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Editor’s Page
It really isn’t that hard
David Lubin, MD dajalu@aol.com
   In my usual writing style of pro- crastination, I find myself stand- ing at my computer (yes, I stand at the kitchen island since it’s better for my back than sitting) on July 20th ready to write my Fall Bulle- tin column. I was going to write it last week, same topic, on the lack of courtesy around us, but then Donald Trump was nearly assas- sinated. I waited a few days and
surprisingly, his rhetoric following the incident was toned down, although some of his followers were blaming Biden directly for inciting it with some things he had said about the former president. How quickly they forget all the things Donald Trump has said about his opponents and those who disagree with him. So, I thought I’d wait a few days and see what was “said.” At his acceptance speech at the RNC he said it was an act of God that saved him, and he was ap- preciative of all those who had helped and was sorry for the death of the firefighter who had died saving his own family. But before the end of the hour-and-a-half-long speech, he again went off script and said things in his usual rheto- ric. Not as robust, but certainly he couldn’t resist. Even as he left the stage after being shot, he pumped his fist and shouted “Fight! Fight!” to the crowd, after which an attend- ee turned to a network camera, dropped an “F” bomb, and gave us the finger. When was the last time you saw a peace sign? Whatever Trump says, or those surrounding him say about him, I just don’t see him as a nice person, and think he is discourteous with his incendiary comments. And if you disagree, feel free to present your side.
But let’s discuss amongst us.
One of Elke’s and my pet peeves is when you let a driver in your lane, and they ignore thanking you...a little wave of the hand would be fine. Whenever someone lets me in, I always do a queen’s wave so they can see it through the rear window. Not to mention those who don’t think red lights are for them and just cruise through them, which happens to Elke on almost a weekly basis.
We went to Publix a few weeks ago and a couple got out of their car with two young sons and the mother holding a baby. They left the rear passenger door open, and we shout-
ed to them that the door was open, and Elke was walking to the door to close it, but did we get a “Thank-you?” No. The man yelled that they would get the door and they never did respond to us letting them know.
How about those who use the speaker phone on their cells, in public, so we can all hear the conversation? Or the guy at the gym, who, especially after the COVID pandemic, was the only one not wiping down machines as he went back and forth between them.
Some people leave shopping carts in parking places, rather than walking a few feet to return them to the cart corral. I guess they figure the courteous store attendants will come get it soon.
We have a church near us that has people parking on the sidewalks, blocking the walkers who might want to walk
that path. You could call the police, but they have more important things to do. How about just being courteous and not blocking it? I had to remind a yard guy who cuts many of the lawns in our neighborhood a few years ago not to blow the grass down the sewer drain. Not only was it discourteous, but it could block the sewer and was actually against the law.
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