< Browse > Home /

| Mobile |

This Recession Is Unfair

2522123404_afddcaaeef

Yesterday at the grocery store, I accidentally bumped my cart into a 50-year old looking lady in the checkout line. Rudely, she pushed my cart back into my midsection. A sharp pain ran through my waist as the lady shot a look back at me saying, “How dare you!”

I apologized, then looked down at my cart to survey my purchase. Eggs, steak, salmon, chicken, bread. “Hope it all adds up to $40,” I thought.

An angry voice appeared out of nowhere in my head. “Well, if this stupid baby-boomer in front of me hadn’t screwed up the economy, maybe I’d have the grocery budget to afford some milk!”

I laughed to myself and chalked up my rage to frustrations I share with this years graduating class. On Sunday, the front page of the …

[ More ] July 8th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Tough Times |
Showing Your ColorsWrigley Very BusyDawn at the Golf CourseThe fog is burning offMirror ImageLake FogSnow SquallAnd the Night RecedesDown in the ValleyThe First Cut