Thursday, July 16, 2015

What Were They Thinking?

Things happen in life that make one wonder what others are thinking.  Here are some of mine:

While in high school, my daughter had a job in order to pay for the gas for her vehicle and create some discretionary income for herself.  Things happened.  Her hours got cut so she wasn't making as much money as she wanted...so she quit.  My question to her then was, "So how much money are you making now?"
What was she thinking??

A "trending article" showed up on Facebook today...a video of a policeman who slammed a handcuffed young woman to the floor.  On its face, the article seems current and excessive...but...the video is actually two years old and has only now been released as part of a lawsuit.  As bad as it is, the woman was put in a chair in a hallway...and then proceeded to kick the policeman in the groin (or near it).  That's when she got slammed to the floor.  How many brains does it take to understand that you can't do stuff like that when you are in custody and handcuffed?
What was she thinking??

Once upon a time, my grandson needed/wanted to use the bathroom on the top floor of his house.  His stepsister was in there and would not relinquish the room.  He got angry and broke the door down.  There were two other working bathrooms in the house that he could have used.  As punishment, he had all of his privileges taken away for a very long time.
What was he thinking??

There was a big ol' moth fluttering at the window in a train car in the back of a property that my family had rented.  I was a kid and was playing in there.  I took off my shoe and smashed the moth on the window...breaking the window...obviously not understanding something like that would happen.
What was I thinking??

My daughter and son-in-law bought their lovely house a year ago with the notion that his parents from Russia would be living with them...and the home had a huge bedroom that would accommodate them.  Several weeks ago, it was being explained to his mother that she would be staying in Ryan's room when coming to my house to visit for the Fourth, but she misunderstood.  She somehow thought that she was being kicked out of the big bedroom at THEIR house.  It took some doing to help her understand that she hadn't lost anything.
What was she thinking??

My once-husband and daughter were throwing a ball around in the family room.  I asked them to stop, saying that they would likely knock over his beer on the end table.  They assured me that I was nuts.  The very next throw went off track and knocked the glass of beer all over the furniture.
What were they thinking??

Do you see where I'm going with this?
Call it Karma or instant justice or whatever...I just wish people would THINK before they do stuff!

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