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Monday, August 31, 2009

Tide challenged tourists leave hellish bird bait

Posted on Monday, August 31

I was enjoying a solo day at the beach yesterday when the tide started to come up. This tends to confuse tourists who have no concept of beach etiquette, so I braced myself. Sure enough, the two families to the right and left of me slowly inched their makeshift compounds my way, until they were right beside me, completely in my space. Though the tide was high, there was plenty of room on either side where they could have gone, but they had to set up in my area so I could listen to their hick accents go on and on. When one of the families left, they dumped all of their leftover popcorn in front of my chair. Of course, the seagulls descended and it was mayhem until all the crumbs were gone. It was enough to make me want to kick sand in their faces and say get the hell off my beach!

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If the beach police catch you kicking sand in a seagull's face, you'll face an automatic thousand dollar fine, man. Seagulls are a treasure and we must not F with them. Why don'towith a goiter problem. I can set up a meeting. I hope your hidden-dragon technique is up to snuff, pal.

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Posted by chris broe on September 1, 2009 at 10:06 AM

....Why dont you pick on a bird your own size? My neighbor has a Toucan with a goiter problem. I can set up a meeting.....

Sorry, Server's typo fault

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Posted by chris broe on September 1, 2009 at 10:10 AM

Um, Chris, I think the person who made the post was talking about kicking sand in the faces of the folks who dumped the popcorn, not the seagulls' faces. In his defense, I thinks he is perfectly justified in his irritation at a) having his personal space violated, especially when there's plenty of room to spread out (this is simple beach etiquette) and b) being subjected to being dive-bombed by a flock of hungry seagulls. Nothing against seagulls or feeding them (as long as what you're throwing them can be digested safely by them), but the larger issue is that folks clearly should have consideration for the people around them. One's freedoms and liberties extend only so far as they do not infringe on someone else's. Most people learn this in the first grade; unfortunately, it's a more protracted process for others.

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Posted by mofred on September 1, 2009 at 1:01 PM

This post would have been acceptable if not for the word "hick". Why do people expose themselves as racists and make it personal when trying to validly make their points? This post was trying so hard to be about how people are inconsiderate, but it turned prejudiced, and instead you exposed yourself.
I think YOU, dear poster, are most at fault here. You are upset with a lesson not learned. You failed at being patient to give back as a teacher. You had a responsibility to politely point out what they were doing...so they wouldnt do it again. Doing nothing, and bitching about it, rather than taking the ultimate responsibility and offering these "hicks" as you put it, a memorable, friendly heads up is almost worse than what they "did", imho. You may not be a full-time spoiled brat with a victim complex, but your actions say otherwise that day.

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Posted by Joey Mama on September 14, 2009 at 12:05 AM
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