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Onions, Malls and Stupid People
My wife and I have recently dubbed Monday night “Family Night.” With it still being cold outside, we end up spending this time walking around the local mall. Our son loves it because it give him a chance to get out and “balk” (read: walk). We live in a fairly small townhouse so he definitely takes advantage of the huge hallways there.
In the midst of our night, my wife and i watched in amazement as two young men rode down the escalator with their Wendy’s hamburgers. Apparently, one of them forgot to ask for no onions and ketchup. He dealt with this lack of foresight by scraping the cumbersome condiments off of the hamburger, and onto the escalator. Plop. Of course, the bag and wrapper he was carrying was quite cumbersome as well and they got a free ride too. So, there, at the end of the escalator being ground up by the place where the floor and steps meet, was an empty bag, an empty wrapper, slimy onions and tomatoes covered in ketchup.
So, instead of one guy going 5 feet out of his way to easily place his garbage where it belongs (in the garbage!):
- An elderly woman shook her head in disgust as she threw away his bag….
- A kind man muttered something under his breath as he threw away his wrapper and tried to avoid the onions…
- A security guard stood watch over the spot for about 10 minutes to make sure no one slipped on the slimy mess…
- A janitor pulled his mop bucket through the hallways and took a few minutes to mop up the aforementioned mess…
Its amazing how one person’s stupidity and laziness can affect and make more work for so many other people…i am sure there is some deep, profound spiritual insight here. maybe you can think of one….
crnbrdeater said...
103/15/05 5:45 AM | Comment Link |
What were the biggest issues in your life at age five? They were getting the biggest slice of cake, not getting cut in line, not having to go to bed, and wanting only the toy being played with by the five-year-old next to you.
I would like to change the theory that “everything you need to know you have learned by kindergarten” to “everything you will know you have learned by kindergarten”. Practically speaking very few of us develop past the mentality of a kindergarten age child. We may say we have matured but in reality all of our complex, sophisticated life struggles boil down to the petty vexations of a preschooler.
Instead of the biggest piece of cake we want the biggest house. Instead of being “cut” in the water fountain line we are “cut” in the merging of two highway lanes to one (in this case rage is justified puerile or not ;) ). Instead of whining about being put to bed we stay up too late and whine that we have to get up. Instead of “just having to have” another child’s toy we “just have to have” our neighbor’s car.
The deep spiritual implication is we are selfish preschoolers looking to get our way. Like the playground at recess not everyone is as selfish as the rest. On one end is the bully pushing you off the swing (read: wiping onions and ketchup on the escalator) at the other end of the spectrum is ourselves so righteously indignant at the actions of the bully (as we try to take our friend’s G.I. Joe).
I know only a handful of people who have truly overcome these immaturities. I know I am certainly not one of them. Funny correlation – All these same people are also the most spiritually mature people I know. Who would have thought?
Oops. This was meant to be a funny comment. I should quit using other people’s blogs as my own rant space.
What I meant to say was, ”What a jerk!”
Todd said...
203/15/05 2:43 PM | Comment Link |
Corn bread eater…
thanks for your rant! great thoughts! much deeper than mine for sure..though, i perferred Transformers over G.I. Joe…I cried the day Optimus Prime died… :-(
crnbrdeater said...
303/15/05 6:04 PM | Comment Link |