Little Axe: What’s Not to Like?
Counterpoint to What I like about Little Axe:
What I DO NOT Like About Little Axe
- I don’t like all the “7-11 convenience dumps” alongside the road. Mattresses, fast food wrappers, bottles and cans – all tell visitors what we think of our community.
- The up side to this is if you like to recycle you can gather tons of aluminum.
- The down side? Too many of these cans are beer cans which mean too many of us are drinking and driving. Please don’t!
- If you drive under the speed limit on Highway 9, would you consider pulling over and letting the mile of cars behind you pass? That used to be an unwritten rule of the road; when drivers thought of others. I know, I can hear some of you now, “I don’t HAVE to pull over, it’s my right.” You are correct – but – it’s the nice thing to do.
- If you drive down the middle of the road while traveling over hills….get over on your own side!
- It saddens me to see so many of our teenage girls with babies. A lot of you were not brought up to make that kind of choice. If you are going to be sexually active, practice birth control. Please? Yes, I do recognize that you decided to keep your child instead of having an abortion. Thank you. Children are a blessing from the Lord.
- Mailbox baseball. Don’t get me started! There are much more enjoyable and acceptable ways to have fun besides destroying federal property. In essence you are saying to your neighbors and friends, “I don’t care that you have worked hard to earn money to make a living. Who cares that you will now use money set aside for bills to cover my selfishness.” (And no, I haven’t been a target of the mailbox brigade. I just respect other people’s property.)
- And contrary to popular opinion, my home is NOT the dog/cat pound. Take responsibility for your pets. If you cannot afford to have one spayed or neutered, then you shouldn’t have a pet at all. I love animals and will feed one who is starving but I shouldn’t have to. I believe you can know how a person is inside by how they treat animals. If you treat your pets this badly by leaving them just anywhere, how do you treat humans? I shudder to think.
- Thieves, who gave you permission to enter my property and take my possessions which are on my porch. Was there a sign that said free? Of course not. Don’t forget, the Great Someone is always watching you. Need to borrow a ladder? Ask.
- What’s the deal with all the guns going off after dark? Here I am watching my favorite NCIS or reading an exciting adventure novel, petting my dog, and….BAM!! We both jump out of our skins wondering who is being murdered. It is late in the evening and surely no hunter’s are out at this time of night. For the sake of my dog’s heart – and mine – confine your night time shoot ‘em up games to the Wii. Besides, 1 acre properties are too close for comfort.
- Meth lab drug king wannabees, we don’t want you here. We like small, quiet communities where neighbors care about each other. Find another occupation. No one likes to remodel a mobile home they just purchased because the discovered meth has been absorbed into the walls and flooring. Yes, that really happened.
- That brings up the thing I most dislike – no – the thing that is most disgusting about Little Axe (or maybe it’s about outsiders). When did we become the dumping ground for murderers to leave their victims? Pay attention to your gut instincts about unusual happenings in our area. Be aware of strangers.
What do you dislike about Little Axe?
