{"id":14680,"date":"2016-07-06T17:50:00","date_gmt":"2016-07-06T21:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=14680"},"modified":"2016-08-02T20:22:53","modified_gmt":"2016-08-03T00:22:53","slug":"front-porch-perspective-my-top-pet-peeves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/front-porch-perspective-my-top-pet-peeves\/","title":{"rendered":"FRONT PORCH PERSPECTIVE: My Top Pet Peeves"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Stephen Somerville<\/strong><\/p>\n

Six years ago your writer produced a column entitled, \u201cThe top ten reasons why I love Aurora and my pet peeves\u201d. Three years ago I updated this list.
\nAlthough Aurora is a wonderful community in which to raise a family, your friendly scribe does have a list of things that drive me to distraction. I have pared down my initial published list from nine to five items and also modified it somewhat.
\nSo, with the appropriate apologies to David Letterman, my top five pet peeves are:
\n5.) The traffic at the intersection of Yonge & Wellington. I\u2019ll bet the amount of green house gases spewing from the idled cars during the rush hour period is just about as much as that emanating from the Town Council Chamber on a typical Tuesday evening. The only good thing is that driving southbound along Yonge Street we get to look at the mural while we wait to turn eastbound.
\n4.) Those of you speeding through the various back streets of Aurora \u2013 slow down, as there are lots of small children around. And while you are at it, please turn down the music \u2013 especially after 11 pm on a weeknight.
\n3.) Slow play on some of the local golf courses. When the course is busy, please do not spend ten minutes looking for your ball in the trees; drop another ball and play on.
\n2.) Continuing lack of customer service in some of Aurora\u2019s retail outfits. While I have written about a good many positive experiences with diverse retail companies in Aurora, I have also chronicled some less than stellar (to say the least) local customer encounters. Remember the simple adage: \u201cA happy customer means a customer that will be coming back.\u201d
\nAnd my number one pet peeve is\u2026our communities\u2019 collective voting record. Only fifty-three percent voted in the 2014 provincial election and 68% in the 2015 federal election. The next federal election is scheduled for the fall of 2019 while the next provincial election is scheduled for 2018. Let\u2019s show that we can do better!<\/p>\n

Stephen can be contacted at stephengsomerville@yahoo.com<\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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