Stupid senseless acts

Why do people do senseless things? Here’s Senseless Act Number One. Yesterday at the library where I work some of my colleagues were greeted with the pleasant sight of human excrement stuffed into our overnight returns chute. It was a complete and utter mess. Some books were irreparably damaged and had to be thrown away, and a few of my colleagues had the pleasant task of scrubbing the area.

The offensive matter had been stuffed into a takeaway food container. I can’t imagine what sort of joy that must have induced in the vandals: “Gee, I’m bored, let’s have a dump… ooh, let’s pick up the shit and stick it in this food box.. hmmm.. where should we put it? Aha – what fun it would be to give it to the library!! Woohoo!” There’s some sort of premeditation, thought (can I go that far and call it that?) involved here! I mean, when I have a number two, I never ever EVER consider doing anything but flushing it down the toilet…

And Senseless Act Number Two. Yesterday CherryRipe’s best friend’s car was burnt out, gutted, while parked in their building’s garage. It’s possible this was done ‘because’ the car was parked in someone else’s spot, but to my mind, this is no reason to completely and utterly destroy the car. Whatever happened to leaving a somewhat rude note on the windshield? Or complaining to the building management? Or lying in wait to see who the car belongs to and telling the person off to their face? … I mean, hello? To the person responsible, I think you might need help from a trained health professional here. (We’re only surmising that this is the ‘reason’ for such an extreme, violent act. As far as I’m concerned there can be no justifiable reason for doing such a thing. None.)

To me, both these acts just speak of complete and utter selfishness and a lack of consideration for how you will affect other people. I mean, inserting faeces into a library overnight returns chute is just so much fun, isn’t it? Isn’t that what an overnight returns chute is for?? So, next time someone parks in my spot, I’ll blow up their car. If someone cuts me off on the freeway I’ll bash them up, put them in hospital. And next time I take a taxi, I won’t pay the fare, I’ll just take the taxi and hey, what’s a taxi driver anyway? What is wrong with some people?

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