Gross Me Out

Gas in the area is down to $5.49, so I pulled into the station after yesterday’s workout and saw this …………

How bad of a driver or how drunk do you have to be to do that much damage?

Dollars to donuts, the driver didn’t stick around to accept responsibility. Probably peeled away as fast as their damaged vehicle allowed.

Craving kale, I popped into the market after filling up the tank and ran into three residents — two of whom I greeted. I stayed behind and out of eye shot of the other because it was none other than our Karen character.

As far as I know, Karen hasn’t been a problem lately for Talker or Dream Lover, so she’s fading into the background.

I don’t expect that to last for very long but, while Karen takes a break, I’ve taken on a new mission — find out which resident is not scooping the poop.

Inasmuch as it's a recent occurrence — this being grossed out by the sight of a pile on the walkway leading to the mail center, and in the grass along my walk to the car, I’m thinking it’s the new resident that moved into Bonita’s unit. However, I have to first make sure she’s the one — that she has a small dog and then catch her in action. So, I’m on failure to scoop watch.

Should I be successful, catch her in action, the plan is to yell bad things at her as I video tape the infraction, then report her to the office.

The office doesn’t like this disgusting behavior any better than us residents do, because it’s the maintenance guys who have to clean it up.

Talking about things that gross me out reminded me of when, at the Summer Social, one of those horrible looking green June Bugs came close to the table I was seated at.

I was posed to scream and jump under the table, while a resident walking by grabbed it in her hands, then tossed it away, but not before saying that if she had string, she’d tie it to the bug and fly it like a kite.

"WAIT … WHAT?"

"Oh yeah, as a kid we did that all the time".

Not sure I believed her, I looked it up and ….