T-shirt didn’t belong at Peachland picnic
Dear Editor:
On July 1, Canada Day, my husband and I joined many others at the Peachland pancake breakfast at the seniors centre.
Families with young children were at the tables, as well as middle aged and elderly people all enjoying breakfast together.
There in the midst I noticed a man (approximately 30 years old) talking to others of his age: he was wearing a grey T-Shirt with large black lettering on the front that read “Polite As F***” — each large lettered word on its own line.
Why was this disgustingly rude person allowed in to have breakfast with the rest of us?
Why didn’t the person taking the money ask him to use the washroom to turn his disgusting T-Shirt inside out?
Why? Because anyone this badly mannered would have created a scene, probably declaring that “This is Canada Day and I’m exercising my right to free speech.” Clearly he exercised very bad Canadian misjudgment. He was totally inappropriate and should not have been allowed breakfast with the others — people who were politely mindful of the young children present and who were enjoying their Canada Day pancake breakfast with parents and grandparents.
The offender may have been “Polite As F***” but he was not as Polite As A Canadian. Mary Trueman, West Kelowna