Five Things I Don’t Like #Blog Tag

Thanks to Beetleypete and Stevie Turner for inspiring this post. Now, here are five things I don’t like.

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1. Barking dogs. Please don’t get me wrong. I love dogs. But when a dog is left in a yard unattended and barks and barks and barks for no reason, it drives me nuts. Put yourself in the dog’s shoes. How would you like it if you were left alone in a yard with nothing to do but run around. Unlike humans, dogs can’t occupy themselves with smartphones, tablets, and other devices.

2. Drivers who don’t stop. Here in the United States, drivers are required by law to stop and let a pedestrian with a white cane cross at a legal intersection. In case you don’t know, a person using a white cane is either blind or visually impaired. Because many drivers don’t obey this law, I try to cross where there are stop signs. But some drivers ignore stop signs and keep going. Fortunately, I can see them coming, but others aren’t so lucky. Someone needs to invent a cane with a camera that would allow its user to snap a picture of an offending vehicle and send it to the local police department.

3. People who drive while texting. Many accidents have happened as a result of this inconsiderate behavior. It may be a good time management tactic, but how many people must die or be seriously injured before folks realize that the human brain is not capable of handling such multi-tasking? There should be a law against this and a way photos of offending drivers can be sent to the authorities.

4. Able-bodied people who park in spots reserved for disabled drivers. Yes, these places are usually located conveniently close to entrances. But if you have two perfectly good legs, there’s no reason why you can’t park in a regular spot that is perhaps farther away. So what if you’re at the supermarket and anticipate carrying several grocery bags and have three whining, crying kids. A person in a wheelchair can’t walk, let alone carry groceries. So, think about that the next time you’re searching for the perfect parking spot.

5. Companies that employ skeleton crews during the holidays. The week before Christmas a couple of years ago, I lost my Internet service. To make a long story short, it took almost a week for it to be restored. I then learned that it was a simple matter of flipping a switch in the local office, but the person responsible for doing this was on vacation. Now, I’m no Scrooge. If this had happened on Christmas Day, I certainly wouldn’t have expected same-day service. But there’s absolutely no reason why the problem couldn’t have been fixed when I first lost service the week before. I have since switched Internet providers.

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How about you? What are five things you don’t like? You can share them in the comment field below or on your own blog with a pingback. In any case, I look forward to reading them.

 

New! The Red Dress

Copyright July 2019 by DLD Books

When Eve went to her high school senior prom, she wore a red dress that her mother had made for her. That night, after dancing with the boy of her dreams, she caught him in the act with her best friend. Months later, Eve, a freshman in college, is bullied into giving the dress to her roommate. After her mother finds out, their relationship is never the same again.

Twenty-five years later, Eve, a bestselling author, is happily married with three children. Although her mother suffers from dementia, she still remembers, and Eve still harbors the guilt for giving the dress away. When she receives a Facebook friend request from her old college roommate and an invitation to her twenty-five-year high school class reunion, then meets her former best friend by chance, she must confront the past in order to face the future.

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