Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Un"bear"able...etiquette

I'm in Las Vegas.  Plane was two hours late.  The line to the shuttle to get luggage was monstrous.  Thrifty gave my rental away.  It could be worse!  
The photo above was taken near Cooke City.  I saw the mother a good distance up the mountain.  It was a clear view to the kids and mom.  I guessed which route they may take.  Turns out they came directly to me.  From the road it was obvious something fun was getting photographed.  The everyday photographer does not use a 26" long lens thats 6" in diameter.  It draws attention.  Dang it all!!!!
Within minutes a traffic jam ensued down at the road.  It was instantly a contest to see who could get the closest with their point-and-shoot cameras.  Stupid, dumb inconsiderate.  Inconsiderate to the bears.  This event and another I had yesterday has prompted my inner desire to protest.  So here are some of my pet peeves, annoyances, and down right rude things people do.   I'll call these my top etiquette failures!  All real life events.  No names will be mentioned to protect the guilty!!!!!!
1.) Approaching an area where multiple cars are parked and the only thing outside of cars have wings.  Every parked car has a long metal device pointing out the window at the winged things with black bodies and white heads.  A lot of subtle clicking is coming from the cars.  Don't jump out of the car to get a shot with your point-and-shoot camera as all the Bald Eagles are flying away.
2). Don't pretend that I did not hear the tuba solo as you turned to one cheek while sitting next to me on the plane.  It was bad enough that the stewardesses wanted to call the medical examiner to find the decaying body on the plane.
3). If I'm in line don't think that the space between me and the person in front of me is being saved for you.
4). If an animal has horns or big teeth and everyone around watching or photographing the animal is standing back from it, don't try to pet it!
5). If the restaurant has a method of taking orders where you fill out a sheet then place the sheet on a table, don't put your sheet in front of mine if you came in after me.

Wow that felt good.  Some days are just better if I can get things off my chest.  

  

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