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I must be getting old, because today I totally chastised a teenager that I do not know at all about her careless driving (she backed out of a parking space and into my parked front bumper about 20 yards away, causing 0% damage but 1000% annoyance). Not only would the most cursory of glances in her rearview mirror have prevented this, but she backed so far out of her parking space that I had time to lay on my horn for more than a full second before she hit me. Then she didn't even bother to get out of her car. When I checked the kids and then got out of my car to check the bumper, she rolled down her window:

DUMB GIRL: Um, is your car, like, ok?

ME: Yes, my car is fine, but you really should be more careful. There is no way that you shouldn't have been able to see me. I have my two kids in the car!

DG: Um, I'm sorry, but like, I was totally getting yelled at on my phone.

ME: (jaw falls in disbelief) Then, like, why didn't you stay in your perfectly fine parking spot?

DG: So, everything's ok then? I'm gonna leave now.

Seriously. So annoying. When did this happen to me/the youth of today? Anyway, I know you fine folks don't come here just to hear me complain, so I have included a super cute picture of the boys in Fountain Park from our trip to AZ. Plenty more where that came from, if and when I ever get my act together. Drive safe!