Re: And the award for most ignorant helmet comment goes to.....

[Guest guest]

LOL Kellie - so she thought it was a " rain hat " ??? WOW! That is

indeed a candidate for the ignorant helmet comment award! Ahhhh,

scary how ignorant people are some times isn't it?

Debbie Abby's mom

MI

> The girl who made my coffee today at Starbucks!

>

> Okay. 's been in his helmet for almost two months now, and

ignorant

> comments usually don't bother me anymore, nor did this humdinger

today, but I

> thought I would post it to let all you newcomers know that you are

indeed not

> alone. We all have to endure the ignorance and stupidity of some

people.

> Now, I'm not talking about the ones who stare or just ask

questions. We all

> know that it is human nature to stare at something that is

different, and

> most of the time, it is just out of curiosity. However, sometimes

you come

> across a real good one.

>

> So, you know how it rains all the time in Seattle? Well, it

doesn't all the

> time, but it does a lot! So I'm in Starbucks (yet another Seattle

symbol)

> with , and I run into an old school friend, one of the nicest

people you

> could ever meet. She was working there, and she just thought

's helmet

> was the cutest thing. When I had walked in initially, though, I

noticed a

> lot of stares from a co-worker of hers. So when I told her what it

was for,

> another girl says, " Oh, okay. That makes more sense. I was going

to say,

> it's not that rainy out there. " I just looked at her like, " Are

you

> serious? " But I just said, " Yeah, I'm not quite that

overprotective. "

>

> But really, what good would a helmet do for a child in the rain

when there

> are holes all over it? ARG!!! Another lady the other day thought

it was a

> bicycle helmet, and when I told her what it was for, she says, " Oh,

well,

> okay, that's cool, I guess. They seem to be taking care of this

problem a

> lot earlier in life now. "

>

> Oh, well. At least I can laugh about these things and just shrug

them off

> now.

>

> Anyway, just wanted to share that with you all.

>

> Kellie, Mom of , born 1/17/01, helmeted 1/17/02!

> Tacoma, WA

[Guest guest]

Oh man Kellie, that is a good one. A rain hat, with holes no less.

Its a wonder how some of these people go about their days with such

little brain power! Thanks for the laugh though!!

Niki

Kaylie & Danny (STAR grads)

Phila., PA

> The girl who made my coffee today at Starbucks!

>

> Okay. 's been in his helmet for almost two months now, and

ignorant

> comments usually don't bother me anymore, nor did this humdinger

today, but I

> thought I would post it to let all you newcomers know that you are

indeed not

> alone. We all have to endure the ignorance and stupidity of some

people.

> Now, I'm not talking about the ones who stare or just ask

questions. We all

> know that it is human nature to stare at something that is

different, and

> most of the time, it is just out of curiosity. However, sometimes

you come

> across a real good one.

>

> So, you know how it rains all the time in Seattle? Well, it

doesn't all the

> time, but it does a lot! So I'm in Starbucks (yet another Seattle

symbol)

> with , and I run into an old school friend, one of the nicest

people you

> could ever meet. She was working there, and she just thought

's helmet

> was the cutest thing. When I had walked in initially, though, I

noticed a

> lot of stares from a co-worker of hers. So when I told her what it

was for,

> another girl says, " Oh, okay. That makes more sense. I was going

to say,

> it's not that rainy out there. " I just looked at her like, " Are

you

> serious? " But I just said, " Yeah, I'm not quite that

overprotective. "

>

> But really, what good would a helmet do for a child in the rain

when there

> are holes all over it? ARG!!! Another lady the other day thought

it was a

> bicycle helmet, and when I told her what it was for, she says, " Oh,

well,

> okay, that's cool, I guess. They seem to be taking care of this

problem a

> lot earlier in life now. "

>

> Oh, well. At least I can laugh about these things and just shrug

them off

> now.

>

> Anyway, just wanted to share that with you all.

>

> Kellie, Mom of , born 1/17/01, helmeted 1/17/02!

> Tacoma, WA