THE DOWN SIDE
(Why I Never Want to Do This Again)
by Bill Dargan
(Why I Never Want to Do This Again)
by Bill Dargan
1. Staying up too late (especially Tim)
2. Getting up too early (especially Tim after staying up too late)
3. Sleeping with Tim
4. Dirty floors (rugs)
5. Tim sleeping on dirty floors (when he got mad)
6. Tap water loaded with chlorine
7. Dirty bedspreads
8. Thermostats (air conditioners) that don't work
9. Boxes in hotels with little or no kleenex
10. Hangers your coat falls off
11. Tim using all the towels and washrags
12. Too many bags and suitcases to carry
13. Train water dispensers that trickle and are unsanitary
14. Toilets that flush slowly and plug up easily
15. FILTHY train bathrooms
16. Tim putting dirty socks and shoes where they don't belong
17. Tim being rude and surly and having meltdowns
18. Too many beggars
19. Too long lines for rides
20. Rude people
21. Attractions with decibel-damage loudness
22. Too large crowds
23. Unrealistically high prices (especially food)
24. 2nd floor hotel rooms (or rooms too far from the car)
25. Problems getting on hotel internet
26. Noisy people in adjacent hotel rooms who party all night
27. Not enough room in taxis for your bags
28. Rental cars that no one explains and don't have owners manuals
29. No parking places available
30. Heavy traffic with crazy drivers at all hours of day and night
31. Not having a coat when you need it
32. Bad jerky motions on train
33. No room for souvenirs in bags
34. Not being able to hear your cell phone in your pocket
35. Tough walk to nether parts of train
36. Kids playing too many video games
37. Too much driving
38. Too packed itinerary; no time to just relax and veg
39. Tiny parking stalls
40. Bad areas of town; fear muggers
41. Inadequate sink space
42. Maps that don't have enough info
43. Tim fiddling with EVERYTHING!
44. Home towns changing for the worse
45. California heat
46. Trying to do laundry on the road
47. (I'm omitting this one because it is too ludicrous)
48. Feeling sore and exhausted constantly
49. Shuttle buses that didn't keep to their schedule
Megan's comments:
Actually, I found myself laughing a lot as I typed up this list. I mean, Bill obviously had to really stretch to come up with so many 'down sides', and many of them don't really have anything to do with taking a vacation - they're just part of normal, every day life.
If you didn't know Bill as well as I do, after reading this list you would think that the vacation was a total disaster. ANY vacation would be equally hard on a person who doesn't like driving, crowds, dirt, or being out of their normal routine. However, stay tuned - tomorrow I'll write down his list of the "Up Side" of our vacation.
P.S. He is telling everybody that this was the BEST vacation we have ever had. Go figure!
1 comment:
Oh come on!! Now I am dying to know what number 47 was.
And I agree, I don't think that I would have written down 80% of those things, because they are normal every day things. Life must be pretty cushy in the Dargan household, or it at least has adequate sink space and coats when you need them.
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