Men/women...seat goes up, seat goes down. Both takies on this conflict have been turning up in my "Battle of the Sexes" forwarded emails for years. If it is a household, "the group" agrees on where it should be, and that is how they leave it. OTOH, if it ISN'T where it "should" be, how hard is it to adjust it? Moving on...

OTOH OTOH, in the public bathroom, I have just gotten into the habit of cleaning the seat before I...(you know) BTW, men do not have an exclusive on "wetting the seat," according to the women I work with. (Need I paint a vivid picture?)

Grocery carts? (After reasonable "Excuse me,s") "On the count of three, I am going to go down this aisle. One, two, three...here I go."

Coffee? I have my own personal machine that I keep clean and ready to my own needs. The "public" machine is someone else's problem.

Bill D: Remember the columnist Bill Gold who wrote the pieces in the comics section (back when they were REAL comics) of the Washington Post? He told about a reader who had a chronic problem with a self-centered driver who took up three spots in a crowded parking lot at work. One day, two coworkers who had lost their patience with these shenanigans, parked next to the culprit. On both sides. With not even enough room to insert the key to unlock the door (back when doors had keys. They stayed at work a l-o-n-g time. Point made, and case closed.

But so many of these things are so small and require such a leetle civility and consideration for our fellow travelers on this short trip called "life." People spend so much energy trying to cause actual harm, or at least significant inconvenience to others. But I am rambling.

On with the thread, which is already in progress...

Saul