Category: Life

Streetcar often drivers ding their bells when they pass each other. Sometimes they wave as well and they also are likely to chat if the cars are stopped. I try to eavesdrop if I can but the conversations are never scintillating.

Do streetcar drivers ding their bells if they dislike (or feel indifferent to) the operator coming in the opposite direction? I think yes. The ding is a greeting — much like good morning — and a response is almost autonomous. But I bet the ones who wave and chat are friends.

Sometimes I wish I could drive a streetcar. The idea of driving around downtown with no lane changing is very appealing. Plus, I would love to get up each morning knowing exactly what I needed to wear. I would ding at all my friends all day long.

Today on the streetcar, I was standing beside some guy with a book — he was sitting and I was swinging on the pole beside him. Almost every single line on the pages he had open were highlighted in yellow.

It’s been a long time since I’ve been in school but isn’t one supposed to highlight only the important parts?

I was thinking he just should have written a note to himself at the top — something in less garish pencil reminding him to read the entire pages. Even a post-it note would have sufficed.

Another thing was bugging me today: people who don’t know how to use Word. If I see another document where spaces are used instead of tabs or the numbering is done manually, so the text does not line up properly, I will lose my mind.

This is what I mean…

Not this:

1. This is the first item. It’s a long item and might extend over two lines. But look how using the numbering function makes it look neat.
2. This is the second item. It’s a long item and might extend over two lines. But look how using the numbering function makes it look neat.

But this:

1. This is the first item. It’s a long item and extends over two lines. And look how it looks messy.

2. This is the second item. It’s a long item and extends over two lines. And look how it looks messy.

Using word processing software is a fundamental skill. People who who can’t format a document properly really have no business near a memo. Sure, you can fool people by printing out a document but if you send it to me by email, I’m going to know…

And because I have nothing else to worry about, it will bother me like an itch in the middle of my back.