How the Shutdown, shut me out.
When you gotta go...You gotta go!
I was in a pretty chipper mood, one could say, kinda close to walking on Sunshine, to be honest.
It all started when I felt like walking in the snow that just fell the night before ...4 plus inches, quaddrllions of cold crystallized snow flakes that became, pure heavenly white powder, covering everything perfectly, like a Thomas Kincaid winter scape.
I drove to my destination with a Mozart piece playing on the Radio, listening to the flights of violins hitting a double octave C and then running back down again, I I even had a great classical soundtrack for this days perfect reality show, like I said, I was in a delightful mood until...
But until I get to that part of my story, lets talk briefly about the ridiculous Government Shut down that literally shut me out and left me with few options.
Poopy Politics
Of late, we hear of the Poltical Parties in their throws, lambasting one another with threats, and the usual porn fear about how a
a shutdown will have a devestating effect on the country. This shut down scenerio ( by the by,its never effected me) is like a political broken record that skips to the worst part of the 2 party song, How long have we heard this kind of blather???I What...like, since the treaty of Paris in the early parts of the 18th century? Well lets just agree that its been playing in a drone like fashion for a while now, with no forseen hope of changing .... as of yet. We aren't going to decentralized centralization in this brief article:) So moving on...
So Im thinking about my next Steemit post, as I finish the trail, and head to my car, legs stretched, after a great brisk walk, everything feels in sync, tben I realized I really, need a vist the Ladies room.
This Trail Park is run by the US Forestry service and they provide a restroom for those that trek and traverse the beautiful paths that run through the weeping Ponderosa Pines.
So I go to open the door of the Restroom, low and behold, it was locked!
I glanced down to see a laminated Paper sign that had blown off because they used a cheap scotch tape to post it on the door. Thats the sign I'm holding in the above photo. My mind started racing wondering why, as my need really needed relief!
I thought in desperation as to what to do...I could weewee somewhere around here but I saw people on the trail and we gave the customary wave to one another..and how would that look to then be seen desperately squatting somewhere, but Frank Zappa's song came into my head... "The yellow snow" which made the situation that more nauseating.....
GAADS! THESE F**KERS THEY...I said, under my breath...
Just then a guy that I had seen hiking, his Golden Retriever, came running full blast toward me bounding in the Snow, skidding in the ice, stopping just short of
knocking me down.
The man came running up, apologized for his rambunctious Retriever, smiled, secured the dog and turned, before I could tell him
Your S**t out of luck.
He pulled on the handle of the Mens Room, twisting it back an forth,
"Really ?" he said with an incredulous tone... paused then started laughing, I mean like really laughing.
I had to asked him with a half grimacing smile as my situation was getting worse, " did I miss the punch line?"
"Well yes, the punch line is... I work for the Govenment... I was excited to come here on my suprise day off because of the Shutdown, to run my Dog, and just have a breather today."
We laughed together about being shut out of the Out House, and then we both recognized a trash can over flowing with garbage. With a broken plastic snow slead, propped against the side of the can.
Yep, he said, this garbage was here last week, same trash, same time,same bat-channel.
They haven't even emptied this for at least 10 days! I was here over a a week ago, but they sure came, to make sure these restroom doors are locked, but left the dam trash! Im embarrassed.
He then leashed his dog nodded his head and drove away quickly.
I stood there, looking at the over flowing trash can.
Thinking wow...what? Ran to to my car, quickly drove to a coffee house down the way and felt better.
So fellow Steemians, I can't wait for the power of the Block Chain to Stream line essential services like these...the first thing on the list should be restroom tokens .
Hoped you liked this little story...comments or questions, I love reading every one!