Yah! The internet. It is back. And now I can post about the bug man, and the child hater next door to us.
The guy that fogs for mosquitos came to our little park today. He took us by surprise, and proceeded to drive by, spraying the mass amounts of bug fog ALL THE HELL over us. He then drove around the corner and I watched in horror as he drove by a little girl riding her bike and DID NOT STOP THE BUG FOGGER, enveloping her in a cloud of poison. She came out the other side coughing, sputtering and rubbing her eyes.
After talking with her and confirming she was okay, I stood at the edge of our drive shaking my head, and the lady next door walked out. Stupid me, thinking she was just as agast that the bug man did not stop spraying the POISON when he saw the little girl, began to share with her my disgust.
This is what she said to me, and I am not kidding. She said “Well, you can’t blame him. It is the parents fault. They should be watching their child and not letting her ride her bike like that….but they were not, so it is their fault.”
After I picked my bottom jaw up off the floor, I said, “You can’t be serious. He should have stopped his truck and the fogger when he saw her. This is a family park, and the children are playing. He directly sprayed her with poison. We parents are not psychic, and had no idea that the mosquito Terminator was coming.
And she replied “Well, now you know”.
At that point, I went to the trailer, got a can of Raid, returned to her, sprayed her in the face and said “Sorry, but that was your fault. You should have seen it coming.”
Okay, so that didn’t happen. But it briefly crossed my mind.
What I did was shake my head, turn and walk away.
My Dad used to call people like that Pinheads.
So that is what she will be called henceforth in my future writings. Pinhead.
I am hoping Pinhead leaves after this weekend, but that may not happen since she and her family have laid claim to “The Spots Under the Trees” and in her words have “always had these 3 spots for the last 20 years, so I am not sure how you ended up with one of them”.
The wonderful thing is, the people on our other side are fantastic. They are adorable, wonderful and I want them to never leave. They are angels.
They show me that there are at least 2 wonderful, kind people for each of the Pinheads in the world.
Let’s crack both of their heads together and maybe some brains’ll shake loose! Weirdos!
Well, I just about spewed my coffee when I was reading about you going to get the can of Raid – I applaud your restraint. Your father is right – people like that have the mind of a pin and a soul of coldness, and someone you’all should stay well away from!
Glad you got one of “her” spots under the tree – make sure you are as child friendly and child attracting as you can be when she is home. Perhaps a LARGE party for ALL the children at the park? Not really – but can you just imagine this woman’s face?
I can appreciate how quickly you lose interest in the internet (sort of scary isn’t it?). We are getting ready for our annual 3 weeks by the beach in a cottage – no television/video games/phone/internet connection, etc.. I LOVE it and could live like that year round. But I’m afraid that after awhile the children would rebel.
Continue on with your wonderful adventure, and remember to keep well stocked with rum!
Jody,
I do believe that is the funniest damn title for a blog entry that I have seen in a long time!
Everytime I look at it I start snorting. lol
Leeann
niccofive.blogspot.com
I’d have sprayed her with Raid too! What an idiot!!! As if parenting isn’t hard enough, some people expect us to be psychic!!!
Definitely a pinhead!! I liked your Raid idea.
god what a ding dong just makes ya want to smack her
That little girl will be very lucky if she doesn’t suffer any ill effects from that spraying!
The stupidity of some people is beyond belief..
xo
OMG! Isn’t there someone you can complain too? I mean really. That little girl could get really really sick and if her parents didn’t see her get sprayed they would have no idea what is wrong with her.
And that lady! What a moron!