The garbage truck rule ! (1 Viewer)

[Larry]

Some of us need to learn this rule ! Like last night when I kept getting kicked off the chat by expired login box. I bet J ROD's ears were burning where ever he was at ! LOL

The Garbage truck Rule !

One day I hopped in a taxi and we took off for the airport.
We were driving in the right lane when suddenly a black car jumped out
of a parking space right in front of us.
My taxi driver slammed on his brakes, skidded, and missed the other car by just inches!

The driver of the other car whipped his head around and started yelling at us. My taxi driver just smiled and waved at the guy.
And I mean he was really friendly. So I asked, 'Why did you just do that? This guy almost ruined your car and sent us to the hospital!'
This is when my taxi driver taught me what I now call, 'The Law of the Garbage Truck.'

He explained that many people are like garbage trucks.
They run around full of garbage, full of frustration, full of anger, and full of
disappointment.
As their garbage piles up, they need a place to dump it and sometimes they'll dump it on you.
Don't take it personally.
Just smile, wave, wish them well, and move on.
Don't take their garbage and spread it to other people at work, at home, or on the streets.
The bottom line is that successful people do not let garbage trucks
take over their day. Life's too short to wake up in the morning with regrets, so. ..Love the people who treat you right.
Pray for the ones who don't. Life is ten percent what you make it and ninety percent how you take it!
Have a blessed, garbage-free day!

I can hear the A Types laughing now !!!!

 

["Dr. Dirt"]

Excellent advice! Thanks Larry!

Reminds me of a Don Henley song line:
"You keep carrying that anger, it'll eat you up inside"

 

[Jenn]

Excellent advice! Thanks Larry!

Reminds me of a Don Henley song line:
"You keep carrying that anger, it'll eat you up inside"

Or Creed (more my style)

Forked tongues and bitter mouths,
will drive a man to bleed from inside out.

 

[none]

My recently retired boss had a saying I still try to live by.He called his 5 year rule.If it's not going to matter in 5 years then don't worry about it.

 

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I have a garbage truck rule too....

I avoid them at all costs after what happened on the morning of Valentines day in 2006!! I was on my way to the steel yard in Minneapolis to pick up some material. It rained and froze the night before and the side streets were 100% pure ice. I pulled out of my driveway and made it 1 block and got smashed into by a BFI truck. Thankfully nobody was hurt and BFI accepted full responsibility for the crash.

 

[Jenn]

I have a garbage truck rule too....

I avoid them at all costs after what happened on the morning of Valentines day in 2006!! QUOTE]

that would make me avoid them!

 

[Larry]

My recently retired boss had a saying I still try to live by.He called his 5 year rule.If it's not going to matter in 5 years then don't worry about it.

I always use 20 years ! LOL