The region where I live is currently under a drought order . There are severe restrictions placed on water usage and especially frivilous commercial use of water. Such restrictions include shutting all car washes so vain people have to go around with dirty cars and no commercial watering of plants unless they are sold as food. So old people won't be able to buy nice plants for their gardens and all gardens will soon look as shit as mine.
Much to my disgust there are is a group of Eastern Europeans running a hand car wash just around the corner from my house. Not only are they flagrantly breaking the drought order (which hopefully is punishable by death) they are also using wastefull WASTEFULL hosepipes to wash said vehicles. Of course, they aren't just doing this in full view of the general public, oh no, they're too clever for that. A large, dishwater grey, mouldy tarpaulin has been strung up in front of the derelict petrol station where they are carrying out this heanous activity. That's got most people fooled, but not this sharp eyed water sleuth! Am I going to report this illegal activity to the authorities? You fucking bet I am!
So I hear you ask, what is the point of entitling this post 'Dignity' then banging on about some Eastern European carwashing syndicate? I am imagining that operating the car wash and working there is probably the only source of income that these immigrant workers have. If I tell the authorities and they are shut down, they may lose that income and be unable to house or feed their families. That would be depriving them of their dignity. Some of them may become desperate and turn to crime, depriving the innocent victims of their dignity too. Maybe even becoming embroiled in the growing underworld of crack dealing. Thus depriving crack addicts of their dignity too! As you can see, if I carry out my threat to report them, I could be depriving a whole lot of people from a whole lot of dignity.
On the flip side of this, if these people continue this activity, our water supplies will run out even quicker. When the water level get to crisis point the water authorities will reduce the mains pressure to all of our houses and when it gets bad enough our water supply to our houses will be shut off completely. I will then be forced to take water to my house in a bucket from a pipe standing in the street and probably only during certain hours of the day. The upshot of all this is....
I WILL BE FORCED TO FLUSH MY POOH DOWN THE TOILET WITH A BUCKET OF WATER, OR WORSE, SOMEONE ELSE'S POOH!
Now where's the dignity in that?
Fuck it, I'll report them forthwith.
About Me
- Mick C
- London, Surrey, United Kingdom
- I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is to try and please everyone. (Bill Cosby)
5 comments:
Apparently we have the same blogging schedule... which doesn't speak well of either of us. I just left my first blog since I found yours over a week ago.
Certainly some of your dying plants are in containers? Cut a deal with the immigrants. If they will keep your plants watered and your goldfish healthy, you won't rat them out!
I'll check back next week to see if you have any dignity remaining.
That's a good idea Liz but I have a sneaking suspicion that if I entered their tarpaulin lair, I might never make it out alive! And I couldn't trust them with my plants, if they got hungry enough, the bastards would probably just eat them!
Remember these people are evil water theifs!
A car wash mafia. I guess all crime syndicates have to start somewhere. I imagine once your house looses it's water supply they will place the same horrific grey tarp around the stand pipe in the street and make you pay them for a bucket of water.
You know if you had George W Bush as your leader and you were running low on water you would just invade a small third world country and take their water. If you want we could send him to you.
Thanks for that thought Killer, I haven't been able to sleep for several nights now! I am dreaming about those commy bastards (are we still allowed to call them that?) running away all my water just to extort me out of a few of my well earned and sovreigns! You sure know how to put the willies up a man (metaphorically speaking of course).
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