Audacity? I can think of other words.

[Optimistic Paranoid]

News Item from today's New York Post:

Not Homeless, Just Shameless

Ketchikan, Alaska - Cruise ship passengers have been hanging out at a homeless shelter to get free coffee and a bite to eat, but few have bothered making a donation, said one of the nonprofit's board members.

Tourists in Ketchikan often stop by to use the bathroom, but some stay longer.  "It's called 'audacity,' isn't it?" First City Homeless Services Chair Evelyn Erbele griped this week.  AP

 

[Hippiechk]

I'd toss an unmitigated in front of that audacity myself...

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[GotSmart]

Tourists.

 

[ZoNiE]

Shameful

 

[Hippiechk]

Tourists.

Touron my friend..touron! It's a cross between a tourist & a moron. We get a lot of them here...3.5 million a year in this town

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[USExplorer]

The rich taking from the poor; what's new?

 

[jimindenver]

They did a story here on the people driving up in their Caddies and Lexus's and getting the free coats donated for the poor.

 

[Queen]

Bet if the news did a story about the CRUISE LINE passengers TAKING ADVANTAGE OF POOR PEOPLE, the lines would pony up some nice dosh.

 

[BradKW]

That doesn't really surprise me. I've often tried to figure out if the tourons' behavior is a result of "destination vacations" providing some sort of societal filter that weights the group heavily towards idiots and fools, or if the mental state of being "On Vacation!" somehow causes a level of retardation in many people that in other settings are perfectly normal. Perhaps its a combination.

But I really do give it a fair amount of thought, as I'm provided with examples every day. Many times these examples result in serious injury and sometimes death.

"I know it's a red light honey, and yes, I too see cars cruising through the intersection...but don't you see that we're on VACATION! so it'll be fine if we just walk into traffic."
" Surely it'll be fine if we ride our tandem bike with the kids following on theirs in heavy traffic and narrow streets...after all, this is a VACATION! town..."
"Hey look, chickens crossing the road! Let's grab like-minded strangers to run out and stop 4 lanes of traffic to ensure their safety!"
"Normally I wouldn't feel good about having gramma and gramps renting scooters, but since it's VACATION! everything will be great..."
"Hey look, people working on a construction site...I believe they were put there as part of our VACATION scenery...Let's duck under that yellow tape and go talk about the time I did a project around the house..."

Darwinism is definitely dead.

 

[Canine]

I suspect many of these people were politicians back home.