Stall waiters

So while going to the bathroom recently at work I couldn't help but notice a guy( a guy right how weird to see in a men's bathroom??) just waiting 2 feet outside one of the closed stalls. 

 I mean, so he looked like a janitorial type guy, so he needed to refill the TP or something, but I don't think the person inside the stall is appreciating that he was so close. Is it going to make the stall mate go any faster?? I'm not sure, but it seems weird to me. I guess some people like bathroom smells and will hang out in there as long as it takes.

Isn't this just a liability waiting to happen?

Over at one of our outdoor malls they have this "splash pad" (WARNING:  do not be fooled, there is nothing padded about it).  So it's basically concrete with water that shoots on top of it, that's it.

Was it just me or do they still not let the little kiddos run along the side of the pool?  Humm, wonder why.  Here they can do all the running their little hearts desire, only it's the same surface, just more wet. 

 I'm just saying, am I the only cruel parent that doesn't let their kids run on the concrete slip n slid?  Just saying.

Any way to make a buck.

Is being a High School TA slave labor?

So recently a friend of mine that is still in high school was telling me that she was a TA (teachers assistant) for the high school in her town.  And I remember back a few years that being a TA in high school was a cool thing.  In fact I had a few opportunities to do it, but ended up doing some other classes instead.  The bottom line is..Is it worth it for students to be TA's? 

Some of the other "cool classes" to take in high school seemed to be: study hall, weight lifting and other PE classes.  I would also put being a TA in the same category with these other classes, and basically they are mostly not a great choice for students to prepare them for life after high school

My friend even told me that there was times the teacher would have her do ridiculous things, stuff not even related to schoolwork or education.  Things like:  making the teachers lunch, organizing her music or movie lists, or even cleaning the locker bathrooms.  All things that would fall under either personal responsibilities or teacher work responsibilities, NOT something the student should be doing. 

Seems to me it's a little like slave labor.  These tasks are crazy and it just simply goes to show how lazy some teachers can be.  All said in done, I wouldn't think that being a TA in our high schools would be a very productive thing, as students are preparing to apply for college.

TV's at the Dentists office, pure genius.

So on a recent trip the dentist, we found that they had implemented a system to working with children in their office...TV's.  Pure genius!!  Kids will lay down on the table, sit still (this used to be when they would start the squirming that eventually lead to the kicking and gnashing of teeth) and just watch a cartoon while the "used to be hated" dentist will do his usual poking and prodding in their mouth.  Why have we not done this sooner??  Kids watch a TV screen on the ceiling, have headphones to hear the movie and not even notice that they are even in a dentist office.  Thank heavens to child dentists that have helped keep parents sane for these past few years.  The is a great accomplishment and is keeping any kind of remotely good relationship for kids towards these offices for years to come.

$25 gift card for $5, theres always a catch.



If it's to good to be true, it's to good to be true.  We saw this offer to spend $4 and get a coupon for $25 at a restaurant.  Well our first thought should of been, "Why would they do something so nice like this?"  Actually we thought it was just a good way to bring new people into this restaurant...wrong.  This certificate had so many requirements, like you had to spend over $50 just to get the $25 bucks off.  Basically these types of coupons are interesting and can make you feel like they are trying to be sneaky.  READ the SMALL print.  It just is so amazing the multiple ways places will try to bring in new people.  Bring you in with a small price, and make you pay a lot just to get the full worth out of the coupon. 

Are fox tails really in?

Recently while visiting Nevada City, CA with some family we went to a night market and saw the strangest thing, girls that would be wearing a fox's tail.  Their were even some booths just selling these.  Why the heck would you wear a fox tail?  Some trends and fashion statements I will never understand. 

Is Throwing away pictures of a two year old a crime?

I can't help but wonder if there is some type of "Fair God Mother" out there that could be watching me toss this pic in the trash.  I mean it isn't a sin to throw away your two year olds coloring paper from church right?.  I mean, she will just plaster it with waxy crayola and drool next week right? And where do you keep all of these pictures anyhow?  So we all know, when its your own child how cute they are and of course we want them to feel good, but at the same time not try to give them the wrong impression about good quality art.  But what is all comes down to knowing, is throwing away pictures that your two year old drew a crime?

Is the Post Office a Business?

Sometimes, actually all the time, I wonder if the post office is an actually business.  They always keep raising postage stamps, they can't seem to ever keep all of their postal offices open (so many have been closed and maybe many of those shouldn't of even been open), and finally this one amazing me that they give all of their priority postal supplies out for free.  I guess they have calculated them in their costs of the shipping.  But mostly whenever I hear about the post office in the news I wonder if there is a businessman that is actually running it.  I mean do they really have any competition?  So honestly why do you need to raise prices all the time?  I mean really, is the United States Post Office a business?  (as a side note, I'm glad its not like many of the postal systems we hear about in south a

A Full Service Gas station, Why?

You have got to be kidding me, a gas station in Oregon wouldn't let me pump my own gas?  They said it was the law.  Wow, is that what its coming too, we have to MAKE people not do something they want to do, just to create a job.  And that's what they told me when I asked them why.  "Its to help our state economy, we now have jobs because of this law.  

But I ask, what about the people that actually want to pump their own gas, like me?  They told me sorry and I hoped back in the car.  I mean I can understand those that have a hard time getting out of the car, this is probably a blessing, but come on, I want to do it myself. 

It's laws like this that make me laugh about who we are.  

Lets make a law taking away someones free agency just to create a crappy low paying job for someone else..does this make sense?  So really do we HAVE to REQUIRE a full service gas station?