Ladies ... Please

When I was growing up ... I so was a woman's libber .... I wouldn't allow a man to buy my drinks, my meals, even open doors for me because I wanted to be treated as an equal and taken seriously. I was extremely independent and wanted the world to know it.

However, I got a tell you about some girls making the news here in Edmonton ... four 19 year old girls caught a cab from a strip club/restaurant and decided to take advantage of a situation ... I guess. They decided to light up a cigarette in a cab ... which is illegal. When the cab driver said there could be a $500 fine for smoking ... so put it out ... the girls demanded the cab driver to stop and let them out .... they refused to pay the $13 cab fare ... they accused the cab driver of trying to molest them and ... the police were called.

Obviously, it was their word against his. NOT! There was a camera in the cab so when the police came, the cab driver played the video to the police.

Unfortunately, or fortunately, they picked on the wrong guy. No charges were laid but the cab driver is suing the girls.

Ladies ... please ... for years woman have been trying very hard to get men and society to take them seriously ... don't screw it up by acting like juveniles.

Here is the whole article ... Edmonton cabbie sues passengers over false assault allegations

No Shortage Of Greed

Today on the local news there was a piece about a 75 year old Alzheimer's woman who died. She lived alone in her house and didn't allow people to visit her home. It appears her family members hadn't been in to see her for sounds like years prior.

Based on the pictures they showed on television, she was a hoarder. Every room was filled with stuff but the news article focused on one particular part of the hoarding ... the lady had approximately $50,000 of unopened Avon products stored in boxes and bags in the basement.

Her Avon representative lived a few doors down the street and was one of the one people this lady would allow into her house. Apparently they had built a nice trusting relationship.

I'm floored ... what does one say? How greedy and selfish do you have to be to take advantage of someone like that?

The news station sent out a 'trouble shooter' to phone and knock on the sales ladies' door but of course we know ... that would be to no avail. The trouble shooter finally called Avon head office and after a few days, they agreed to pick up at the cost of Avon all unopened unused product for a refund.

So back to our friendly neighborhood Avon representative. What motivated her? $$$$$ Need I say more. I'm just so appalled at some people's behavior. How can they live with themselves? At some point the representative must have justified this to herself. I would have loved to be in her mind at the moment.

Do you notice any similarities to some other greedy people in the news .... AGI ... Wall Street ... Mortgage companies. I would have loved to be in their minds as they justified what they were doing.

What A Mess

We're all mad at AIG. Their executives bear a large share of the responsibility for bringing the economy to it's knees, and now the same folks are getting hundreds of millions of dollars in bonuses -- at our expense. Join us for a field trip to bring them the message.

What a mess it all is. There is so much anger out there towards AIG that a group, Working Families has started a tour of some of the AIG executives homes.

I know this is wrong but deep down, I feel ... yes ... good for them. Someone has to take responsibility. Intellectually, I know AIG isn't the 'one' but then who?.

How did the economy get to be such a mess? There is no easy answer and yes everyone is to blame but really ... I'm ready to start pointing fingers. We have some of the greatest, smartest, most educated people running these companies, these financial institutions, the government and what do we get ... childish behavior ... "I want it all"... "I'll lie to get it".... "I will cheat to get it" ..."I have no morals because it's all about me".

Oh sorry, we are talking about some of the brightest people in the world ... I must be mistaken.

What ever happened to morals?