One of my favorite activities of living in a town that caters to the vacationers is propping myself on a bar stool at the local watering hole and people watching said vacationers as they pass by. Besides Alaska and Hawaii, I believe I've seen license plates from the remaining states come through Benzie County. Some observations from various bar stools as the summer vacation season winds down:
- All shapes and sizes, mostly large coming through. I'm surprised I haven't seen the defibrillator make an appearance yet.
- A lot of Kardashian wanna-bees.
- There is good yoga pants/shorts and bad yoga pants/shorts.
- There are no good toupees.
- Most are pleasant and happy to be on vacation, others not so much.
- It seems to be a 'vacation' for the kids, a 'trip' for the parents.
- Beware of the mother who walks in the establishment with family in tow and her arms are crossed.
- I thought of friend Al as I witnessed a young father trying to resurrect two crying twins (and not succeeding).
- For those that are familiar with the movie 'Idiocracy', there is a lot of reproducing going on and a good portion of the youngsters seem to fit the 'Cleavon' mold, which is not a good thing.
A few others of actual occurrences:
- Most establishments post that the bathrooms are for customers only but witnessed one lady who advised for everyone in the establishment to hear that she was going to pee her pants in about 30 seconds if not allowed.
- One lady came back after her family finished dinner and was adamant that her daughter's gift bag had been taken by the folks clearing the table. The workers checked all areas without success, the lady is not being nice and....in walks the daughter who had the bag the entire time. The lady walked off without an apology and guessing the daughter got a tongue lashing in the car.
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