To the lady in the food court line behind me at Costco today who decided it would be a great idea to cut in front of me saying "I'm just getting a pop" while avoiding eye contact and a look of disgust on her face while quickly going up to pay...I understand you were just getting a pop. Congratulations. It wouldn't have been an issue had you asked politely and actually waited for a response. Next time, have some manners and wait just like every other person that was in line. My 10 month old son has more manners than you. I hope your pop spilt all over you when you left Costco.
Sincerely,
The woman who learned to wait her turn in Kindergarten

Just an FYI for everyone at the Windsor Regional Ouellette Campus, my mother's purse was stolen right out of her hospital room around 330-4 pm today!
A little background information: she's currently being treated for lung cancer, along with complications and all her chemotherapy medication, appointment times, wallet etc. were in there. Everything worth something to her has been stolen. To the scumbags who decided to pray on the sick, karma will come around and you WILL reap what you sow. Patients, families and friends keep your belongings with you at ALL times. The monetary items can be replaced but those sentimental ones can not! Beyond disappointed.

On monday night about 10:16 someone got into my car on dougall ave. Only about 8 dollars in change was taken but its not what was taken that has my laughing. On my passenger seat was a backpack with clothes, drugs, needles, and A COPY OF A BIRTH CERTIFICATE AND HEALTH CARD. The bag has been given to authorities and noted you are caught on security camera. Im hoping family of his will see this or people he knows and just give him a right shaming.

This posting is actually a bit of bad and good all in one. I was injured at a city park while walking my dogs and playing basketball with my son this morning. I will spare those details at this time. As I limped with my 10 year-old's assistance to a nearby corner plaza, I was hoping to use the phone in the convenience store. He ran ahead trying to be helpful in the situation asking to use their phone so he could call my mom (his grandma) for a ride. He came out of the store saying that they refused to let him make the call. I couldn't believe it so I limped in and reasked, fully explaining the situation and was met with such disdain and insensitivity from the store owners. She chastised me about coming in and asking for a favour and said my son had already come in. I think I was in shock as we had a few words about how inhumane it was that she would not allow someone clearly injured to make a local call to get assistance. I just walked out feeling so defeated. I am writing this because I think it is so sad that this actually happened in my neighbourhood. My son tried a friend's house next, others walked by without any words, then we finally ventured to another store in the plaza. This is where the story turns around in a positive way.
As I approached the Fontainebleu I.D.A. Pharmacy, I was met with compassion and kindness from the employees right inside the door. As I was physically assisted to the counter to make my call, I was offered an ice pack and a cold bottle of water. By this time, I was shedding a few tears of pain and frustration. They then arranged chairs for me to sit and lift my swollen foot up as I waited for a ride. All this time, my son waiting patiently outside with our dogs, was kept up to speed and invited to sit in the shade at the store front. I want to give a huge shout out of "THANKS!" to everyone at the Fontainebleu I.D.A. Pharmacy, especially Brenda who helped me out to my mom's car and wished me well along with giving some first-aid advice. You were all truly Good Samaritans today and have restored my faith in humanity!
Please, if you are reading this, do not be swayed in our "mind your own business" society to walk by when you sense someone is in need. Take the time to connect with your fellow neighbour and offer your assistance. You can truly make a difference in our world!

Took my kids to Boston pizza on walker. My oldest sons girlfriend works there and her and the waitress both apologized for the wait because they were understaffed and just received a call saying 60 people were coming in. There was many dressed in baseball uniforms so assume a baseball tourney in the area. This wasn't one bill do gratuity not added to it, each table had separate bill. Not one person tipped out of those 60 people and to top it off, 2 tables pulled a dine and dash! Inconsiderate, rude people need to realize that their little "fun" game has the staff worried they are going to be in trouble over this! Shame on you. As a side note, thank you to the wait staff for doing the best they could being short handed, very nice and pleasant and apologetic for the wait.

So I was at Devonshire today with my wife and two 3 year old daughters, one of which is autistic. She had a meltdown in the mall, as she sometimes does due to sensory overload or really anything else that upsets her greatly.

So as we're trying to leave with our child a woman (who has a child of her own RIGHT THERE) has a nerve to tell my wife "Can't you control your kid?". My wife rightly told her were to go. An employee at Sears (which is where this occurred) tried to diffuse the situation but managed to give my wife a dirty look at the same time as if the whole situation is her fault.

Anyone who's had children should know sometimes they are bratty. It's not always in your control no matter how good a parent you are. If you think "well I didn't know she is autistic" is an excuse for ignorant comments, it's not. Try a little empathy. A woman carrying a screaming kid out to the car is already at her wits end without an ignorant blowhard chiming in on her parenting skills!

From the backseat of my jeep came a fit of giggles from two sandy haired young boys. They are three and five and their whole world is ahead of them. My three year old loves construction trucks and the ability to say "NO" and my five year old curious as can be loves superheroes, lego, and asking "What if". We had just finished buying tomatoes at the new Mr Meat/ Jospehs Produce on Walker. It was a beautiful summer day as we had decided to go to McDonalds for ice cream. The light was green as we entered the intersection and had just turned yellow. You were blonde, quite young looking and had an older man in your passenger seat of your late model minivan. Half a second faster on my part and you would have hit us on the driver's side. Hard enough to injury or end the life of a brilliant five year old who starts SK in the fall. You may have injured or killed myself, their mom, their whole world. Driving on a hot summer day, I understand that as it is nice to get out and about yet think about your choices. The light was worth waiting for, as I slammed on my brakes to avoid being hit by you. I slammed on my brakes to spare my children the fate of meeting you and your late model mini van. I slammed on my brakes to avoid a hospital stay, to avoid picking out casket colours, to avoid the pain and heartache you would have caused. Driving may not be important to you, young, blonde, so full of life, but it is worth it to me. To be safe, responsible, and to think about the actions I do on the road and the consequences to those around me. You see, as you swerved hastily passed the vehicle which had the right of way. The lack of concern from the look on your face readily apparent on that summer afternoon. I noticed. I noticed that in the backseat of my vehicle sat my whole life conversing in a fit of giggles about ice cream in the hot summer sun. Think about them, the next time you careen through that yellow light, think about them as you nearly miss that red jeep.

Today i took my 3 children to micmac to enjoy the new dinosour play structure. A man showed up with no children looked to be late 40's early 50's. He watched one little girl jump and play for a solid minute and a half. Then his eyes met mine and he looked away quickly. He sat at a picnic table then moved to another where he had a perfect view of both the splashpad from a distance and the play structure. I watched as this man very creepily stared at children as they ran and played. After about 10 or 15 minutes and still no sign of any of these children being wih this man i gathered my children, told the life guards at the pool what i had witnessed and then took 3 disappointed children out of the park. I may have been over reacting this man could have been harmless but you cant be too careful with precious children.mparents be careful and keep a watchful eye. I got a very bad vibe from this man.