Manners maketh man
There are two shops at the latter end of Robson Street that everyone has to visit. My rant is to those people either too inconsiderate or too impolite to remove their shopping baskets from the shelf provided at the check out counters. Is it such an effort to put your empty basket, either on the floor or at the end of the line-up? You have probably often arrived at the counter with an empty shelf to put your basket down. Please don’t tell me that it is the “shop employee’s responsibility” to clear up after you. What a lame, inconsiderate excuse. As the old saying says “Manners maketh man.”
–Wilhelmina Westender
Not all heroes wear capes
To the person who persists in trying to start their crap car for 15 minutes without the engine turning over at 5:15am in the 1100 block of Barclay Street: GET YOUR CAR TO A MECHANIC. It is NOT okay to wake up your neighbours with your endless and futile attempts to turn your car engine over. If you cannot afford to maintain your car, ditch it and take public transit. To the person who had the chutzpah to get dressed at 5:15am and go out to tell the person to quit torturing us – you are my hero.
–Sleepless in the West End
