I have a new pet peeve, one I just endured a few minutes ago while filling up with gas (which is back to nearly $3 by the way).
A kid pulled up to Quik Trip. He had his hat on cockeyed and he was wearing a muscle shirt and I’m sure he was one of those guys who thought he was all that.
Anyway, when he went into the store he left his windows down and his car stereo going _ really loud.
What’s that all about? Kids today. I mumbled something as I walked past his car, which is kind of pathetic, too, when I think about it. Who was I mumbling to? Why did this upset me?
Questions to ponder.
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Bob–couldn’t agree with you more. The other day I was watching my kid play baseball. This middleschooler walked by wearing a hat that was on sideways, a tank top that was too small, shoes that were un-tied with the tounge sticking out and he had his pants–which were two sizes or more too big hanging below his rear. IF that was *my* kid, he wouldn’t make it to the age where he would need to buy gas…
I guess if the music was Boston, Styx, Kansas or Led Zep I could of taken it…However, the music I am guessing it was, probably had the bass turned up so loud, that the roof over the pumps at Quik Trip was shaking. The hat sideways just reflects his unmistakable future of bouncing in between jobs at fast food joints.
Bob, I know what your talking about. If you really look at it. That what most young men now days think what it takes to have the girls looking their way. They just don’t realize how immature they look. People like Pacman Jones trying to be hardcore also play a role in to turning are kids into hardcore wannabes. It’s all pride and ego.
Obviously the kid has different values and tastes than you. You probably made a similar impression on a 50 something person back in the 70s. I bet the kid was at least intelligent enough not to congratulate a convicted felon for wrongly getting out of a justified sentence. I lost what little respect I had for you with your on the air congratulations to that lying, cheating, scum of the earth Scooter. You were probably saddened when Haldeman, Mitchell and Colson were indicted. For all that’s been involved with the Libby case, Bush and Cheney should resign and end our long and enduring national nightmare.
Hey Bob your blog is fine, just post more often. The content is great.
….and stay off my yard……Man, Bob you ought to retire, a little curmudgeonly attitude.
Hurry back! We miss you!
my dad hated me wearing my baseball hat backwards.I hate the way my teen wears his hat, pants, ect. I think it’s a generation gap thing.