Monday, September 24, 2007

Whine of the Week

Is there anything we can't complain about today?
Our outrage du jour comes from the Koehler Senior Center in Mahopac, N.Y. For years the county had been donating free donuts and other baked goods to the seniors.
Then someone said (probably quite rightly) that the goodies weren't healthy. So the free goodies soon stopped. Some seniors are complaining. Why? Not because they miss their unhealthy (but mostly delicious) treats. Nope, folks are fussing because they didn't have a say in whether or not their free food delivery would continue. One resident said, "It was a matter of respect" and that the seniors—not the people delivering the free donuts— should have made the decision on whether or not to keep accepting the freebies. So now canceling free donuts is showing disrespec? What's next...a lawsuit? I wouldn't be surprised. In modern America, if something doesn't go your way, you don't solve the problem, you take it to court.
By the way, there's a donut shop right down the street. Wonder if these seniors have considered their "right' to go buy all the jelly donuts they want.

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