnt af food, with four trips to get the bill settled, even though we were in a hurry and disputed nothing.
Another, similar encounter at the speedy mart made it clear that we were offensive to people for just wearing a strip of cloth over our mouth and nose holey bits.
Me being me, I got to thinking. I wrote a whole book on fostering a healthy awareness of our impact on others and trying to have less of a negative impact. And it’s sold pretty well, with some reviews and feedback that it IS helpful.
So, I’m giving it away for free, cause I would really, really enjoy life more if there were less assholes out running around. You know one? Send ’em the link. You is one? Pick it up and give it a shot. What’s the worst that could happen, you lose a half hour of your life and laugh a few times somewhat unwillingly?
That’s a risk I’m willing for you to take.
From today until 2/26, let’s be the change we want to see in the world.
Curiouser and Curiouser 