Two Pauses
Went to the Farmer's Market this morning. Got french toast with mixed fruit. It's very good. One of the girls who works there looks like Lindsay Lohan.
Then I stopped at a honey stand and was looking at the honey sticks. They have all different flavors. A man was pushing his baby's stroller into my leg, and I thought it was causing me to have a hard time understanding the sign I was reading.
HONEY STICKS
1 stick = $1
2 sticks = $1
3 sticks = $1
Why would one cost the same as three? What was I missing? I asked the lady in charge. Apparently, they just don't want to deal with coins. You may buy a minimum of $1 worth of honey sticks. No less. If you choose to only take one, that's up to you, but three is fine with them. I got six for $2. Strawberry, watermelon, banana, rootbeer, grape, and blueberry. I hope they're good.
Then I came home and heard a car accident, so I opened my window and looked down. A car tried to come out of the garage across from my building and rammed into oncoming traffic. That oncoming traffic car got pushed into a car going in the opposite direction. Three cars. Two guys standing on the street. 30 seconds had passed. Where's the third person? I called 911. As I was giving the location of the accident, the third guy got out of his car.
911 - "Does it look like anyone's hurt?"
GY - "They're all standing and talking and I don't see blood or anything, but I'm X stories up."
911 - "Well they need to exchange information. We don't routinely send police out to a car accident. We'll send an ambulance only if someone's hurt."
REALLY?! Shocking! Because in New York, it's against the law to leave the scene of a car accident until the police have shown up and filled out a police report and said you can go.
I'm a little disappointed in the state of California on this one.
Then I stopped at a honey stand and was looking at the honey sticks. They have all different flavors. A man was pushing his baby's stroller into my leg, and I thought it was causing me to have a hard time understanding the sign I was reading.
1 stick = $1
2 sticks = $1
3 sticks = $1
Why would one cost the same as three? What was I missing? I asked the lady in charge. Apparently, they just don't want to deal with coins. You may buy a minimum of $1 worth of honey sticks. No less. If you choose to only take one, that's up to you, but three is fine with them. I got six for $2. Strawberry, watermelon, banana, rootbeer, grape, and blueberry. I hope they're good.
Then I came home and heard a car accident, so I opened my window and looked down. A car tried to come out of the garage across from my building and rammed into oncoming traffic. That oncoming traffic car got pushed into a car going in the opposite direction. Three cars. Two guys standing on the street. 30 seconds had passed. Where's the third person? I called 911. As I was giving the location of the accident, the third guy got out of his car.
911 - "Does it look like anyone's hurt?"
GY - "They're all standing and talking and I don't see blood or anything, but I'm X stories up."
911 - "Well they need to exchange information. We don't routinely send police out to a car accident. We'll send an ambulance only if someone's hurt."
REALLY?! Shocking! Because in New York, it's against the law to leave the scene of a car accident until the police have shown up and filled out a police report and said you can go.
I'm a little disappointed in the state of California on this one.
posted by Green at 7/29/2006 10:37:00 AM
6 Comments:
Pls confine your disappointment to SF emeregency services. Certainly seems like someone should respond to make SURE no one is hurt, or has a felony warrant, is starting a fight etc. But hey, what do I know, I'm just an old retired FF from the East bay.
One old saying we used to have around the fire station that seems to apply well to SF. "One hundred years of tradition unhindered by progress"
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I love honey sticks! How were they, do you remember?
I just started drinking honey in my tea. I love it. Honey is also one of the secret ingredients in my baked beans ~ Yum!
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