Ridiculous

I love that word...ridiculous. I use it often. It is great to have that word when you are a very opinionated person like myself. I'll get back to it in a minute...but first let me tell you why I feel so strongly about the few thing I'll discuss in this post.

My mom was SERIOUS about a few things besides us being in church and knowing God.

a. having clean underwear and bras???
b. good health care, if you've got a problem it should be seen about...by a specialist at times and she would go anywhere and do anything to have her kids "fixed"or helped.
c. making our beds and cleaning our rooms only when company was coming (that was GREAT!)

So...when I see the following things some of the angst I feel about it comes from her and that is why it makes me soooo mad...it was a big deal growing up...other things I just have grown to despise.

Things I think are RIDICULOUS...
1. Parents who don't take care of their kids TEETH. You only get ONE chance at taking care of your skin and your teeth. It makes me SO MAD when I see kids with rotten black spots in their teeth like I did this week at the pool. It makes me so mad when I see a kids with TERRIBLE acne (I once taught middle school so this made me frustrated often) and it will scar their face FOREVER. We live in America...most of these folks have Medicaid or can get health care and are just too lazy to a. get their kid to brush his/her teeth b. take them to a doc to get care. That is RIDICULOUS.
2. People who don't like their jobs. I know it is hard times in America right now...BUT lately Jonas and I have run into a rash of people who have bad attitudes about work. Jonas went to a place that says they "love walk-ins" but then didn't speak when he came in and acted like they were put out that he was even there??? There is a pre-school worker I know who doesn't like kids??? What in the world? Go find another job if you can't do your job with a happy heart! I went to Belk to buy make-up and the sales lady at the counter acted like she didn't want to help me find colors and such b/c she was sorting her mail. I know we all have bad days, but I don't go to work and treat my students like dirt when I have bad days and I don't like it when other people do that!
3. People who smoke pregnant--enough said.
4. People who don't use car seats for kids. What in the world. Oconee County is full of kids who are not in car seats. I see them EVERYWHERE...Jeb's school, Blockbuster, red lights...I think that is RIDICULOUS. I have even seen them in the FRONT SEAT crawling around.
5. When it rains on a fun day...that stinks...I hate that, but I can't do anything about it.
6. When people don't do what they say they are going to do or don't return calls. I know so many well-meaning CHRISTIAN people who (as James says to do) don't let their yes, mean yes, and their no, mean no. If you don't want to do something or you don't think you'll really be somewhere...just say NO. Don't say we might try, we'll see if we can, or maybe...just say NO if you can't or don't want to. The world would be much less complicated if more people were more faithful to their word in MANY areas. As far as returning calls...in today's world with cell phones, answering machines, the internet, Iphones, texting, etc..there is absolutely NO reason why you should disrespect other people by not finding time to return calls. It is rude and selfish to leave people hanging. I hope I don't do that EVER. If I have, it was not intentional and I am sorry.
7. Houses that have JUNK everywhere in the yard. That is pure-tee laziness and carelessness. If it is trash--take it to the dump. We still live in a place where taking your trash is FREE! (It is not like that most places).

That is all for my rant. I may add to this when I see RIDICULOUSNESS around. What do you think is ridiculous?