I was in the check out line today at Fred Myer, buying some storage containers to pack away Christmas decorations. I was by myself, and was lost in thought, when this guy behind made a comment about something that sounded like the topic was sports. I glanced back to see who he was talking to, and it seemed as if he was talking to me.
"Are you talking football to me?" I asked. He indicated that he was, and then said something about the Seahawks. "If you want to talk football, I'm not the one to talk to," I said. "I don't like football."
"Well, you won't after this weekend. They are going to lose," he said.
I couldn't believe he was continuing to talk to me about football, when I told him I do not like football and do not watch the Seahawks. "What bothers me about football, or any sport really, is that the players can be interviewed and will say how they had an off season, but next season will be better, and they still make their huge salaries. What other profession can you say, 'Sorry, I had an off year, but next year I'll do better...', and still get your pay? I teach, and I sure couldn't get away with that. A doctor couldn't. A policeman couldn't. But for some reason we accept this from a professional sports player. It's ridiculous."
He agreed. Maybe he was afraid not to agree with me. I paid for my things and left. The world will be a better place when doctors, police, firemen, and teachers make the salaries a professional sports player makes, and they make what I make.
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