Deep Thoughts

Deep Thoughts

I find it slightly annoying when I see the word "ambulance" spelled backward on the front of an ambulance. The person who thought this up was too clever by half. Think about it. You're driving along and you see an ambulance in your rear-view mirror. Either it has its siren wailing and its lights flashing, in which case you know it's an ambulance without reading about it, or it doesn't, in which case, there is no emergency -- and it doesn't matter whether it's an ambulance or a Mr. Softee truck . . . Those people you see several times a day, but who aren't really friends or relations -- why do you have to say "hi" to them or at least smile and make eye contact every time you see them? It doesn't matter if you're in an office, your apartment building or walking down the street. You always have to pretend you're seeing them for the first time that day . . . What do pharmacists have to hide? Why do they always fill prescriptions behind a screen or a wall or a high counter you can't see over? What's the big secret? . . .