Often, in our hurry to get into the store to pick up a few things before heading home, or in the throes of holiday shopping, we disregard courtesy and respect for other drivers looking for that perfect parking space. It is regrettable that in our hurried up lifestyles, common etiquette is seldom observed, but if you would like to ponder parking lot etiquette, here are some steps you can take.
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You get out of my way, I’ll get out of yours. Just keep moving.
Yea, you with the bright-shiny headlights… did you need something, or were you just showing off your nice shiny headlights? Was there a problem with my car that I should be aware of? Do I have a taillight out? I came back to your parking lot, but you were gone. I’ll catch up with you next time and you’ll have my full undivided attention to let me know what is wrong with my car, or so special about your headlights.
Australian fined for buckling beer not child
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Australian fined for buckling in beer, not child
Associated Press
DARWIN, Australia – An Australian man has been fined after buckling in a case of beer with a seat belt but leaving a 5-year-old child to sit on the car’s floor, police said today.
Constable Wayne Burnett said he was “shocked and appalled” when he pulled over the unregistered car Friday in the central Australian town of Alice Springs.
The 30-can beer case was strapped in between two adults sitting in the back seat of the car. The child was also in back, but on the car’s floor.
“The child was sitting in the lump in the center, unrestrained,” Burnett told reporters Tuesday.
“I haven’t ever seen something like this before,” he said. “This is the first time that the beer has taken priority over a child.”
The driver was fined 750 Australian dollars (about $710 USD) for driving an unregistered and uninsured vehicle and for failing to ensure a child was wearing a safety belt.
The future is not somewhere we are going. It is something we are creating. Every day we do things that make some futures more probable and others less likely.
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No matter how many times I read this, it still brings tears of laughter to my eyes… be wary of the squirrels!
