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Apr. 28th, 2013
Not One Of Us
Apr. 28th, 2013 10:09 pmThe AGM of my After-Dinner Speakers Club today... way out north-west in the 'clubhouse' of one of those gated communities you thought were only in the USA, but are springing up out here
I hate them. For the snobbery & the hypocrisy. For making visitors park outside the gates & walk in, so that cars don't 'litter' their perfectly manicured little streets. For the award certificates that praise their "Maintained Garden", proudly on display on the clubhouse wall. For the elitist façade of 'community' ~ as long as you're one of their kind of people...
For making 'The Stepford Wives' a documentary instead of fiction
The garden thing annoyed me almost as much as the 'don't bring your car in here' edict. As if a Garden that's mowed, manicured & maintained by a company that employs people who couldn't/wouldn't live there is something to show off about. I'll bet none of the residents got a speck of soil under a single fingernail... & I wonder if the landscapers had to park their van outside as well...
Couldn't get out of there fast enough following the meeting & a brief lunch. Quite happy to leave them to their perverse little 'sanctuary' & pray that some disgruntled, underpaid housekeeper "accidentally" leaves a gas burner on, somewhere near a can of petrol
I hate them. For the snobbery & the hypocrisy. For making visitors park outside the gates & walk in, so that cars don't 'litter' their perfectly manicured little streets. For the award certificates that praise their "Maintained Garden", proudly on display on the clubhouse wall. For the elitist façade of 'community' ~ as long as you're one of their kind of people...
For making 'The Stepford Wives' a documentary instead of fiction
The garden thing annoyed me almost as much as the 'don't bring your car in here' edict. As if a Garden that's mowed, manicured & maintained by a company that employs people who couldn't/wouldn't live there is something to show off about. I'll bet none of the residents got a speck of soil under a single fingernail... & I wonder if the landscapers had to park their van outside as well...
Couldn't get out of there fast enough following the meeting & a brief lunch. Quite happy to leave them to their perverse little 'sanctuary' & pray that some disgruntled, underpaid housekeeper "accidentally" leaves a gas burner on, somewhere near a can of petrol
