our opinion: CURMUDGEON MUSINGS
The Last
Word
It’s Too Complicated
AUGUST 2016 PA R K E R C O U N T Y T O D AY
I
know I keep repeating this, but it’s just a
fact: Our World Is Too Complicated!
Here’s proof. I had to go to Dallas a
couple of weeks ago, which is a problem
within itself. I subscribe to Amon G. Carter’s
policy where Dallas is concerned; he took a
sack lunch anytime he traveled to Dallas so
he wouldn’t have to spend any money there.
So on my trip there, I left a couple of
hours early because of traffic, and, of course,
the traffic was fine so I arrived at my destination way early.
Across from the office building I was
headed to was a Panera Bread (I forgot my
sack lunch) so I headed there to get a coffee.
Well, I headed inside and was met with
about six separate lines, each with signs: Fast
Kiosk - Medium Kiosk - Slow Kiosk - Special
Kiosk - Custom Kiosk - on and on. Well,
to me it was insanely complicated so I just
went across the street to the 7-Eleven.
I’m probably a cult of one, but I don’t
need buying coffee to be as complicated as
the rest of my life.
Tip of the day — Be careful what you
Insta/Face/Google/Tweet/Book.
It can come back to haunt you. Again, we
live in a different world. It’s one that gives
you really a million reasons to want to fly
under the radar screen if possible. I heard a
comedian the other day say, “If you want to
know what life is like on other planets, be
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sure to get right over to the Apple Store.”
I’m going to change that slightly. I say that
if you want to know what life is like on other
planets, get right over to Wal-Mart!
Great quote — “Strong and Bitter words
indicate a weak cause.”
Second great quote — “The future has a
way of arriving no matter if you want it to or
not.”
Third great quote — “Things left unsaid
stay that way forever.”
Recently we received a $600 water bill
from a utilities co-op in the Granbury area.
I spent several long phone calls with the
powers in charge. Finally, the water co-op
sent out a service guy to check it out. Service
guy could find nothing wrong, no leaks,
valve was working, no standing water, no
toilets running, no water running anywhere,
sprinkler system comes out of the lake.
We do not live there full-time. House is
checked on weekly basis; our neighbors also
watch the house. So, there is no way $600
worth of water was run through our system.
So the company’s words to me were, in
effect, “Tough luck. Too bad. We don’t care
if it’s impossible or not. Just pay it.”
Well, it’s not over yet! Trust me. I won’t
go quietly paying $$$ into the night. Stay
tuned.
There’s more to come.