PRIVILEGE?

 

 

On Wednesday 19th I was in a slow moving line at a local Seven/Eleven Convenience Store. 

A young Black man came into the store and took  a place at the head of  the line,  Not a word was said.  The young man asked a question of the sales clerk; left the store, and came back in.

A White man behind me said "what a sense of privilege"  I said  "It's likely that we all  have a sense of privilege; I do".

The man behind me said " I don't". I said in a quiet voice "I wish you'd think about that"

I said no more.  We live in dangerous gun-toting days.

It transpired that the young man was doing no more than checking to see if he had enough money for his intended purchase,

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Today I went for a hair cut.  I parked in the shopping Plaza and walked over a painted cross-walk.

A man (late 50's/early 60's ) drove his big assed Ford 150, or Dodge Ram drove over the crossing in front of me,  even as I was in it,

I pointed down and said: "This is a cross walk".

The  driver snarled:  "Go fuck yourself"

I said no more.  We live in dangerous gun-toting days.

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I had cataract surgery for my right eye today.  It took a bit longer than the April 6th left eye surgery.

All seems well.  It will be three or four days before I begin to see some benefits.

There were long down times as I rested on the gurney.  I listened in on conversations the nurses and technicians.

One of the stock questions is "do you have any allergies? A woman in her gurney next to mine replied "Bee Stings".

The staff member replied "I am grateful that we moved all the Bee Hives out of this room last week".   The nearby patient didn't "get it".  My belly bounced up and down as I relished the humour.

I said nothing.  We (sometimes) live in deliciously humour days.