{"id":1714,"date":"2014-06-20T05:30:20","date_gmt":"2014-06-20T15:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/?p=1714"},"modified":"2014-06-20T05:54:38","modified_gmt":"2014-06-20T15:54:38","slug":"signwaving-your-way-to-bordom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/?p=1714","title":{"rendered":"Sign waving your way to boredom"},"content":{"rendered":"

Another cherished tradition in Hawaii is going down the tubes.<\/p>\n

If I wasn’t grumpy already it would make me that way.<\/p>\n

\"mazie1\"<\/a>The people who sign wave for politicians are not having fun and we have to fix that.<\/p>\n

These people are only having a little bit of fun.<\/p>\n

First, wonder where they come from?<\/p>\n

Most are supporters, family members, bored old people who have been nagged by friends.<\/p>\n

Some are union members who have been assigned a morning or afternoon to wave signs for one of that union’s endorsed candidates.<\/p>\n

Yea, it happens.
\nA lot.<\/p>\n

Over the last couple of weeks I’ve come to a decision:
\nThe sign wavers\u00a0 on Kam Highway must really hate what they’re doing.<\/p>\n

Where Kam Highway splits and heads up toward Mililani is a nice, prime piece of real estate.<\/p>\n

Whoever gets there first in the afternoon can stake their candidates claim to all the cars going by.<\/p>\n

\"Obama<\/a>Since I travel past this bit of grass every afternoon I’ve seen a good sample of signs for just about everybody running for some office or another.<\/p>\n

No one has done much more than stand there.<\/p>\n

Sometimes the sign is all by itself.<\/p>\n

And no babes.
\nYup, you must have some babes.<\/p>\n

That’s in the rule book, somewhere.<\/p>\n

What we have is\u00a0small groups of bored people looking at their watches.<\/p>\n

Sometimes they sit under the only tree with their signs stuck in the ground or propped up against something.<\/p>\n

Yes sir, that’s how to get folks to vote for that person.<\/p>\n

Sign waving is a time-honored tradition in Hawaii and I’ve certainly done my share for the Mayor, the Governor and a few council members.<\/p>\n

Here’s how it’s supposed to be done.<\/p>\n

Listen up so you can pick out the pros from the deadbeats as you drive by.<\/p>\n

1) You better show up all ready to go. Or go home.
\nYou’re supposed to be enthusiastic.<\/p>\n

2) You are supposed to WAVE.
\nThat’s the waving part of sign waving.<\/p>\n

3) The trick is look them in the eye as they drive by.
\nGive them a shaka or wave just to them.<\/p>\n

4) Sometimes it works good if you point to the driver and then wave.
\nNo one can ignore someone pointing at them.<\/p>\n

5) Smile and mouth something like “Hi” or “Aloha”.<\/p>\n

I found you can also mouth a few dirty words with them thinking you’re saying something friendly.
\nThat’s good fun and makes time fly.<\/p>\n

If you don’t do that you’re hurting your candidate.<\/p>\n

\"Jackass<\/a>One time some friends and I stood along Kalanianaole Highway dressed as clowns and a jack ass.<\/p>\n

I was the jackass.
\nTypecasting at it’s finest.<\/p>\n

The three people at the end of this\u00a0line held\u00a0signs that said:
\n“If you don’t vote”
\n“You’re stuck with”
\n“What you get.”<\/p>\n

A lot of people honked.
\nThey liked it and went to work less grumpy.<\/p>\n

And just for once – wouldn’t be nice to have someone different running for office then the same people every time?<\/p>\n

Fat chance.<\/p>\n

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