I remember well when I was young and family from England would come to visit . My American Father would proudly point out American accomplishments to my Mothers family .
And he had every right to brag as there was no place on earth that could accomplish the things accomplished here. The family was in awe at the concept of the first drive up bank they’d ever seen while they accompanied Dad as he deposited his pay check…. and Dad bragged .
” Only took three months to build ” while mentioning how quick America was at constructing highways and buildings.
… we were so proud of America and what it could do.
Should my long past Grandfather from England be able to revisit I’m not so certain he’d be as impressed at how long it’s been taking to redo 3/4 s of a mile of road here in my town . After 15 months of tied up traffic it seems that we are pretty close to right where we started and I’m certain my living Father would not be bragging to him about it.
While we talk about American proficiency ….
I’ve just read an email from a janitorial supply company that I deal with. They are curious to know how I felt about my “delivery experience” of the products I’d ordered . They shouldn’t have bothered to ask as the day before I’d been on the phone to complain that the two day promised delivery of Lysol arrived five days late . And it wasn’t Lysol . It was two industrial wall mounted fans.
This means I now have to reorder my Lysol and let the unwanted wall fans sit on my door stoop while the the three to four day business days occur before they pick up what they deem ” unwanted items”
I’ve already warned the supply company that they best pick them up before … the neighbor does .
Guess it wasn’t just our Government that drained the swamp
