Better than medieval lords
Last night I was waiting for the 50 by the armory, which was being used as a distribution point for the Salvation Army toy give away. Needy people were going in and coming out with big red bags full of toys.
Among the bus waiters were a number of recipients waiting for the 16. And what a foul mouthed bunch they were. “G_d d_mn bus, where the h_ll is it?!”… “F_ck this cold” … That sort of thing.
Merry Christmas.
One couple, who seemed to be in their twenties, each has a red bag and were talking about what they got:
She- “Did you get that game on DVD?”
He- “Ya, but it needs a remote control, and there is no way the kid is going to use the DVD player in my room. He can use the one in the living room”
She- “And I want to get the kid more minutes on his cell phone”
He- “Whats for dinner tonight, I want more steak”
She- “I’m making pork chops”
He- “Sh_t, we just had chops, lets have steak again”
She- “Lets stop off at the Big Top to get some 40s”
He- “Hey, give me a cigarette”
So on and so on…
Lesson I learned: today, even the poorest in America seem to live a life of luxury, comparable to the lives of the rich a hundred years ago. Likely better than some medieval lords:
multiple DVD players per house, cell phones for even the kids, steak and other meat most nights, extra money for beer and cigs, cheap and reliable transportation to carry them across town.
Life is good!
Dec 21st, 2007 at 4:51 pm
Sheesh, these are the “poor”??? They live better than I do and I hardly would consider myself such!