Thank You For The Scorn

I've written over 450 articles, and I know people are reading them, but I get very little feedback.

It makes me wonder what's going on in people's heads.

Sometimes, I'll post an article that is purposely political or out of kilter with the usual, the commonplace.

I think a part of my motivation is to ask: ?Is there anyone out there??

Yesterday, this question was answered. I received an email from a person who thought I was being foolish when I described my consumerist state of mind in being charged late fees for video rentals.

My position was, yes, I'm late, but it bugs me, this feeling that I'm paying for air, for nothing. And if I'm forced to pay for air, then I'm going to abstain from renting until I've recouped the money I've thrown down the drain.

So, at the end of the article describing my view, I wondered aloud if I was nuts, and a reader replied that I should be ashamed of myself. There are people in the world who have REAL problems, and she went on to recite hers, which by now, all seemed to be in the past.

Her point, and I'm still not clear on this, is that if you have genuine disturbances then late fees shouldn't bother you.

I'm not sure about the connection, but I would like to thank this reader for taking the time to write.

I can only put notes into bottles for so long before I wonder if there's anybody still alive on the far side of the sea.