Santas naughty
I was recently coming home from playing Santa Claus at a friends brunch. Still dressed as the big guy, I was driving over the Burrard Bridge and saw a crap load of broken glass in the bike lane. As Santa is a cyclist first and foremost, I looped back and put the hazard lights on to clean up. People saw the hazard lights quickly and merged with little issue I agree it wasnt the best place to stop, but I was careful and it got people smiling. Well, most people were smiling. A guy from the other side of the six lanes was screaming at me and freaking out as either a) I was slowing traffic; or b) he thought I was taking his bottles. I ignored him for a bit, but he just got so annoying so I gave him the finger and screamed f-off! So here is Santa giving this guy the finger as kids are coming by shouting Hi Santa! out the window. I told him off only once but it was Hi Kids! followed by a F- You!. Dont worry, no kids actually saw Santa having it out.
Have a great holiday, Santa
Hit # for complaint
Im in my 70s and want to get a points card at my West End grocery store. I dont have email or a computer so I was given a phone number to call. Last night I went through 20 minutes of bullshit on the phone and in the end, I was told to do the application online. Its like, We value your business and screw you very much. It really bothers me that people who arent computer savvy are being cut out of the loop.
Clarence Sinclair
Mandela memories
We named our youngest son after Nelson Mandela and other heroic men. He is Nicholas (after the patron saint of children) Andrei (after Andrei Sakarov) David (after Henry David Thoreau) Nelson. His only complaint is that his name is too long to get on a drivers licence. In 1981, I was teaching in New Zealand when the South African Springbok Rugby Team came to play the All Blacks. Theretofore I knew very little about apartheid and attendant issues. I got an education in a hurry. I ended up very much involved in the protest movement as I came to understand that a boycott of sports was a strong weapon against the oppression of apartheid. We feel greatly privileged to be part of this history and to know something of this great man. We hope our son will emulate Mandelas works in some small ways. After graduation Nick plans to go to the Philippines to work in restoration following the recent disaster there. That will be a good start.
Gary Pennington
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