CS

I am a supporter of CS. Not Lewis, but of Common Sense.  This post is going to be a ventation  (yep made that up) of anger and annoyance of those with the lack of. I read KSl.com at work sporadically, and it seems like all the articles are the same. Either someone has died in a raging water movement, the government has foiled with our finances again, or someone, primarily a women, has died by getting hit by the front runner or trax. The later is what my vent is about. There currently is a story about a woman that was walking parallel with the trax train in salt lake and decided to cross as soon as the oncoming train was passing. Whether this was suicide or incompetence, I get tired of reading these articles. How difficult is it really, to follow your mother’s advice and look left, then right, then left again? It’s not. For one thing, they are loud, second, they have designated crossing stations and third, if it’s the frontrunner, you have to go underneath the train warning poles. That there is clearly a sign to wait the…hmmmm…maybe 30 seconds it takes for the train to pass. It’s not fun to try and beat it, you aren’t cool and no one will think so. Especially if you are dead. Harsh? Maybe. I guess it depends on what their purpose was. If it was to be selfish and leave their families behind, fine. Mission accomplished. If it was to be cool, and set a new trend, fail. Dying will never be a trend. Grow up, have some common sense and think before you walk.