We really did have a fabulous time while at the beach last week. We did a great big pile of nothing the entire week. It is completely possible to do nothing but eat, read, play games, sleep and swim in the ocean. One night at dinner we heard about the 300 cars that were destroyed during Hurricane Alex and even heard one of them blew up and burned down a rental property. Did we get on our bikes and ride like the wind to see this spectacle? No. We did not. It was too much effort. We did not go into any of the shops to buy knickknacks. If it wasn’t at the “variety” store then we didn’t see it.
One night while we were riding our bikes to dinner I did think of blogging about manners but I immediately thought who am I kidding. Since I can’t help but follow through, here is the list of manners that I thought about while on vacation. I’m sure there’s a lesson in this list somewhere. The lesson could be for me to quit being such a misanthrope.
*Just because we drive a truck, it doesn’t mean we want you sitting on the bumper or resting on the bed of the truck. That’s what your own car is for or the ferry lounge is for-get thee hence, Satan.
*Don’t walk out in front of cars or bicycles. Especially true if you have no idea where you are going.
*Kids have better sense than adults when it comes to riding bikes. Sure they may swerve in the bike lane but they stay the frick out of traffic. Kudos to the kiddies.
*When you are walking, walk facing traffic and stay out of traffic. Weren’t you paying attention in 3rd Grade Safety Town?
*I don’t care who you are or how big your SUV is, don’t block in other cars.
*If you run a restaurant, the least you can do is acknowledge potential customers. We went to one place to eat and (I assume) a disgruntled (very newly former) employee walked past us and the people in front of us and said “this place sucks”. The four of us left because apparently it was true.
*If you walk in the door behind someone who has just held open the door for you, it isn’t good karma to push past them, get seated first and then give them a dirty look. Karma immediately comes back to bite you in the ass when you don’t get your coffee first, your breakfast first or anything first.
And finally:
The World Owes You Exactly Nothing (even if you are on vacation).