Maybe, It's Me?

Hi Everyone,

Happy New Year to all. As the new year begins, I would like to thank each and every one of you for reading my blog. I will continue to bring you more tales of people who don't seem to have learned the meaning of or the use of common sense. Today's blog is no different.

So there I was last week at the local grocery store. Usually, it takes no time to find a parking spot. But that day, (one of those few really cold days we have had so far) right after Christmas and before New Year's Eve, there were absolutely no parking spots to be found. Some people had even parked their cars at the end of rows where there were no "official" spots. It took me around 15 minutes to find a spot. As a side note, there were a lot of other cars also either waiting for or driving around looking for a spot. What I noticed during my search that did bother me were the 6 or 7 cars that were left running, while the owners were inside shopping. Now I am fully aware of remote starters for cars, but these cars, mostly big SUV's, were left idling and not started as the owner approached.

To me, leaving your parked car running/idling, I guess to keep it warm while you shop, is so not right. Is it just me who doesn't get this? Leaving you car running for no good reason other than keeping it warm shows a lack of common sense. Besides the fact that is wastes gas, it also adds more air pollution, which is uncalled for. Just a teenie weenie ounce of common sense would tell you to turn the car off when you park it. Don't you think so?

Til next week.

Peter