Sunshine and Light

People Watching

I worked from the library on Monday, which actually I enjoy a lot. Just the right blend of the ability to focus with some minor distractions should I so desire. Yesterday we went for a second ride on the bike trail, which means even more people watching. So the deep thoughts from the last few days:

• When you're in the library, if you can't handle the huge "SET YOUR CELL PHONES TO VIBRATE" sign on the front doors, maybe you could just set them softer than you had your boom box in high school. The funny thing is the same people who treat the whole library to 30 seconds of "Play that Funky Music, Whiteboy" at deafening levels, will then open the cell phone and not actually speak until they've taken the additional minute to walk out of the library. That must confuse the heck out of the person who's calling.
• As a former windmilling rollerblader, this one is for the walkers. If you're on a multi use trail, and insist on walking 3 abreast, leaving a one person space for all of the other users to get around you in both directions, understand that the possibility of a windmill to the chops really does exist.
• Why are the noisiest people in the library the librarians? Well after the cell phone users...
• Why is it when you cycle on the road, other cyclists acknowledge you, stop to check on you when you have a flat, etc, but when you're on a trail or in a park, you could die on the side of the trail and people will zip right past?

posted by MyHusbandRules @ 5:45 AM