Friday, February 22, 2008
Posted by Break from Sanity @ 1:28 PM
Don't you just hate when houses get in the way of your driving?
By the way - Houses have the right away.
I can relate to this one. I have had some very bad service before. When the server finally did come by, she was terse, impatient and told us, 'can you hurry it up, I have other tables waiting.'
We did the standard penny in the ashtray, and a note written on the back of a placemat - TIP: Have better attitude = increased tips.
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Posted by Break from Sanity @ 11:28 AM
This is very sad when a PREGNANT woman wants have alcohol so badly she will assault the bartender that tells her no.
I have worked in bars before, if the bartender says your done, your done.
What makes this especially bad is that she is pregnant.
AMBRIDGE, Pa. -- A pregnant woman accused of attacking a Rochester bartender is behind bars.
Keisharra Abercrombie, 30, of Rochester, was charged Thursday with charged with aggravated assault, simple assault, harassment and recklessly endangering another person.
Police said the 7-month pregnant woman went into a rage at Squires Municipal Grill and attack 39-year-old Ricki Shields when she refused to serve her a drink.
When the bartender told Abercrombie that she already had enough to drink and that she shouldn’t be drinking because she is pregnant, Abercrombie smashed a beer bottle across Shields’ head, nearly severing her left ear, police said. Witnesses said Abercrombie also threw bar glasses at the bartender. It took two staples and 28 stitches to reattach her ear.
Abercrombie told police Shields disrespected her, and that’s why she hit her with the bottle.
Abercrombie was arraigned Thursday morning before District Judge Donald Eiler in Ambridge. She was transported to the Beaver County Jail on $25,000 bond.
Link Ok, a couple of things I bolded in the article to take notice of....
The bartender makes the decision if you have had enough. If he tells you that your cut off, your done. You don't go assaulting someone because you don't get your way.
Then there is her excuse of "he disrespected me"?!?
So you smash a beer bottle over his head almost severing his ear off?!?! What the hell is wrong with you?!?
You disrespect yourself and your unborn child when you trying to get drunk at that late in the pregnancy. I certainly have no respect for you.
Lastly, respect is earned. I am so sick of hearing people who use that as an excuse for assaulting another person. He didn't respect me. Then they beat the person, or use a knife or use a gun and think, they will respect me now! BS. They fear what you have used as a tool to commit assaults with - there is no respect for you though. Respect is earned, and not through fear.
Oh yeah - 28 stictches and plastic surgery to re-attach the ear....
She gets probation on a plea agreement.
Abercrombie, of Rochester, pleaded guilty to a felony charge of aggravated assault in exchange for charges of simple assault, harassment and reckless endangerment being dropped.
Prosecutors said Abercrombie would be sentenced to six months of probation and won't have to serve any jail time.
Abercrombie's defense attorney said he was pleased with the deal, but Shields said she was not happy that Abercrombie would be let out of jail, likely within 24 hours.
Abercrombie's attorney said she's a nursing student who just wants to get on with her life.
Aggravated assault, that results in 28 stitches and plastic surgery to re-attach the ear of the bartender, and this 'lady' gets 6 months probation?
And I will state it right here, it was because she was pregnant that she got such a lenient sentence. Yeah, I bet she is happy with her sentence - if she wasn't pregnant she would be in jail.
So that begs the question - if your far enough along in your pregnancy, should a judge give such a lenient sentence due to the pregnancy? Should he post pone the sentencing until after the birth? How do you think that should be handled?
Because I don't think that bartender got justice from the court in my opinion.
Saturday, February 09, 2008
Posted by Break from Sanity @ 11:10 PM
I am a person who responds to things and usually doesn't initiate.
I have been thinking of this for awhile. Sometimes I lose what I am thinking about but manage to come back to it. Bad memory and all I suppose.
But I find I have no problem talking to people if they start talking to me first, or if they phone me, or engage me first.
If I am expected to call, I will call (if I remember), but then that too is reacting to something already spoken to me.
I rarely call my mother or those of my brothers and sisters. Not because thier is something horribly wrong, or I don't want to talk to them....its because I, for some reason or another, react to others rather than interact.
It probably has something to do with me being uncomfortable in large crowds or around people I don't know. You could bring me to a party with all your friends, and I probably wouldn't talk to anyone unless introduced or talked to first.
I don't have anyone I would really call a friend, someone I hang out with, call or talk to. I don't have 'buddies' or 'pals'. I have work, co-workers, associates and family. No, I am not a work-aholic.
Sunday, February 03, 2008
Posted by Break from Sanity @ 12:54 AM
He is actually my brother in law, but to me Mike was a brother as close, if not closer than some family I have.
Mike looked like a biker, bald head and a handle bar mustache.
He had the rough and tough exterior but his actions betrayed his looks. He was probably the nicest guy you would ever meet and was just a big teddy bear as my wife always said.
He was one who would give you the shirt off his back if you were in need, or in my wifes case, the pants off his butt. {chuckling} He had a pair of Coca cola sleeping pants that she liked, and he gave them to her and then bought her an AC / DC pair of the same type to give to her.
He also had a distinctive laugh, infectious and full from his heart. In alot of ways I wish I could be or have as much enjoyment of life as he had.
Someone told me recently that you cannot pick your family and that may be so, but I say there are times when you get lucky and get someone who enters your life and makes it better for being part of it.
I will miss you Mike, brother-in-law you may be, but real brother is what you became.
Saturday, February 02, 2008
Posted by Break from Sanity @ 11:41 PM
At least that is what they plan in Mississippi.
FEBRUARY 1--Mississippi legislators this week introduced a bill that would make it illegal for state-licensed restaurants to serve obese patrons.
So, this is what happens when Government, even state government, gets involved in making decisions about what you can and can't eat.
The bill, which is likely dead on arrival, proposes that the state's Department of Health establish weight criteria after consultation with Mississippi's Council on Obesity. It does not detail what penalties an eatery would face if its grub was served to someone with an excessive body mass index.
