THUMBS UP & DOWN

Thumbs Up

■ Thumbs up to the people who came to help at the incident on Acacia Bay Road at 5 pm on Friday, March 1, who were all so kindthank you.

■ A thumbs up to all who helped me, and called an ambulance, at the final Dinner in the Park in Taupō some weeks ago. A big thank you and know I am fine now.

■ To AC Baths for finally having the same price applying to both deep and shallow aqua classes for the same amount of classes. The aqua classes are excellent and energetic and are suitable for everyone’s fitness. Well done to all of the aqua instructors.

■ Huge thumbs up to the Taupō Fire Service. For no charge, they checked my fire alarms and installed a new alarm with a tenyear battery. Thank you, great service.

■ Thumbs up to the many more children biking to school and about town.

■ A big thumbs up to Midlands Transport! As a school bus driver, they consistently lead by example with their safe and courteous driving behaviour and wherever you meet them they always have a friendly wave. Much noticed and appreciated!

Thumbs Down

■ A huge thumbs down to the absolutely horrible woman whom I witnessed completely and utterly belittle, disregard and then hang up on a clearly very distressed lady who was desperately needing help for herself and her children. Nobody has the right to speak to anybody that way- shame on you. I didn’t get the whole conversation love, but if you see this, then know that people do care. I truly hope you found your family a home and you never have to deal with that unprofessional and nasty woman again.

■ Thumbs down to real estate agents and drone operators who fly well over the boundary into neighbours’ property and hover outside lounge windows without taking the time to inform the neighbours of their intentions. Inconsiderate to say the least.

■ Thumbs down to the Kinloch horse rider who was on the shared cycle walk path, yelling abuse at people on bikes who have done nothing wrong and acted politely in approach, which is unacceptable. You knew we were behind you. Take a lesson in civility.

■ Thumbs down to the expenditure on Boom Boom. A simplistic, wrinkly balloon dinosaur made of shiny metal will spoil the natural setting with which it is so out of harmony.

■ Thumbs down to the speeding cars travelling along the new 50kph zone on Lake Terrace between the airport roundabout and the new Countdown. Their speed is such that footpath users are just about blown off their feet with the backdraught, not to mention the closeness of the cars to the walkers. High time to bring in the cameras and dish out a few speeding tickets.