"Being considerate of others will take your children further in life any collage degree"
~Marian Wright Edelman
Today's Photo of the Day comes with a Word of the Day... INCONSIDERATE. Simple, common, everyday, INCONSIDERATE. So, do I have your interest? Good, here's what happened...
On Saturday, Alan and I drove down to Castro Valley to attend the annual Rowell Ranch Rodeo Parade. We attend every year, because it's a nice chance to revisit, and enjoy some sunny fun time in a nice community. We got there about 15 minutes before the parade was about to begin, set up our lawn chairs, and looked toward the start of the parade route.
A few minutes later, along came a cute family of four. A mom, dad and two young boys. They didn't have chairs, so they had the choice of either sitting on the curb next to us, or standing, to view the oncoming parade. The mom and dad chose to stand. And not just stand anywhere... they decided to stand directly in front of of Alan and I and the father of two that was seated to my direct left.
The family of INCONSIDERATES (Not A Word) continued to stand directly in our view for the remainder of the parade. The family turned toward us more than once, and chose to ignore the fact that they were blocking us. If they had simply sat down on the curb, they would have had an unobstructed view of the parade, as there was no one seating to the side of them for at least 50 feet. It was just them, making a conscience effort to block the view of those to their left, whoever it might be. It just so happened that it ended up being Alan and I and the father of two.
WTF?
Seriously?
Do they want their children to grow up with the same lack of manners they have?
And to make it all just a little bit worse... the female INCONSIDERATE talked on her cell phone for most of the parade, and the male INCONSIDERATE didn't take one single picture.
Like I said... WTF?
I promise tomorrow's Photo Of The Day will be much less GRRRRR. It's just the considerate thing to do!
~Me :)
If you would like to participate in my A Photo A Day For 6 Months project, jump right in! Post your photo, and come back here and leave me the direct link to it in the comment thread for today, and I will to your post in tomorrow's entry.
Kat
http://inmydreamssfk.blogspot.com/2012/05/dandelion.html
2 comments:
I'm stunned....I shouldn't be, but I am. What is wrong with people??
These people would never make it here. The would have been told quite bluntly to sit the F... down or get out of the way.
You Californians are so delightfully chill...
:)
No photo yet...may be back!
:)
That was very rude. Seems rudeness and inconsiderate behavior is becoming more and more common.
Here is my link for today: http://jrclinephotography.blogspot.com/2012/05/apadf6-4.html
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