Quote Originally Posted by Utopian View Post
I have a perfect example of that..

Three weeks ago I was returning from a job interview and got stranded overnight in Chicago O'Hare due to a severe thunderstorm. (I don't travel often, and hate to fly, but I only have about a 50% success rate with that airport) Surprisingly, the airport set up a lot of cots for the stranded travelers. Within 20 minutes about a third of the cots were occupied but by that point EVERY single pillow and blanket on unoccupied cots were gone. That's right, those who had already claimed cots for themselves helped themselves to 2, 3, even 4 blankets and pillows, ignoring that this meant those who came for cots later, and they did, would be left without pillows or blankets.

I couldn't stay in the area. It infuriated me that people would behave so thoughtlessly to each other. I envisioned myself yelling at the entire crowd telling them exactly what kind of excretory orifices they were.

I remember something my grandmother said a long time ago well before she died. She said that she was glad that she was going to die when she was, because she did not like the way people are becoming. I think I'm finally beginning to agree with her.
Utopian,

Just reading your story made my blood boil. I would not have been able to sleep there either.

You know, last week you and I had a perspective and maybe even factual disagreement on scything. The conversation took place respectfully, intelligently and courteously. We did not agree and shook hands. Period. No name calling. No insults. Just gentlemanly disagreement.

THAT my friend is why I stay here.

Yours Truly,
David