Not sure if I have mentioned one of my pet peeves. I hate following someone through a door when they only open it wide enough to slide themselves through then let it slam. Bastages!

Courtesy people, come one! Maybe I was just brung up right, but I always check when going through a door to see if anyone is following behind me. If so, I hold the door for them, and yes, I have held a door open for a long procession of people. By doing this I don’t infer that anyone is unable to open the door for themselves.

I have only ever had one person get snippy because I held the door open for them. I was going through a door in a mall and a homeless guy was behind me lugging armfuls of plastic bags full of his belongings. As I held the door open he looked at me and called me a “Fucker” and told me he was capable of opening the door for himself thank you.

“Fine,” I said then said an expletive “wine racks,” then let the door slam in his face.

Okay, I said something other than wine racks, but I had to drop that link in somehow!

Okay so I’m not in the news business as in the local TV news, but I sure could save them there news stations a buck or two.

They are doing a story about a car crash and the driver ended up in the hospital. The eleven ‘o clock news comes on, 11PM and they have a reporter live outside the hospital where the driver was taken to. It is pouring with rain and the reported is standing there holding an umbrella in the dark except for the camera lights on her and no one else is about. Once she does her piece to camera they go live to the accident scene.

Here we have another reporter standing at the road side, pitch black around him no traffic. He gives his piece to camera then mentions the intersection the car went through before crashing into a ravine, he turns, sweeps his hand to show the intersection. Dark no lights no traffic we cannot see a bloody thing.

Why on earth are these two reports live? Think of the money spent sending two camera crews and reporters out to stand “Live” in the dark and make their reports. They could have done the same pieces in the studio, stayed warm and saved on fuel and other costs!

As I mentioned I am not in the TV news biz, maybe they want to appear on top of the local stories, live reports from the scene of the action.¹

1. Yes, Carolyn rolls her eyes when I start ranting about this, when the “Live” newscasts come on [↩]