Random Thoughts

I'm in a ranting mood today.... caveat emptor.

Why do people type little star censors on their swear words? Like... F***, S***, A**hole.....
As if somehow that makes it all that much more easier to read? If someone takes offense to those words, do the asterisks somehow hide these words from their comprehension? You KNOW they're saying it in their head just the same like the rest of us. Just type it out....Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck. AHHHH, it feels GOOOD! Try it. It's ok to be a filth mouth every once in a while...let loose! Express yourself.

I feel sorry for smokers now. They're treated like lepers. Not to say I don't mind the fact I can go anywhere now and breath in fresh air, but honestly even before this law was passed here in Hawaii I didn't have too much of a problem with second hand smoke anywhere I went. It's not so much the smoking habit that I want to see continue....but I feel bad that a group of people are losing another liberty. I don't think it's wise to pick and choose what we want our government to start taking away from us...even if it's a bad stinky habit with no redeeming value.

If I wanted to take away things that were harmful and irritating to me all willy-nilly, I'd take away big SUVs with tinted windows before taking away smokers.

Tipping.... who here tips because they WANT to, and not because they're afraid they'll find some extra "sauce" in their next order of Spagetti? Why am I compensating for the fact restaurant owners do not want to pay their employees what they deserve? For god's sake raise the menu items 15% - 20% so you can pay your pizza delivery guy that extra buck or two to drive that pizza to my doorstep. This is not a money issue at all....it just a stupid U.S. custom that's changed from a reward of excellent service, to an undeserving expectation.

It's not even consistent -- why does the waiter who drops 1 plate of rib-eye steak on my table during a 2-hour dinner deserve a huge 20% tip, when the kid at McDonalds busting ass to serve 50 people in that same 2 hours get no tip at all?

What the FUUUUUUUUUUUUCK? Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh