Incivility caught on... pixels?

(We can't say it's "film" anymore!)



This pic is almost as old as my last post! It's been a weird year to say the least. I hope to be able to post more than I have been...





Seen at Longhorn Steakhouse:




Despite being a short-bed, this rude parker takes up almost the whole sidewalk — with a shin-busting extended trailer hitch thrown in for good measure!

Wait, what's that on the door?

Yes, that's not one, not two, but FIVE choose civility magnets!!
(Apologies for the lousy-resolution cell phone pic.)

I can only hope this was a guerrilla application... but I doubt it.













Hypocrites seem to be, uh, magnetically attracted to these magnets. All jokes aside, what's the psychology of these things? You're still a jerk, even with the little green civility magnet! Really! We can still tell! Multiple magnets don't have a cloaking effect, I promise you.

Tell me again how many taxpayer dollars we've blown on this nonsense? (Or private dollars that could have gone to something useful like the Elkridge Love Mission?)

Thank God the magnets are almost gone. (Then the only way to get one will be to steal it. Oh the irony!)


Yes, I know, someone — like this guy/gal, who seems to have an excess supply — might decide to give up a "used" one voluntarily. The theft irony was just too fun to ignore. Don't be a killjoy ;o)

Civility works both ways

Hello Howard County! With my inaugural post, I need to get something off my chest.

Has anyone else noticed that those ubiquitous "Choose Civility" car magnets (don't call them bumper stickers!) are disproportionately* affixed to vehicles piloted by clueless or obnoxious drivers?

Any "incivility" (horns, fingers, etc.) such drivers are experiencing may be self-inflicted.



*Notice I did not say "exclusively". Feel free to believe I'm not talking about you — but as my late MIL might have said, "if the foo s#!ts..."


UPDATE: How did I miss this blog inspired by, and mostly devoted to, the potential hypocrisy of proclaiming civility? Enjoy!