November 21st, 2025Just sayin’…
That was an interesting Friday.
First we did a bit of work, nothing unusual, and then we headed to the gym. But as we do sometimes, we decided at least we had ‘been’ to the gym and left without any exercise. Best efforts and all that. And we had been a few times this week and to Pilates.
So then we headed to the Daylesford Community Op Shop. Love this place and needed to buy a veggie steamer. Got that sorted – oh, keep the oppy in mind for Christmas shopping – and bumped in Danny Moynihan, as you do.
Danny was picking up a cupboard for Dianne and delivering it to her Daylesford home. It’s just the sort of thing Danny does. But the cupboard looked heavy so we got a little involved and headed to Dianne’s place to help unload it.
As Danny says, you just help when you can. No biggie. I also found out Dianne is a seamstress so that is invaluable information. She is flat out at the moment, no wonder, there are always hems to take up.
And that was our good deed for the day. Simples.
So then we headed to Coles in Daylesford which is undergoing a huge transformation while still being a working, open store. It’s quite funny watching shoppers wander around aimlessly looking for that one particular item that has ended up in the wrong aisle.
Full marks to the staff there who are still smiling through it all. I am sure they are getting lots of queries and comments but they take it in their stride and keep on keeping on. Well done you guys!
Anyway, we bought our few things and headed back to the ute which was parked opposite the two Click & Collect parks. And in that innocuous place was where the road rage took place.
A bloke was parked in one spot, in a ute, looking very unhappy. And at that moment another bloke headed to the car in the other spot, clearly not clicking or collecting. Poorly done but whatever.
But the first bloke took umbrage and started mouthing off about the spot being only for clicking and collecting, and the other bloke said something about already having collected. Probably not true but you have to give it a go.
This just enraged the first bloke even further and next thing, as the guy tried to leave, he was in his face and then banging on the side of the car. Seriously. First world and all that.
Eventually the driver made his escape but the first bloke was not finished and looked over at us, watching the event unfold. He called out: “You OK?” to which Kyle replied: “Not necessary, mate.” And over he came, ranting. (Obviously he did not realise he was up against the greatest ranter of all time.)
Kyle locked the doors, closed the window and indicated for the bloke to leave. With a friendly gesture. And he did, once he realised we were in a ute weighing about 2000kg, that was already running.
I know it’s annoying when people park in the wrong spots. Unauthorised people in disabled zones drive me nuts and I do say something but I would never rage on. And now we have a Tesla, ICE (internal combustion engine) cars parked in electric charging spots also annoy me. Finally, if we are delivering The Local and cars with no signage are parked in loading zones, it’s also pretty on the nose.
But, you know, we are not living in Gaza, or Ukraine, or even the US for that matter. We mostly have pretty good lives and it always feels better to help than hinder. It also makes you happier, just sayin’…
