Roads
Going over many of my photos taken over the years, some “themes” become obvious. One of those is “roads”. Bare trails through dusty sage, bustling multi-lane highways through busy urban centers.
Y’all can probably guess which is predominate in my collection …
This one here splits the difference: I-80 in Nevada.
Now – of more interest to me … if one looks just left of the center, a thin dark trail heads up into the mountains.
I couldn’t estimate the number of times I’d have gotten off the highway to see where that road goes. More often than not, nowhere in particular.
But every so often … when the phase of the moon is right … when I hold my tongue in the proper position … I run into something from places long abandoned of times even longer past.
I breathe easy … and I kind of feel at home.
But this … this wasn’t one of those times; my journey to wherever continued.
Have you heard of this thing called “Dine N Dash”?
It’s been around forever but it seems in the past year it has gotten way out of control by, ahem, a certain “group” of people.
I heard about this stuff on a blog and looked it up and there are lots of youtubes about it. Blatant stuff. These people, er, animals, are out of control and getting seriously violent about it.
We eat out once, maybe twice a year, and sometimes we’ll go multiple years without eating out. It’s just not a thing for us. So I’m sorta out of the loop as far as this stuff goes.
But this is what I suspect is going to eventually happen.
Remember years ago when you drove into a gas station, pumped, then went inside and paid? Then “Gas N Dash” started happening. So the stations started charging up front. If using a card you have to swipe before you pump. If you pay cash you pay, then the clerk limits the pump to the amount you paid.
That is what’s going to happen at restaurants. It’s been like this for decades in fast food joints, order, pay, get your stuff. Sit down places will be the same. Go in, sit down, order, then pay, then the food will be served.
It’s a shame that certain people cannot coexist in society and the rest of us must convert to accommodate them. I know, I know, it’s not ALL of them. I mean, we can’t blame ALL of them when only 97% are guilty. That would just be wrong, wouldn’t it?
You didn’t feel at home…where were you?