F*ck it

Remember Eamon? Boy, that was a good song... :)

You know what they say about karma - do good to others and good will be done to you. Apparently, there's inflation in the karma department, 'cause the more good I do, the more things come back and bite me in the ass.

Today, walking home from work, I met a 20-something girl with a dog at a narrow passage. It was either squeeze in and demand to pass before her, to be nice and let her pass first. I gave her a smile and let her pass. She gave me a nasty stare and mumbled "You could've walked first, fucking bitch..."

Kindness never pays off. Or maybe I live in a rude place. Like that other time, when I stood up to let an older woman sit. She looked offended at me and yelled straight out, like I had done her a huge, personal injustice "I'm not a fucking invalid!".

Is the society getting less and less well-behaved? Is pushing ahead and trotting over people rewarded, while trying to do something nice for your fellow man, how small and insignificant it may be, is frowned upon to the point where the do-gooder should get used to comments like "fucking bitch"?

So, how did I respond to the little woman with a big mouth on her? I was on the verge of telling her "If you speak to me like that ever again, you'll be shitting your own teeth out!", but I didn't. I've learned a long time ago never to argue with the mentally challenged - they'll drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience. Besides, who knows, that kind of arrogance and stupidity might be contagious.

Besides, in an age where a twelve year old can severely beat up a fifty year old for not giving him a cigarette, you better not argue at all. Unless you've got a black belt in whop-ass.

I don't. All my belts are at the cleaners.


Oh, and PS - loved FURB too...