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ALOHA FRIDAY
February 24, 2012Ó
It's Aloha Friday.
Aloha folks.
I know people have discussed this before, maybe you've even commented on it to your family or friends. But almost everyone seems to be in such a big hurry these days.
I was in my local post office earlier this week. Two clerks were working with one window closed. Another clerk came out and started getting ready to relieve one of the other clerks. A woman came in and saw that there were three people in line ahead of her. She noticed the clerk with his "Window Closed" sign and loudly asked him, "Can't you open up?" He was polite. I was aghast.
The clerk politely explained that he was getting his drawer ready so that he could, indeed, open up. I was leaving so I didn't get to see how she would react when he did open up, and the clerk he was relieving left. I love it when people like that are behind me. That's when I ask "who was the artist who drew this stamp? Do you have any others by the same person? If I put two stamps on this envelope will that mean it weighs more and I have to put extra postage? Do you have those stamps in a different shade of green?"
When a clerk apologizes for making me wait my standard answer these days is, "If I was in a hurry I would have been here yesterday." I do so love to mess with some people.
Leaving the Post Office and getting onto the freeway I was bowled over, almost literally, by the drivers who were all in a hurry to get somewhere, and the sooner the better. I have learned to stay out of the fast lane, but now I think I may have to learn to stay off the freeway altogether. Folks, the limit here is 55 mph. The only time anyone goes 55 is when they're following a Highway Patrol car.
I have seen people weaving in and out of traffic at speeds approaching, or reaching, 100 mph. I want to yell at them, "What's your hurry? Do you just want to die sooner?"
Faster and faster we go. We try and speed up our lives. To what effect? Will going faster add even one minute to our allotted span? Look at it this way, when you are making love does speed count? (ladies, no answer that)
Ah, well . . .
Ooops, just noticed that I'm late for my appointment with the geniuses down at the Apple Store. My computer is taking too long to warm up in the morning and I hope they can correct that. Gotta go !
For more of Michael's writings go to http://www.michaelherr.com
Editor's note, Dakinetalk guest bloggers do not necessarily represent the opinions of dakinetalk. Guest bloggers are given space to express their beliefs and or opinions. We feel there are many roads and like to give people space to express their thoughts,after-all that's what dakine is...Aloha, James "Kimo" Rosen, Publisher.
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3 comments:
Douglas Dunn said via facebook;"As the old song "Feelin' Groovy" says, "Slow Down, ya move too fast, ya got to make the morning last!"
I have a writer client who used to take off every summer and live in a treehouse on Molokai. He loved the slower pace that life allowed,... and used to describe the high-speed, rush-rush-rush world of our mainland cities as "Mainland sickness."
My own preference is to leave an extra hour or two around appointments and make a couple of stops at parks to go birdwatching along the way, and arrive at my destinations relaxed and in harmony with nature, and possibly deserving of the title "bird brain."
Michael, don't know why your photo did not load on on facebook, although it is on the blog itself!
However Michael makes clear the irony of so many people moving fast, but when it comes to certain things, like the internet we want it to be fast,although we pretend to be mellow... some like fast cars, some like a fast lifestyle and some like roadrunner internet...! :D) fast food or fine dining, it's all relative!
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