DEAR NITWIT

This morning when I walked out to the mailbox to get the paper...I found a 'big gulp'...one of those 42oz. fast food cups...in my front yard. The street that runs in front of our house isn't heavily traveled, but certainly has car traffic on it on a daily basis. It's not uncommon for me to find a can, or cup, or bottle in the yard...several times a week...thrown by some uncaring...'Nitwit'.

Seeing the cup in my yard this morning reminded me of my trip home from work on Friday that...at the time...put a smile on my face.

I worked late Friday at our downtown hospital and so my drive home took me through the downtown Lafayette area. Seeing as it had been a long day in a long week, I was in sort of a stupor...not paying extremely close attention to the events going on around me...as I headed home. I was aware however...of the police car about 50 feet in front of me. Suddenly...he stopped in the street...thus making me come to a quick stop too to avoid running into his car. His car door swung open quickly and I saw him yell to a man walking on the street in front of the Catholic Church that we were now stopped in front of.

I looked  behind where the man had just walked...and...still rolling on the ground...was a big gulp cup...with a reasonable amount of pop spilling from it...on the sidewalk in front of the church. It occurred to me then what had happened. The uncaring nitwit...that the officer was yelling at...had just thrown his half-full big gulp cup on the steps of the church as he continued to walk away. (Nitwits apparently aren't aware of things called trash cans...respect for others...and respect for our environment...so they just throw their unwanted things...wherever they want. In this nitwits case...it was on the front steps of the church.) Unfortunately for the nitwit...he did the wrong thing at the wrong time in front of the wrong person.

I then looked over to see...the nitwit getting an earful from the officer about his uncaring deed...and being instructed to walk over and 'pick that up'. By this time...I pulled around the police car and continued on my way home...but as I looked in my rear view mirror...the nitwit was headed to the back seat of the patrol car where...I'm guessing...he was told to sit while the officer checked his ID and checked the computer to see if he had any 'priors' he could be arrested for.

I smiled to myself as I continued home...thinking about how proud I was of that officer and the fact he didn't just turn his head and 'not see' what had happened.

Did the nitwit go to jail...for littering...or maybe on some unrelated charge? I don't know. But it would  be nice...whether he did or not...that he would have to do some community service like walking around town...picking up trash on the sidewalks and yards...that other nitwits...who didn't get caught...had thrown down.

To all the nitwits our there in the world...come on ...have some brains...and some respect. The reason you are 'down on your luck'...is because you do such things as this...and Karma is just paying you back. Learn to respect others...instead of just thinking of yourself...and maybe your luck will change...and good things will happen to you..

Until you do...expect to spend your life...drinking out of a big gulp cup...wondering why you can't get a break.

Dan