Too Many Thanks

We teach kids at a very young age to be polite, wash their hands, cover their mouths when they sneeze, say hello, give a hug goodbye and always always say thank you. As they get older, they start to lose what they've been taught. As teens they sneeze and cough without covering their mouths, as adults they just take what they want without asking or saying please and the words thank you, only come out for one day a year.

Thanksgiving

You gotta love what Facebook has done for manners. I've had more people post a happy birthday on Facebook the last few years than I've had said to me in person throughout my entire life (put it this way, it's been more than 30 years). I don't even know some of the people that post on my wall!

And on Thanksgiving, everyone feels the need to list out things they are thankful for as if it's a list of todo's. No, I'm not being a curmudgeon. I am very thankful for a lot of things and as with every year and every person, we all go through our own trials and tribulations and should be thankful for things. So like Wheel of Fortune, when they throw out the most common letters S, N, T, E and R before they start, I'll throw out the most common "thanks" as well, health, job, friends, family...

But where's the balance? Where's the excitement and the other things we are thankful for? I was pretty thankful for the broken parking meter, the girl that finally said yes, homemade lemoncello, when the cashier gave me an extra $10 in change, the hole in my sock that didn't get bigger, no kids that called me daddy or came looking for child support, not getting a dirty needle when I had surgery, the public restroom that had toilet paper the day after I had taco's and being an Asian who knows how to drive.

But not everything is all unicorns and rainbows. There's always something that can be better. To balance the overwhelming thanks sent around the world this week, I've put my list of things I'm not thankful for.

TSA Agents

We get attacked by terrorists on our home field and our only answer is hourly workers more concerned over when their break time is, that my toothpaste is over its size limit and that I don't have more than two bags with me. And now we award them with a free feel-up session while we stand there half naked with our hands behind our heads, last time I was in that position I got a steak dinner out of it or had to leave money on the nightstand. No thanks to them.

Justin Bieber

There's enough reason to hate him only because he's from Canada. But in a recent concert in Boston, he had the rocks to wear a Yankees cap and Lakers jersey while performing. If the screaming pre-pubescent teen girls had enough sense to see beyond his lego hair, they would realize that he was actually making fun of them. Even Jay Z wore a Red Sox cap when he played in Boston and everyone knows he's NYC to death, but he also knows how not to shit where he eats. The turd even put lyrics in a song poking fun at Tom Brady. Does he realize that Brady is dating Giselle, a super model while Bieb's has play dates with 10 year olds that are still being dressed by their parents. No thanks.

Stop Clicking on Things

Okay, so this may be a bit hypercritical, because in order for you to be reading this, you would've had to click onto it. But if you get an email that says you can see who's looking at your profile, last longer, get a free Macy's gift card, free little Timmy or donate your eye balls to Jane stop clicking on those things. Let's say I asked you to walk down a dark alley and someone will give you a free "handy", by doing it, it's as if you clicked onto a link and all you get out of it is a virus. No thanks.

Sarah Palin

We are fascinated by watching her daughter dance and now we can't stop watching her in a reality show. Did we forget how close we were to having her as the second highest ranking leader of the most powerful country in the world? So let's give her more support now and make her really popular so if she runs in 2012 for the big seat, she might win? I'm working on my Canadian citizenship just in case. No thanks.

So what are you not thankful for? Loud cell phone talkers? Bluetooth earpiece users when they're not even on the phone? People that sing songs and don't even know the words? Ke$ha? Line cutters? Asian drivers (yes, I can say that, but you can't)?

See you in Xmas where instead of giving gifts, I'll be taking things from people I don't like.