Rants & Raves: Put your phone away

Some people can't resist showing you photos of their kids and holidays. Photo / Sarah Ivey

Rant

I was utterly flabbergasted this morning to come out and find that some low life had taken two large and very heavy flowering petunia bags as well as two potted nikau palms from outside our small roadside stall in Drury Hills Rd. Why has it come to the point where everything has to be either bolted down or barricaded to ensure it isn't taken? How very, very sad.

Andrew

Rave

Young man (disabled) and I (middle-aged) were sprinting for the train at Takanini Station early this morning. I managed to get on first. A huge thank you to Ruth (train manager) who held the doors open for 30 seconds to enable him to get on.

Keith

Rant

I'm over those people at social gatherings who reach for their phone immediately to show you photos of their kids, cat, dog, dinner, holidays, weddings etc etc. So boring!

Joy

Rave

Many thanks to the kind man who helped me lift my 95-year-old disabled father into the car on a wet Monday this week. There are some lovely people in Papakura.

Lesley

Rant

My 92-year-old uncle in Whangarei has always had a superb vegetable garden, through his own hard work. On a recent visit I was incensed to learn that some local scumbags make periodic night raids to steal some of his plants and produce. As it is out of sight of the road, local knowledge is obvious. It seems no one can stop these low lives. Can you believe it!

Jill

Rave

In response to Lynda. Arriving home on Monday I realised I had left my chilly bag full of goods on a packing bench at Pak'n Save, Wairau Rd, North Shore. I drove straight back and there was my bag on the customer service desk. Thank you to the person who handed it in. Don't lose faith, Lynda, there are still lots of honest, decent people around.

Etta