The Whatever Thread, part 4. Woot!

[pinkster73]

She was more startled than he was...lol. I guess if someone just opened my front door and walked in it would take me a while to get startled too. But then again, I live in Jamaica. We live in cage-like fire trap jails with burglar bars on every window and door and on high walled properties with guard dogs and security gates, panic buttons and complex security systems. If someone opened my front door and walked in I'd probably be waiting for them with a pointed ***, pot of boiling oil or water or a serious machete.

If Jamaica had a few weeks of minus 30 weather the crime rate would plummet.

[bobbyrae]

If Jamaica had a few weeks of minus 30 weather the crime rate would plummet.

There was an article some time ago that questioned why the colder countries seemed to have more growth, more industry, less crime. The theory put forward was the cold weather. People, by necessity, in these places learn to work harder to get anything. To get to work in the winter, it takes more energy, determination and is a greater struggle. They appreciate the warmer weather so they tend to make the most of it. They end up spending more time with their family because of necessity etc etc. so the family ties tend to be stronger. It was an interestiing article.

Whether we would have less crime if we had colder weather...i don't know. Jamaicans think they will melt when it rains. You will see people running for shelter when it rains here. They do not show up for work...because it is raining. And yet, people will go looting in the middle of a category 4 hurricane. Zinc and all sorts of things are flying through the air and they will go grab a shopping cart and steal DVD players and big tvs and microwaves. In.the.middle.of.a.hurricane. My people my people. I suspect they would adapt if temperatures plummeted. :-(

[pinkster73]

There was an article some time ago that questioned why the colder countries seemed to have more growth, more industry, less crime. The theory put forward was the cold weather. People, by necessity, in these places learn to work harder to get anything. To get to work in the winter, it takes more energy, determination and is a greater struggle. They appreciate the warmer weather so they tend to make the most of it. They end up spending more time with their family because of necessity etc etc. so the family ties tend to be stronger. It was an interestiing article.

Whether we would have less crime if we had colder weather...i don't know. Jamaicans think they will melt when it rains. You will see people running for shelter when it rains here. They do not show up for work...because it is raining. And yet, people will go looting in the middle of a category 4 hurricane. Zinc and all sorts of things are flying through the air and they will go grab a shopping cart and steal DVD players and big tvs and microwaves. In.the.middle.of.a.hurricane. My people my people. I suspect they would adapt if temperatures plummeted. :-(

I was in England once when it snowed a bit and everything shut down. It was amazing. It was still runners weather for me.

[chokdii]

Resting and relaxing at home. No way would I get up thinking I had to go back to work on the 28th, shower, go to work, look at the holiday schedule and discover I have till the 30th off then take a taxi straight back home. Nope I wouldn't do something like that :-P

[chokdii]

I was in England once when it snowed a bit and everything shut down. It was amazing. It was still runners weather for me.

I have friends from England and they posted pics of the snow and saying how schools were closed etc. I was like WHAT? There was only an inch of snow on the ground and they closed schools for the day because of a tiny bit of snow.

[bobbyrae]

I can tell you that everything would totally shut down here if we had one snowflake fall.

[pinkster73]

Resting and relaxing at home. No way would I get up thinking I had to go back to work on the 28th, shower, go to work, look at the holiday schedule and discover I have till the 30th off then take a taxi straight back home. Nope I wouldn't do something like that :-P

Suuuuure, that would never happen.

[nmishii]

I can tell you that everything would totally shut down here if we had one snowflake fall.

Same here.

[copycats]

Story time!

So while I was walking home today I passed by the elementary school. There is one duty teacher who is very self obsessed, and that's a nice way to put it. Anyway as I was walking home there was a little kid, I'd say in the second grade, and she was crossing the street at the parking lot exit and that was when that same duty teacher put on the gas and charged towards the second grader in her car. The girl ran away and started crying while the duty teacher was calling "you could of got ****ed." Now I'm standing by the fence totally in shock. How could that duty teacher do that and not feel bad that she almost ****ed a second grader? I emailed the principle about it and I'm still waiting on a reply

[nmishii]

It sounds like the girl was jaywalking, rather than crossing in a crosswalk. That seems to be a Canadian thing. just kidding.

She might have been trying to teach the girl to not jaywalk, but she did it recklessly and could have ****ed or seriously hurt the girl. Its good that you reported the incident. Hopefully the girl will tell her parents, who will also contact the principal. It helps that you reported the teacher purposely speeding up, because she will probably deny it.