This video was just featured on FOX News Chicago, apparently on second approach the wind died down at the right time and the pilot made a successful landing… It is quite common for a plane to be turned a little sideways on approach though, one time coming into Chicago I remember looking out of the window during landing and found I was staring almost directly down the runway we were meant to be landing on - but the landing felt absolutely smooth.
It’s gradually beginning to dawn on me that I know very little about world events at the moment. I know all about Cook County (part of Illinois, the state I live in) politics, I know all about the Stacey Peterson (a wife who the press seem to want to make everyone believe was killed by her husband who - until recently - was a Police Officer) investigation, but I have absolutely no idea about anything outside those local events and whatever the President is up to. The worrying thing is: I watch the news every damn day!
Americans do have a bit of a reputation for not knowing a lot about the world and I’m increasingly becoming aware why this is… Although I get my news from the internet mainly, it’s not always the greatest place to find it and FOX News Chicago - as an example - does a pitiful job of covering world events: Their news program starts at 9pm, it ends at 10:35pm, during that time (barring anything vitally important happening internationally) there is a lot of advertising, there is the local news, weather, sports, a little national news and a spot they call “Around the World in 60 Seconds” - which contains all international news that would educate the population.
I’m going to have to subscribe to news podcasts in iTunes again, aren’t I? Sheesh…
It’s days like this I realise how absolutely ‘anal’ I am when it comes to signing paperwork. I will not sign anything I haven’t thoroughly read and understood.
It’s really awful seeing anyone cry. Deep down I find it hard to say anything but “Give it back!” until I regain my senses, then I have to wonder just how some people live in this day and age…
“I guess I signed a piece of paper…”
So, you didn’t read the contact then? Why not? Too busy? Ah…
I saw a news item this lunchtime on FOX about mortgage rates increasing and they interviewed a man who said that he had told the agent he wanted a fixed-rate mortgage. The agent printed his contract - he signed it - then now, years later, he is complaining because his mortgage rates have increased and he is going to lose his home.
So, you didn’t read the contract either then? Why not? Too busy? Ah. FOX News may be blaming the ‘nasty agent’ for not giving the customer what he asked for, but I’m not. I’m blaming the idiot who didn’t read his contract… If you were letting someone else take money directly out of your hands, would you be so much of a pushover as you were signing that piece of paper that allowed them to take money from your bank account? If the agent knew exactly what he was doing - so did you - you knew you were meant to read it. Make the agent sit there and wait, twiddling his thumbs, you are the customer, not him, he’s being paid (by you) for his time!
It happens all-too-often and people have to learn that their lack of action also has consequences. You DO NOT sign what you have not read - never, ever, never, ever. We live in time of digital communication and fast-paced living. You cannot walk through the city of Chicago for more than five minutes without hearing a hoard of impatient car horns and everything in life is about getting it done quicker. Chase Bank has advertisements up in Bus Shelters about how you can personalise your ATM menu, because - I assume - pressing more than one button is a real issue for their customers.
Anyway, back to Ellen… Not everyone has a TV show. I am sure this type of thing happens every day and if it makes you feel bad, Ellen, then I’m sorry. You were oh-so willing to lay out the cash to try to do everything you could for that dog, you are willing to cry on your TV show for the sake of the children, why weren’t you willing to read the ‘piece of paper’ for the sake of all of them in the first place?