Was at a stoplight with Josh in the stroller yesterday waiting to cross. I observed a man across the street and this is the convo I had in my head: “Sir, I noticed you pressed the ‘walk’ button no less than 15 times. Which leads me to the conclusion that you think pressing the button 15 times will help the light hurry up. That in itself is hilarious because it seems you don’t understand the basic 1s and 0s process the switch follows. OK, now you’re waiting looking irritated. I wonder how long it will take you to start pressing the button again. Oh, ok. I figured. That only took seven seconds. Now you are pressing the button again, this time in anger. I’m guessing you think the electronic thing will hurry up based on the anger it senses from you. Which leads me to believe you think that electronic things have developed a collective awareness. Which leads me to believe you have watched ‘The Terminator’ one too many times. Hmmm…. OK, looks like you got completely fed up and and are now jaywalking. I have enjoyed watching your decision-making. You have no idea I’ve had this conversation in my head about you.” People are awesome!
An American humorist, writer and author. When boiling down the chicken soup of life, she finds those golden, fried nuggets of truth & writes them long after the kids go to bed.
