The other day, I went into the drugstore to drop off a prescription. The wait was not long, as there were only two people in front of me. It took just a couple of minutes for them to be helped. I thought that it was too good to be true.

It was. The instant I got up to the counter, the man said he’d be right with me. It was a lie. Three more times while I waited close to ten minutes, he repeated the platitude. One time he repeated it after I waved the paper and said that all I wanted to do was drop it off.

I don’t know about the rest of you, but it seems to me that computers seem to be slowing things down, and not just a little. It ought not to be like that.

I used to make my living repairing computers. When they first started making their way into stores, I welcomed it. It seemed a way to allow the clerks to spend more time helping customers.

Anyone who has been around for a few decades will tell you that it is not at all the way it used to be. At 78, I now check out, bag, and take my own groceries to my car. Granted, it likely does decrease what I pay a little, but what the computer has done is decrease the service. I can’t even get any of the old-fashioned treatment, even if I am willing to pay.

It seems to me that when people see someone approaching who appears to be near eighty, they might go out of their way to help, even if just a little. It might be better than walking away the instant they see the person approaching. They might even offer to take the person’s groceries to their car for a small fee.

If current trends continue, we may find ourselves in a situation where we have to grind our own wheat and prepare our own meat, rather than relying on convenient, pre-processed options.

So much for the personal touch.

All radio and TV advertisements should be shelved by law after one year, or even earlier, to prevent audience fatigue and ensure a fresh and engaging advertising landscape. However, there should be an exception made for the iconic Hershey’s Kisses Christmas commercial, which has become a beloved holiday tradition. This timeless ad, featuring the playful Hershey’s kisses ringing “We Wish You a Merry Christmas,” should be granted a permanent exemption from the one-year rule, as it has become an integral part of the festive season for many viewers.

Perhaps the irritating ones should be removed from the situation after a period of three months. This could suggest that certain individuals or behaviors that are causing frustration or annoyance should be addressed and potentially resolved or removed from the environment after a reasonable amount of time has passed. It might also encourage less annoying ads.

The dems want Trump to fail.

Everyone else wants Trump to succeed.

Looks to me like the dems are doomed from the start.

It’s a good place to put the UN. It would help keep the spies out of NY,NY. It might also help with the parking, traffic and airport problems too.

They won’t do it. It makes too much sense. However, if they did, what do you suppose the old building would go for? That is some prime real estate, which is going to waste as it is now.

When criminals become afraid of prison, crime will decrease.

The degree to which criminals fear prison is the primary determining factor in the decrease of the rate of crime.

You don’t believe me? Enforce the death penalty for premeditated murder every other year and see which years people are murdered. Enforce the death penalty for distribution of fentanyl and see how quickly the distribution comes to a virtual stop.

Okay. As much as I like the idea, that will never happen. For that reason, we will never completely rid the country of fentanyl or, for that matter, any major part of the nation.

Just remember, laws that have no teeth will also have no effect.

As Elon Musk continues to uncover the dark underbelly of waste and corruption, the dems can’t seem to stop yapping about him, while the long-suffering voters and taxpayers are left scratching their heads in bewilderment at the sheer audacity of the blatant waste and flagrant corruption on display.

Ah, those PRETENDERS in red and white? Clearly, they were a bunch of amateurs who stumbled into the wrong stadium. I mean, who do they think they are, the real Chiefs? Everyone knows you can’t forget how to play championship-level football in a fortnight. Maybe the pretenders should stick to playing dress-up and leave the real gridiron action to the pros.

Or, as I like to put it, do you suppose the one thing has anything to do with the other? It is plausible, you know. If it is dangerous to ride the subways, people might just go to another form of transportation.

An so it is the the leaders of NY,NY have decided to ignore the problem of crime and criminals in the subways, people that were using the subways decided on another somewhat safer means of transportation.

So now, the streets of NY,NY have become overcrowded. So now they charge people to use the streets of NY,NY.

Now, would you like to play the prediction game? Anyone out there want to guess what happens next? Do you suppose that the effort to thin the traffic will work? Will the people go back to riding subways? On the other hand, maybe they will just go.

It is possible, I suppose probable, for the first time since it’s establishment, NY,NY might have negative growth.

The future holds the pressing question – will those who depart be the affluent and mobile, or the rooted yet impoverished?