What I Taught Myself...January 19, 2011

Today's post we're gonna start with a quiz.  So get your pencils sharpened and a piece of paper out. Here's the question:

What do these three items have in common?

A. A running car

B. Talking on a cell phone

C. Topping off

Answer: What are three things you SHOULDN'T do while pumping gas.

Now, I'm not Mr. Safety, but I do tend to follow the rules.  Also, I'm not one to "tell" people what to do.

But today it seemed that lots of people didn't mind telling ME how to do things.  For example it snowed this morning.  I'm a pretty cautious driver so I took my time not sure whether or not I would slide on the new fallen snow.  My neighbor, who was following me, was riding my ass (not literally) and wouldn't back off.  Then when I came up to an intersection, a car was stopped across the street and had the right of way.  So I waited patiently for the car to take their turn, meanwhile my neighbor honked at me.

Once I got to work, I pulled into MY parking spot that is located at the back of the parking lot.  Once I got out and was walking into work a plowman came up and told me to move my car since it was in his way.  I wanted to tell him that he should be skilled to drive around it since that is where I'm SUPPOSED to park.

After a day of people telling me what to do I went to the gas station to refuel my car.  Then I saw a lady do three acts that aren't to be done at a fuel pump.  Should I have told the lady to not do the acts since she was risking lives?   The items that I did earlier that day weren't endangering anyone.  But people had the right of mind to tell me what I was doing wrong.   So what should I have done?

Tell me what you would do.

That's it for me!

Bobby P.