Comments on: Rugby

By: Anne

Anne — Mon, 03 Apr 2006 21:00:08 +0000

I feel so much beter about myself now- I think. Coming back from Europe last summer my plane was diverted from Houston to Dallas and back again- needless to say it made us quite late. When we were on the runway in Dallas I gave my phone to numerous people to use, and OMG! they started speaking in tongues, or perhaps Greek or something, when they used it. Geez, how stupid am I? I offered without being asked- no telling what would have happened if they had scrolled through my personal numbers. Shudder!!

By: nina

nina — Mon, 03 Apr 2006 05:22:45 +0000

People being scared. It leads to: wars, aggression, silence, ridicule, murder, destruction…. In light of which not handing over a cell phone seems tame. Still, I don’t get it. Fear is the devil, I swear.
Good goin’ Jenny.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Sun, 02 Apr 2006 20:33:23 +0000

I think that might’ve been my mom with the government phone, though I don’t know what she was doing working for the government, living in Illinois or being on the Metra all the sudden, but it sounds too much like her to be anyone else.

By: ms. sizzle

ms. sizzle — Sun, 02 Apr 2006 19:06:55 +0000

why wouldn’t anyone let him use their phone?! being a jackass sure is a higher price to pay than a few lousy rollover minutes.
poor guy.
right on with this post jenny.
sizz

By: jenny

jenny — Sun, 02 Apr 2006 03:38:08 +0000

kevin: That was exactly my thought! WTF is wrong with you people? Is he going to leap out the window of a moving train to get your free-with-a-one-year-contract Nokia phone? Was he going to call a phone-sex line in China for an hour? UGH!
dave2: I won’t underestimate these particular people anymore.
romy: I suspect you’re the innately generous sort.
viv: Oh, I will. I’ll tell it on the mountain, over the hills, and everywhere!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 02 Apr 2006 01:22:53 +0000

Dear Jenny,
Go tell it on a mountain.
Love,
Vivian

By: romy

romy — Sat, 01 Apr 2006 17:45:59 +0000

i wish he’d used your phone instead. poor kid.
thanks for the reminder about being generous with people in distress … i have been needing a post like this for a while.

By: Dave2

Dave2 — Sat, 01 Apr 2006 16:30:57 +0000

I have been in the same situation a couple of times, and always hand the phone over. Don’t most people have nation-wide calling plans with obscene amounts of minutes now-a-days? Who cares?
Never underestimate the ability of strangers to be insensitive and complete idiots.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Sat, 01 Apr 2006 15:43:28 +0000

It’s a cell phone! What’s he gonna do, jump from the friggin’ train and try to run away with it.
People are idiots sometimes. May karma bite them in the ass.

By: jenny

jenny — Sat, 01 Apr 2006 07:18:58 +0000

dean: yes, as always, you bring the voice of reason. a jackass samaritan really is better than no samaritan at all, but barely. (welcome back, by the way!)
jess: funny - i was thinking of your son when i was writing this, because this kid seemed just as sweet and polite as i imagine your son to be.
peef: once i realized how young he was, i felt like a dirty old woman for having admired his muscular back. sick. sick. sick. i thought he was 25!