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Saturday, January 31, 2004
The Death of Common Sense
About 25 years ago, I worked for a man who once told me that "common sense ain't so common." I know he borrowed the quote, but forgive me because I dont' recall who said it. And, I'm too tired to do a Google to find out right now. Anyway, I'll spare you the boring story about how he came to tell me that but I'll bore you with an observation that I made recently at the "fillin' station" as Gomer and Goober would call it.Maryland has a law that says if a person wants to smoke then they must go outside the building.
Interestingly enough, gas stations with minimarts fall under the same statute. I was at the gasoline/minimart station last Saturday morning getting the obligatory fill-up for the weekend's events. It was cold and I was all bundled up. I don't know why, but when it's cold out gasoline fumes have a more caustic redolence. As I was enjoying the smell of the gas wafting to my nostrils, I noticed one of the workers in the minimart walked outside with only a tee-shirt. Did I mention it was about 20 degrees here last weekend?
He then plucks a cigarette from his ear and pulls out a lighter from his pocket and lights up. YIKES! We've seen the damage that static electricity from cell phones causes while people pump gas. Why would we force people closer to highly flammable gas pumps with mini torches?
We're not talking about mixing two parts Hydrogen and one part Oxygen! We're not trying to sove the problem about who accidentally put the peanut butter in the chocolate! We're talking about vaporizing the corner of 1st and Main streets with only the strike of a match.
If I had to choose, I would rather be subjected to a few minutes of second hand smoke than a first hand explosion.
Is it me or am I not using common sense?
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