Dear Friends,
This afternoon, I diligently served my purpose - countless 'honkliments,' a few thumbs-down, very many thumbs-up, a few 'middle fingers' and one 'shut up' later, I walked away with some valuable insights.
1. Fighting, side by side, for the same cause is more invigorating than the clubbin' music we moved to!
2. Journalists look for confrontation, not the truth.
3. City workers, truck drivers and postal workers are our biggest fans.
4. Toronto is not short of ignorant people - from the woman cuddled in her stylish parka, driving a Benz station wagon who 'righteously' gave us the thumb down, to the reporter whose imbecilic question "Can you tell us why you are here, today?"
I must admit though, the grand prize goes to the Sun reporter, dressed up as Santa, whose best comeback to my sign that read, ' Because I'm worth it,' was "Are you worth the taxpayers money? They are paying your salary."
Unfortunately, we were advised not to engage in conversation with the Media, otherwise I would've asked him, Santa Baby, where do you think my income tax goes, back into my pocket?
As I walked to the Subway, with two stiff knees and a growling stomach, I had to wonder whether the 'mean' public's perception of our performance is correct. Unless the ignorants I met on the sidewalk today have been educated elsewhere, I'll have to accept that maybe, in Ontario, some of us are not doing our job right, after all.
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