Ms. Cranky has problems with some of the ‘gentry’ who live in her once-humble neighborhood and pay huge rents. But, though they must have good jobs (or parents!) to afford these rents, they don’t get some simple things straight ---.like recycling. Some of the gentry puts the paper recycling in the bottle and can barrel and vice versa. So, Ms. Cranky who totally believes in recycling ends up spending a lot of time rearranging the barrels so that sanitation will even take the stuff, which, of course, makes her crankier than ever!!!
I mean, look at it this way --- if you can’t read, you can always look at the pictures on the side of the trash bins and get the general idea. The pictures on the side are also of different colors. A small child could figure it out. I mean, Cranky feels really touched that these new people go to the trouble to put all their same papers and bottles together, they do do that, but then they reverse the bins so it’s ultimately of no value.
Ms. Cranky also gets real cranky about grown men (women too) riding their bikes on the sidewalk, going full speed when there are lots of old people and couples with babies in strollers on that same sidewalk. Besides, there are just ordinary people hoping for a walk and not looking to be clobbered in the process! First, it’s totally illegal to ride your bike on the sidewalk, but, then, wouldn’t if just make sense that you didn’t ride your bike on a crowded city sidewalk? Are we asking too much here?
Ms. Cranky tries to be forgiving and says “Oh, maybe they just moved from Kalamazoo, Michigan and they don’t know the rules here yet” but, still, even if you just moved from Shangri-La, you could probably figure out that you shouldn’t be riding your bike on a sidewalk. So, Ms. C. hollers out to the bicyclists, mostly men, but they usually don’t hear her because they have those white things dangling from their ears so Ms. C. has shouted her lungs out for nothing.
And, when they do hear her, they sometimes holler back the most appalling words! Ouiii.
One guy Ms. Cranky hollered at who didn’t have those white things in his ears, pulled up and asked her if ‘she thought she was the Mayor or something?’ Ms. C. retorted --- “No, I’m just someone who needs to work and can’t afford to be hit!”
Ms. Cranky has no desire to be Mayor --- too much work and anyway she’s not a millionaire though she does admit to coveting the beautiful tulips in City Hall Park this spring and also loving the old gas lamps near the fountain but Ms. Cranky can always go visit the lovely park as a citizen of this wonderful city.
Talk to you later and thanks for stopping by. Remember to be especially careful walking along and when you cross a one-way street always look the opposite way too. Both cars and bikes often go in the opposite direction because it’s convenient for them (if not for your poor nerves!)
Talk to you next time!
Ms. Cranky
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