Nobody Noticed

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A few days ago we tripped over the Coastal Range into the bigger city to get supplies.  It's our monthly ritual to break-a-way from our tourist/retirement community to shop and enjoy the more enjoyable (if you can call it that) advantages of an inland city such as movie theaters, mega stores. and chain restaurants.

So as we entered the Lowes store to shop for deck lighting, I saw a group of three college aged boys.  These lads were dressed in the standard "Occupy Eugene" dress of soiled and baggy clothes, long hair and pimply faces.

Now it seemed that Nobody Noticed that these pukes were out of place in a place like this.  Having never done a chore at home, or earned a wage of any kind, they knew not the difference between a shovel and a bag of manure.  Perhaps that is why they were lurking near the candy bars stocked near an exit.

As time passed, so they passed by us while we were looking at the decks lights.  Now it seemed that Nobody noticed that they were each carrying several candy bars.  Now who shops for candy bars in a home improvement store anyway?

As we were in line to pay for our purchase, they happened upon us again.  But this time, only one was holding a single candy bar.  Now it seemed that Nobody Noticed.  And as they realized that I was studying them intensely, one told the accomplice holding the lone candy bar that he put his bars back because he didn't have money to pay for them.  Now, how odd was that?

And so I was angered that I was paying for the items they stole.  You see, most stores don't even stop shoplifters any more, but simply build in their losses into the goods we all purchase.

And it seemed that Nobody Noticed that they drove slowly (probably looking for a purse to snatch) through the parking lot in their dirty pile of crap card with bald tires, broken windows and a dragging muffler.  And I was angered that I was also about to pay increased insurance premiums to cover their next hit and run accident.

An hour later and 30 miles toward the coast, we came across a plume of smoke.  And Nobody Noticed that the smoke and fire was caused by that blue buggy those boys were driving that was now fully ablaze along side the road.

And I realized that I would late for dinner and the Presidential debate.  And I realized that 3 US Forrest Service Fire rigs, 2 State Police cars, 1 County ambulance, and two County Fire rigs arrived to safely remove the hazard.  And I realized that later a road crew would come to repair the recently re-paved road and new guard rail.  And I realized that I was again to pay for these individuals that have never worked or contributed a single thing to society.

And I was angered.  But Nobody Noticed.
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