Happy Halloween, but
‘auwe’ to litterbugs, et al.
BOO!
It's Halloween and a good time to let readers vent their venom at the hobgoblins of life. So:
Auwe
To the man who found my mom's jade bracelet at the Hawaii Kai Safeway, then sold it to someone who tried to sell it back to my mom. It was not worth the amount you were trying to extract, but it had sentimental value because it was given to her by her mother. -- Edwina
To Kevin, the bike rider who complained about drivers going through stop signs. How often does he stop at stop signs and red lights? Bikers disobey the law all the time! -- No name
To the person who stole my cellular phone, golf shoes and shoe bag at the West Loch golf course on Sept. 27. May you lose your hearing, get chronic athlete's foot and never have a good round of golf. -- No name
To the dark Ford pickup who blazed by me at 40 mph on Moaniani Street, a 25-mph street in Waipio. -- No name
To drivers of minivans, SUVs and large pickups who squeeze their big fat vehicles into parking spaces marked "compact." Isn't it enough that you use obscene amounts of gas and block other drivers' views of the road? -- C.H.
To the woman in a white compact car, heading Koko Head at 6 p.m. Sept 22. You heard me call you a litterbug twice but ignored me. You're a pig. -- W.A.
To the girl in the white Honda who almost hit me when she merged without looking onto the freeway from the Kahala ramp about 1:50 p.m. Sept. 18. If I had not slammed on my brakes, we both would have been seriously injured. Please look before you change lanes. -- C.L.
To an ungrateful person. A stray dog came into my yard in Salt Lake, and it looked hot and thirsty, so I gave it some water. I didn't want to just let it loose, so I put it on a leash and called the Humane Society. By the time the Humane Society truck came, someone took both the dog and the leash. No way could the dog have gotten loose by itself, so I think the owner took the dog. It's bad enough you didn't say thank you, but give me back my leash. -- No name
To the male driver of a red Dodge Stealth who nearly caused a multicar accident by abruptly swerving out of the car-pool lane to avoid police at 7:20 a.m. Sept. 16 at the top of Red Hill. I've seen you driving illegally in that lane often. -- No name
To the bicyclist who ran a red light on Hind Drive, at Kalanianaole Highway. I was able to stop, but he literally nicked an older couple in the crosswalk. They were so shaken up, but he just went on his way without stopping. -- Kelly
To the litterbug driving a green Subaru station wagon, westbound, in the right lane of Kalanianaole Highway about 8:30 a.m. Oct. 15. As you passed Kalani High School, you tossed a cigarette butt out the window. Shame on you. -- No name
To police officers who assume traffic laws don't apply to them. At 7:50 p.m. Aug. 26, I was turning left from Lower Campus Road onto Dole Street on a green light, when a police car going Ewa on Dole blatantly ran the red light and almost slammed into my car. He did not have his blue lights on. Bad apples should be sorted out and reprimanded. -- C. Young
To politicians who will not address the small problems that irritate taxpayers. I do not care if a person loves another person of the same sex, but it bothers me to have my eardrums assaulted by loud, blasting motorcycles, driven by inconsiderate owners, including some police officers. Another irritation is bicyclists who run pedestrians off sidewalks every day because the law is not enforced. -- C.
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