Small Town Syndrome (part I)
I’m not even going to get into how long it’s been since I have posted – I’m a baaad girl. That aside life has changed rapidly with a move from the city to a small town and I have encountered something that has really pissed me off! Why in a small town do people think that the rules don’t apply to them? The rest of British Columbia has seen that drinking and driving is a horrible thing to do – you not only put yourself at risk but everyone else as well. There are programs aimed at all ages from students (and new drivers) to adults; police set up roadblocks under the drinking-driving counterattack program; people who have killed people while driving under the influence make speeches, while wearing their prison uniforms; there are ads on the TV, radio, and in magazines promoting finding a safer way home. In cities such as Vancouver and Victoria there are countless taxis and taxi companies to shuttle late-night partiers, the bus system runs late to take people closer to home. In the cities the transportation needs should be greater as most people live out in the suburbs – so why is it in a town that can be walked from one end to the other (with the pubs in the middle) in 25 minutes do people feel the urge to drive home? These people seem to think that the rules don’t apply – that because they are in a small town the rules change. It’s a logging and fishing village is the common excuse. I don’t care if it’s the training camp for the circus people – ADULTS – should know better. Why don’t the bar/pub staff do anything? Can you say loss of revenue? They simply hold the empty glasses and wave as their drunk patrons stagger out the door and towards their cars……..
posted by Angela @ 6:45 p.m.
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