Happy Festivus!

It's Festivus...time to celebrate and engage in one of the many traditions of the holiday: the Airing of Grievances (aka blogging).

So in the spirit of the season...

-- People in the checkout line who appear to be shocked when the clerk asks them to actually pay for their purchases. This is usually followed by the agonizing decision of what credit card to use or hunting for exact change.
-- Flinging of cigarette butts out the window. Keep them to yourself.
-- SUV sized baby strollers maneuvered down the narrowest aisles.
-- Talking to your three year old as if the kid was capable of higher order logic. The torrent of words goes on until either the child or the parent is screaming.
-- Using "time out" as punishment ("if you don't behave you're gonna get a time out").
-- Asserting that government should be run more like a business (no doubt like Lehman Brothers, Madoff Investments, AIG, GM, Chrysler, etc.).
-- Any attempt at serious political discussion making mention of Sarah Palin, the War on Christmas, socialism or Rick Warren.