Fidelity, honesty, integrity and common sense...not so common anymore.

We fail to recognize the simple lessons taught by one of my favorite philosophers, Wile E. Coyote the image here:  choices have a result - decisions have gravity....It has always amazed me how people can rationalize in their heads doing certain things that normally would cause them to shake their heads ~ especially if they witnessed someone else doing it!  In this Jerry-Springer-drive-thru-disposable-instant-gratification-Veruca-Salt-world of "I want it now", people seem almost at ease in making snap irrevocable decisions as if there is no that seem to have no consequence. 
My favorite pet peeve right now (I have many, as you will learn if you follow this blog...) is people holding conversations which ought to be private in the middle of the grocery store...really?  You are discussing "who your baby daddy is?" in the produce section?  It is even that much better if they are on a cell phone, because then you don't know who the other person is...potentially could be another baby daddy candidate!  Scandalous (- isn't that the name of a rapper btw?  If not it should be- ha)...!  It used to be that you could assume I was speaking of folks closer to the inner city Milwaukee area, but guess what...this was a mid-20's WHITE woman in a dress suit talking about this about two months ago...Is that what it is like to be single now - "I think I will have a cucumber today, but oh that green pepper, well...we'll have to keep it mind for tomorrow"...Yikes! (insert picture of Wiley Coyote here) !?!
A close second on my pet peeve list is Facebook posts of a personal nature and "check-ins".  Just for fun, I would love to create a fake profile and check in "Jane Doe has just checked in at the toilet".  This app has brought bragging and narcissism to a new level...seriously I could not care less where you are unless you are my kid or family or we have a meeting that you are missing or late for!  And as for private things, like someone cheating on someone, taking this to a public forum especially if you are a third party to the cheating and not directly involved like facebook is just shameful and ridiculous; it is embarrassing for all concerned and there is nothing hilarious or entertaining about it although the producers of Jerry Springer and the like would debate me on that one.  People have been hurt, killed, or committed suicide over bullying, which can't be seen as much different that this type or targeting or calling someone out.

I want to know who killed to Golden Rule?

I have drilled this into my girls to the point of eye-rolling:

"Never give up what you want most for what you want right now."

Of course, that would work with dieting too...bleh...